The Stairway To Heaven: The Second Book Of The Earth Chronicles

Description

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.

Author description

Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010) was born in Russia and raised 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. He was distinguished by his ability to translate and interpret ancient Sumerian and other ancient texts. A graduate of the University of London, he worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years before making his home in New York City.

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