This book, written by philosopher and futurist Neil Freer, actually began thousands of years ago with the oldest recorded stories in the world. These records speak of the gods having been here on Earth and can be found in all major cultures worldwide. This includes the oldest known form of writing on Earth, the Sumerian cuneiform texts from the ancient Middle East. It is here where the original creation stories and the flood story were found, both of which appeared in the bible in shorter and less detailed versions. With mounting evidence, many have come to the conclusion that these stories, long considered myth, were in fact real events and that the "gods" themselves were here. This book brings much of that research together, largely through the work of Zecharia Sitchin. Sitchin based his work on these solid ancient documents, coupled by extensive first-hand research at archaeological sites. Neil Freer understood the modern-day implications of this research better than anyone. Both Freer and Sitchin were trying to go deeper--to bring the truth of who we are and where we came from out into the open. That is the purpose of this book. Throughout the ancient world are scattered important clues that can reveal who we really are and where we came from. If these clues can be pieced together, this great puzzle can be solved once and for all. As these pieces are assembled, found largely throughout this work, everything starts to make sense. Explore it and see for yourself. This important book should be in the library of anyone interested in the origins of mankind.