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33
. Ibid.

CHAPTER 30. RISE OF THE ANUNNAKI

1
. Schmidt,
Göbekli Tepe,
206–7.

2
. Black, “The Sumerians in Their Landscape,” 41–62.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Horowitz,
Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography,
316 (K. 2873:3–4). See also Katz,
The Image of the Netherworld in the Sumerian Sources,
for a full review of this topic.

5
. Hennerbichler, “The Origin of Kurds,” 64–79
.

6
. Horowitz,
Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography,
316 (K. 2873:3–4).

7
. Jastrow,
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria,
558.

8
. Sayce, “Two Accadian Hymns,” 130.

9
. Warren,
Paradise Found,
127, 166, 170.

10
. Barton,
Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions,
5.

11
. See, for example, Miller,
Har-Moad,
2, 179, 194.

12
. Sale,
The Koran,
1833, vol. 2, 15, note a.

13
. Ibid.

14
. Ibid.

15
. Ibid.

16
. Garsoïan, “Taron as an Early Christian Armenian Center,” 65.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Miller,
Har-Moad,
20, 179, 194.

19
. Jastrow,
Religion of Babylonia and Assyria,
558.

20
. Sayce, “Two Accadian Hymns,” 130.

21
. See Wiggermann, “Mythological Foundations of Nature,” 279–306.

22
. Ibid.

23
. O’Brien with O’Brien,
The Genius of the Few,
37.

24
. Ibid., 43.

25
. Barton,
Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions,
4.

26
. Ibid., 16.

27
. Ibid.

28
. O’Brien with O’Brien,
Genius of the Few,
46.

29
. For a full account of Zenob Glak’s story, see Seth,
Armenians in India,
and Avdall, “A Hindoo Colony in Ancient Armenia,” 181–86.

30
. O’Brien with O’Brien,
Genius of the Few,
48–49.

31
. Izady,
The Kurds,
18–19.

CHAPTER 31. THE MAKING OF HUMANKIND

1
. Leick,
Göbekli Tepe,
s.v. “Igigi,” 85.

2
. Ibid. For the full story see “Atrahasis 1,” in Dalley,
Myths from Mesopotamia,
9–17. See also Brown,
The Ethos of the Cosmos,
140.

3
. “Atrahasis 1,” in Dalley,
Myths from Mesopotamia,
9.

4
. Ibid., 10.

5
. Ibid., 14–15.

6
. Ibid., 15.

7
. Ibid., 15–16.

8
. Josephus, “The Antiquities of the Jews,” vol. 1, 1, 2.

9
. Barton,
Miscellaneous Babylonian Inscriptions,
16.

10
. Olyan,
Asherah and the Cult of Yahweh in Israel,
70–71.

CHAPTER 32. THE COMING OF THE WATCHERS

1
. Movsisyan,
The Sacred Highlands,
29–30. See also Houtsma,
Encyclopedia of Islam, 1913–1936,
s.v. “Bingöldagh.”

2
. “Bingöl Dagları,” Wikipedia,
http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing%C3%B6l_Da%C4%9Flar%C4%B1
(accessed January 15, 2014).

3
. E-mail communication between Jonathan Bright and the author dated October 20, 2012.

4
. Charles, trans.,
The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch,
1 En. 8:1, 3.

5
. Various references in 1 En. For a full examination of the Watchers’ physical traits see Collins,
From the Ashes of Angels,
46–56, and the references therein.

6
. Eisenman and Wise,
The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered,
153–56, see 4Q543, Manuscript B, Fragment 1.

7
. Graves and Patai,
Hebrew Myths,
106.

8
. Charles, trans.,
The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch,
1 En. 69:12.

9
. Ibid., 1 En. 69:6.

10
. Milik,
The Books of Enoch,
306, 307, 313, quoting extracts from the “Book of Giants.”

11
. Eisenman and Wise,
The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered,
153–56, see 4Q543, Manuscript B, Fragment 1.

12
. Charles, trans.,
The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch,
2 En. 1:4–5.

13
. “Human Figures, Wild Animal Reliefs Unearthed in 11,000-year-old Gobeklitepe Tumulus,” Hurriyet Daily News, November 10, 2006,
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/default.aspx?pageid=438&n=human-figures-wild-animal-reliefs-unearthed-in11000-year-old-gobeklitepe-tumulus-2006-10-11
(accessed January 15, 2014).

14
. Schodde, trans.,
The Book of Enoch,
1 En. 13:10.

15
. O’Brien with O’Brien,
The Genius of the Few,
48–49, 108–9.

CHAPTER 33. MOUNTAIN OF THE WATCHERS

1
. Baty, trans.,
Enoch the Prophet,
1 En. 2:7–8.

2
. Baty,
Enoch the Prophet,
xv.

3
. Ibid.

4
. Ibid.

5
. Hewitt,
Primitive Traditional History,
25.

6
. Baty, trans.,
Enoch the Prophet,
xv; 1 En. 2:21.

7
. Bochart,
Geographia sacra,
vol. 1, ch. III, p. 23, who states that Jerome (347–420 AD) used the place-name Armon in connection with Armenia. No citation is given.

8
. Ibid. The author writes that Aquila and Symmachus, second century translators of the Old Testament, both used the place-name Armona in connection with Armenia. No citation is given.

9
. Ibid., vol. I, ch. III, p. 22.

10
. Jer. 51:27.

11
. Smith,
Smith’s Bible Dictionary,
s.v. “Armenia,”
www.ccel.org/ccel/smith_w/bibledict.txt
(accessed January 15, 2014).

12
. Christian Abraham Wahl as quoted in Rosenmüller,
Biblical Geography,
149. Unfortunately, Rosenmüller fails to provide a full citation for Wahl’s statement, recording only that it derives from “
Asien,
p. 807, note.”

13
. Tavernier,
Viaggi nella Turchia, nella Persia, e nell’ Indie,
vol. 1, 16. See also Carari, “A Voyage round the World (1699),” 350–51.

14
. Tavernier,
Viaggi nella Turchia, nella Persia, e nell’ Indie,
vol. 1, 16.

15
. Shea and Troyer,
The Dabistán,
vol. 1, 150; vol. 3, index.

16
. Yates,
Hindustání and English,
s.v. “Míná,” 518a.

17
. Ibid., s.v. “Mínú,” 518b.

18
. Ibid., s.v. “Jhil,” 194b. See also Gilchrist,
The Hindee Moral Preceptor,
s.v. “jul,” 163.

19
. Lipinski, “El’s Abode,” 43, and all references therein.

20
. Ibid.

21
. Ibid.

22
. Ibid., 44.

23
. Ibid., 46.

24
. Coomaraswamy, “Khwaja Khadir and the Fountain of Life in the Tradition of Persian and Mughal Art,” 157–67.

25
. Lipinski, “El’s Abode,” 46.

26
. Ibid., 46.

27
. Ibid., 47, quoting 1 En. 17:2.

28
. Ibid., quoting 1 En 17:7–8.

29
. Ibid., 48, quoting 1 En 32:2–3.

30
. Ibid., 48.

31
. Charles, ed.,
Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha,
“Apocalypse of Moses.”

32
. Lipinski, “El’s Abode,” 48.

33
. Ibid., 49–55.

34
. Ibid., 55–56.

35
. Ibid., 57.

36
. Peiser, “Eine babylonische Landkarte,” 361–70. For a full description and account of the clay tablet, see Horowitz,
Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography,
20–42.

37
. Horowitz,
Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography,
22.

38
. Ibid., 33.

39
. Private communication between Gagik Avagyan and the author dated June 10, 2013.

40
. Private communication between Gagik Avagyan and the author dated June 8, 2013.

CHAPTER 34. WALKING WITH SERPENTS

1
. Valentyn Stetsyuk, “Introduction to the Study of Prehistoric Ethnogenic Processes in Eastern Europe and Asia: The Anthropological Type of Autochthon Europeans and Their Language,” Alternative Historical Linguistics,
http://alterling2.narod.ru/English/AO21ab.doc
(accessed January 15, 2014).

2
. Shtrunov, “The Origin of Haplogroup I1-M253 in Eastern Europe,” 7, 9.

3
. Gimbutas,
The Prehistory of Eastern Europe,
28, 31–32.

4
. Graves and Patai,
Hebrew Myths,
106.

5
. Mallowan and Rose, “Excavations at Tell Arpachiyah 1933,” 1–178.

6
. Molleson and Campbell, “Deformed Skulls at Tell Arpachiyah,” 45–55.

7
. Mallowan and Linford, “Rediscovered Skulls from Arpachiyah,” 52.

8
. Molleson and Campbell, “Deformed Skulls at Tell Arpachiyah,” 49–50.

9
. Ibid., 50.

10
. Ibid.

11
. Ibid.

12
. Ibid., 51–52.

13
. Ibid., 52.

14
. Gilbert and Cotterell,
The Mayan Prophecies,
118–25, quoting José Diaz Bolio,
The Rattlesnake School
and
Why the Rattlesnake in Mayan Civilization
.

15
. Charles, trans.,
The Book of Enoch or 1 Enoch,
1 En. 69:6.

16
. Peregrine,
Encyclopedia of Prehistory,
s.v. “Arpachiyah (Tepe Reshwa).”

17
. Bressy, Poupeau, and Yener, “Cultural Interactions during the Ubaid and Halaf Periods,” 1560–65.

18
. Charvát,
Mesopotamia before History,
51.

19
. Milik,
The Books of Enoch,
306, 307, 313, quoting extracts from the “Book of Giants.”

20
. O’Brien with O’Brien,
The Genius of the Few,
48–9, 62–3.

21
. Segal,
Edessa,
p. 2 n. 4, 106.

22
. Çelik, “An Early Neolithic Settlement in the Center of Şanlıurfa, Turkey,” 4–6.

23
. Segal,
Edessa,
p. 2 n. 2.

24
. Personal communication between Hakan Dalkus and the author dated February 7, 2012.

25
. Ibid.

26
. Keightley,
The Fairy Mythology,
25.

27
. Ibid.

28
. The relationship between the Watchers and the Persian Peri and Jinn is a matter discussed at length in the author’s book
From the Ashes of Angels
. See, for example, pages 100–101, 198–201, 271–72.

29
. See, for example, the account of the birth of Noah in Avigad and Yadin,
A Genesis Apocryphon
.

CHAPTER 35. A QUIET CORNER OF EDEN

1
. “Yeghrdut,” Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeghrdut_monastery
(accessed January 16, 2014).

2
. Murad Hasratyan,
Christian Armenia Encyclopedia,
s.v. “Yeghrduti Monastery,” 313–14.

3
. Oskian,
Die Klöster von Taron-Turuberan,
s.v. “Yeghrduti.”

4
. Madatyan, “Srbaluys myuron,”
http://araratian-tem.am/media/Myuron.doc
. If you’re unable to access this link, go to “Wayback Machine” at
http://archive.org/web/
and type in “
http://araratian-tem.am/media/Myuron.doc
” and press enter. The document will automatically download.