Aliens and Ancient Civilizations: What Archaeology Reveals About Human Achievement

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Aliens did not shape ancient civilizations, despite Erich von Däniken’s popularization of that idea; archaeology shows complex achievements arose from human planning and labor at places like Giza, Göbekli Tepe, and Troy, while pseudoscience thrives on spectacle and distrust amplified by digital media, and the true takeaway is that cooperation and experimentation by humans made the extraordinary possible.

Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilizations
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Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilizations

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt Did ancient human beings really manage to build the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do these questions reveal more about modern anxieties than about the past itself? The idea that extraterrestrials helped the builders of ancient monuments was promoted by Swiss author Erich von Däniken in his highly successful book, published […]