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Eyes Of The Sphinx

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It isn't until the 3rd chapter which is 115 pages into the book that any hint of aliens is eve mentioned. And when they are, its brief and pretty much info restated from Chariots of the Gods. There's more talk of aliens on the back cover than throughout the book. Most of the book talks about Egypt history and about the pyramids, which is fine if you're interested in that stuff. but I'm not, I wanted to see all the new evidence of aliens like the cover says but it didn't happen.

As for his credibility: I don't care. I wanted to merely be entertained by this and instead of was boring. There's one really interesting thing about the special powers that any pyrmid shape can have and the results of experiments used with these.

If you wanna know about the pyramids shafts and Egypt history, then get this book. If you wanna know about aliens building the pyramids like this book says it will explain, don't get this book. What a waste of time and money.

This book is completely misleading. I had to read it for a class on myths in Archaeology, where we discussed the factual basis for aliens in ancient Egypt and other claims. However, Von Daniken has no factual basis for this book. He twists the truth, misquotes other authors, leaves out pertinent evidence, and outright lies to his readers, all because he thinks that ancient extraterrestrials visited the earth. His "research" is solely based on what he wants to believe, not facts. Don't waste your money.

A big part of the book is mostly Egyption history. He talks about the dating of the pyrimids was a fraud, which is very interesting. He gets into the Enoch subject for a while and much more. A Daniken fan will love this book

I'm sorry to say that this book barely touches upon the extraterrestial question in egypt. It has alot of interesting facts and theories surrounding the pyramids but the mention of actual alien contact is only implied not directly discussed. Also I had hoped to read more on the Sphinx since it is in the title and on the cover but I was disappointed there too. The books ends not on any major point or idea but with the author attacking his collegues crying foul play. How much can I sell this book used again?

Von Daniken's books are great to discuss with othr people. You'll find that once you outline his theories for people that want to read the book themselves. At some point we all wonder about the missing link in mankind. He offers a plausable and well documented theory. This is controversial material but the way in which he puts forth facts and documentation will have you accepting this as a possibility. What is unexpected for a book of this magnitude is that it's also a very enjoyable book to read. You aren't bogged down in textbook like analysis. I found myself devouring this book and then searching out his other titles. But the real joy is being able to relate it to other people, its a real conversation starter.

Either the ancient Egyptians possessed remarkable technology that has long since been forgotten or they never built the Great Pyramids in the first place. In which case, history as we know it is a pack of lies. It's sad that most of the human race is living in ignorance of these facts. And I wonder why that is too? Well, we'll probably never know.

When I first began reading this book, I thought it was mostly going to be about traces of aliens being found in Egypt. My assumption was wrong. Most of the book was filled with interesting information about ancient Egypt that had nothing to do with extraterrestrial beings. The first major section was called: Pet Cemeteries and Empty Tombs. It talks about the many animals that the Egyptians mummified. There are many animals that they mummified that I did not even know were found in Egypt. Bears, crows, pigeons, geese, and hedgehogs, are examples of a few of those creatures. There were many tombs that were found that were thought to be holding a human but instead was holding an animal. The strange thing is that the animal mummies sometimes had more than one kind of animal bones. There were also many empty tombs. Erich Van Danikan has a theory that might explain the multiple animal remains found in the same tomb. In ancient text written a long time ago by a man named Manetho, it is written that there were humans with many different deformities. Some had wings. While others might have had goat legs or horns on their head. There were many other deformities mentioned. He has a theory that "gods" or aliens created the creatures and the remains found with more than one type of animal are those of these creatures. The Next Section was called: The Lost Labyrinth. In this section he talks about a labyrinth that has been written about by many different authors from the Ancient Egypt Era. They all describe the labyrinth very similarly. They say it is even grander then the Great Pyramid. For some reason however the labyrinth does not seem to exist any more. The next section was called: The Nameless world wonder. The section begins with talking about many mathematical coincidences found that are related to the pyramids. Another thing discussed in this section is how the pyramids might have been built. One theory is that they made the stones on the site where they wanted it to be placed. There were many other interesting theories but most of them could be quickly discarded. One more thing that was discussed was that the Ancient Egyptians had invented their own flashlight. That was how they were able to light the inside of the pyramids. The fourth section is called: The Eyes of the Sphinx. This section talks about the sphinx. It describes how it was buried many times and had to be dug back up. It talks about the builder of the sphinx. Erich Von Daniken disagrees with the person that is thought to have built the sphinx. There is no real evidence to prove that he built it. Another thing that is talked about is a small pyramid that was found and resurrected in 1951. An unopened sarcophagus was found that caused a lot of excitement. When it was finally open it was revealed to have no one inside. The last section was called: The Great Pyramid: The Latest and the Greatest. This begins with talking about a small robot that was built to explore a small shaft. At the end of the shaft they found a door. Before this the Egypttionalogist arrogantly assumed that everything about the Pyramid had already been discovered. When they found out about this they tried to hide it and discredit his statement by spreading false statements to the new reporters. They do this with every new discovery that is found through technology. I thought this book was very informative and filled with many different facts about Egypt that I had never known before. The author really seemed to know what he was talking about. He has many references to back up his statements. He has even visited the places that he has talked about. The references to aliens seemed out of place with this book, though. It probably fits more with his other books that he has written that deal with aliens a lot more than this one. For the most part I really enjoyed this book and I recommend it to others that are interested in Ancient Egypt. I am sorry that this is so long, but I wrote it for a test grade for school. I decided to post it here after I wrote it.

The ideas of von Daniken are indeed thought provoking, especially in the fisrt part of the book. It's a shame that he gets carried away about half way and especially in the end. By that time he has to tell the world about his personal grudges with people and organisations. What further got my attention is that he acuses them of things he is guilty of in the very same book. For example of 'them' not being open to suggestions and ridiculising his ideas. He carries on ridiculising their ideas.

It is clear, when you read this book, that Von Daniken is very self-indulged. He's right, and 'they' are wrong. As said, his ideas are very thought provoking and inspirational. It's a shame that he has to utter them in such a nasty way. This doesn't make the book easy to read (for me) because I was constantly irritated by his way of putting things. This book, however, is much more sientificly correct than some of his previous, and shows that he does study a lot.

Erich von Däniken is probably the first reference among researchers, who believe that our origins are extraterrestrial. Although he has no official academical degree (sometimes this is even better, because you are not occupied with conventional knowledge), he reads and thinks a lot and also travels to see all the monuments he is talking about. In his work much of Strabo's and Herodotus's writings are quoted. They have travelled over Egypt some 2,000 years ago and have recorded the existence of pyramids, great labyrinth and other things, which either haven't been found again in our times or are still not deciphered. As Zecharia Sitchin has shown in his book "Stairway to Heaven", Khufu's hieroglyph is a forgery made by Col. Vyse. Pyramids of Fourth Dynasty have no inscriptions. Why have newer pyramids been built smaller and technologically inferior to those and why are they inscribed? Such "alien" theories are always somehow hard to digest. We were taught that science is always very exact and measurable, but is more than obviously not. Czech patent No. 93304 proves that pyramids are energetic channels, although there is no good explanation, why this energetic phenomena happens (it's about sharpening of blades inside replica of Great pyramid). If the Great Labyrinth hasn't been found yet, that doesn't mean that it hasn't existed. Herodotus has proven in his works that he knew what he was writing and we credit him for that. But when we come to the things he wrote and cannot be seen now, then he certainly exaggerated the whole thing or even made it up :))). Maybe everything written here isn't true. Maybe it's Zecharia Sitchin's view that's right. Maybe none is. But this theories are by my opinion as solid as Darwin's is. All of them have lacks and holes. Only difference is that Darwin is official science and others are not. But I believe them more.

gosh!i was shocked with erich von daniken's evidences.i agree that we must review our written history and question(q million times)the authority of the religion-regarding their claim.