The Lost Book of Enki

by Zecharia Sitchin

  Urim: Nannar’s city in Shumer and the land’s capital three times (including at the time of the Great Calamity); a thriving center of culture, industry, and international trade

  Ur-Nammu: First king of the Third Dynasty of Ur

  Uruk: Akkadian name for Unug-ki (the biblical Erech)

  Utu: “Shamash” in Akkadian; twin brother of Inanna; commander of the Spaceport of Sippar in pre-Diluvial times and of the one in the Sinai after the Deluge; giver of laws from his cult center in Sippar after the Deluge; Godfather of Gilgamesh

  Water of Life: Used to revive Inanna and bring her back from the dead

  Water of Youth: Promised by Ra to his followers in an Afterlife

  Way of Anu: The central band of the celestial sphere containing the zodiacal constellations; on Earth, the central band between the northern Way of Enlil and the southern Way of Enki

  Way of Enki: The celestial sphere below the 30th parallel south

  Way of Enlil: The celestial sphere above the 30th parallel north

  Weapons of Terror: Nuclear weapons, used at first on Nibiru and then finally on Earth

  West Wind: A satellite-moon of Nibiru, one of seven

  Whirlwind: A satellite-moon of Nibiru, one of seven

  Whirlwinds: Helicopter-like aerial vehicles of the Anunnaki

  Whiteland: Antarctica

  Winged Serpent: Epithet of Ningishzidda in the Americas

  Zamush: Land of precious stones, part of Inanna’s Third Region

  Ziusudra: Hero of the Deluge, a son of Enki by an Earthling (the biblical Noah)

  Zumul: Astronomer-priest in Uruk during Anu’s visit

  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.

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  Copyright © 2002 by Zecharia Sitchin

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:

  Sitchin, Zecharia.

  The lost book of Enki / Zecharia Sitchin.

  p. cm.

  eISBN-13: 978-1-59143-946-2

  1. Civilization, Ancient—Extraterrestrial influences. 2. Lost books—History. I. Title.

  CB156 .S5737 2002

  001.94—dc21

  2001004531

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