The Gold of the Gods

Daniken, Erich von. Translated by Michael Heron

ISBN 10: 0285620878 / ISBN 13: 9780285620872

Edité par Souvenir Press Ltd, London, 1973

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First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some yellowing to extremities and spine, not price clipped (£2.20), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 210pp. The third book by Swiss author and charlatan Erich von Daniken on the evidence for the influence of ancient alien visitors on human civilisation. In 'The Gold of the Gods', Daniken wrote of being guided through artificial tunnels in a cave under Ecuador, Cueva de los Tayos, containing gold, strange statues and a library with metal tablets, which he considered to be evidence of ancient space visitors. The man who he said showed him these tunnels, Juan Moricz, told 'Der Spiegel' that Daniken's descriptions came from a long conversation and that the photos in the book had been fiddled. Daniken told Playboy that although he had seen the library and other places he had described, he had fabricated some of the events to add interest to his book. Later in 1978 he said that he had never been in the cave pictured in his book but in a 'side entrance', and that he had fabricated the whole descent into the cave. A geologist examined the area and found no cave systems. Daniken also wrote about a collection of gold objects held by local priest Father Crespi, who had special permission from the Vatican to do archaeological research, but an archeologist reported to 'Der Spiegel' that, while there were some gold pieces, many were just local imitations for tourists, and that Crespi has difficulty distinguishing brass from gold.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Gold of the Gods
• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd, London
• Date de parution: 1973
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0285620878
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780285620872
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Jacket by Brian Paine
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good

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Book by Von Daniken Erich