The internet and social media are full of lies. Why? The truth is often boring and sometimes discomfiting. Lies are better, ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut movement and sold ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the alleged extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him ...

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 ...

The death of Erich von Daeniken has also focussed public attention on the controversial writer in 20th-century history.

Best-selling Swiss author Erich von Daeniken, who built a lucrative career on his argument, rubbished by scientists and ...