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Earth Chronicles #6
The Cosmic Code
Reveals Zecharia Sitchin's groundbreaking research into the code left behind by the creators of humanity.
• Explains how the Anunnaki were not merely the mythical gods of the Sumerians, but rather the founders of human life on Earth.
• Using Biblical and ancient Sumerian sources, explains how to decode these messages our star ancestors left behind.
Daring to challenge our long-held beliefs about the origins of man, Zecharia Sitchin suggests that humans are not the children of God, but rather the children of the Anunnaki, an ancient race from the planet Nibiru. His revolutionary theories are supported by his intense scrutiny of not only ancient Sumerian texts but also stone structures all over the world. The similarities and astrological significance of these formations suggests that rather than looking for guidance from leaders here on Earth, humanity should instead look to the sky for answers.
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.
• Explains how the Anunnaki were not merely the mythical gods of the Sumerians, but rather the founders of human life on Earth.
• Using Biblical and ancient Sumerian sources, explains how to decode these messages our star ancestors left behind.
Daring to challenge our long-held beliefs about the origins of man, Zecharia Sitchin suggests that humans are not the children of God, but rather the children of the Anunnaki, an ancient race from the planet Nibiru. His revolutionary theories are supported by his intense scrutiny of not only ancient Sumerian texts but also stone structures all over the world. The similarities and astrological significance of these formations suggests that rather than looking for guidance from leaders here on Earth, humanity should instead look to the sky for answers.
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.
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First published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Zecharia Sitchin
192 books781 followersSitchin was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and was raised in Palestine. He acquired knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages, the Torah, and the history and archeology of the Near East.
He was one of the few scholars able to read and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets.
Sitchin graduated from the London School of Economics, University of London, majoring in economic history.
A journalist and editor in Israel for many years. His books have been widely translated, converted to braille for the blind, and featured on radio and television.
He was one of the few scholars able to read and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian clay tablets.
Sitchin graduated from the London School of Economics, University of London, majoring in economic history.
A journalist and editor in Israel for many years. His books have been widely translated, converted to braille for the blind, and featured on radio and television.
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February 6, 2019
The balance between Fate and Destiny to the ancients not only effected man but also the gods for both good and ill that made them all look towards the heavens. The Cosmic Code is the sixth book by Zecharia Sitchin in The Earth Chronicles that analyzes ancient megaliths, ancient mysticism, and ancient texts to reveal the secrets of the aforementioned code.
Beginning with an examination a mysterious circular stone structure on the Golan Heights that according to astronomical calculations is ancient, Sitchin reintroduces his research from previous volumes so as to build a framework to discuss this book’s main theme. Always introduced through the use of his previous research, Sitchin covers the “creation” of the zodiac before linking it to the Golan site and its strategic location between the two main highways of the ancient Middle East. The discussion turns to the death of demigods and why it was distressing before Sitchin recounted the Annunaki creation of man and why they did not give man “immortality” in his DNA. Then Sitchin turned his attention to “secret knowledge” which he posited to be secret number codes that were the basis for languages and latter prophecies, especially in relation to the heavens and the ones who came from there. This talk of prophecies brought Sitchin back to chronicling the history of the Middle East after Marduk/Ra rose to supremacy among the Annunaki and how his turbulent “reign” is recorded in the Bible and other ancient texts until finally his city Babylon captured by the Persians. Yet, Sitchin makes clear that during this time the phrase “End of Time” was always mentioned but it was never specified when it would happen.
Beginning with an enigmatic ruin, Sitchin set the stage for this book in his usual academic approach and then woven in his own theories and research from previous books early on. His examination of Fate & Destiny was interesting but even after the introduction of the beginning of languages, secret number codes, and connections to DNA it was hard to understand what the point was. The further information on Marduk’s reign during the “Age of the Ram” was interesting and basically the highlight of the book though the reader had to wait to get to it. While Sitchin avoided going into the evidence that went into his already written about theories—giving new readers the knowledge of which volume to look for them—he still seemed to tread water in some places before fully moving on. Yet in reflecting on this volume, it was hard to not feel that only half of this nearly 300 page book was new material and a fraction of that was gearing towards the next volume of Sitchin’s series. At the end I felt that this book could have been combined split and combined with the previous volume and maybe in the next.
The Cosmic Code never felt like a cohesive book, it read like Sitchin meshed material from two different books to create another. This overwhelming thought made it hard to focus on the evidence that Sitchin presented to prove his new assertions, but his reliance on flawed conclusions from When Time Began still makes it hard to keep an open mind. If you’ve read all of Sitchin’s previous work then go ahead and read this, but be warned this one seems all over the place.
Beginning with an examination a mysterious circular stone structure on the Golan Heights that according to astronomical calculations is ancient, Sitchin reintroduces his research from previous volumes so as to build a framework to discuss this book’s main theme. Always introduced through the use of his previous research, Sitchin covers the “creation” of the zodiac before linking it to the Golan site and its strategic location between the two main highways of the ancient Middle East. The discussion turns to the death of demigods and why it was distressing before Sitchin recounted the Annunaki creation of man and why they did not give man “immortality” in his DNA. Then Sitchin turned his attention to “secret knowledge” which he posited to be secret number codes that were the basis for languages and latter prophecies, especially in relation to the heavens and the ones who came from there. This talk of prophecies brought Sitchin back to chronicling the history of the Middle East after Marduk/Ra rose to supremacy among the Annunaki and how his turbulent “reign” is recorded in the Bible and other ancient texts until finally his city Babylon captured by the Persians. Yet, Sitchin makes clear that during this time the phrase “End of Time” was always mentioned but it was never specified when it would happen.
Beginning with an enigmatic ruin, Sitchin set the stage for this book in his usual academic approach and then woven in his own theories and research from previous books early on. His examination of Fate & Destiny was interesting but even after the introduction of the beginning of languages, secret number codes, and connections to DNA it was hard to understand what the point was. The further information on Marduk’s reign during the “Age of the Ram” was interesting and basically the highlight of the book though the reader had to wait to get to it. While Sitchin avoided going into the evidence that went into his already written about theories—giving new readers the knowledge of which volume to look for them—he still seemed to tread water in some places before fully moving on. Yet in reflecting on this volume, it was hard to not feel that only half of this nearly 300 page book was new material and a fraction of that was gearing towards the next volume of Sitchin’s series. At the end I felt that this book could have been combined split and combined with the previous volume and maybe in the next.
The Cosmic Code never felt like a cohesive book, it read like Sitchin meshed material from two different books to create another. This overwhelming thought made it hard to focus on the evidence that Sitchin presented to prove his new assertions, but his reliance on flawed conclusions from When Time Began still makes it hard to keep an open mind. If you’ve read all of Sitchin’s previous work then go ahead and read this, but be warned this one seems all over the place.
July 13, 2008
This is my favorite in the series! Sitchin has been writing this series since the 70's and it truly amazes me how after some thirty years that science is catching up with ancient texts. The things we thought were myth, in fact happened. And the people we thought we 'primitive' were actually more advanced than ourselves. The things that we thought were discovered in the last 2 centuries were actually practiced 5000+ years ago. Where did our knowledge go? What happened? How is it that the ancients knew intimately about DNA and mtDNA and we have just discovered mtDNA in the 60's? That is crazy! This is a mind opening series, a must read for everyone!
February 18, 2012
Zachariah Sitchins books are detailed with actual translations of Ancient Cuniform (clay tablet) writings. He is an Archeologist, and ancient scirpt translator. He delves into ancient texts, and clay tablet writtings, religious scriptures, artifacts, and drawings & visits museums, and sights of actual historical significance mentioned in various world scriptures, to get an up-close, hands on grasp of what happened. His books are filled with historical facts, with awesome translations, actual pictures of the cuniforms themselves, many of which are pictorial in nature (they appear in his books). Each of the books is a veritable treasure-house of knowledge, of scientific breakthroughs into understanding what has happened in ancient civilizations, regarding gods (alien races), and their meaning present in our scriptures today.
November 26, 2017
Sitchin’s The Cosmic Code, the sixth book in the Revolutionary Earth Chronicle series is another enlightening read from the seven book series. In this book, Sitchin provides a theory regarding the presence of a biological-numerical-alphabetic code that the Anunnaki utilized to encode secret knowledge. This sacred knowledge was instructed to the chosen ones of the Anunnaki such as Enoch to conceive archives of scientific data which would be revealed to mankind at the right times. It also shapes the basis for prophecy-pre-knowledge of the future. Sitchin reveals the turning point in the celestial and terrestrial affairs in the fragile balance between predetermined destiny and free-choice fate.
I recommend reading this book with an open-mind and let go of any tendencies to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses –confirmation bias.
I recommend reading this book with an open-mind and let go of any tendencies to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses –confirmation bias.
August 22, 2021
This is by far my favorite of Sitchin’s books. I feel it really brings forward all the mysticism, symbolism, and the deciphering of these hidden messages from ancient texts. It shines light on how various key figures throughout our time played such important roles to our understanding of mankind. Some of the things I learned from this are the difference of fate and destiny, gives insight into the lost tribes of Israel, the zodiac, many various events and the history that unfolded from it. I highly recommend this book if Sitchen’s. It probably would be good to have atleast read The 12th Planet first, just for some context, but overall this is an amazing book for understanding how we got to where we are today.
July 3, 2025
I am happy I read this series, and happy to be done. It is long and repetitive, with a lot of details that are not very interesting, and there is a lot of obvious misinterpretation of the Sumerian texts. That said, I learned something from almost every book, and was amazed at how many people online are just stealing Sitchin's work. It was nice to read the original source material to discern for myself.
August 27, 2024
A most interesting series
This series is based upon the theory that an additional planet exists in our solar system. The orbit of the planet is off set to the other planets and completes a cycle in 3600 years. The people of this planet came to our Earth thousands of years ago and effected the development of our human race today…
A most thought provoking concept..
This series is based upon the theory that an additional planet exists in our solar system. The orbit of the planet is off set to the other planets and completes a cycle in 3600 years. The people of this planet came to our Earth thousands of years ago and effected the development of our human race today…
A most thought provoking concept..
June 17, 2022
Absolutely love Sitchin! He has uncovered secrets that have been lost to time and hidden by man. Spot on in his theories and presented in a scholarly format. R.I.P. Sitchin, you are correct sir! May we all strive to pick up your torch and carry on the work you have begun to uncover.
September 21, 2018
Νομίζω το πιο ενδιαφέρον από τα μέχρι τώρα βιβλία της σειράς.
July 11, 2019
The Cosmic Code
I'm going to reread this book several times because there is much to learn from it. It's hard not to get involves in it.
I'm going to reread this book several times because there is much to learn from it. It's hard not to get involves in it.
May 2, 2021
This series is an amazing fantasy/reality series. Its presented as true, and he claimed it was, but so did Castaneda.
November 23, 2021
Good book.
August 6, 2022
Explains what the Bible left out!
January 28, 2018
I have read the five previous books of the series, this book was a summary with bits and clips of the past books. I found it redundant with what i had already read, and because of this it was my least enjoyed of the series.
October 14, 2023
Because I read this book very shortly after I finished the previous one in the series which was "When Time Began", this book did not begin well for me. Why? Because of repetition. Several chapters in, Sitchin just kept repeating what I've read in the previous books. It went on for so long that, if I wasn't such an adherent of ancient astronaut theory, I would have dropped the book.
Fortunately as the book progressed there were some new material:
Firstly, the secret of the gods, the knowledge they so long kept from humanity turns out to be science. What is now accessible to all of us, provided we take the time and effort to learn, used to be forbidden knowledge; or at least knowledge allowed only to a very few.
Secondly, the title of the book "The Cosmic Code" refers to a specific kind of knowledge - knowledge of DNA. Unsurprisingly, this part of the book has Sitchin recounting the creation of mankind. There is an interesting detail of why a demigod descended from the Annunaki on the mother's side is considered two-thirds god instead of half a god. It turns out that our mothers, in the DNA level, gives us more than our fathers in the form of an additional DNA component called mDNA or mitochondrial DNA - so we inherit more from our moms.
Now, regarding this third new thing that I picked up from this book, I found myself, for the first time, being a bit skeptical of Sitchin. Here he is pushing the validity of numerology. There are references to the Kabbalistic tradition of the Jews, of how numerology is tied in with the Hebrew language and there are a number of examples of numerology being used both in relation to the Bible and the Annunaki. Every book has Sitchin nerding out on a particular section; in this book it is about Numerology.
There is a big focus on Abraham on this book and his part during the events surrounding the catastrophic atomic blast which ended the Sumerian Empire. It turns out that Father Abraham wasn't this peacful shepherd, he seems to be a formidable general on the side of the Enlilites.
The book ends with insinuations about how the knowledge left by the gods not only contains information about how civilization and man began but also how it all ends. Sitchin doesn't do a full-on discussion of this perhaps because it is related to the last book of the series "The End of Days".
In spite of the new revelations this book does drag the series down for me because there is too much repetition of material from previous books.
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Fortunately as the book progressed there were some new material:
Firstly, the secret of the gods, the knowledge they so long kept from humanity turns out to be science. What is now accessible to all of us, provided we take the time and effort to learn, used to be forbidden knowledge; or at least knowledge allowed only to a very few.
Secondly, the title of the book "The Cosmic Code" refers to a specific kind of knowledge - knowledge of DNA. Unsurprisingly, this part of the book has Sitchin recounting the creation of mankind. There is an interesting detail of why a demigod descended from the Annunaki on the mother's side is considered two-thirds god instead of half a god. It turns out that our mothers, in the DNA level, gives us more than our fathers in the form of an additional DNA component called mDNA or mitochondrial DNA - so we inherit more from our moms.
Now, regarding this third new thing that I picked up from this book, I found myself, for the first time, being a bit skeptical of Sitchin. Here he is pushing the validity of numerology. There are references to the Kabbalistic tradition of the Jews, of how numerology is tied in with the Hebrew language and there are a number of examples of numerology being used both in relation to the Bible and the Annunaki. Every book has Sitchin nerding out on a particular section; in this book it is about Numerology.
There is a big focus on Abraham on this book and his part during the events surrounding the catastrophic atomic blast which ended the Sumerian Empire. It turns out that Father Abraham wasn't this peacful shepherd, he seems to be a formidable general on the side of the Enlilites.
The book ends with insinuations about how the knowledge left by the gods not only contains information about how civilization and man began but also how it all ends. Sitchin doesn't do a full-on discussion of this perhaps because it is related to the last book of the series "The End of Days".
In spite of the new revelations this book does drag the series down for me because there is too much repetition of material from previous books.
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August 6, 2011
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May 29, 2020
Very interesting. From Theological point view many thinks are near to Biblical account.
April 12, 2023
I'm big fan of Sitchin. I love his works, but I look at them more, as an inspiration for my own fantasy/sci-fi novels, so not taking it too serious.
November 13, 2024
Good series by a good author with great far reaching ideas.
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June 2, 2011awesome the best book
July 18, 2015
It explores the genetic data present in our genes. very informative
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