Who is Zecharia Sitchin and what did he do?
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.
What did Zecharia Sitchin say about the Anunnaki?
Zecharia Sitchin. 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. He asserted that Sumerian mythology suggests that this hypothetical planet of Nibiru is in an elongated, 3,600-year-long elliptical orbit around the sun.
When did Zecharia Sitchin translate the Sumerian texts?
Since the publication of the original article, there have been requests for more background on the discrepancies between what the Sumerian texts actually say, and Sitchin’s personal “translations” which supposedly occurred in the 1970s.
When is the new Zecharia Sitchin book Coming out?
Due to be published in late September 2015, a new Sitchin book is being published. The Anunnaki Chronicles — A Zecharia Sitchin Reader brings together unpublished materials and chapters from the already published volumes.
What did Zecharia Sitchin believe caused the biblical deluge?
Zecharia believed that the Biblical Deluge was caused by the gravitational pull of Nibiru causing the Antarctic ice cap to slip into the ocean and create a world-wide tsunami that inundated the Earth.
How many copies of Zecharia Sitchin’s books have sold?
Sitchin’s books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 25 languages. Sitchin’s ideas have been rejected by scientists and academics, who dismiss his work as pseudoscience and pseudohistory.