Zecharia Sitchin's best-selling series The Earth Chronicles provided humanity's side of the story-as recorded on ancient clay tablets and other Sumerian artifacts-concerning our origins at the hands of the Anunnaki, those who from heaven to earth came. We can discuss this era, of their colonization: gold to replenish the dying atmosphere of their own planet. Finding this precious metal results in the Anunnaki creation of homo sapiens-the human race-who will mine this important resource.

In his complete works to date, Sitchin has compiled the complete story of the Anunnaki's impact on human culture from the fragments scattered throughout Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, and Canaanite sources-all ancient civilizations that benefited from knowledge brought to earth by these visitors from the 12th planet. Missing from these accounts, however, was the perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. What was life like on their own planet? What motives propelled them to settle on Earth-and what drove them from their new home? Convinced of the existence of a now lost book that formed the basis of ancient Sumerian texts and held the answers to these questions, the author began his search for evidence resulting in his "Lost Book of Enki". Through exhaustive research of primary sources, he has re-created here the memoirs of Enki, the leader of these first "astronauts." What takes shape is the story of a world of mounting tensions, deep rivalries, and sophisticated scientific knowledge that is only today being confirmed. An epic tale of gods and men unfolds, challenging every assumption we hold about our creation, our ancient history, and our culture.

About the Author

An eminent archeologist and linguist, Zecharia Sitchin is one of the few scholars able to translate ancient Sumerian as well as a host of other modern and ancient languages. He is a graduate of the University of London and worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years. He now lives and writes in New York.