The Anunnaki: From Sumerian Myth to Modern Speculation and Global Parallels

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Anunnaki are depicted in Sumerian myth as sky rulers led by Anu, Enki, and Enlil who taught humanity, and Zecharia Sitchin later claimed they were Nibiru-dwelling aliens who engineered Homo sapiens to mine gold, a theory supporters cite artifacts for but mainstream scholars treat as allegory, with parallels in other cultures suggesting a universal pattern of celestial teachers, alongside ideas of genetic modification and encoded creation myths, various explanations for their departure, and fringe notions of hidden bases or dimensions, all framed as a blend of myth, archaeology, and speculative science about our origins and possible return.