Ancient Conspiracy Theory

When we think of conspiracy theories, we usually think of modern day events.
But some people see these conspiracies stretching back over the years, even centuries.
I ran across this article on Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology that addresses just that....

The General and the Aliens
By Scott Corrales
(with thanks to Raul Núñez)
A number of books and magazine features have been written, over the years, about the presence of strange non-human “counselors” or “advisors” whose presence has weighed heavily upon some of the most important figures in world history. The exact nature of these shadowy beings has always been a matter of controversy: some have associated them with space aliens, time travelers, envoys from the court of the King of the World in legendary, subterranean Aghartha, tutelary spirits, ascended masters.

You can read the whole article here:
http://inexplicata.blogspot.com/2009/07/general-and-aliens.html

The blog is very much worth a read and goes into some really good details on how ancient "beings" may have affected our history.