The Anunnaki & Ancient Origins

Humanity’s oldest story may not start on Earth alone.

Sumerian gods? Off-world visitors? Gold-mining overseers? Get a clear framing of who the Anunnaki are said to be, then watch investigators follow the trail from Sumer to buried temples, hidden pyramids, and Mars.

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One search, a dozen conflicting answers

Type “Anunnaki” and the results split fast: ancient Sumerian gods, Sitchin debates, gold-mining origin stories, endless speculation. Wanting more than a thin summary is a common place to start.

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Who the Anunnaki are said to be

The gods of Sumer

In the mainstream record, the Anunnaki were the pantheon of ancient Sumer, children of An, the sky, and Ki, the earth, worshiped in ziggurat temples in Mesopotamia.

Visitors posing as gods

Ancient-astronaut researchers argue they were off-world beings who shaped humanity as a worker species and mined Earth for gold.

Builders and sky-teachers

Other investigators link them to megalithic sites, buried temples, and lost civilizations on Earth and beyond it.

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“So how is this energy from the Black Pyramid used and controlled?”

Emery Smith, heard on Gaia

“And some civilization from outside our solar system comes in here, some runaway culture, they come here to hide from somebody.”

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“and they made us as workers, which is mentioned in the Anunnaki.”

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Episode

Anunnaki Alaskan Pyramid

Emery Smith with perception-based intelligence specialist Sébastien Martin

Could it be possible that a massive underground pyramid in Alaska is harnessing plasma energy to regenerate USAP motherships?

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Anunnaki on Mars: Megaliths of a Lost War

Guest host Jimmy Church with George Haas, author of The Great Architects of Mars

There is a forensic trail of advanced megalithic ruins on Mars. Did NASA bury a lost Martian civilization… or the ruins of an Anunnaki outpost?

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Taş Tepeler: Buried Civilization

Featuring Andrew Collins, Hugh Newman, Freddy Silva, JJ Ainsworth, and Gregg Braden

Could an entire super-civilization have buried itself to preserve its wisdom for the future?

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Emerald Tablets

Featuring William Henry, Theresa Bullard-Whyke Ph.D., Robert Edward Grant, Andrew Collins, and more

What Atlantean secrets were encoded within the Emerald Tablets… and why were they destined to be found now?

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Deep Space

Narrated by Regina Meredith

In Deep Space, experts shed light on controversial subjects from ETs to hidden secrets and advanced technologies.

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Episode

You May Have ET DNA

With Elizabeth April

What if human DNA was hybrid from the beginning, and is still evolving?

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