Anunnaki Chronicles
Author(s): Zecharia Sitchin
What if the tales from the Old Testament and other ancient writings, such as those from Sumer, Babylon, Egypt, and Greece, were not myths or allegory but accounts of actual historical events? Known for his ability to read and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets, Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010) took the words of our most ancient ancestors as fact and, through decades of meticulous research, showed that they revealed a coherent narrative about the true origins of humanity and civilization. Drawing both widespread interest and criticism, his Earth Chronicles series of books, beginning with The 12th Planet, detailed how humanity arose after the arrival of the Anunnaki ("those who from Heaven to Earth came"), alien "gods" who created modern man in their own image and imparted gifts of civilizing knowledge. Each piece includes an introduction by Sitchin's niece, offering context and insight into Sitchin's passionate work. These introductions reveal the man behind the theories, a world traveller known for his scholarship, dry humour, and precisely chosen words. If his theories are true, as Sitchin wholeheartedly believed, then this collection presents some of the most important knowledge we have of our origins and future.
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Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010), an eminent biblical scholar and internationally acclaimed author, grew up in Palestine, where he acquired a profound knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages, the Old Testament, and the history and archaeology of the Near East. A graduate of the University of London with a degree in economic history, he worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years prior to undertaking his life's work: The Earth Chronicles. Janet Sitchin, niece of Zecharia Sitchin, served as her uncle's lecture assistant at his many seminars and is the webmaster for www.sitchin.com. A data-integration expert with a degree in computer science, she lives outside Miami, Florida.
Introduction by Janet Sitchin 1 Introducing The 12th Planet Excerpt of the 1978 Prologue and an Unpublished Article, Written in 1982, "The 12th Planet: The Book as a Story" 2 The Sudden Civilization Selection from The 12th Planet (Chapter 2) 3 UFOs, Pyramids, and the Twelfth Planet Lecture at the UFO Conference at the Great Pyramid, January 1992 4 The Stairway to Heaven and the Epic of Creation Selections from The Stairway to Heaven (Chapter 5) and The 12th Planet (Chapter 7) 5 Is it Nibiru? Unpublished Article, Written in 1997 6 God the Extraterrestrial Selection from Divine Encounters (Endpaper) 7 The Cosmic Connection--DNA Selection from The Cosmic Code (Chapter 6) 8 The Pyramid Wars Selection from The Wars of Gods and Men (Chapter 8) 9 The Elusive Mount Unpublished Article, Written Circa 1978 10 When Gods, Not Men, Roamed the New World Unpublished Article, Written in 1992 11 Cities Lost and Found Selection from The Lost Realms (Chapter 9) 12 The Emergence of There Were Giants Upon the Earth Unpublished Articles, Written in 1991 13 Calendar Tales Selection from When Time Began (Chapter 8) 14 The Twelfth Planet--The Key to the UFO Enigma Lecture at the Dialogue with the Universe International Conference,Frankfurt, West Germany, October 26-29, 1989 Postscript by Janet Sitchin Appendix I Jericho Letter to the New York Times, Published March 17, 1990 Appendix II Old Egyptian Road Preserves Bible Link Letter to the New York Times, Published May 19, 1994 Index
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- : Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- : Bear & Company
- : 0.751
- : 01 November 2015
- : 228mm X 152mm X 27mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 100 bw illustrations
- : 100 bw illustrations
- : 384
- : 001.9
- : Hardback
- : Zecharia Sitchin