Synopses & Reviews
Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life...and the afterlife. Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? By whom was it established? And does it still exist today? After years of painstaking research--combining recent archaeological discoveries with ancient texts and artifacts--noted scholar Zecharia Sitchin has identified the legendary Land of the Gods, and provided astounding new revelations about the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other mysterious monuments whose true meanings and purposes have been lost for eons. Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life, and the afterlife. In
The Stairway to Heaven, the second book of Zecharia Sitchin's
Earth Chronicles series, the author answers these fundamental questions: Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? By whom was it established? And does it still exist today?
The Earth Chronicles deal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind. Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. For the first time, the entire Earth Chronicles series is now available in a hardcover collector's edition.
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"Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling." Library Journal
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"Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance." Kirkus Reviews
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"Sitchin's works are outstandingly different from all others that present this central theme. His linguistic skills in the languages of antiquity and his pursuit of the earliest available texts and artifacts make possible the wealth of photographs and line drawings appearing in his books from tablets, monuments, murals, pottery, and seals." Rosemary Decker, historian and researcher
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"Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling." < i=""> Library Journal <>
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"Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance." < i=""> Kirkus Reviews <>
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"Sitchin's works are outstandingly different from all others that present this central theme. His linguistic skills in the languages of antiquity and his pursuit of the earliest available texts and artifacts make possible the wealth of photographs and line drawings appearing in his books from tablets, monuments, murals, pottery, and seals." < b=""> Rosemary Decker <> , historian and researcher
Synopsis
Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life...and the afterlife. In
The Stairway to Heaven, the second book of Zecharia Sitchin's
Earth Chronicles series, the author answers these fundamental questions: Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? By whom was it established? And does it still exist today? After years of painstaking research--combining recent archaeological discoveries with ancient texts and artifacts--Sitchin has identified the legendary Land of the Gods, and provided astounding new revelations about the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other mysterious monuments whose true meanings and purposes have been lost for eons.
The Earth Chronicles deal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind. Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. For the first time, the entire Earth Chronicles series is now available in a hardcover collector's edition.
Synopsis
Explains how Sumerian kings, pharoahs, Greco-Roman leaders, and European"
explorers all sought ways to ascend like gods to heaven in search of immortality.
The Earth Chroniclesdeal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind. Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. For the first time, the entire Earth Chroniclesseries is now available in a hardcover collector's edition.
About the Author
Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010), an eminent Orientalist and biblical scholar, 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 in Israel 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.
Table of Contents
I. IN SEARCH OF PARADISE
II. THE IMMORTAL ANCESTORS
III. THE PHARAOH'S JOURNEY TO THE AFTERLIFE
IV. THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
V. THE GODS WHO CAME TO PLANET EARTH
VI. IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE DELUGE
VII. GILGAMESH: THE KING WHO REFUSED TO DIE
VIII. RIDERS OF THE CLOUDS
IX. THE LANDING PLACE
X. TILMUN: LAND OF THE ROCKETSHIPS
XI. THE ELUSIVE MOUNT
XII. THE PYRAMIDS OF GODS AND KINGS
XIII. FORGING THE PHARAOH'S NAME
XIV. THE GAZE OF THE SPHINX
SOURCES
INDEX