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Kingship Was Lowered From Heaven
By Zecharia Sitchin
FATE :: November 2004

Who has not been fascinated since childhood by the tale—or legend—of Excalibur, the magical sword of King Arthur which was imbedded in a rock and could be pulled out only by the one chosen for kingship?

In her column (FATE, April 2004) Phyllis Galde reported a tale from Tuscany in Italy about “The Sword in the Stone” in the abbey of Montesiepi; traditions hold that it was plunged into the rock by the knight Galgano Guidotti in the 12th century. If true, she wrote, this would precede by decades the events attributed to King Arthur and would mean that “the Celtic myth of King Arthur and his sword Excalibur actually has its origins in Italy.”

The fascinating tale, culled from Discovery News, brings to mind a much, much older tale, and neither from England nor from Italy, but from ancient Mesopotamia. There the Sumerians, whose incredible civilization blossomed out some 6,000 years ago, recorded their history and prehistory on clay tablets. It was there that the institution of kingship had its beginnings, and the Sumerians attributed it to the Anunnaki (“Those who from Heaven to Earth came”), who were revered as gods.

The Anunnaki, led by the great god Anu and his son Enlil, “lowered Kingship from Heaven,” and not only granted mankind the concept and institution but also chose the king and the city that was to serve as the land’s royal capital. The first such royal city was one called Kish. To mark its divinely-granted status, Anu and Enlil established there a “Pavilion of Heaven” and in its foundation soil, “for all days to come,” implanted the SHU.HA.DA.KU—an artifact made of metal alloys whose Sumerian name can be literally translated “Supreme Strong Bright Weapon.” This divine object was moved to the next chosen capital and its king only when the great gods so decreed ...

Read the rest of this article in the November 2004 issue of FATE

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