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What if the gods of ancient myth were never gods at all? Ancient Astronauts explores the theory that advanced extraterrestrial beings influenced early human civilization.
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The Dogon Star Mystery: Did an African Tribe Know About Sirius B Before Modern Astronomy? (opens the original)
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In the Bandiagara region of Mali, Dogon communities maintain rich and varied religious traditions shaped by ritual, oral teaching, history, and centuries of cultural exchange. In 1950, French ethnologists Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen published an account of Sirius-related teachings they attributed to four named Dogon informants: Ongnonlou Dolo, Innekouzou Dolo, Yébéné, and Manda. Their report described a Sirius-associated object that appeared small, heavy, difficult to see, and linked t
The Ant People of Hopi Legend: Who Were the Beings Said to Save Humanity Underground? (opens the original)
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In Frank Waters’s 1963 Book of the Hopi, a world faces destruction by fire, and selected survivors descend beneath the earth. There, in the Waters/Fredericks publication lineage, they encounter the Ant People: underground hosts said to possess rooms, stored provisions, and the ability to shelter humanity until the surface can sustain life again. The account became one of the most striking stories in ancient-mystery culture. Modern writers have suggested that the Ant People may have been advanced
The Flying Shields of Alexander the Great: Did UFOs Change a Battle? (opens the original)
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In three hundred thirty-two BCE, Alexander the Great faced the island city of Tyre, one of the hardest targets of his campaign against the Persian Empire. Tyre’s walls rose above the sea, its defenders possessed ships, and Alexander’s army had no direct road to the city. The Macedonians responded by building a massive stone-and-timber causeway from the mainland, surviving Tyrian fire attacks, assembling a fleet, and bringing siege engines against the walls. Modern UFO literature adds an extraord
The Ancient UFO Battle Over Nuremberg: What Appeared in the Sky in 1561? (opens the original)
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On April 14, 1561, Hans Glaser published an illustrated broadsheet describing a disturbing sunrise spectacle over Nuremberg, then a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire. The surviving print depicts colored spheres, crosses, crescents, elongated rods, and a huge dark spear-like form near the sun. Its accompanying text describes movement, apparent conflict, smoke, and forms that appeared to descend. To modern UFO and ancient-astronaut readers, the scene can resemble structured aerial activi
Skulls of the Gods: Why Did Ancient People Reshape Their Heads? (opens the original)
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In 1928, Peruvian archaeologist Julio C. Tello excavated the Wari Kayan necropolis on the Paracas Peninsula and documented hundreds of mummy bundles and burials. Among the remains were strikingly modified crania, some so elongated that they later became central to claims about lost civilizations, divine bloodlines, and ancient visitors from the sky. The archaeological record establishes that intentional cranial modification occurred in many societies. Infants’ heads were shaped with bands, cloth
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