THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, GIANTS ROAMED THE EARTH! In the 16th century, the Spanish conquerors came to the New World in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold. Instead they encountered inexplicable phenomena that have puzzled scholars and historians for centuries: stone edifices of massive proportion constructed in the Earth's most inaccessible regions... great monuments formed with impossible skill and unknown tools... intricate carvings describing the events and topography of half a world away... In this, the remarkable, thoroughly researched fourth volume of THE EARTH CHRONICLES, author Zecharia Sitchin uncovers the long-hidden secrets of the lost civilizations of the pre-Columbian Americas and offers documentation of the giant gods who spawned the greatness of the Incans, Mayans, and Aztecs -- the Anunnaki -- "those who from Heaven to Earth came." THE EARTH CHRONICLES THE 12TH PLANET THE STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN THE WARS OF GODS AND MEN ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, DIAGRAMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS