Interview – Connecting the Missing Link

An Interview with Zecharia Sitchin, by Sirona Knight and Michael Starwyn

Zecharia Sitchin

Considered the father of alternative archeology, Zecharia Sitchin has a profound knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew and many other Semitic and European languages. This knowledge has enabled him in his research of such ancient cultures as Sumer, Egypt, and Mesoamerica. One of approximately 200 scholars on the planet who can read and understand ancient Sumerian, Zecharia Sitchin has written a series of intriguing books including The 12th Planet, The Wars of Gods and Men, When Time Began, Stairway to Heaven, and The Lost Realms (Bear and Company). These books deal with Earth’s and humankind’s histories and prehistory and are based on information actually written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. Born in Russia, raised in Palestine, educated in England, and a leading journalist and editor in Israel for many years, he now lives in New York. In a rare interview, we had the opportunity to ask Zecharia Sitchin about his transformational journey which has lead him to the well-researched and documented discovery that our ancestors came from the stars.

Interview with Zecharia Sitchin (Connecting Link, 1993)

CONNECTING LINK issue 17

In this interview, held between Connecting Link magazine and Zecharia Sitchin in 1993, the author reveals his inspiration for writing The 12^th Planet, which he states was the culmination of 30 year’s of research, beginning with his desire to understand the origin of the Biblical “Nephilim”. His desire to understand it’s origins led him to undertake the study of Sumerian cuneiform tablets, with their many tales of divine beings, and the origin of mankind – from which he theorized an entire history of ancient alien contact.