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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best of Sitchin's work, 2 Jun 1999
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This is probably the best of all Sitchin's work, since it essentially summarises the 5 Earth Chronicles books. The basic hypothesis is the same - Earth was probably visited in the distant past by extraterrestials who genetically engineered Man as a mining slave. Sounds whacky yes, but Sitchin's scholarship is unchallenged by most. For those who don't have the patience to read his 6 or 7 other books on the subject, this one will do nicely. Read it with an open mind and remember, what he says at least presents a scientific alternative to blind acceptance that Man was divinely created. And for those who want to pursue more about Man's past, read "Forbidden Archaeology'' by Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson. Your worldview will never be the same again
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Thought provoking for the first 80% of the book..... , 8 Jan 2007
There is no doubt that, for many reasons, there is much ancient knowledge that has vanished over the centuries and recent discoveries of Sumerian clay tablets and other sources testify to that. Sitchin, like Alan Alford and others, points to the Sumerian tablets that describe the story of the creation of the Earth and the dawn of life in terms that can be strangely close to recent scientific discoveries. Did the ancients really know about the structure of the solar system and the creation of life and space travel and hide these truths within stories passed down through history as myths?
Sitchin's strongest area is on the geology of our solar system and many of the points he makes are intriguing, as is the tie-in with the creation story as told in the ancient stories prior to Genesis being written and not the neutered version in our current bibles.
He ties together a series of events that can be validated scientifically as well as having strong connections with ideas from both evolution AND creationism, apart from those who insist the world was created in 4004 BC who are beyond any sort of help.
This part of the book, by far the the largest part, is superb and well-written and I recommend this to everyone not just those with an interest in ancient knowledge or religion.
Where he loses me though is in the last few chapters when he moves on to a possible threat to Earth from within our own solar system and a tie-in with strange happenings on Mars and its odd moonlets. With many millions being spent on deep-space SETI projects one wonders why anyone would want to avoid evidence in our own relatively local area. The USA, Russian and other Government's "apparent" lack of willingness to release information can only help promote conspiracies. One interesting thought though, would a strongly religious nation disclose new information that could undermine its religious beliefs? May there be a time when the truth is not out there, but locked away somewhere?
Read this book, the last part especially, with an open mind but do your own research as well. There are plenty books you can look up, visit libraries and search on the internet before you make your own minds up.
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26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic read - very thought provoking, 26 Feb 2006
I have never been a believer of religion, and take all the bibles stories with a pinch of salt. To be honest, i find it sad that modern "man" (and woman) believe in & pray to a mythical god! and simply dismiss any other theories as nonsense!! I have always considered the bible to be a book of stories/fables designed to promote "good" living. HOWEVER, as i started to read this book i realised that many of the stories from the bible have earlier origins (some 4,000 years earlier) and that perhaps there is some element of fact about them.
I avidly set about finishing Sitchin's book "Genesis Revisited" I was amazed to discover that Sitchin uses & quotes Sumerian texts that describe the creation of mankind. The texts are comparable with those of the bible, BUT, with more accurate translations. For example, the bible describes how God created Adam from the dust of the earth and breathed life in to him. Sitchin describes how the Sumerian texts/words used to describe the ape-like creature found on earth at that time, were "clay" or "dust" of the earth, and how the equivalent texts for what we now call laboratories translate from Sumerian as "the buildings where life is breathed". In other words the clay/dust of the earth (ape-man) was created in alien laboratories. The texts go on to explain how the term Adam should have been translated as Adamah - meaning "slave" - The gods created adamah as a slave to "till the earth" - ie do the laborious work for them.
There are many more examples of how the Sumerian texts can be found in the Christian bible - but have been mis-translated over the years. By the way, these texts pre-date the bible by some 4,000 years! The Bible is nothing more than a copy of these ancient texts written some 4,000 years earlier.
It is probably true to say that some people will simply dismiss Sitchin's book as nonsense. However, these are not simply his fancical theories or dreams - they are backed up by hard evidence - the Sumerian tablets do exist. They do describe God-like beings from the stars. They do describe how the earth was created. Even more difficult to dismiss is the fact that they describe in great details how each planet in our solar syatem is made up, what the atmosphere is like, what colour the planets are etc. All these things modern man has only recently discovered with the aid of massive telescopes and space probes etc. How did the Sumerian people get these facts so right over 6,000 years ago!! This book has certainly provoked me to read more on this fasinating topic. It is a book that i found hard to put down.
I have always been interested in the theories that mankind was visited in the distant past by travelling "aliens", but this goes one step further. It describes how these aliens moulded the human race "in their own image".
Whether you belive these theories or not, one thing i am certain, you cannot dismiss them until you have read them!
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