3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Erich von Daniken's 1968 argument — that ancient monuments (pyramids, Nazca lines, Stonehenge) were built with extraterrestrial assistance — the founding text of the ancient astronaut genre — which sold 70M copies despite universal rejection by archaeologists.
Swiss author — whose Chariots of the Gods (1968) argued that ancient monuments were built with extraterrestrial assistance — the founder of the ancient astronaut genre — who sold 70M books despite universal rejection by archaeologists.
Graham Hancock's 1995 argument for a lost advanced civilization destroyed at the end of the last Ice Age — whose survivors spread astronomical and architectural knowledge to early historical civilizations — the best-selling alternative archaeology book.