Born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in 1935, von Däniken rose to prominence when he published Chariots of the Gods? while working as a hotel manager in Davos. The book posed a provocative question that ...

There seem to be two types of "Alien" fans in the world. In one camp, there are people who like the slow, ineffable dread of Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien," and who appreciate the series as a ...

Asharq Al Awsat Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who helped popularize the idea that astronauts from outer space visited Earth ​to help lay the foundations for human civilization, has died aged ...

Despite criticism from the scientific community, his books sold almost 70 million copies in more than 30 languages.

His books, mixing fact and fiction, brought him both fame and scorn. BERLIN -- Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations ...