Genesis Revisited by Zacharia Sitchin
Opinion: Essential reading, Eye-opening, Solid.
Sitchin's books are the best available. They're scholarly and fact-based, which is extrememly important when it comes to this subject matter. This is the Sitchin book that everyone should start with. It gives you the basic information on his theories and is a somewhat lighter read than his Earth Chronicles series. Gensis Revisted contains many maps, diagrams and pictures of ancient artwork. It outlines many ancient myths that point to an alternative view of ancient history. If you've ever questioned the modern theories of how civilization rose so quickly, or why certain ancient peoples were so capable with their architecture when they are credited only with rudimentary knowledge, consider their own stories of how these things came to pass. Read their "mythology"how they intended it to be with Sitchin's help.

The Earth Chronicles Series by Zacharia Sitchin
Opinion: In-depth, interesting, recommended, heavy.
This refers to a whole series of books not just one. If you read Return to Genesis and want to know all of the background information including how Sitchin comes up with his theories and every step of his reasoning, you should start collecting/reading this series. If you love ancient history, and are used to sifting through a lot of information you will enjoy this series immensly, but because of how in-depth these books are, casual readers might not find them a bit dry. For instance, in one book Sitchin recounts step-by-step how he came to choose which mountain he believes to be Mount Ararat. It wasn't exciting reading that chapter, but after reading books that go from point A to point G for no particular reason and call it logic, I can really appreciate an author who respects the reader and proves it by backing up his opinions.

Twelfth Planet: Book I of the Earth Chronicles (The Earth Chronicles)

The Stairway to Heaven (Earth Chronicles, No. 2)

The Wars of Gods and Men: Book III of the Earth Chronicles

The Lost Realms: Book IV of the Earth Chronicles

When Time Began: Book V of the Earth Chronicles

The Cosmic Code: Book VI of the Earth Chronicles



Of Heaven and Earth: Essays Presented at the First Sitchin Studies Day edited by Zacharia Sitchin
Opinion: Informative, interesting, recommended.
If you've read everything by Zacharia Sitchin that you still want to know more, OR if you think that maybe he's on to something big and you 're dealing with a paradigm shift, this book is what you need. As the title suggests this book is made up of essays by different authors. Several are scientists or professors and reading what they have to say about Sitchin's theories is enough reason to pick up a copy, but it also gives you some leads to investigate and other authors to shop for.

The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt by Christopher Dunn
Opinion: Highly recommended, solid, informative, interesting.
Christopher Dunn is an engineer who is fascinated with the Great Pyramid, but unsatisfied with the Egyptologists official explanation of how, and why it was built. This book covers the basic characteristics of the Great Pyramid and why the old story that we've been told over and over just doesn't fit. Then he'll tell you his theory and how he came up with it. I didn't understand everything he explains in this book, because I don't have a dergree in engineering, but I did understand most of it. Many of his points are just too good to ignore. Is he right? Well, in my opinion he's at least closer than the Egyptologists are.

Sign and the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant by Graham Hancock
Opinion: Very interesting, informative, part speculative/part solid
This book is about the Ark of the Covenant. It starts out with the author trying desperately to convince himself that the Ark is in Ethiopia, but once you get past that first part it is a very good resource for information on the ark. It's a five-hundred and fifteen page book, excluding the references and index so it takes a while to read the whole thing and I had a lot of fun reading it. If you are interested in the Ark of the Covenant, or Jewish history you should get this book. Good resources on the ark are hard to find.

The Sirius Mystery: New Scientific Evidence of Alien Contact 5,000 Years Ago by Robert Temple
Opinion: Interesting, informative, solid
The reason to read this book is to learn about the Dogon tribe of Africa. The Dogons were discovered untouched by Western civilization in 1931 by French missionaries. The Dogon have religion that centers around the star Sirius. They knew about Sirius A, B and C. This is unusual because Siris B can not been seen by the naked eye, and the Dogons did not have telescopes. Sirius C was not even confirmed to exist until 1995. They also have extensive knowledge of Sirius B's makeup as well as orbiting period, and that isn't the only knowledge that they have demonstrated about the cosmos that presents a mystery. Why is Sirius so important to the Dogon? They claim that emissaries from the Sirius system, the Nommo, brought them the knowledge. This book also has a lot of information on various ancient mythologies.

Ancient Egyptian Divination and Magic by Eleanor L Harris
Opinion: Informative, fun, corny
This book is a little corny because it reads almost like an instruction manual for practicing Egyptian magic, but it has a lot of information that's hard to find anywhere else. You find out about magical philosophy in ancient Egypt, how priests dressed, which gods were called on for what purpose, the tools they used, and secret names of power. Did you know that knowing a gods secret name was believed to give the priest or priestess power over the deity?