War of the Gods: Alien Skulls, Underground Cities, and Fire from the Sky

by Erich von Däniken

Bestselling author and father of the Ancient Alien Theory Erich von Däniken explores what drove ancient humans to build city-sized places underground around the world and its connection to conflicts in the sky. War of the Gods examines ancient scriptures from India, Siberia, Tahiti, and many other regions of the world independently on reports of battles in the stars. Weapons of unimaginable destructive power were used in the battle. Use of one of these weapons destroyed a planet completely. Traditions from all over the world depict the gruesome effects of the battle in space. Many ancient stories speak of it raining fire from the sky for years. The people of the time tried to protect themselves from this, and thus created more testimonies that prove the star war and contact with beings from other planets. With impressive examples von Däniken illustrates some of the numerous cities that were dug underground as safe harbors from the destructive boulders. Miles and miles of underground passageways have been discovered around the world as they made space for villages and entire cities. To end the book, von Däniken presents his newest discoveries of an event that can only be described as In 2017, the author was informed that strange mummified creatures were found near the Peruvian village of Nazca. They lived several thousand years, had three fingers and three toes, and had exceptionally long heads. One of the mummies, apparently several thousand years ago, had been implanted with a metal plate under the skin. Scientists These creatures are not from Earth!

Genres: Nonfiction, Space, Aliens

224 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2020

About the author

Greek: Έριχ φον Νταίνικεν

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (1935–2026) was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Däniken was one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.

The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by virtually all scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience. Early in his career, he was convicted and served time for several counts of fraud or embezzlement, and wrote one of his books in prison.

Reviews

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 2 out of 5]

You will find more bollocks here than at a monster truck rally, or, fucking I don't know, a model railway club or something.

[Richard West · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is van Daniken's latest (2020) contribution to the world of ancient astronauts.

Sadly, the war of the gods gets short-changed as he once again re-hashes, saving until the last 32 pages, information about his latest escapade. In Chapter two, there is some speculation as to the "wars" of the gods, but it gets shortchanged. Is there a certain sameness to his more recent books where you get the feeling you've read all this before? Indeed there is because a lot of it is material which is re-hashed from earlier works. Presumably, by including that material again, he can at least reach close to 200 pages which he almost does this time (198 pages).

If you're an avid van Daniken reader, you have to have this, of course. If you're someone who has seen Ancient Aliens on the History Channel and want to learn more about the subject, buy some of his earlier works, beginning with his first, Chariots Of The Gods and work your way forward from there. At some point, you'll be saying to yourself "I've read all this before" and you can quit.

For the die-hard van Daniken fan - not for the newcomer to the ancient astronaut theories.

[Fabrizio Poli · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, Erich Von Daniken has done another outstanding job. The book is full of facts, pictures and background about these underground cities, mysterious skulls and lots more. This book really gets you thinking about the history of this planet and about what really happened. A must in any serious researcher of the truths' library.

[Brian Kubeck · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read “Chariot..” recently enough to have recognized its material from a beloved history channel show, as well as the similar kinds of feeds that kept me entertained on my social medias. Yet I hadn’t read it recently enough to remember anything.
Von Daniken follows up here on the topics of elongated alien skulls (coneheads), mysteries and discrepancies surrounding who built the pyramids and when, theories of angry god(s) causing the asteroid belt along with much fear through planet earth over time with ancient shelters as his proof, and finally mummified alien skeletons with 3 fingers. This book quickly goes from “this is fun and interesting” to “what are you even talking about now?!”

[Paulina Wójtowicz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odświeżająca treść dla osoby, który nigdy tą tematyką się nie interesował.
Niektóre dowody okazały się nawet przekonywujące.

Niestety- niektóre fragmenty książki są zbyt chaotyczne- widać, że wprost posklejane ze wcześniejszych dzieł autora.
Byłyby 4 gwiazdki, gdyby nie nieuporządkowany rozdział o piramidach.

Pod względem redakcyjnym książka jest smutna- błedy w zapisie dat, błędy ortograficzne, gramatyczne, powtarzające się słowa, brak kropek.

[Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

An Archeological theoretical alternative

Another fascinating book from Eric Von Daniken. I enjoy the way he melds the latest archeological findings into his theories. The book also has several photos which I always like. Reading Eric’s books sparks my interest to read other books on the subjects and watch the many films and videos dealing with the Prehistory of mankind.

[James B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually bought this thinking it was his big book,'Chariots of Gods'. It wasn't until a couple chapters in that I realised my mistake but decided to stick with it. It was an enjoyable book, reminded me of Ancient Aliens, which he also mentions quite a few times. I enjoy a silly read like this one every once inawhile, but younger me would've loved it.

[Moonshadow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent explanation of the ancient alien theory (fact). At times he could have used a better editor, but all in all it was a well-researched intriguing read.

[John Mace · Rating 2 out of 5]

War of the gods barely figured into this book. Seemed more like a random assortment of things he couldn’t fit in other books.