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Episode Notes for
Bitchin’ ‘bout Sitchin
(episode 120)

Zecharia Sitchin [PUBLIC DOMAIN] via wikimedia commons

Ancient Aliens theorists seem to love the work of Zecharia Sitchin (The 12th Planet). Sitchin proposed that mysterious space beings called Anunnaki visited earth to steal our gold, and passed on their wisdom to the ancient people of Sumer. In this first of a 2-part look at Sitchin’s impact on Ancient Astronaut lore, we talk with Dr. Michael Heiser about the plausibility of Sitchin’s views from an evaluation of the ancient texts Sitchin purports to have used for his source material.

Items of Interest

• www.sitchiniswrong.com
• The Facade, a novel by Michael Heiser
• Lexical Lists
• The Electronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature

Music

• Monstertalk Theme: Monster by Peach Stealing Monkeys

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