Stairway to Heaven (Book II) (Inner Traditions Bear and Company)

Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life...and the afterlife. Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? aby whom was it established? And does it still exist today? After years of painstaking research--combining recent archaeological discoveries with ancient texts and artifacts--noted scholar Zecharia Sitchin has identified the legendary Land of the Gods, and provided astounding new revelations about the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other mysterious monuments whose true meanings and purposes have been lost for eons. Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life, and the afterlife. In The Stairway to Heaven, the second book of Zecharia Sitchin's Earth bronicles series, the author answers these fundamental questions: Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? żeby whom was it established? And does it still exist today? The Earth chronicles deal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind.Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets żeby the ancient civilizations of the Near East. For the first time, the entire Earth chronicles series is now available in a hardcover collector's edition.