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The Anunnaki: Ancient Gods or Powerful

Manipulators?

5-6 minutes

Sumerian history is gleaned from archaeological and geologic

evidence — written records are in the form of cuneiform tablets.
Reportedly, some half-million tablets have been recovered, but
only a small number have been translated. Much was also learned
from translations of Babylonian records; Sumer was considered
“ancient” in Babylonian times.

Sumerians worshiped the Anunnaki, said to be the children of

earth and sky; An, the sky god, and Ki, the earth goddess. Chief
among them was Enlil, the god of air. This pantheon was passed
to the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian cultures. The Epic of
Gilgamesh, the story of the historical king of Sumerian city-state
Urek, is an ancient literary relic of Sumerian culture.

Above is the mainstream “narrative” regarding the Anunnaki —

others have drawn different conclusions based on archaeological
evidence, analysis of Sumerian mythology, and translations of
cuneiform tablets.

The Flipside of the Annunaki Story

Author Michael Cremo (“Forbidden Archaeology”) has researched
the history of archaeology for 40-plus years, documenting
findings that have been excluded from mainstream, academic
archaeology; findings that would disrupt the widely accepted
story of human origins.

Cremo, along with author Zecharia Sitchin, Erich von Däniken

(author, “Chariots of the Gods”), author and researcher Michael
Tellinger, and several others, makes compelling arguments that
the Anunnaki were, in fact, off-world beings posing as “gods.” This
theory also asserts that these “sky” gods genetically engineered
the human race a slave species, which may account for weak
links in the evolutionary story. These theories gave birth to the
“ancient astronaut” hypothesis asserting that off-world beings
have been posing as gods to influence human affairs for
millennia.

Many believe that the Annunaki extracted massive amounts of

gold using human labor — this is derived from multiple
discoveries of ancient mining tunnels in South Africa, as well as
relics and links to the Sumerians. “No one knows why they wanted
gold, no one knows how much was taken,” said Tellinger. He
added that the Annunaki introduced the concepts of money,
finance, and debt to human societies.

A theory that these beings originated from “Nibiru,” a.k.a. “Planet

X” has been added to alternate Anunnaki narratives, as well as the
likelihood of the off-world gods bringing advanced technologies
that account for sophisticated megastructures such as the
pyramids or Stonehenge. Out-of-place artifacts and tool
discoveries contribute to these premises. The Sumerians are also
known for sophisticated astronomical and mathematical
knowledge, speculated to have passed from the Annunaki.
Annunaki god Enki

While no lists of the Annunaki pantheon exist, it is known that

each Sumerian city-state had its own Annunaki god/overseer
assigned by senior Annunaki Marduk.

Some, perhaps inspired by Theosophical Society founder Helena

Blavatsky’s book “The Secret Doctrine,” assert that the Annunaki
are/were a reptilian race that survives to this day, deeply
entrenched in human affairs. In her book, Blavatsky wrote of
“dragon men” who influenced the lost Lemurian civilization.

David Icke has been on the disclosure/conspiracy lecture circuit

since 1999 — he accurately reported that U.K. TV and radio star
Jimmy Savile was a rampant pedophile, proven true after Savile’s
death in 2011.

Icke believes the imposter Anunnaki gods continue to manipulate

humanity from seats of political, corporate, and financial power
worldwide. He explains that these beings not only exploit humans
but feed off collective fear; Icke calls for a disconnect from
mainstream media and Orwellian entrainment that triggers fear
and anxiety — an aggregate hypnotic state.

Many share Icke’s view. On the surface, the Anunnaki/Reptilian

narrative appears to be a completely unbelievable hypothesis. But
follow the breadcrumbs for a fascinating story reaching from
ancient times to modern, and draw your own conclusions.