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Debbie Smiga
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Shows how a desecrated tomb in the Valley of the Kings holds the
key to the true history of the destruction of Atlantis - Reveals
that Tomb 55 in the Valley of the Kings was designed not to keep
intruders out, but to trap something inside - Provides forensic
evidence proving that the mask believed to be the face of
Tutankhamun is actually that of his elder brother Smenkhkare In
Atlantis and the Ten Plagues of Egypt, Graham Phillips explores the
excavation of a mysterious and ritually desecrated tomb in the
Valley of the Kings, Tomb 55, which he contends holds the key to
the true history of the destruction of Atlantis. Unlike other
Egyptian tombs designed to keep intruders out, Tomb 55 was
constructed to keep something imprisoned within, specifically
Smenkhkare, the older brother of Tutankhamun who was deemed
responsible for the ten plagues in Egyptian history, to prevent
such tragedies from ever happening again. The forensic findings
from this tomb coupled with compelling new evidence from the polar
ice caps provide sensational evidence that the parting of the Red
Sea, the deaths of the first born, and the other plagues that
afflicted Egypt were all actual historical events. Core samples
from the polar ice caps indicate that a gigantic volcanic eruption
took place in the eastern Mediterranean around the time of
Amonhotep's reign. Other research suggests this to have been the
time of the eruption that destroyed the Greek island of Thera, one
of the likely locations of Atlantis, and that the subsequent
cataclysm may explain the unusual lack of resistance to the new
religion installed by Amonhotep's son, Akhenaten, when he took
power several years later.
Forensic pathologist Philippe Charlier - dubbed the "Indiana Jones
of the graveyards" - travels to Haiti where rumors claim that some
who die may return to life as zombies. Charlier investigates these
far-fetched stories and finds that, in Haiti, the dead are a part
of daily life. Families, fearing that loved ones may return from
the grave, urge pallbearers to take rambling routes to prevent the
recently departed from finding their way home from cemeteries.
Corpses are sometimes killed a second time...just to be safe. And a
person might spend their life preparing their funeral and grave to
ensure they will not become a wandering soul after death. But are
the stories true? Charlier's investigations lead him to Vodou
leader Max Beauvoir and other priests, who reveal how bodies can be
reanimated. In some cases, sorcerers lure the dead from their
graves and give them a potion concocted from Devil's Snare, a plant
more commonly known as Jimsonweed. Sometimes secret societies use
poudre zombi - "zombie powder" - spiked with the tetrodotoxin found
in blowfish. Charlier eagerly collects evidence, examining Vodou
dolls by X-ray, making sacrifices at rituals, and visiting
cemeteries under the cloak of night. Zombies follows Charlier's
journey to understand the fascinating and frightening world of
Haiti's living dead, inviting readers to believe the unbelievable.
FICTION / MYTHOLOGYWill the past become our future? Is humankind
destined to repeat the events that occurred on another planet, far
away from Earth? Zecharia Sitchin's bestselling series, The Earth
Chronicles, provided humanity's side of the story--as recorded on
ancient clay tablets and other Sumerian artifacts--concerning our
origins at the hands of the Anunnaki, "those who from heaven to
earth came." In The Lost Book of Enki, we can view this saga from a
different perspective through this richly conceived
autobiographical account of Lord Enki, an Anunnaki god, who tells
the story of these extraterrestrials' arrival on Earth from the
12th planet, Nibiru. The object of their colonization: gold to
replenish the dying atmosphere of their home planet. Finding this
precious metal results in the Anunnaki creation of homo
sapiens--the human race--to mine this important resource. In his
previous works, Sitchin compiled the complete story of the
Anunnaki's impact on human civilization in peacetime and in war
from the fragments scattered throughout Sumerian, Akkadian,
Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Canaanite, and Hebrew
sources--the "myths" of all ancient peoples in the old world as
well as the new. Missing from these accounts, however, was the
perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. What was life like on their
own planet? What motives propelled them to settle on Earth--and
what drove them from their new home? Convinced of the existence of
a now lost book that formed the basis of ancient Sumerian texts
holding the answers to these questions, the author began his search
for evidence. Through exhaustive research of primary sources, he
has here re-created tales as the memoirs of Enki, the leader of
these first "astronauts." What takes shape is the story of a world
of mounting tensions, deep rivalries, and sophisticated scientific
knowledge that is only today being confirmed. An epic tale of gods
and men unfolds, challenging every assumption we hold about our
creation, our past, and our future. An eminent Orientalist and
Biblical scholar, ZECHARIA SITCHIN is distinguished by his ability
to translate ancient Sumerian and other ancient texts. He is a
graduate of the University of London and worked as a journalist and
editor in Israel for many years. He now lives and writes in New
York
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