The Anunnaki Chronicles: A Zecharia Sitchin Reader Hardcover – Illustrated, September 28, 2015

Yahoo News took time off from giving free publicity for STAR WARS to mention that scientists (isn't that a bit of a broad term?) discovered a new planet that they referred to as a Super Earth in our solar system. This was on Dec. 11 of this year and this statement received a lot of negative reactions in mails. One reaction was that this planet could not be in our solar system but might be in our galaxy.Another reaction mentioned the planet Nibiru or Planet X . . . but in a pejorative manner. He hoped that the Nibiru label would be quickly removed in order that the "True Believers" [quotes were his] would shut up. Since I was reading THE ANUNNAKI CHRONICLES at the time, I perked up. Zecharia Sitchin had been discussing Nirbiru in his articles and lectures compiled by his niece on the planet Nibiru (a "Planet of the Crossing"according to the ancient Sumerians) as well as the alien race the Anunnaki. Curiously, when I returned to the article about the Super Earth to read it again in its entirety, I discovered that it no longer existed. Someone had pulled it down. I still have the image of the planet on my Facebook timeline because I had saved it from Yahoo, but the article giving the details no longer exists. Why?Had I also not heard respected journalist/researcher Texas journalist Jim Marrs mention Nibiru, I might not have taken THE ANUNNAKI CHRONICLES: A ZECHARIA SITCHIN READER so seriously. Marrs is a scholarly journalist who provides notes and bibliographies to back up his findings, and Sitchin is a learned scholar who was evidently cut from the same cloth -- no sensationalized ideas were used to bilk the public, only actual evidence to support theories. I had also written reviews for GOODREADS on books about UFO sightings and government cover-ups, and while reading Sitchin's reader, I happened to watch an alien abduction film THE FOURTH KIND. Near the end of that film, we hear a tape of an alien's voice that sounds like Sumerian -- "the Holy Grail of dead languages," an expert in the film remarks.Janet Sitchin, Zecharia's niece, introduces and edits this tome -- a worthwhile edition, as another reviewer wrote, to one's personal library connection. Included here are unpublished articles, selections from chapters of his books, lectures, and letters to the NY Times. Her introductions to each section are often as interesting, if much briefer, than the articles themselves. His niece, a data-integration expert, is clearly no slouch in the intellect department herself. One thing she emphasizes about her uncle is the seriousness of his endeavors: he draws upon material in its original language (such as Hebrew) and does not only rely on translations that might be inaccurate. One thing he points out is that more professionals would be willing to support his claims and discoveries were it not for the fear that their careers would be in danger. Those of us who follow UFO sightings and learn about many government cover-ups should not be surprised at this.One question he poses regards how an ancient culture like the Sumerians could be become so advanced almost overnight unless they were influenced by visitors from space. As we have seen on the excellent program ANCIENT ALIENS, gods of different cultures might well be aliens who had superior knowledge and abilities -- technological or otherwise. The Sumerian pantheon of gods was headed by an Olympian Circle of 12, according to Sitchin, and to them our solar system had 12 members, not 9 as we believe. The Anunnaki (the giants on the Earth who had sex with mortal women and created offspring) were reportedly from the planet Nibiru. A moon of Nibiru had struck the plant Tiamat (named for a Sumerian god) and shattered it, creating the asteroid belt and even our planet Earth. Tiamat's moon Kingu became our moon."Sumerians . . ." writes Sitchin, "drew pictures of the aerial vehicles of the Anunnaki," ". . . a name from which the Book Genesis borrowed to create the term Anakim in the Bible. They were the Suns of the Gods who had married the daughters of Man on the eve of the Deluge; they were the Nefilim"(300-301). He shows an impression made by a cylinder seal on wet clay, an image that includes seven dots to represent Earth (Earth was the seventh planet to the Anunnaki) and six dots angles of another image which could represent Mars, the sixth planet.Whether you are a believer in UFOs, which I was before I ever read Sitchin, or a lover of mythology, which I used to teach in China as well as in the US, you will find Sitchin fascinating and informative reading. You might want to read his other, well-known books before reading this one, instead of approaching Sitchin backwards as I did. However you decide to become acquainted with Sitchin, I recommend that you do so.

excellent read!

I have read "The Anunnaki Chronicles" with special interest and to the fullest of my satisfaction. It has raised my appetite for the specific books from which the extracts were drawn. Sitchin's multi-generational research work brings us the history which calms the nerves reflects reality as it should be. It confirms to the inquiring mind that ancient writings are not myths after all as portrayed by some academics who do not want to openly come out in the open and concede that the ancients told their stories as they saw how. Sitchin offers a large amount of evidence obtained from archaeological sites and museums around the world in support of his theories, while categorically demonstrating that flying machines were used for easy transportation around the globe at a time when humans are believed to have been primitive. He also shows figurines of "humans" wearing sophisticated space-travel gear and communication devices which we are have only begun to discover as evidence of advanced societies having visited earth thousands of years ago.He believes the same "people" will one day return. And this concept is in accordance with all the Bible and Q'uran where it is clear that the Creator will come again to judge his People. This cannot be mere myth, but it is something which should keep us thinking our preparedness to receive the Visitors that already entered our solar system and now using their robots in their preparatory interactions with the human race.Are we ready to meet them? Anyone wishing to answer this question should first read "The Anunnaki Chronicles" by Zecharia Sitchin.

The experts will tell you it’s bunk, but some other experts will also tell you a certain vaccine is safe and effective…. I take this book with a grain of salt but it’s a great read and on every page I find myself thinking “huh, yeah that’s quite a coincidence”. So I suggest it’s worth reading if your into the sort of thing, It’s an easy read and very well put together.

I thought this was a good book but I think the assumptions are that you have read a few of Zech's books already. Especially the 12th Planet. Don't buy this as a first book or buy it with "The 12th Planet" and read that one first (at minimum). The overview was great, She adds a little more insight to details Zech never share in his books because the facts weren't solid enough to fight against an educated nay-say'er. A point which she also makes a several times throughout this book. From her perspective you can take a group of facts that work together and make some obvious assumptions, of which she gives several compelling examples. Zech wouldn't share any information that entertain speculation or assumption regardless of how obvious it may appear. He only shared facts that could be backed up by solid research, in which no one could really dispute unless they ignored his research and speculated themselves. She is a little bit sporadic the way she pulls pieces of information from other books together and although I was keeping up with her (only because I read the other books she was referencing) I think people would be lost because the lack of context which is given in the other books doesn't exist in this one. I want to say this book is like the CliffNotes of Zech's collection with extra info he only shared with close friends and family along with the writers thoughts.