2012: Appointment With Marduk

2012: Appointment With Marduk (original title 2012 : Marduk'la randevu / 2012 : ejderhanÄ±n yÄ±lÄ±, ISBN 9789751019998) is Turkish writer/researcher Burak Eldem's best-selling book (Istanbul, 2003) on hypothetical Planet X and Mayan "End Date" 2012. Eldem proposes a "return date" for this planet in 2012 and presents an analysis of the correlation between Mayan and Babylonian cosmologies.

The book also proposes an unorthodox explanation for the enigmatic Number of the Beast by proposing a misinterpretation: The orbital period of Planet X or Marduk was 3661 years; and this number was written as a "three wedges in a row" in Mesopotamian sexagesimal mathematics. The sign for number 1 was used three times for 3600 (Shar), 60 (Ges) and 1 (As) respectively which made 3661 in total. And the cuneiform sign for "1" was very much alike the Hebrew letter "Waw", which had "6" as numerical value. As Eldem puts the matter in his book, Hebrew priests apparently adopted the "secret number" of Marduk and misinterpreted the sign as "666", or, "three Vav's". Because Marduk was the enemy's god, this number eventually became the "mark for Devil's Servant", and later "Anti-Christ"s sign in Christianity.

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*Zecharia Sitchin, best-selling author of books promoting the ancient astronaut theory for human origins. He attributes the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Annunaki (or Nephilim) from a hypothetical planet named Nibiru in the solar system. He asserts that Sumerian mythology reflects this view, though his speculations are largely ignored by mainstream scientists and historians who see many problems with both his translations and understanding of physics.

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