History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

The belief that the pyramids were not built by human hands has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades. No one promoted that idea more persistently than Swiss author Erich von Däniken, often ...

Theorists have long believed extra-terrestrial technology was used to construct the pyramids. However the 'father of alien archaeology' said he has found proof to support the theory ...

The mystery of how the Ancient Egyptian pyramids has been reignited by the death of a Swiss author, who famously argued that early human civilisations received help from extra-terrestrial visitors.

High above the Giza Plateau stands Egypt's most mysterious ancient site: the Lost Pyramid of Abu Rawash; today, it lies in ruins, but some researchers believe these stone blocks hold profound secrets ...

Ancient Astronaut theorists have long proposed that Earth is an extraterrestrial laboratory. If so, does it extend beyond humans into the animal kingdom? Accounts of animalist gods can be found across ...

In the 1970s, author Erich von Däniken was a household name, not only in his native Switzerland, but also in the U.S. and around the world. His 1968 book "Chariots of the Gods?" promoted the idea that ...