<p>&#8220;Zecharia Sitchin makes a surprising connection,&#8221; the magazine AtlantisRising announced on its November/December 2002 cover, introducing Zecharia&#8217;s article &#8220;The Ancients and the Power of Water&#8221;:</p>

<p>The discovery of new startling features on Mars that holds intriguing implications for the possibility of Life on Mars, was recently reported by U.S. government scientists. It could also corroborate an aspect of Zecharia Sitchin&#8217;s writings &#8211; that a leading &#8220;ancient astronaut&#8221; was buried on that planet. A team of scientists from the United States [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This is a sequel to the previous case, that of the Misplaced Teapot, in which I reported the challenge, in Sky &amp; Telescope Magazine, to my assertion that the depiction on a 4,500 year-old Mesopotamian cylinder seal (Berlin Museum VA./243) shows our solar system with the sun in the center and ALL the planets we [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A Failed Challenge To An Enigma of Ancient Astronomy, by Zecharia Sitchin I was recently pleasantly surprised to encounter an old friend: The colorful cover of the first edition of my first book The 12th Planet (1976), reproduced in the April 2000 issue of Sky &amp; Telescope. The photo was provided by the astronomer E.C. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While Scientific American has probably in mind future astronauts, the new discoveries have important implications for the presence on Mars of &#8220;ancient astronauts,&#8221; and have a bearing on the issue of the famed (and controversial) Face on Mars. In his various volumes of The Earth Chronicles series, Zecharia Sitchin has provided ancient evidence, both texts [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Part 1: Going to Mars: What is NASA Looking For? Part 2: Going to Mars: Was The &#8220;Face&#8221; Depicted 4,500 Years Ago? The planet Mars is back in the news. This time, in spite of preceding failures (by Japan, Britain) of Mars missions, man-made Landers and their robotic rovers – NASA&#8217;s Spirit and Opportunity &#8212; [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Part 1: Going to Mars: What is NASA Looking For? Part 2: Going to Mars: Was The &#8220;Face&#8221; Depicted 4,500 Years Ago?) The successful landing by NASA of two robotic rovers on Mars earlier this year was an occasion for joy and expectation – joy because so many of the preceding attempts (including by the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If an astronaut were ever to corroborate an aspect of my writings, I would have expected it to be in regard to planetary matters. Surprisingly, such a corroboration concerns, of all things, the Olmecs of ancient Mexico. The unexpected corroboration is tucked away in the recently published book A Leap of Faith by the Mercury-7 [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The ruins and remains of Mexico&#8217;s pre-Columbian civilizations enchant, intrigue, fascinate and puzzle. Of them the oldest and earliest, that of people referred-to as Olmecs, is the most enigmatic &#8212; for they challenge present-day scholars to explain how had people from Africa come and settled and thrived in this part of the New World, thousands [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Once Again, Modern Science Corroborates Ancient Knowledgeby Zecharia Sitchin It is not every day that I get an overseas call with someone shouting; Congratulations! But it happened on Friday, February 18th 2000; and the reason was NASA&#8217;s press conference the day before, reporting the first findings by the spacecraft NEAR (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous,) of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Technologies of the gods News of advances in artificial human reproduction –- the treatment of infertility, In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), genetic enhancement, cloning -– have become commonplace. Yet a headline over a recent news report caught my attention and aroused my curiosity:</p>

<p>In whose image was The Adam – the prototype of modern humans, Homo sapiens – created? The Bible asserts that the Elohim said: &#8220;Let us fashion the Adam in our image and after our likeness.&#8221; But if one is to accept a tentative explanation for enigmatic genes that humans possess, offered when the deciphering of [&hellip;]</p>

<p>An overflow attendance of friends and fans joined Zecharia on November 11, 2006 in New York City to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the publication of his first book, The 12th Planet Now in its 45th printing in the USA &#8211; a record &#8211; it has been translated into 23 languages and printed, reprinted and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Report by Zecharia Sitchin The death of Pope John Paul II has occasioned widespread discussions about his own stand and the Vatican&#8217;s position regarding a variety of subjects, from purely theological to social issues. Completely lacking has been any reference to an issue of concern to many, and especially to those interested in the subjects [&hellip;]</p>

<p>As I was saying&#8230; INCONVENIENT NEWS FROM THE MOON News, as much of everything else, needs luck to succeed. News, more than anything else, has no chance of success if it is inconvenient — and especially so, if it happens to be true. A case in point: Latest discoveries concerning the Moon.</p>