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174 with the Deluge associated the watershed catastrophe with the appearance of the celestial god, Nibiru, in the Age of the Lion (circa 10,900 B.c.E.)—it was “the constellation of the Lion that measured the waters of the deep,” one text said. Other texts described the appearance of Nibiru at Deluge time as a radiat- ing star, and depicted it accordingly (Fig. 79)— When they shall call out “Flooding!” It is the god Nibiru... Lord whose shining crown with terror is laden; Daily within the Lion he is afire. The planet returned, reappeared, and again became “Nib- iru” when Mankind was granted farming and husbandry, in the mid-eighth millennium B.c.£.; depictions (on cylinder seals) illustrating the beginning of agriculture used the Sign of the Cross to show Nibiru visible in Earth’s skies (Fig. 80). Finally and most memorably for the Sumerians, the planet was visible once again when Anu and Antu came to Earth on a state visit circa 4000 B.c.£., in the Age of the Bull (Taurus). The city that was later known for millennia as Uruk was es- tablished in their honor, a ziggurat was erected, and from its stages the appearance of the planets on the horizon, as the night sky darkened, was observed. When Nibiru came into view, a shout went up: “The Creator’s image has arisen!” and all present broke into hymnal songs of praise for “the planet of the Lord Anu.” THE END OF DAYS FIGURE 79