Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

1 - The Gold Of The Gods
South American cultures.
I assert that the metal treasures under Ecuador and Peru came from a
period long before the rise of the Inca kingdom and its culture. About
1570 the Spanish chronicler Pater Cristobal de Molina tried to fathom
the motives behind the Incas' tunnel building. In his book 'Ritos y
Fabulos de los Incas', published in 1572, Molina tells us that the
original father of mankind withdrew into a cave after he had done his
work, i.e. after the creation was completed. But this secret retreat
became the birthplace of many peoples who had appeared out of an
"endless night." Molina related that these caves were also used for
generations as treasuries for hiding the peoples' wealth whenever they
were oppressed. Absolute secrecy in the circles who knew about the
caves was an iron law, non-compliance with which was punishable by
death. (How potent this law still is today I was able to experience on
my journey through Ecuador in the year of grace 1972.)
Let the Vatican grail guardian Father Crespi of Cuenca be the key
witness to the pre-Christian origin of the metal treasures. He said to
me:
"Everything that the Indians brought me from the tunnels dates to
before Christ. Most of the symbols and pre-historic representations are
older than the Flood."
Three kinds of treasure await excavation in the tunnels and halls under
Ecuador and Peru:
● 1. The inexhaustible legacy of the builders of the actual tunnels;
● 2. The stonemason's work of the first intelligent men, who were
presumably pupils of the tunnel constructors;
● 3. The gold and silver treasures of the Incas that were hidden
here from the Spanish Conquistadors after 1532.
But the question of questions is: Why were the tunnels built?