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.

Foreword 1 The Wars of Man 2 The Contending ofHorus and Seth 3 The Missiles of Zeus and Indra 4 The Earth Chronicles 5 The Wars of the Olden Gods 6 Mankind Emerges 7 When Earth Was Divided 8 The Pyramid Wars 9 Peace on Earth 10 The Prisoner in the Pyramid 11 "A Queen Am I!" 12 Prelude to Disaster 13 Abraham: The Fateful Years 14 The Nuclear Holocaust Epilogue The Earth Chronicles: Time Chart Sources Index