Introduction: And it came to pass -- Alexander's quest for immortality -- In the days before the flood -- In search of Noah -- Sumer: where civilization began -- When kingship was brought down from heaven -- A planet called "Nibiru" -- Of Anunnaki and Igigi -- A serf made to order -- Gods and other ancestors -- Of patriarchs and demigods -- There were giants upon the Earth -- Immortality: the grand illusion -- Dawn of the goddess -- Glory of empire, winds of doom -- Buried in grandeur -- The goddess who never left -- Postscript: Mankind's alien origins: the evidence.