Anunnaki Evolutionary Genesis and The Popular Theories

The word Anunnaki is engulfed by mist of myths and misconceptions, and these myths and misconceptions are a result of either folklore that has been passing on from one generation to another or controversial research papers published by historians. This journal is aimed to look at both at myths and misconceptions and beyond about the Anunnaki, their evolution and Zecharia Sitchin’s and Erich von Däniken’s theories on the Anunnaki.
 
The dictionary meaning of the word Anunnaki means ancient gods who are of royal birth or are offsprings of a king. The dictionary also defines Anunnaki people who come to earth from heaven. Apart from the dictionary meaning some non-fiction refer to the Anunnaki as aliens, who arrived on earth from planet X also known as Nibiru. The theory of existence of planet X or Nibiru was proposed by Zecharia Sitchin in his famous book the twelfth planet.
  
According to historians, the encounter of humans with the Anunnaki or as Zecharia Sitchin has defined then as aliens, is 450,000 years old, and the stories of this can be found with the Sumerian civilization. The Sumerians used to worship the Anunnaki. Apart from this fact, based theory there is another mixed theory that states that the Anunnaki came to planet earth around 450,000 years ago in search of gold to protect their planet’s environment from diminishing. This theory further adds that the human race was also created by these Anunnaki to assist them to draw out gold from mines.

According to the world famous Russian historian Zecharia Sitchin, the Anunnaki came to the earth from planet X which according to him, is considered the twelfth planet, and the same has been described by him in his book “The Twelfth Planet”. He backs his statements on the basis of his research study of the Sumerian civilization. According to Zecharia Sitchin, the Anunnaki taught humans the way to live life, and that is the reason why Sumerian people became disciples of Anunnaki. Zecharia Sitchin has taken cross-references from other civilizations as well, to prove his claims, such as the ancient stories taken from Indian civilizations.
   
The second most prominent name in the world of controversial claims on extraterrestrial and human interaction after Zecharia Sitchin is of Erich von Däniken. The Swiss historian/ author has taken the legacy further of controversies started by Zecharia Sitchin regarding aliens and their interaction with humans. According to Erich von Däniken's hypothesis, the earth actually might have been colonized by the extra-terrestrials in the past.
 
Apart from these two popular theories, there is another popular theory that claims that the Anunnaki became extinct from planet earth like dinosaurs. The reasons for their extinction from the earth are not clearly defined as every historian has his point of view on it. According to this, third theory, the human race will also perish from the earth like other past species.

Modern historians totally discard the theories proposed by Zecharia Sitchin, Erich von Däniken and others. But there are still many people who consider these theories to be partially true, and believe that the Anunnaki will return to the earth once again.