Sumerian Cylinder Seal VA 243: Auditing the Ancient Solar System Claim 1976-2024

Cylinder Seal VA 243, a 2.7 cm Akkadian-period stone cylinder catalogued at the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, became famous in 1976 when Zecharia Sitchin claimed its star-and-disc rosette depicted the solar system with an extra planet, “Nibiru.” Assyriologists who read the inscription identify the rosette as a standard divine symbol, not an astronomical map. Published: […]