According to the Sumerian Tablets the earth was assembled by a council of gods which included the brothers Enki & Enlil. Enlil hated humanity, fearing that mankind might one day rival the gods. Enki, however, known as God of Wisdom, intervened to preserve humanity from his brother's destruction.
These beings, called the Anunnaki ("those who from heaven to earth came"), were said to originate from the planet Niburu. Their genetically altered offspring became known as the Nephilim in the bible. Niburu was called the "Planet of the Crossing", due to its orbit that cycles past our sun roughly every 3,600 years.
Many interpretations suggest the Anunnaki arrived on earth between 300,000 and 450,000 years ago (405,000-year eccentricity cycle), before the full emergence of Homo sapiens. Their arrival is often linked with the biblical Garden of Eden, located where the four rivers once flowed- the Tigris, Euphrates, and two others now dried up.
In Sumerian lore, humanity was engineered as a labor force, created to mine for gold needed on Niburu. The word paradise itself comes from the Greek paradeisos, meaning a walled garden or enclosed park, echoing this image of a carefully designed world.
One story describes Kingu, a prototype being, whose blood was modified by Enki to elevate human consciousness. This act set Enki against the other gods. Remembered as the "serpent", Enki embodied knowledge-the very serpent later appears in Eden to meet Eve.
The question remains: does knowledge free us, or enslave us?
