About the book: 2009 / Erich von Däniken, who devoted his life to studying the past of the Earth, defends a theory that is not recognized by academic science. In his opinion, we owe the origin of life on our planet and the development of earthly civilization to aliens. This book is devoted to the substantiation of this theory. The author bases his arguments on archaeological facts and Books of books of different religions, which, in his opinion, record visits by representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. Erich von Daniken BOTSCHAFTEN UND ZEICHEN AUS DEM UNIVERSUM © Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag a division in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH, Munchen, Germany, 1996