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Erich von Daniken - Return To The Stars-pages

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Were straightforward practical and technical directions given a distorted interpretation in religious and philosophical mysteries? Are the traditions that have accumulated in myths and religions meant to be far less mysterious and far more practical than was believed for millennia? Will there be time for us to learn what the scanty relics of human prehistory have to tell us, before the small amount of extant material is finally devoured, scattered and destroyed by bulldozers? When will archaeologists make a cut a kilometre long through the sandstone cliffs called the Extern Stones in the Teutoburger Forest? When will a large-scale expedition be completely free to excavate the mystery-enshrouded sites around Marib? When will archaeologists follow up the long overdue idea of sounding the Chephren Pyramid by doing the same thing under the numerous other pyramids? When will diggers remove the top layer of Tiahuanaco so that we may learn what secrets are still hidden below it? How long will lone wolves thirsty for knowledge have to dig in the Sahara without any help or support? When will helicopters be put at their disposal for even short periods to help them investigate the vast territory? For how long must amateur idealists struggle to free the ruins in the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras? What international organization is ready to finance a cartographical institute that will finally clear up the specific geographical and geodesic connections that exist between the remains of mysterious 12 - Questions And Still More Questions Were outward signs of age-old traditions misunderstood during past millennia? Were our attempts at interpretation moving in the wrong direction? Have we made what has always been and still is before our eyes more complicated than it really is? When will underwater radiation investigations with modern apparatus be made in the Dead Sea? When will a chemical trace analysis of the Plain of Nazca finally be carried out? When will deep excavations be made at Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia)?