Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

1 - The Gold Of The Gods
Fig. 4. Inside the artificial tunnel system, which is haunted by swarms
of birds. In two places which I measured the droppings were 32-35
inches deep. The ceilings are flat; the walls form right angles and are
often covered with a kind of glaze.
The bones gleamed in the light of our torches like solid gold.
Moricz told us to switch off our torches and follow him slowly. It was
very quiet; all I could hear was our footsteps, our breathing and the
whir of the birds, to which we rapidly grew accustomed. The darkness
was blacker than the darkest night.
"Switch on your torches," shouted Moricz.
We were standing dumbfounded and amazed in the middle of a
gigantic hall. Moricz, the proud discoverer, had prepared the effect as
cleverly as the citizens of Brussels, who use the same trick when
confronting foreign tourists with their Grand Place, perhaps the most
beautiful square in the world.
This nameless hall into which the seventh passage leads is
intimidatingly large, but very beautiful and nobly proportioned. We
were told that the ground plan measures 153 by 164 yards, It went
through my mind that these were almost the dimensions of the
Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan and that in both cases no one
knows who the builders, the brilliant technicians, were.