2007-02-25 18:26:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Nibiru, to the Babylonians, was the celestial body associated with the god Marduk.
The name is Akkadian and means 'crossing place' or 'place of transition'.
In most Babylonian texts it is identified with the planet Jupiter.
In Tablet 5 of the Enuma Elish it may be the pole star, which at the time was Thuban or possibly Kochab.
According to writers Zecharia Sitchin and Burak Eldem, Nibiru in Sumerian tablets referred to an undiscovered 12th Planet or Planet X, but these claims are not taken seriously by experts in archeaology or astronomy.
In 1976 Sitchin wrote a book called The Twelfth Planet or Nibiru. Unlike the other planets in our solar system, Nibiru allegedly has an elliptical orbit and moves clockwise rather than counterclockwise. Nibiru's orbit passes through our solar system only once every 3,600 years, which is equal to one Nibiruan year.
This controversial theory is based on Mr. Sitchin's interpretation of ancient Sumerian texts and cuneiform tablets, having its origins in the Bible - the book of Genesis. Mr. Sitchin has spent decades as an archeologist and historian in the Middle East, researching ancient writings from the Sumerian civilization and putting them into a five-part paperback series, The Earth Chronicles, documenting the Nibiruan interaction on Earth in ancient times.
2007-02-25 21:28:31 · answer #1 · answered by Puck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course I have.
Nibiru is supposed to be a rogue planet that comes through this solar system every 3,600 years, and is the home of the Anunaki (SP?)
You can find out a lot more about it by reading "The 12th planet" by Zecheriag Sitchin.
Basicly Nibiru is a myth that has cone to us from the days of Sumer.
Sumer myths say that the Anunaki created us as a race of slaves to mine for gold because the anunaki needed gold to stabilize Nibiru's atmosphere.
2007-02-26 06:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rev. Two Bears 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nibiru:
Home planet of the Anunnaki; its orbital period, a Shar, equals 3,600 Earth years; became the twelfth member of the solar system after the Celestial Battle.
2007-02-26 02:42:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am afraid I haven't. My most sincere apologies.
2007-02-26 02:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by Pabs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋