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Posted on 05/18/2024 6:34:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Anunnaki gods were worshipped by the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia long before the Greeks praised the Olympian gods or the Egyptians prayed to Osiris.
While Zeus and the rest of the Greek gods resided at the top of Mount Olympus, and Osiris was the god of the earth and the underworld, the Anunnaki were winged deities who lived up in the heavens and came down to Earth to decide on people’s destiny.
The Sumerians had many myths involving the Anunnaki gods passing judgment on humans. The gods were described as children of the Earth and sky. This indicates they were believed to interact with humans when they came down to Earth.
Based on ancient carvings depicting deities of ancient Mesopotamia, some had wings, wore horned caps, and had bird faces, while others held something resembling a modern-day ladies’ purse.
Who were the Anunnaki? Mesopotamian Mythology with Dr. Miano. Grecian Delight supports Greece The Anunnaki descended from the god of the heavens An and the goddess of the Earth Ki. The word Anunnaki word can be translated into “princely seed” in Sumerian, but as a term, it remains poorly defined. There is hardly any evidence of an exact number of these gods and their various functions as the historical texts deviate from one another.
According to Sumerian beliefs, the Heaven and Earth were inseparable until Enlil came along. Enlil split the Heaven and Earth in two and carried the Earth away whilst his father, An, carried away the sky.
The advanced Sumerian civilization In the Sumerian language, Sumer means “land of the kings.” Sumer was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers—hence the Greek name Mesopotamia, meaning Meso (between) potamia (rivers). Its land was in southern Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq. Sumer is one of the oldest civilizations, estimated to have existed between 4500 BC to 1750 BC.
It consisted of a small number of city-states, each organized around a temple now called a ziggurat, dedicated to the Anunnaki gods’ worship. Ziggurats were layered pyramids with a flat top. Archaeologists consider those communities to be “servant-slave” populations dedicated to serving the temple gods. Later, the priesthood rulership was replaced by kings.
Anunnaki Anunnaki dedicated ziggurat remains in modern-day Iraq. Credit: Joelrodriquez2022 Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The Sumerians pre-existed the Babylonians. In fact, Babylonian cuneiform texts describe the Sumerians as ancients. Despite their ancient origins, the Sumerians had developed a sophisticated method of keeping time, dividing the day into hours, similar to the way we count time today. They also invented cuneiform, one of the earliest known systems of writing in human history. In addition, they invented the plow. This played a great role in helping their empire grow.
The famous Epic of Gilgamesh—the so-called Mesopotamian Odyssey—begins with five short poems in the Sumerian language about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. It is known from tablets that were written during the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. The poems have been entitled “Gilgamesh and Huwawa,” “Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven,” “Gilgamesh and Agga of Kish,” “Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld,” and “The Death of Gilgamesh.”
The sophistication of the Sumerians is demonstrated by a clay tablet translated in 2015 showing that ancient astronomers made extremely accurate mathematical calculations for the orbit of Jupiter a full 1,400 years before Europeans did.
Were the Anunnaki mythical gods or something else? It was exactly these extraordinary advances in Sumerian civilization so early in antiquity that made some researchers doubt Sumerian mythology and extrapolate the so-called ancient astronaut or ancient alien theories about the Anunnaki.
Fringe theorists believe Sumerian deities were aliens from another planet that ruled the Sumerians, sharing their advanced knowledge and intelligence with them.
Researcher and author Michael Cremo (Forbidden Archaeology), Zecharia Sitchin, Erich von Däniken (Chariots of the Gods), author and researcher Michael Tellinger, and several others argue that the Anunnaki were actually aliens posing as gods.
Some of these theories also assert these aliens genetically engineered the human race to be a slave species, influencing human affairs for millennia. These off-world gods brought advanced technologies that account for sophisticated megastructures such as the pyramids or Stonehenge. Tellinger claimed that the Anunnaki extracted massive amounts of gold using human labor and introduced the concepts of money, finance, and debt to human societies.
The Anunnaki Creation Story: The Biggest Secret in Human History - Nibiru is Coming Most mainstream researchers and historians reject the ideas put forth by Sitchin and his colleagues. They often say these theorists have either mistranslated or misinterpreted the ancient Sumerian texts. For example, Sitchin’s theories that the advanced abilities of the people of Sumer were taught by aliens, quoting the existence of “flying machines” appearing in some ancient Sumerian texts, could be a mistranslation.
Sitchin took it a few leaps further. In a 2010 interview with The New York Times, he claimed that thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia, extraterrestrials intervened genetically to create humans as labor slaves to mine gold for them. They would then take the gold back to their planet. To prove his point, he referred to ancient texts.
Some researchers do point out that ancient Sumerian texts include some unusual-sounding beliefs and descriptions, but they argue that this is mostly because they lived in a time before people had a sophisticated understanding of natural phenomena, astronomy, animals, and other areas of life.
The theory that the Anunnaki originated from “Nibiru,” a.k.a. “Planet X” has been used in alternate narratives about Sumer. However, NASA discards the Planet X theory, characterizing the existence of the planet as “hypothetical.” This so-called planet orbits about twenty times farther from the Sun on average than Neptune, and it may take between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years for one orbit around its sun to be completed.
Why was the Anunnaki movie production canceled midway? In 2006, an unknown American director, Jon Gress, began filming the most controversial film of the century. It would be the first part of a trilogy about the Anunnaki. In particular, it would start from their arrival on Earth 450,000 years ago and move on to the pre-and post-flood empires, the exodus, and possible return to mid-2012.
It was set to be an expensive, independent production based on Zecharia Sitchin’s books. The three parts were supposed to be released in 2007, 2008, and 2009.
Yet, although there was a lot of information on the shooting and overall production, it was suddenly canceled and internet posts about the movie began disappearing. The official website of the film was shut down, as was any link to it.
Anunnaki Trailer Oficial - Jon Gress - 2017 [La Película Prohibida] Stolen clip from series Anunnaki / 1 Anunnaki / 1Anunnaki / Anunnaki movie / Anunnaki The Movie All images, videos, and information were likewise deleted from the internet. The Anunnaki movie was never released and evidence of its existence was permanently wiped away from media.
On YouTube, there are clips believed to be from the Anunnaki film production, but their authenticity is difficult to determine.
Nevertheless, the disappearance of information regarding the shooting of the Anunnaki film fueled more conspiracy theories of the “they don’t want you to know” type, making the Anunnaki a legend that will continue to fascinate and spark controversy at the same time.
I believe that it was Graham Hancock who made the connection between multiple cultures on different continents and the so-called 'purse'.
If not, at least he's the one where I heard about it on his show Ancient Apocalypse.
Mesopotamia!
Great song by the B-52s
Check out Fred Schneider’s dance moves lol.
https://youtu.be/Hq6IJ94A7pQ?si=BrHrvfx8dgTW3ZQj
Oh wait..
Also the sandwich-making aliens, the Panininaki.
my first thought
I know one thing, after slaving all my life to get better stuff I have realized I don’t own stuff, stuff owns me. Honestly it wasn’t too intelligent. I sacrificed a lot of my life...
“Yes, even now we are capable of genetic manipulation.”
Yep... So it is not beyond possible.
The best explanation of this is found in the ancient Book of Enoch (Enoch I/Ethiopian Book of Enoch). It's online in text form for free. I just looked for a pdf of it and found this (Enoch I pdf). I haven't checked this source out carefully, but, from a quick scan, it looks good.
BTW, Book of Enoch fragments were found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Book was considered highly regarded by various religious communities (Jewish and early Christian) at that time.
Here's what ChatGPT has to say about the Book of Enoch and R.H. Charles (1855–1931), its translator. The manuscript that Charles translated Book was written in Geʽez. Geʽez (sometimes referred to in scholarly literature as Classical Ethiopic) is an ancient South Semitic language. The language originates from what is now northern Ethiopia and Eritrea. Here is a brief overview of the significant points regarding the Book of Enoch and R.H. Charles's involvement: Rediscovery of the Book of Enoch: In the late 18th century, European scholars became aware of the Book of Enoch through Ethiopian manuscripts. In 1773, the Scottish explorer James Bruce returned from Ethiopia with three copies of the Ge'ez manuscript of the Book of Enoch. Translation and Scholarship: The first English translation was made by Richard Laurence in 1821, from an Ethiopian manuscript. R.H. Charles, a British biblical scholar, produced a highly influential translation in 1893. His work included not only a translation but also extensive commentary and critical apparatus, which made the text accessible to a broader academic audience. Charles's translation was based on multiple manuscripts and took into account the growing body of scholarly work on the text. Significance of R.H. Charles's Work: Charles's translation and commentary were critical in bringing the Book of Enoch to the attention of biblical scholars and the wider public. His work highlighted the importance of the Book of Enoch in understanding the development of Jewish and early Christian thought, particularly its influence on New Testament writings. R.H. Charles's contributions were seminal in the academic study of the Book of Enoch, making him one of the key figures in the modern understanding and appreciation of this ancient text. Subsequent Discoveries Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered between 1946 and 1956, included Aramaic fragments of the Book of Enoch, which confirmed the antiquity and textual history of the work. These discoveries postdated Charles's work but have since provided additional context and validation for the study of Enochic literature. R.H. Charles is renowned for his translation and scholarly work on it. The Book of Enoch, also known as 1 Enoch, is an ancient Jewish religious work that was known to the early Church Fathers but was largely lost to Western Christianity until its rediscovery in the late 18th century.
Ping to material that “might” be related to the UFO issue.
“I know one thing, after slaving all my life to get better stuff I have realized I don’t own stuff, stuff owns me. Honestly it wasn’t too intelligent. I sacrificed a lot of my life...”
When my wife got blood clots and cancer I looked around and thought ‘what is all this stuff?’. I’ve been selling and giving away things for two years. It’s all pretty much useless.
One of the lessons of the Sitchen/anti-Sitchen debate is how difficult it is to understand ancient texts.
The prejudices aka culture of those who study the texts have a very strong impact on the “results” of the translation.
Those who think the “scientific” world-view is going to fix this are in for a nasty surprise.
At the end of the day it is humans creating narratives to make themselves feel wise and superior.
I think you would like this book. It's a thick, scholarly tome but well worth the time of anyone interested in this subject.
He debunks Sitchen nicely by carefully translating the Old Testament and other ancient texts. Heiser had an MA in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA and PhD in the Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (with a minor in Classical studies). He is considered by many to be the world's leading authority on this subject.
That said, the ancient texts tell some hair-raising stories without any embellishment needed.
It’s a great sadness to me that we lost Heiser just as he was really getting going :(
Yep, absolutely. And the “watchers”. To the Norse and Hindu they were the “shining ones”. The Native Americans the “Star People”.
Same here. He was a great scholar and a humble man (and a devout Christian who didn’t let his religious “bias” get in the way of his objective scholarship).
What? No History Alien guy picture today? Somebody’s slipping!! 🤓
“In fact, the Bible plagiarized many of the stories...This is fact without question.”
Plagiarized, a fact without question?
In other words, you just plagiarized a statement, since you did not identify your source, or you just pulled it out of your ass. To plagiarize means an intent to deceive.
The Biblical writers used sources in writing their text, sometimes they identified the source, sometimes they did not. But that was the way they did things back then. Luke, in the New Testament, stated he used manuscripts in writing his accounts, but did not identify them.
BTW, Heiser doesn’t actually present any theories, per se. He just carefully translates the ancient texts and presents them as they are.
Currently on my third reading. Excellent book. Clears up a lot of issues.
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