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Zecharia Sitchin (July 11, 1920 – October 9, 2010) was an author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributed the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki, which he stated was a race of extraterrestrials from a planet beyond Neptune called Nibiru.
One of the few scholars able to read and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets, Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010) based his bestselling The 12th Planet on texts from the ancient civilizations of the Near East.
Key Takeaway: Zecharia Sitchin and the Mistranslation of Sumerian Texts. Cylinder seals like VA 243 were ancient Sumerians’ emojis, each symbolizing a message. But take caution: Zecharia Sitchin’s translations of space tales from these seals aren’t backed by experts and could lead us astray.
Zecharia Sitchin has 139 books on Goodreads with 52232 ratings. Zecharia Sitchin’s most popular book is The 12th Planet (Earth Chronicles, #1).
Jan 1, 2001 · These are the questions that Zecharia Sitchin set to answer in his book, The 12th Planet, in which he purports that he found said answers in cuneiform text dating from time of Sumerians over 5000 years ago.
Mar 27, 2007 · A classic of ancient human history—and one of the inspirations behind the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens—Zecharia Sitchin’s Earth Chronicles series is the revelatory and deeply provocative masterwork that forever altered humankind’s view of our history and our destiny.
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Zecharia Sitchin, an author of books offering an alternative history of the extraterrestrial origins of ancient humanity, was born in the 1920s in Baku, Russia. Soon after his birth his family moved to Palestine, where he grew up.
