Harvard Professor Starts Independent Investigation to Find Aliens
The search for signs of extraterrestrial life is getting a boost from scientists. Could this grassroots transparent effort answer the biggest question in the universe: are we alone?
The quest to find evidence of higher lifeforms is getting a boost from higher education. Harvard Professor of Science Avi Loeb, has just launched the Galileo Project, the goal of which is to bring the search for “Extraterrestrial Technological Civilizations (ETCs) from accidental or anecdotal observations and legends to the mainstream of transparent, validated, and systematic scientific research.”
Professor Loeb, who published his book “extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth,” which claims Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, could be an extraterrestrial artifact.
His research, coupled with the US government’s recent report on unidentified aerial phenomena, spurred him to action.
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Who Are The Anunnaki? The Ancient Gods of Sumer
Who were the Anunnaki?
The short answer is: The Anunnaki were the central pantheon of deities worshiped by the ancient Sumerians and arguably the world’s first advanced civilization.
Interest in ancient Sumerian culture has been active and persistent since it was discovered in the 19th century, for several reasons, including the profound impact these early people had on religion, astronomy, law, and mythology. The Anunnaki, as divine figures, have fascinated scholars, theorists, and truth-seekers since their rediscovery.
Who Were the Sumerians?
The Sumerians appear on the archaeological record beginning around 4,500 BCE. Located in present-day Iraq, the region, f.k.a. Mesopotamia has long been referred to as “the cradle of civilization.”
Sumer was a handful of city-states initially ruled by priests, each organized around a city and temple now called a “ziggurat.” The ziggurats, dedicated to Anunnaki worship, were layered pyramids with flat tops. These communities were considered to be “servant-slave” populations dedicated to serving the temple gods — the Anunnaki.
Over time, priesthood rulership gave way to kings.
The Sumerians were skilled trade merchants and acquired lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, cedar from Lebanon, and gold from the Indus Valley. Their agrarian culture gave us the plow as well as “time” — the 24-hour day and 60-minute hour.
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. Many of these tablets contain mythic and administrative insights that have shaped modern understanding of early Mesopotamian society. Much was also learned from translations of Babylonian records; Sumer was considered “ancient” in Babylonian times.
