Full Description
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.
Contents
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Excerpt of the 1978 Prologue and an Unpublished Article,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Unpublished Article, Written in 1997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Unpublished Article, Written Circa 1978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Unpublished Article, Written in 1992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Unpublished Articles, Written in 1991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
