Topic: Are the Extraterrestrials Who First Came to Earth Still Here?
Edited; the full text version is available @ http://www.halexandria.org/dward359.htm
Zecharia Sitchin has provided a fascinating documentation on the existence of extraterrestrials in the history of mankind. These extraterrestrials are described in ancient Sumerian texts (circa 1500 to 3500 BCE -- “Before Current Era” ) as being the Anunnaki (“those who from heaven to earth came” ). According to Sitchin (1985, 1990-1) and any open-minded interpretation of the various ancient texts available to us today, the Anunnaki were instrumental in creating man some 250,000 years ago, and were thereafter extensively involved in mankind’s history during the pre-Christian eras. The Book of Genesis, as just one example, can best be interpreted in a consistent manner by incorporating the ancient Sumerian description of the Anunnaki.
Despite Zecharia Sitchin’s {aka Laurence Gardner}[et al] comprehensive research and scholarly interpretation of the ancient texts, two major questions concerning the Anunnaki have not been fully explored. The first question, which relates to the second, is why did they come to the Earth to begin with? The second question is whether or not the Anunnaki, after having been so completely immersed in the history of mankind, are still on the planet earth today.
This paper provides a brief summary on the background of the origins, history, and involvement in human activities of the Anunnaki, as well as the issue of why the Anunnaki came to earth in the first place and how man became a part of the Anunnaki history. The paper will then consider a variety of theories, ideas, and pieces of evidence which bear on the essential issue of whether or not the Anunnaki are still here. In developing the thesis of this paper, facts from a wide range of scholarly fields will be utilized, including ancient and recent histories, quantum physics, astronomy, mythology and philosophy.
The Anunnaki
According to Zecharia Sitchin (1985) and his interpretation of ancient Sumerian texts, extraterrestrials first arrived on the planet Earth some 485,000 years ago. These extraterrestrials were referred to by the Sumerians as the Anunnaki (“those who from heaven to earth came” ). They are believed to have been from the planet Nibiru, a planet allegedly orbiting about our sun in a strongly elliptical orbit every 3,600 years. The planet's perihelion (closest point of approach to the Sun) is thought to be within the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, at a distance from the Sun of approximately 2.75 A.U. (an A.U. being the distance from the Sun to the Earth). The fact Nibiru is not known to modern science is likely due to the planet's aphelion (furthermost point in the planet's orbit from the Sun) being more than eight times the distance from the Sun to the planet Pluto (roughly 40 A.U.). Furthermore, Nibiru is now far out in deep space and unlikely to be easily detected.
The Anunnaki are an extremely long-lived race, potentially living as long as 500,000 Earth years, or about 140 “Nibiru years” . Accordingly, Anunnaki events move along very slowly compared to the hectic pace of humans. After the first Anunnaki arrived on Earth, for example, the first notable event was the discovery of gold 36,000 years later. This led to an Anunnaki mission to Earth to recover the gold from sea water roughly 445,000 years ago. This initial effort was led by an Anunnaki named EA, who assumed the title EN.KI (“Lord of Earth” ).
After the initial operation failed to produce the expected quantities of gold, an enlarged operation was commenced, this time under the command of EN.LIL (translated as "Lord of the Command"). Enlil was the half-brother of Enki. But while Enki was the older of the two brothers, Enlil was the Heir Apparent of Nibiru in the same manner as Isaac was Abraham’s favored son over Ishmael. The resulting Enki and Enlil rivalry turned out to be very important in the history of mankind and in understanding such historical documents as the biblical Book of Genesis.
The original gold extraction operation had been located in Mesopotamia at the head of the Persian Gulf. The new plan was to mine gold from the ground in southern Africa (referred to in the Sumerian texts as the AB.ZU), ship it back to Mesopotamia, and then lift it off the planet for trans-shipment to Nibiru. Enki was given authority over Africa (including Egypt), while Enlil took control of Mesopotamia and the overall Earth mission.
Roughly 272,000 years ago, the Anunnaki laboriously mining the gold from the South African mines mutinied! The mutiny and the difficulties the Anunnaki had encountered in working the mines were resolved when Enki proposed to create a “primitive worker” to do the work in lieu of the Anunnaki. In effect, Enki proposed, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Given the go-ahead, Enki and his half-sister, Ninki, created man, Homo sapiens sapiens, through genetic engineering for the sole purpose of providing workers to mine the gold! Man was created by cross-breeding Homo erectus with an extraterrestrial!
Ninki herself carried the first “mixed worker” to term and gave birth to a being she called the “Lulu” . Later, fourteen “birth goddesses” (female Anunnaki) were utilized to produce additional workers. This solution was only a moderate success in that the Lulu (or “mixed worker” ) was a hybrid and incapable of procreation (just as the mule, the cross between a horse and a donkey, cannot reproduce itself). And as the “birth goddesses” became weary of continually being pregnant, Enki and Ninki were forced to modify the genetic structure of the Lulu in order for it to be able to reproduce itself. They created the “Adama” . This latter step, however, was taken without Enlil’s knowledge!
Eventually, many of the Lulus were taken to Mesopotamia to work in agriculture and aid the Anunnaki efforts to raise food for themselves and their new workers. According to the Sumerian texts, Enlil created E.DIN, a special place where new strains of edible crops could be developed and later implemented. Lulus were placed inside E.DIN, but without Enlil having learned of the Lulu’s recently acquired ability to procreate. [..] The existence of the Anunnaki as “gods” also explains Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 6:2, and 6:4.
Scientific confirmation for the creation of mankind from Homo erectus roughly 250,000 years ago comes from two sources. The first is from Cann, et al (1987) wherein mitochondrial DNA (a form of DNA transmitted only maternally) had been used to postulate a single woman living in Africa roughly 250,000 years ago who became the mother of every human being now living on the planet. More recently, Dorit, et al (1995) have found no intraspecific polymorphism whatsoever in a gene paternally inherited, and concluded a date of the last common male ancestor of all humans currently on the planet to be 270,000 BCE.
[...]As the God of Wisdom, Enki was proficient in genetics, engineering, architecture (including sacred geometry), life sciences (including how to raise the dead), and other such esoteric disciplines. Much of this wisdom and knowledge was apparently passed onto his son, Quetzalcoatl/Ningishzida/Thoth, quite possibly from Enki’s viewpoint, the only worthy recipient. [...]Nevertheless, there is at least one UFO style event which might suggest a continuing presence by the Anunnaki in this century. In their book, The Fire Came By, Baxter and Atkins (1976) describe an incredible event which occurred on June 30, 1908 AD. Witnesses described a cylindrical object, shining very brightly (apparently much too bright for the naked eye) and with a bluish-white light. According to the eyewitnesses, the object was moving vertically for about ten minutes.
[...] The object then caused an immense explosion in the region of Stony Tunguska, some 40 miles NNE of Vanavara, in the frozen wasteland of Siberia.
The Tunguska Explosion, as it came to be called, exceeded in sheer force the enormous size, destructive capability and long-term effects of the volcanic eruptions at Thera (Santorini) circa 1500 BCE, Vesuvius (August 24, 79AD), and Krakatoa (August 26, 1883 AD) between Java and Sumatra. The explosion at Tunguska was comparable only with the explosive capabilities of the heaviest hydrogen bombs. Furthermore, the Tunguska explosion had all the ear marks of a mid-air explosion, and none of the characteristics of an object slamming into the Earth. [...]The other implication is whether or not we as a race can expect to see a renewed overt involvement by the Anunnaki in our lives. The Anunnaki’s demonstrated appreciation of astronomical alignments as a means of determining when certain events should proceed has already been mentioned. We know, for example, that an alignment circa 4000 BCE apparently initiated the Sumerian Civilization, an alignment circa 3100 BCE may have initiated the Egyptian and Indus Valley Civilizations (as well as the Mayan Calendar), a 1993 BCE alignment initiated the Chinese Calendar and effectively began the reign of Marduk, the Temple of Solomon (circa 1000 BCE) was delayed from the time of David (“because it was not yet time” ), and the Christian Era arrived approximately 4 BCE, shortly after the profound philosophies of the East began and after the Anunnaki dropped out of sight.
