2012: Appointment With Marduk is Turkish writer/researcher Burak Eldem's best-selling book (Istanbul, 2003) on hypothetical Planet X and Mayan "End Date" 2012. Eldem proposes a "return date" for this planet in 2012 and presents an analysis of the correlation between Mayan and Babylonian cosmologies.

The book also proposes an unorthodox explanation for the enigmatic Number of the Beast (numerology) by proposing a misinterpretation: The orbital period of Planet X or Marduk (planet) was 3661 years; and this number was written as a "three wedges in a row" in Mesopotamian sexagesimal mathematics. The sign for number 1 was used three times for 3600 (Shar), 60 (Ges) and 1 (As) respectively which made 3661 in total. And the cuneiform sign for "1" was very much alike the Hebrew letter "Vav", which had "6" as numerical value. As Eldem puts the matter in his book, Hebrew priests apparently adopted the "secret number" of Marduk and misinterpreted the sign as "666", or, "three Vav's". Because Marduk was the enemy's god, this number eventually became the "mark for Devil's Servant", and later "Anti-Christ"s sign in Christianity.

External link

• 2012: Appointment With Marduk (http://2012.netfirms.com/english) Burak Eldem's home page, presenting a summary of his book and a couple of articles.