Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

3 - Traces Of The Gods In China, Too
a year on the seventh night of the seventh month."
"The story of the king's ^children who could not meet each other!"
"The legend has a happy ending for the lovers. Millions of shining
heavenly birds formed an endless bridge over the Milky Way. So Chih
Nu and her guardian could meet whenever they wanted."
"If the shining heavenly birds were really spaceships patrolling
between the stars, it seems perfectly plausible for the lovers to have
met as often as they wished."
Mr. Chiang Fu-Tsung stood up:
"You are a visionary! But of course you're not forced to kowtow to
traditional explanations. Perhaps modern interpretations of myths and
legends are justified, perhaps they will throw new light on things.
There is a lot we don't know yet."
The Director appointed the best-informed member of his staff, Marshal
P. S. Wu, Head of the Excavation Department, to act as my guide
during my stay. Although only a fraction of the 250,000 items in the
Museum are on display at any one time, there is still such a
bewilderingly large number that I could scarcely have collected my
"finds" without the help of Mr. Wu who understood instinctively what
interested me. Here is a selection:
Bronze vessels from the period of the Shang dynasty (1766-1122 B.C.)
automatically reminded me of the other side of the Pacific. Nazca
pottery, pre-Inca work much more recent than the Chinese vessels,
exhibits very similar ornaments: geometrical lines, opposed squares
and spirals.
A jade axe, a small copy of a larger one. The divine symbol of the
dragon with a trail of fire is engraved on the greenish stone; the
firmament is decorated with spheres. I remembered identical