Fig.127 Fig.128
Fig.129And there is another surprising little artifact of some interest, again presented to us by Sitchin:
This comes in the form of an ancient coin that has survived from Byblos, a city that lies on the
Mediterranean coast of Lebanon in the Mesopotamian area (the biblical city of Gebal).
The coin (fig.130) depicts the Temple of Ishtar which was originally the “Landing Place”
constructed in the Cedar Mountains for Anu’s visit. In this ancient rendition of the temple we are
shown a Grand Temple with a large courtyard behind it. In the courtyard we see a platform that
looks as though it has been reinforced by cross-members. The courtyard area has a large wall
around it forming an enclosure that can be reached a wide staircase and a large conical shaped
object sits on the re-enforced platform dominating the engraving.
In all honesty, the depiction on the coin really does look very remarkably like a rocket ship
sitting on a launch pad. Does this engraving show us the ruins that still remain at Baalbeck?
(Figs. 29, 30 & 31) Is this coin an actual depiction of the huge cyclopean platform, reached by
that monumental staircase - as it used to once be? Certainly it if it needed to be robust enough for
a launch pad as the texts suggest, it would certainly help account as to why it was built as a 13
metre high, 88 x48 metre wide platform using 300 ton blocks and why it may have been