Twilight of the Gods: The Mayan Calendar and the Return of the Extraterrestrials

High up in the Bolivian Andes-4,000 meters above sea level-lies Puma punku, an ancient ruined city that <i>simply could never have been constructed by its Stone Age inhabitants.</i>&quot;Something here really stinks to high heaven,&quot; writes Erich von Daniken.<br> <br> &quot;In <b>Twilight of the Gods</b>,&quot; says von Daniken, &quot;I document precisely what it was that left the first visitors breathless as they stood before the mighty stone blocks some 400 years ago. I will show you what archeologists discovered hundreds of years ago and demonstrate how much has been destroyed over the centuries. <i>Intentionally.<br> <br> &quot;I will also prove that Puma punku was not built by any Stone Age people.</i><br> <br> &quot;And in December 2012, the gods will return from their long journey and appear again here on Earth. At least that is what the Mayan calendar would have us believe.<br> <br> &quot;The so-called gods--the extraterrestrials--<i>will</i> come again. We're headed for a 'god shock' of major proportions.<br> <br> &quot;But doesn't anyone with half a brain know that interstellar travel is simply impossible because of the sheer distances involved? And that extraterrestrials would never look like us?<br> <br> &quot;Well, dear readers, I destroy these preconceptions. Systematically. One bit at a time.&quot;<br> <br> In his own inimitable way, Erich von Daniken picks these preconceptions and prejudices apart with a clarity no other author could manage.