# THE ANNUNAKI, ANCIENT GODS, NIBIRU and Humans **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 18, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639 "2012-07-18T17:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JMH125](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JMH125](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JMH125)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/1 "2012-07-18T17:20:53Z")
ok, discuss. [http://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog0926.htm](http://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog0926.htm) ---
**Author:** ![medicated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/2 "2012-07-18T17:22:03Z")
What more can be said? They are nuts, and their ideas speak for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/3 "2012-07-18T17:23:21Z")
Wasn’t that the plot of _Prometheus_? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/4 "2012-07-18T17:24:12Z")
I like it when it’s cherry season again. Fresh Ranier cherries are one of the high points of my summer. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/5 "2012-07-18T17:26:10Z")
What do you want to discuss, **JMH125**? What’s the debate? Please post one or I’ll have to close this. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/6 "2012-07-18T17:28:05Z")
Why did you put the title partially in all-caps? ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/7 "2012-07-18T17:37:16Z")
God talks in CAP! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/8 "2012-07-18T17:40:38Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > I like it when it’s cherry season again. Fresh Ranier cherries are one of the high points of my summer. Nothing like fresh cherry tarts in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/9 "2012-07-18T17:41:48Z")
Oh, with clotted cream, if you can get it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/10 "2012-07-18T17:41:49Z")
Anything in there about Xenu? Gotta have Xenu, or it’s not good. Just ask Tom. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/11 "2012-07-18T17:46:20Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Why did you put the title partially in all-caps? Because typing name in capital letters means that you’re referring to the [legal corporation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_protester_conspiracy_arguments#.22Capital_letters.22_argument) of that person, not the actual biological identity. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/12 "2012-07-18T17:47:31Z")
Oh boy, it was compete nonsense when Erich Von Daniken proposed it decades ago and it is nonsense today. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/13 "2012-07-18T17:52:23Z")
I’m playing [The Secret World](http://www.thesecretworld.com/) right now. It’s an MMO based on the idea that things like the Annunaki, the Illuminati, the Templars, etc are all real. The game opens in a Lovecraftian New England town and goes on from there. It’s got a blend of modern day weapons and ancient mysticism. The quests are mission based - you’re sent to this town to investigate what’s going on. There’s some straightforward “kill ten zombies” quests but the real meat of the game is the investigations where you have to put the clues together yourself. It’s ugly, slow and complicated - but really worth a look if you want something different in an MMO. Or an RPG, for that matter. It plays a lot more like a single player game, since you’re doing the investigations by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/14 "2012-07-18T19:24:03Z")
> [@JMH125](#): > > THE ANNUNAKI, ANCIENT GODS, NIBIRU and Humans All very interesting subjects, some of which make great science fiction (or _could_). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/15 "2012-07-18T19:48:52Z")
> [@Meatros](#): > > All very interesting subjects, some of which make great science fiction (or _could_). If it’s great, it’s therefore cool. If it’s science fiction, it’s a story. If it’s about college-age males, then it’s about "bro"s. CONNECT THE DOTS, PEOPLE! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/16 "2012-07-18T19:53:18Z")
> [@JMH125](#): > > ok, discuss. > > [The Annunaki, Ancient Gods](http://www.zetatalk.com/index/blog0926.htm) > [@](#): > > Who were the Annunaki? > Giant hominoids, standing on average 8 foot tall and far heavier and more muscular than humans . . . So where are their bones? There are no 8-foot hominids in the fossil record AFAIK. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/17 "2012-07-18T20:21:50Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Oh boy, it was compete nonsense when Erich Von Daniken proposed it decades ago and it is nonsense today. [Zecharia Sitchin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zecharia_Sitchin), these days (I think). CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/18 "2012-07-18T20:25:27Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > If it’s great, it’s therefore cool. If it’s science fiction, it’s a story. If it’s about college-age males, then it’s about "bro"s. > > CONNECT THE DOTS, PEOPLE! +1 You…You write in code… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/19 "2012-07-18T20:45:11Z")
The Annunaki, weren’t they an Indian tribe up in Maine? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639/20 "2012-07-18T22:01:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So where are their bones? There are no 8-foot hominids in the fossil record AFAIK. Meh. I’m no expert, but I bet there’s _tons_ of species that didn’t leave a trace in the fossil record. Fossilization is a special case, not the norm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-annunaki-ancient-gods-nibiru-and-humans/628639.md?page=2)