TY - BOOK AU - Däniken,Erich von TI - Twilight of the gods: the Mayan calendar and the return of the extraterrestrials SN - 9781601631411 (pbk.) : AV - F1435.3.C14 D36 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Pompton Plains, NJ PB - New Page Books KW - Maya calendar KW - Two thousand twelve, A.D KW - Mayas KW - Folklore KW - Gods KW - Extraterrestrial beings KW - Civilization KW - Extraterrestrial influences KW - Tiahuanacu (Bolivia) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p 205-216) and index; A base camp for the gods -- Hitler and Hörbiger -- Giants roam the Earth -- Hard facts -- The origin of the Moon? -- The universe : a living organism? -- The discovery of Tiwanaku -- A stony problem -- Feeble excuses -- Posnansky, a fanatic? -- Climate change? Nothing new -- An Ice Age calendar -- A colossal discovery -- Irrefutable evidence -- Without tools or plans? -- The courage to be logical -- New answers -- Nothing new under the Sun -- Memories of the future -- Monsters from the past -- Apis and other chimeras -- Religion versus chopped up bones -- Scientific? Scientific! -- Pyramid texts -- Divine intervention -- Here and there -- Extraterrestrial technology -- Language and Popul Vuh -- The return of the gods -- Brutal conquerors -- The night of sorrows -- The sign of the cross -- Mayan writings -- The Dresden Codex -- Where does the knowledge come from? -- Native American traditions -- The Maya calendar wheels -- The return of Bolon Yokte -- Miscalculation? -- The Mahdi of the Muslims -- All the gods are coming back! Older than Buddha -- The same numbers, but where did they come from? -- Noah, a child of the ETs -- Gesar came from the heavens too -- They're coming back -- The legacies -- The eternal intelligence -- The Fermi paradox -- SETI -- There are answers -- Warp drives? -- Colonies in space -- Panspermia explains it all! -- Building blocks from "out there" -- The Church and ETs -- Required forms -- Omnipresent memes -- The electron was always there -- Space travel, to be on the safe side -- Judgment Day -- Knowledge for the hens! ER -