The Stairway to Heaven - Hardcover

Sitchin, Zecharia

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ISBN 10: 0312755058 ISBN 13: 9780312755058

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1981

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A daring, in-depth look at prehistory proposes solutions to the mysteries of humankind's origins and continual search for immortality by drawing on Mesopotamian epics, Egyptian pyramid texts, Greek myths, and biblical events

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Review:

"Impressive." -- UPI

"Compelling." -- Booklist

"Brilliant and explosive." -- Erich von Daniken, author of CHARIOTS OF THE GODS

Impressive. --UPI

Compelling. --Booklist

"Compelling."--Booklist

"A dazzling performance...Sitchin is a zealous investigator."--Kirkus Reviews

"Brilliant and explosive."--Erich von Daniken, author of CHARIOTS OF THE GODS

"An intriguing book--read it...Sitchin is to be congratulated...He makes his point, and makes it well."--The British UFO Research Organization

"Impressive."--UPI

From the Back Cover:

ARCHAEOLOGY / HISTORY Special large-format edition, lavishly illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs. Mythic memory has long held that somewhere on Earth there is a place where we can transcend death and join the gods. In The Stairway to Heaven, Zecharia Sitchin deepens his fascinating explorations into Earth history by looking at this longing for a return to the divine. Combining the enigma of the Pyramids with legends of human attempts to ascend like gods to Heaven in search of immortality, he delves into the lives of the pharaohs of Egypt, who taught how to travel the Route of the Gods to the "eternal afterlife"; the Sumerian king Gilgamesh, who journeyed to distant lands in his quest to "scale heaven" and ward off his mortal fate; Alexander the Great, who believed he was actually the son of a god; and Ponce de Leon, who explored Florida in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth. Finally, he leads us along the gaze of the Sphinx, the "Sacred Guide," for remarkable insight into the archetypal search for eternal life. "Well researched and persuasive ... Sitchin brings to this book' the logic and scholarship so often lacking. . . . He demonstrates the flaws in established theories about pyramid builders and exposes a few ancient hoaxes." --Library Journal "Impressive." --United Press International "Compelling." --Booklist

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