The 12th Planet (68 page)

The Earth Chronicles
series is based on the premise that mythology is the depository of ancient recollections, that the Bible should be read literally as a historic-scientific document, and that ancient civilizations were the product of knowledge brought to Earth by the Anunnaki—"Those who from Heaven to Earth came."

Complementing each other and serving to bring the saga of gods and humans on Earth ever closer to our time, each book of the series looks at this awesome tale from a different perspective.

The 12th Planet
, the first book of the series, brings to life the Sumerian civilization and presents millennia-old evidence of the existence of Nibiru, the home planet of the Anunnaki, and the landings of the Anunnaki on Earth every 3,600 years.

The Stairway to Heaven
, the second book, incorporates ancient Egyptian evidence to show that the gateway between the mortal and the divine was a spaceport in the Sinai Peninsula, with the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx serving as beacons for the landings.

The Wars of Gods and Men
, the third book, additionally embraces Canaanite, Hittite, and Hindu sources to include in these investigations the incidents of the Tower of Babel and the upheaval of Sodom and Gomorrah, concluding that nuclear weapons were used on Earth 4,000 years ago.

The Lost Realms
, the fourth book, transports readers to the pre-Columbian civilizations and ancient empires of the Americas, revealing hitherto unrecognized golden links between ancient Near Eastern civilizations and the "cities of the gods" of the Olmecs, Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas.

When Time Began
, the fifth book, explores ancient knowledge of Heaven and Earth and the interwoven cycles that gave rise to astronomy, the zodiac and astrology, and stone calendars such as Stonehenge, revealing the secret of New Ages past and future.

And
The Cosmic Code
, the sixth book in the series, explains how the secrets of humankind's celestial teachers were encoded in the Bible and other sacred and hidden "books "—a cosmic code that links Earthlings to their cosmic roots.

In the years since each book was published, new scientific discoveries have provided mounting corroboration of the series' incredible and unorthodox science-based conclusions. This accumulation of discoveries and the origins of humankind and the solar system are further discussed in the companion books
Genesis Revisited
and
Divine Encounters
.

I trust that modern science will continue to confirm ancient knowledge.

Zecharia Sitchin
New York
January 2002

About the Author

Zecharia Sitchin
was born in Russia and grew up in Palestine, where he acquired a profound knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages, the Old Testament, and the history and archaeology of the Near East. A graduate of the University of London with a degree in economic history, he worked as a journalist and editor for many years prior to undertaking his life's work—
The Earth Chronicles
.

One of the few scholars able to read the clay tablets and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian, Sitchin based
The Earth Chronicles
series on the texts and pictorial evidence recorded by the ancient civilizations of the Near East, His books have been widely translated, reprinted in paperback editions, converted to Braille for the blind, and featured on radio and television programs. He now lives and writes in New York City.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sitchin, Zecharia.

The 12th planet / Zecharia Sitchin.

p. cm. — (The first book of the Earth chronicles)

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Stein and Day, 1976.

Includes bibliographical references.

eISBN-13: 978-1-59143-919-6

1. Civilization, Ancient—Extraterrestrial influences. 2. Interplanetary voyages. I. Title. II. Title: Twelfth planet. III. Series: Sitchin, Zecharia. Earth chronicles :1.

CB156.S57 1991

001.9'4-dc20

91-7904
CIP

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