When Time Began: The First New Age - Book 5 of the Earth Chronicles (Earth Chronicles S.) - Softcover

Sitchin, Zecharia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380770717 ISBN 13: 9780380770717

Publisher: Avon Books, 1999

Synopsis

They came to Earth thousands of years ago to usher in mankind's first New Age of scientific growth and spiritual enlightenment. Under the guidance of these ancient visitors from the heavens, human civilisation flourished - as revolutionary advances in art, science and thought swept through the inhabited world. And they left behind magnificent monuments -- baffling monoliths and awesome, towering structures that stand to this day as testaments to their greatness.

In this extraordinarily documented, meticulously researched work, Zecharia Sitchin draws remarkable correlations between the events that shape our civilisation in millennia past - pinpointing with astonishing accuracy the tumultuous beginning of time as we know it . . . and revealing to us the indisputable signature of extraterrestrial god indelibly written in stone.

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" Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance."

" Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling." ?

" 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."

& quot; Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling.& quot; ?

& quot; Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance.& quot;

& quot; 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.& quot;

"Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling."?

"Sitchin is a zealous investigator into man's origins . . . a dazzling performance."

"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."

"Compelling."

From the Back Cover

ARCHAEOLOGY / HISTORY Special large-format edition, lavishly illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs Night and day, month after month, year after year, our ancestors dutifully recorded the passage of time on clay tablets, watching the heavens from stage towers and pyramids and from megalithic monuments whose incredible size and precise architecture boggle the mind. . . . Who were the builders of these mysterious structures? What was their purpose? Whose signature is indelibly written on these timeless stones, and who was the Divine Architect? Why was Stonehenge and its likes built by ancient civilizations at the very same time--4,100 years ago? What is their message for our time? With these questions in mind, Zecharia Sitchin, renowned researcher of past ages, takes us on a journey through the records of time in this, the fifth book of his Earth Chronicles series. Drawing deeply on Sumerian and Egyptian writings, millenia-old artifacts, and sacred architecture ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas, this bestselling scholar provides astounding insights into the origins of the calendar, astronomy, and astrology. He takes readers to the climax circa 2100 b.c. when Marduk, the Babylonian national god, attained supremacy on Earth and proclaimed the New Age of Aries--after which society, religion, science, and the status of women were never the same. "Compelling." --Booklist "Sitchin's book is nothing less than a sensation. . . . a sober and erudite work, profound in its implications and obviously the outcome of painstaking, perceptive research into the texts of past ages. As such, it is sincere and convincing." --Worcester Evening News

Edition details

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380770717
• ISBN 13: 9780380770717
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 410