Many readers will have heard of the Anunnaki -- hopefully listening to me debunk nonsense about them and not from Ancient Aliens. One of the problems with getting quality information about the Anunnaki is that the best material was published decades ago in German and...
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Leading Conspiracist Jim Marrs Claims I’m a Government Informant
[Had to re-post this.] Awesome - I always knew I'd make it! Today I got an email that included this paragraph from the most recent Jim Marrs book (he's known for promoting just about every conspiracy under the sun): "Researchers that worked with Michael Heiser (that...
Review of Ancient Aliens’ Craptastic Anunnaki Episode
Jason Colavito has courageously reviewed the latest ode to asininity from the History Channel's Ancient Aliens series. I strongly encourage readers to check it out. It's an informative and fun read. It's a cornucopia of devastating logic. My favorite portion: William...
Addendum to the Anunnaki Search on my Sitchin Is Wrong Website
I just wanted to give readers a heads-up on this. Some readers of my Zecharia Sitchin website have been unable to re-create the search for all occurrences of the Anunnaki in Sumerian texts via the Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature. (For those to whom that...
Recent Online Dissertation on the Sumerian Deity Enki
Today I came across this published (2010) doctoral dissertation on the god Enki by Peeter Espak. it is entitled, "The God Enki in Sumerian Royal Ideology and Mythology." I decided to blog the link in the name of offering something useful to all those who want to read...
Satirical Music Video Targeting Nibiru 2012 Mythology
One of the members of the Boston-based rock band, Metaphor for Everything, sent me the link to a new single, accompanied by a note that the song was inspired by my Zecharia Sitchin site. Apparently the site convince one of the band members to leave the ancient...
Ancient Astronaut Enthusiast Defends Sitchin
Some readers know about my website devoted to demonstrating the nonsense put forth by Zecharia Sitchin. Part of that site includes an open letter to Sitchin (now deceased of course) and his worshippers. It's been there over 10 years (Sitchin never responded) but at...
Guide to Ancient Astronaut PaleoBabble
I'll be on Coast to Coast AM this evening. This time I decided to do something that will help listeners follow the discussion more easily. I've created a sort of quick guide to my basic responses to a range of ancient astronaut paleobabble. It's a one-stop reference...
More Fun with Zecharia Sitchin: Looking for Rocket Ships in Sumerian Texts
Squint real hard, you might see them. This video is longer (19:00) because I go through the major lexical resources for Akkadian and Sumerian -- all publicly accessible -- to show that (surprise!) Zecharia Sitchin's translations ("rocket ship"; "fiery rocket") for...
Fun with Zecharia Sitchin: Let’s Search for the Anunnaki
Okay, this probably isn't going to be fun (especially to followers of Zecharia Sitchin), but I'm trying. Those of you who know of Sitchin and his work know that one of his major claims is that the Sumerian deities, the Anunnaki, were actually extraterrestrials. That's...
Zechariah Sitchin’s Contribution to PaleoBabble
L. A. Marzulli recently asked me to contribute to a newsletter he has created. I naturally agreed since he wanted some thoughts on the work of Zecharia Sitchin. Here's my short contribution for PaleoBabble readers: Zecharia Sitchin: Why You Can Safely Ignore Him...
Nibiru and Zecharia Sitchin
What do Mesopotamian texts say about "nibiru"? Does what Zecharia Sitchin say about it demonstrable from the tablets themselves? Is it a planet beyond Pluto? Does it cycle through our solar system every 3600 years? Is it a planet inhabited by the Anunnaki? Are the...
Ancient Mesopotamian Science vs. Sitchin
Came across a free PDF article on divination as science in Mesopotamia. Seems the people that had advanced knowledge of the heavens, including the outer planets and orbital mechanics of the most distant objects in our solar system believed you could discern the future...
Tellinger’s Sitchin Impersonation: Some Sample Searches
Just what the world needs - another Sitchin wannabe, and this one even less qualified than Sitchin! Turns out that South African soap-opera actor Michael Tellinger has unleashed himself on the unsuspecting public to promote his (Sitchin's) ideas in his book Slave...
Exposing the Work of Zecharia Sitchin, Part 2: Does the Bible Have the Gods Creating Humankind?
This is a Sitchin signature teaching. In an effort to marry his notion that the Anunnaki (a group of gods in the Sumero-Mesopotamian pantheon) created humankind to the biblical story, Sitchin teaches that the Bible itself has plural gods creating humankind in Genesis....