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Ancient cities lost for centuries.

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Dozens of people have risked their
lives trying to find where Paititi is.

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NARRATOR: Treasures hidden
deep underwater.

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The local people have told me
not simply that the ships fly

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over the lake, but they
actually enter the lake.

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NARRATOR: And secret
chambers...

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buried under the
great Egyptian Sphinx.

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Gold was the flesh of the gods.
Egypt had probably the best

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supply of gold anywhere
in the ancient world.

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NARRATOR: Since the dawn of time,
humans have been obsessed

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with legends of hidden gold.

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But what if our desire for this
precious metal is about

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something more than riches?

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It almost seems as if we're genetically
programmed to love gold.

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Ultimately, gold represents
our connection with the stars.

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A number of researchers have
suggested that ancient aliens

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have come to Earth
primarily to mine gold.

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NARRATOR: Millions of people
around the world believe we have

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been visited in the past by
extraterrestrial beings.

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What if it were true?

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Did ancient aliens really help
to shape our history?

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And if so, might they have come
here in search of gold?

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Lake Guanavita, Colombia.

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Believed to be the site of an
ancient meteor crater,

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this circular-shaped mountain lake is
at the center of one

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of mankind's greatest searches...

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the search for El Dorado,
the Lost City of Gold.

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Since the 16th century,
El Dorado has been the "Holy Grail"

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for fortune hunters.

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Legends abound about a place
full of untold riches somewhere

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in South America.

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Yet to this day, the mythical
city remains undiscovered.

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But if such a magnificent place
does exist, how has it eluded

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explorers for centuries?

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Some believe the answer lies
within this mysterious lake.

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GREGORY DEYERMENJIAN: The story
of El Dorado developed from

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the Lake Guatavita that was within the
territory of the Muisca

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or the Chicha people

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which was a chiefdom.
Not quite as high civilization as Incas

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or as the Aztecs, but chiefdom with
civilization itself that had a lot of gold.

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The ruler in the southern half
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known as the Zipa, but the
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in the 16th century called him
El Dorado, Spanish for

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"The Golden One."

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They gave him this name after
observing the Muisca's most

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sacred ritual. The Zipa would
float out on a royal barge to

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the middle of Lake Guatavita to
make offerings of gold to a god

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believed to live at the
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DEYERMENJIAN: It was said that
the chief, adorned with

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resin and then adorned with gold dust,
would jump into the

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water in order to wash the gold
dust off, and then this gold

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would accumulate in that lake,
and that golden objects as

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sacrifices would be thrown
into that particular lake.

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And from that came the belief
of El Dorado around Colombia.

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In 1912 an excavation
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led by British engineer Hartley Knowles.
Knowles reported that he had

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recovered around $20,000
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including golden artifacts.

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But he also believed much more
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Could Knowles find be evidence
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chief is based on truth?

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If so, just who or what
was the so-called god who

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dwelled at the bottom of the lake?

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DAVID CHILDRESS: A number of researchers
have suggested that ancient aliens

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have come to Earth
primarily to mine gold.

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Zecharia Sitchin suggested that
these extraterrestrials needed gold

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to spend it in the atmosphere
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Is gold something that is really important
to space exploration and to astronomy?

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Well, it actually is, very important
and the reason why is because gold

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is an innert material.
It doesn't react with anything.

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The other thing that's very
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it is a wonderful conductor
of electricity.

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And last but not least is the
fact that gold is a perfect

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reflector of infrared energy.

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You can use gold blankets to
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the intense heat of a star
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CHILDRESS: Gold is a very rare
and valuable element

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throughout the universe.
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NARRATOR: Aliens coming to
Earth searching for gold.

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Could such a thing be possible?

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According to ancient astronaut
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possible, but they claim the
proof exists in the numerous

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texts and legends of
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Like that of the legendary Incan
city of Paititi, thought to be

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located near the southeastern
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CHILDRESS: The Conquistadors became
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this mysterious city of gold
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jungles of Eastern Peru
somewhere.

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They called it Paititi,
the Golden City.

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Stories of Paititi and El Dorado
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exploration of the
Amazon jungles.

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DEYERMENJIAN: El Dorado and Paititi
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I see El Dorado as being that
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that was in northern South America,
and Paititi having

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been another civilization
contemporaneous with the Incas

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in the area of Peru, Bolivia,
that has yet to be definitively found.

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And that's what part of my quest
has been over these last 25 years.

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NARRATOR: Since 1984, American
explorer Gregory

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Deyermenjian and his Peruvian
counterpart, Paulino Mamani have

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staged more than 15 expeditions
in search of this mythical city of gold.

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There is an Incan road of stone leading
towards what is supposed to be,

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as legend would have it, Paititi...
that's what we've been following.

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They say that Pachamama,
the earth goddess, covers

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these areas with such difficulty...
the moss, the jungle, the rivers...

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that some things could be
hidden here forever.

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NARRATOR: Their search began
in Cuzco at the Incan holy

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place of Coricancha, which means,
"Golden Courtyard".

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In 1559, Spanish Conquistadores
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to construct the Cathedral
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and it still sits in
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surrounded by the ruins of the
ancient Incan temple.

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The cathedral features an
enormous altar covered in gold.

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But according to the records of
the Conquistadors, it pales in

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comparison to the magnificent
Coricancha, which was not only

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filled with gold statues but was
also covered in sheets of solid gold.

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FOERSTER: Gold was important

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with the Inca, because it
was the sweat of the Sun.

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The Sun was the highest deity
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the sweat of the Sun represented
the most sacred possession imaginable.

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Ancient astronaut theorists
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called the Punchal that once resided
in Coricancha may provide evidence

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that extraterrestrials had
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Coricancha was famous for
it's gigantic golden disc

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that the ancient Inca worshiped.
That was a symbol of a giant golden disc

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that allegedly landed from the sky
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And he had direct contact according
to legends with the sky gods.

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NARRATOR: Could the giant golden
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inside Coricancha have been made
to honor an alien visitor?

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And if extraterrestrials did
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also provide evidence that
Paititi is nearby?

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In 1533 the Spanish overtook the
city of Cuzco and plundered

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the temple of Coricancha
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But according to local legend,
the gold had already been moved

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20 miles northwest of the city and
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get into Cuzco, the priests
found out about it and they had

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all of the gold from all of the
temples brought up to Lake Puray

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and thrown into the center.

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None of it has been found,
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The amount of gold at today's
prices would be in the billions.

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NARRATOR: Perhaps even more
mysterious are the frequent

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reports of unusual sightings in
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sightings that have been
reported for hundreds of years.

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The local people of
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simply that the ships fly over the lake,
but they actually enter the lake.

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The stories go that there's a
little vortex that opens up just

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about the size of the spaceship,
perhaps 20 feet across.

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The spaceship enters the lake,
the vortex closes.

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Later the vortex opens
and the ship leaves again.

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NARRATOR: If, as the local
inhabitants claim, strange...

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possibly alien... spacecraft
really do come to this area,

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might there be a connection
between the visitations

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and the legends of gold hidden
at the bottom of Lake Puray?

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COPPENS: Dozens of people
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in some cases actually have died,
trying to find where Paititi is.

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You have the standard treasure hunt
which just goes for the monetary value.

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You have certain people who go to it
because they know that that name

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will be immortalized forever after.
But you also have people who go in search

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of this because they know that if you
find a treasure you will literally prove

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that a legend is factual.

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Perhaps the greater
mystery is not if or where the

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mythical cities of El Dorado and
Paititi may be discovered...

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but what might be revealed
once they are found.

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Tokyo lmperial University,
March 1924.

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In an early experiment with
nuclear energy,

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Professor Hantaro Nagaoka directs
150,000 volts of electricity

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at a mercury isotope under a
dielectric layer of paraffin oil

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for four hours.

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The purpose... to strike out a
hydrogen proton from the nucleus

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of the mercury and
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gold.

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The experiment is a success.

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Professor Nagaoka has solved
a mystery that has eluded

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scientists for centuries...
the mystery of the philosopher's stone.

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A.J. SHAKA: The philosopher's stone 
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that would turn, led or some
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The thought that one could do
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NARRATOR: For thousands of
years, kings sought out

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this mythical device... one that
could create gold out of common metal.

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Scientists and alchemists spent
centuries trying to invent one.

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Even Sir Isaac Newton obsessed
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of the philosopher's stone
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although the English Crown, fearing
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had made the practice of alchemy
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By the time of Professor Nagaoka's
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most of the scientific community
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of producing gold from
another metal impossible.

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But that quickly changed once
they knew where to look.

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The secret of alchemy
lies in the stars.

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MICHAEL DENNIN: When you think
about how gold's made, naturally gold

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is formed basically in the nuclear
reactions in the sun.

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And then is spread through the universe
when a supernova occurs and

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the sun explodes and sends all
of the products out.

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Because we now can do controlled
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the ability, finally, to essentially
manufacture gold from other elements.

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NARRATOR: Here, at the
University of California, lrvine,

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Dr. A.J. Shaka conducts experiments
in alchemy nearly every day.

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SHAKA: We put mercury into
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and mercury has
a minor isotope of .15%...

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mercury 196 it's called...
and that isotope will actually pick up

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a neutron and, in about
23 hours, turn into gold.

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To bring the reactor to full capacity,
Dr. Shaka removes the control rods

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that absorb neutrons and keep
them from reacting with other atoms.

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This generates power
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SHAKA: In terms of
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including electrical energy,
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from a given mass of material,
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million times better than
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NARRATOR: After 24 hours,
the experiment has been a success

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and yields gold, a real-life
philosopher's stone at work

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in the basement of a small
university building.

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The discovery of alchemy has
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but ironically it has not
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SHAKA: If you irradiate for
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you make three-tenths of
a cent worth of gold.

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you're pretty far in the hole.

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NARRATOR: But while modern-day
alchemy is considered far

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too inefficient to create vast
new caches of gold, ancient

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astronaut theorists believe a
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our own may have been at work
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in ancient Egypt. Another place where
gold was linked to the gods.

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ROBERT BAUVAL: The idea of gold being
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is very much in grain in the
ancient Egyptian system of belief.

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Gold was the flesh of the gods.
So therefore very great significance.

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Egypt had probably the best supply
of gold anywhere in the ancient world.

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And we find that in some of the
letters which survived between

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kings of Babylon, Assyria and
others and Egypt, a lot of them

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are begging letters, basically
saying to the Egyptian king, you

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you know, "Oh, my brother,
the pharaoh, please send me gold,

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lots of gold, because gold is as dust
in the land of my brother, the pharaoh."

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But just how did
gold come to be so much more

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abundant in ancient Egypt than
in neighboring lands?

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And why did the Egyptians view the metal
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According to ancient astronaut theorists,
it is entirely possible that the Egyptians

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were capable of actually
manufacturing gold...

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and may have received
otherworldly help to do so.

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If alchemical transmutations can
be performed in a modest

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facility like the one at the
University of California, lrvine,

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what might be possible
with a larger reactor?

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A reactor, perhaps, the size of
the Great Pyramid at Giza.

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CHILDRESS: Christopher Dunne has
suggested that the Giza pyramid

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is some kind of giant machine
and some kind of chemical reaction

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was taking place inside the pyramid.

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It's possible that the Giza pyramid
was actually being used to

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transmute other elements into gold.

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Looking into the blueprints
of the internal arrangements,

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passageways, chambers and shafts,
the appearance of it to me

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did not resemble anything
that would be used as a tomb.

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The precision with
which it was built,

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the precision of the stones
that go into building,

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the queen's chamber,
the grand gallery,

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and then, also, thousands and
thousands of tons of granite

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that were brought down the Nile
500 miles to build the king's chamber.

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These are the features that
really shout out and say:

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There's something going on here,
there's something different.

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It was built like a machine,
perhaps it functioned like a machine.

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NARRATOR: Could it be that
the Great Pyramid was the

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original philosopher's stone?

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If so, how could an ancient
civilization have constructed

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the equivalent of
a nuclear reactor?

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Might the centuries-old search
for the philosopher's stone

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represent more than just a
desire for gold and riches?

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Could it represent... as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest...

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the search for lost technology?

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Perhaps the key to that
knowledge still lies hidden

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somewhere here on Earth and
can be found in areas still

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containing vast amounts
of hidden treasure.

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1936.
The Giza Plateau, Egypt.

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For more than 3,000 years,

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the body of the Great Sphinx had
been buried beneath the sand.

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But after 11 years of work,
Egyptian archaeologists uncover

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the entire monument for the
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At 241 feet long
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it is the largest and oldest
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Even more incredible is it's shape.

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The Sphinx has the head of a man
and the body of a lion.

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Although egyptologists date the
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to the reign of the Pharaoh Khafra,
in approximately 2500 B.C.

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Others claim its construction
could be much, much older.

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The orthodox date about 2500 BC
tagged on these monuments,

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has been challenged by a
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would argue that the erosion in the Sphinx
suggest much, much older Sphinx.

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Although egyptologists have found
no agreement as to when or why

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the strange monument was built.
Ancient astronaut theorists

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believe it may over prove
of extraterrestrials

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being present in ancient Egypt.

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We see in many ancient Sumerian
and Egyptian inscriptions

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of sphinxes half man, half animal
of some kind and it varies

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to a degree of different combinations
of animals and human beings.

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We have to wonder why would they
be doing this and logically

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it starts to make more sense when we
realize a lot of these ancient techs,

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explain that extraterrestrials came here
and created those in their image

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and after their likeness.

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NOORY: If you believe the work
of the late Zecharia Sitchin

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where he believes that the Anunnaki,
came from a planet

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that is somewhere out in our Solar system
and that they came here to mine for gold.

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But they figured they are not
gonna do the work by themselves.

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So they decided to take what
creatures were on this planet at that time

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genetically altered them
and make mankind.

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If that is the case, it is very possible
that they are using genetic alterations,

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to experiment with,
not only just humanity

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but a mixing of other
species with humanity.

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Could the Great Sphinx be the evidence
of genetic engineering by ancient aliens?

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And if as Zecharia Sitchin proposed
extraterrestrials were genetically

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altering humans and animals
for the purpose of mining gold.

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Might this enormous structure
have at one point

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been repository for that gold?

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Is it possible that when Egyptian archeologists
began excavating the Great Sphinx

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what they were really
searching for was gold?

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Over the centuries, secret chambers,
shafts and elaborate tunnel systems,

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have indeed been discovered
all around the Giza Plateau.

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A shaft was discovered,
called the Osirian Shaft

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which led under the Giza Plateau
behind the Sphinx.

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Now, in that shaft there
are various passageways,

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that lead seemingly nowhere.

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In recent years, ground-penetrating
radar, or GPR scans

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have been conducted which reveals evidence
of numerous underground cavities

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located not only around the Sphinx
but underneath it as well.

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From a scientific point of view, a lot about
speculation and theories,

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and legends and so forth,
there was a very first time

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that there's some strong indication that

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there might be these hidden tunnels
and chambers under the Sphinx.

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And according to this, they
found very strong evidence

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of what looks like
artificial chambers.

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It is not a question as to whether or not,
there is a secret underground passage

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underneath the Giza Plateau.

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The question is can we get access to this,
and of course a more important question is

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if there is something of extraordinary value
or even something which defies science

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which may even be of
an extraterrestrial nature.

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If the alleged cavities
under the sphinx

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contain not only gold,
but gold mined by ancient alien beings

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might it also contain
something even more

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than just material treasure.

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Ancient astronauts theories believe
an elaborate secret depository

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is located under the Sphinx's paws
known as the Hall of Records.

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It dates back to the fall of Atlantis,
which according to ancient texts,

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it's said to have occurred
nearly 12,000 years ago.

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They also claim that there were
extraterrestrials living in Atlantis.

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and they needed a repository to house
all their accumulated knowledge.

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ERICH VON DANIKEN: The Hall of Record
was made by us but with the tools,

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the knowledge of extraterrestrials.

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BAUVAL: It is speculated that
a group of survivors of Atlantis,

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came to Egypt at about 10,500 BC brought
along with their records, their knowledge

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and built this storeroom
somewhere at Giza.

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If archeologists do some day
unearth secret chambers

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below the Sphinx,
what will they find?

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Gold, a library of ancient
extraterrestrial knowledge

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or might they perhaps find both.

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HENRY: My personal view is that
it would be loaded with gold technology,

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technology that once
belonged to the Gods

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that will help us answer
who built the pyramids,

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how they built it and likely
there's a portal, or gateway

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that leads us to the stars
within this Hall of Records.

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If the Hall of Records really does exist,
is it possible that it contains

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is it possible that it contains
extra-terrestrial knowledge

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not on ancient ***,
but stored on gold?

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Gold is a pretty amazing metal.

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Gold is one of the best conductors
of electricity we have

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which is obviously very
important in electronic applications,

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Not you only need a really good conductor,
but you need one that won't corrode.

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And so gold when you really really need
high-quality, long-lasting, good electronics,

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it's really the choice
that you would make.

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NARRATOR: Is the ancient knowledge,
not only stored with gold

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but stored on gold, really the mysterious
secret of this precious metal?

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Perhaps the answer lies
hidden 18,000 miles away

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deep beneath the church
in Rennes-Le-Château, France.

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The village of Rennes-Le-Château, France

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January 29th, 1953

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Marie Dénarnaud, a frail 85-year-old
woman, lies on her deathbed

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promising to divulge a long held secret
about a vast treasure.

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But a recent stroke has left her
unable to speak or write

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and her secret dies with her.

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KATHLEEN McGOWAN: Before Marie's death,
she had promised to tell someone

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the secret. I will tell you the secret,
and you will be rich

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beyond your wildest dreams.

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And what she said was
the people of this village

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walk on enough gold to
make them wealthy for a 100 years

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and they have no idea.

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And the secret, she was
never able to speak it

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after she had her stroke.
So what was Marie talking about?

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NARRATOR: Legends of a vast gold treasure
hidden at Renne-le-chateau

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date all the way back to the 5th century,
when after sacking Rome, in 410 AD.

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Germanic warriors known as the Visigoths
made their way to the area

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with all the stolen treasure
they could carry.

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But when they abandoned the region,
some 200 years later

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they reportedly left some of
their ill-gotten wealth behind.

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McGOWAN: The Visigoths were known to have
buried treasure with their dead.

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So when Rennes-Le-Château became
significant because of this idea

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that there might be
gold buried there.

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NARRATOR: For hundreds of years, the rumors
of buried treasure persisted

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although no tangible evidence of it
was ever found.

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But then in 1891,
a young parish priest

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named Bérenger Saunière,
was restoring the local church

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when according to popular legend,
he discovered something

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that turned him into
an extremely wealthy man

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almost over night.

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CHILDRESS: This wealth that he had was
part of a vast golden treasure

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that was kept underground in this church
in a weird series of catacombs.

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These catacombs of
Rennes-Le-Château were ancient.

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They had been there long
before the church had been built.

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And here's an area that
*** of these caves

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that were used by the Visigoths.

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DOBLER: I lived here 16 years and we
know here's a tunnel under this garden.

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It comes along this way
from the castle

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until to the church, and
it runs this, in this way...

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COPPENS: There have been
people who have been coming here

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since the 1950s in search of
gold, and some have found it.

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The question is whether finding
gold is everything there is to

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this mystery or whether it's
just the first step along many

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steps to go before we actually
uncover the real mystery of

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Rennes-Le-Château.

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NARRATOR: Although Father
Saunière claimed to have come

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upon this vast wealth by chance,
many believe he actively

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searched for the Visigoth gold.
And that much more still lies

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hidden in the catacombs
beneath the church.

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But even more mysterious than
the priest's possible discovery

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of gold was his strange behavior
afterwards, a behavior that

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became reflected in the design
of the church itself.

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COPPENS: Bérenger Saunière is
a guy who goes in search of

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ancient documents, who goes in
search of certain specific

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knowledge in alchemical circles.
So what we have found in

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a lot of other alchemical processes
is the importance of gold.

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What happens next is that
he begins to build a church.

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He builds it according to a plan.

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This plan is to make contact
with the divine, and so I think.

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Saunière realized that certain
metals could be transformed into

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something which truly
made it a spiritual experience.

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Might the golden treasure Father
Saunière supposedly unearthed

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have contained more than just
monetary value?

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Could it have held some
otherworldly knowledge?

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The priest confided in only one
other person as to the origin of

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this mysterious wealth, his
housekeeper Marie Dénarnaud.

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But what was the secret
that they shared?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe a clue may lie

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in the inscription found over
the door of the church.

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MCGOWAN: Bérenger Saunière
placed an inscription over the door

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that people have been
talking about for 100 years.

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The inscription says
"Terribilis est locus iste."

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It's mistakenly translated most
often as "This place is terrible"

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but, in fact, the inscription comes
from the Old Testament,

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from the Book of Genesis.

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Jacob has a dream about a ladder
that connects Heaven to Earth,

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where humans could
connect to the divine.

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So when you look at
the Old Testament translation,

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what it really says is
"This place is awesome".

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Is this inscription from
the Old Testament of the

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Hebrew Bible a reference
to something divine,

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or might it point to an
extraterrestrial connection?

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00:35:12,128 --> 00:35:15,727
HENRY: I believe Rennes-Le-Château
could be a stargate to another world.

453
00:35:15,799 --> 00:35:17,568
This is based on the inscription

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00:35:17,569 --> 00:35:21,136
placed above the entrance to the
church by Bérenger Saunière.

455
00:35:22,014 --> 00:35:24,514
Why would this priest
put this inscription there

456
00:35:24,515 --> 00:35:28,515
unless he is indicating that is awesome
and tremendously powerful place.

457
00:35:28,615 --> 00:35:32,015
Rennes-Le-Château is
a gateway to the stars?

458
00:35:33,615 --> 00:35:36,915
Rennes-Le-Château, to me,
is one of the spookiest

459
00:35:36,916 --> 00:35:39,320
and most powerful places
I've ever been.

460
00:35:41,158 --> 00:35:43,791
The ground there is
oozing mystery.

461
00:35:44,895 --> 00:35:48,328
COPPENS: We know that people
have said that Rennes-Le-Château

462
00:35:48,399 --> 00:35:49,866
is a place for UFOs.

463
00:35:50,768 --> 00:35:52,701
We know people have
reported time slips.

464
00:35:53,504 --> 00:35:56,470
And people have said that they
have had encounters with the Devil.

465
00:35:58,142 --> 00:36:01,108
So there is definitely something
about that area which suggests

466
00:36:01,145 --> 00:36:04,812
that, for centuries, very strange
and bizarre things happened.

467
00:36:06,684 --> 00:36:10,686
Could this tiny village
be a gateway to an

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00:36:10,688 --> 00:36:15,322
extraterrestrial past
or even another dimension?

469
00:36:17,227 --> 00:36:21,127
Perhaps the answer lies buried
with Marie Dénarnaud.

470
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:27,403
Or, as some believe, the secrets
of Rennes-Le-Château might

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00:36:27,404 --> 00:36:32,305
still be revealed.
And the answer may lie not

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00:36:32,343 --> 00:36:37,376
in France but just to the north,
in Scotland.

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00:36:44,354 --> 00:36:49,352
Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland.
Perched atop a hill overlooking

474
00:36:49,356 --> 00:36:53,356
the village of Roslin, seven
miles south of Edinburgh,

475
00:36:53,394 --> 00:36:56,861
sits this medieval 15th
century church.

476
00:36:58,666 --> 00:37:02,302
Some say that, hidden on the
grounds, in secret chambers

477
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:07,303
within the church, are some of
the world's greatest lost relics.

478
00:37:09,210 --> 00:37:12,876
Including the treasure
of the Knights Templar.

479
00:37:14,715 --> 00:37:17,582
This elite band of warrior monks...

480
00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:20,817
(sword slashes)
...had been based at the Temple Mount

481
00:37:20,818 --> 00:37:23,420
in Jerusalem
during the Christian Crusades.

482
00:37:24,425 --> 00:37:28,658
They were also rumored to have
been in possession of many

483
00:37:28,662 --> 00:37:32,863
valuable religious artifacts...
including the most valuable

484
00:37:32,866 --> 00:37:34,468
golden relic of all...

485
00:37:36,038 --> 00:37:38,038
the Holy Grail...

486
00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:41,839
the cup used by Jesus during
the Last Supper.

487
00:37:43,910 --> 00:37:48,109
CHILDRESS: The Knights Templar
began excavating at Solomon's Temple.

488
00:37:49,377 --> 00:37:53,277
They said that they discovered
secret caverns

489
00:37:53,278 --> 00:37:57,677
which held a huge horde
of gold artifacts.

490
00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:03,877
At the time of the sacking
of the Solomon's temple,

491
00:38:03,878 --> 00:38:07,677
the treasure there
suddenly vanished.

492
00:38:09,078 --> 00:38:16,777
They then took this treasure to Scotland
and buried it at Rosslyn Chapel.

493
00:38:18,877 --> 00:38:22,677
HENRY: Rosslyn Chapel is one
of the most fascinating

494
00:38:22,678 --> 00:38:25,277
possible recreations
of Solomon's Temple.

495
00:38:27,977 --> 00:38:32,677
It literally is a Holy Grail temple, that
was constructed by William Sinclair

496
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:37,000
and it is designed to be a repository
of Holy Grail secrets.

497
00:38:37,001 --> 00:38:41,200
When it was created it had
the most wonderful and fantastic

498
00:38:41,201 --> 00:38:43,722
symbolism perhaps
anywhere in the world.

499
00:38:44,850 --> 00:38:49,949
Could Rosslyn Chapel really been
built to house the Holy Grail?

500
00:38:50,577 --> 00:38:56,777
Some believe the architecture
of the Chapel is adorned with mysterious

501
00:38:56,778 --> 00:38:59,977
messages and symbols that reveal
the secret whereabouts

502
00:38:59,978 --> 00:39:01,177
of the cup of Christ.

503
00:39:02,575 --> 00:39:05,275
RITCHIE: And here we are,
this is Rosslyn Chapel.

504
00:39:06,976 --> 00:39:10,776
William Sinclair was
responsible for building the Chapel.

505
00:39:10,777 --> 00:39:16,177
He was a very rich individual, he
was the Chancellor of Scotland at the time.

506
00:39:16,477 --> 00:39:21,277
McGOWAN: We see these extraordinarily
gifted brilliant men collecting

507
00:39:21,278 --> 00:39:23,877
the wisdom traditions
from around the world

508
00:39:23,878 --> 00:39:27,846
and stealing all of those
into Rosslyn Chapel.

509
00:39:31,048 --> 00:39:36,318
Among the many carvings found in the
walls of Rosslyn Chapel are faces called,

510
00:39:36,356 --> 00:39:41,724
"The Green Men", pagan deities
that represent growth and rebirth.

511
00:39:42,263 --> 00:39:47,233
Some believe these strange faces
provide a clue that the chapel

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00:39:47,234 --> 00:39:49,868
truly does hold the Holy Grail.

513
00:39:50,670 --> 00:39:53,603
RITCHIE: The carvings
themselves have a dual meaning;

514
00:39:53,673 --> 00:39:56,008
they always have
had a dual meaning.

515
00:39:56,009 --> 00:40:00,308
McGOWAN: The Green Man appears
in over 110 different locations.

516
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,817
As you watch the progression of
the Green Man from east to west,

517
00:40:04,818 --> 00:40:07,517
that progression represents
the passing of time.

518
00:40:07,554 --> 00:40:11,187
JOHN RITCHIE: So all the
youngest of all the Green Man

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00:40:11,191 --> 00:40:16,890
carvings are on the eastern wall, and
towards the west they become older.

520
00:40:17,330 --> 00:40:20,463
HENRY: This symbolizes
the ultimate secrets of nature,

521
00:40:20,467 --> 00:40:23,834
and it makes one wonder if,
in fact, the Grail is connected

522
00:40:23,837 --> 00:40:28,336
with these secrets and the presence of
the Green Man in this Holy Grail chapel.

523
00:40:28,408 --> 00:40:30,809
(Gregorian chanting)

524
00:40:30,811 --> 00:40:34,810
NARRATOR: But if the Holy Grail truly
does reside in Rosslyn Chapel,

525
00:40:34,916 --> 00:40:37,016
where might it be hidden?

526
00:40:37,618 --> 00:40:42,518
Some believe it lies within an ornate
pillar called the Apprentice Pillar,

527
00:40:42,523 --> 00:40:47,560
and at least one person has actually
attempted to retrieve it.

528
00:40:47,561 --> 00:40:50,526
COPPENS: We actually have a story
which is known to be factual

529
00:40:50,545 --> 00:40:54,145
a person came into
the Chapel, with an ax

530
00:40:54,146 --> 00:40:58,344
who was going to be intend
on hacking down the Apprentice Pillar

531
00:40:58,345 --> 00:41:03,845
because he was convinced that
the Grail was actually inside.

532
00:41:05,945 --> 00:41:10,644
What is the Grail? What it *** to say
is the Grail is your DNA.

533
00:41:10,645 --> 00:41:14,145
Because it's your past and it's your future.

534
00:41:15,045 --> 00:41:19,045
And a very interesting thing is
when you look at that Pillar

535
00:41:19,046 --> 00:41:22,245
you see that it is
actually the DNA form.

536
00:41:24,445 --> 00:41:29,344
Might all these mysterious carvings that
have been linked to the Holy Grail

537
00:41:29,345 --> 00:41:33,445
indicate that the chalice used
by Jesus at the Last Supper

538
00:41:33,545 --> 00:41:36,745
was something more
than just a drinking vessel?

539
00:41:37,145 --> 00:41:42,845
TSOULAKOS: The whole story is very
fascinating to the ancient **** theory.

540
00:41:42,846 --> 00:41:48,883
Wolfram von Eschenbach, for example,
suggests that the Holy Grail

541
00:41:48,884 --> 00:41:51,555
arrived from the stars.

542
00:41:53,393 --> 00:41:55,959
And the question is, what
did he mean by that?

543
00:41:56,564 --> 00:42:05,197
It is often described as this
vessel that had blinking red lights.

544
00:42:05,238 --> 00:42:09,505
Were the Templar in possession
of some technological device?

545
00:42:10,710 --> 00:42:14,910
NARRATOR: Could the Holy Grail really
be an ancient link

546
00:42:14,917 --> 00:42:18,917
between Jesus and some spiritual
or otherworldly power?

547
00:42:19,119 --> 00:42:23,452
And might finding it provide
proof of a link between

548
00:42:23,453 --> 00:42:26,558
ourselves and an
extraterrestrial origin?

549
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:34,131
If so, might this mysterious church,
like others so-called.

550
00:42:34,133 --> 00:42:35,868
"Temples of Gold" in Peru...

551
00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:37,503
Egypt...

552
00:42:38,505 --> 00:42:39,972
and France...

553
00:42:40,174 --> 00:42:45,274
contain treasure far more valuable
than mere monetary wealth?

554
00:42:46,145 --> 00:42:48,578
COPPENS: Whether we are
in Rosslyn Chapel, whether we

555
00:42:48,579 --> 00:42:51,548
are in Rennes-Le-Château,
we always go back underneath

556
00:42:51,551 --> 00:42:55,184
the earth, where there might not just
be spiritual treasure to be found,

557
00:42:56,189 --> 00:42:57,088
but also physical treasure.

558
00:42:57,090 --> 00:42:59,925
HENRY: Gold has been one of
the most important quests of all

559
00:42:59,926 --> 00:43:03,226
ancient and sacred traditions.
Gold symbolizes wealth.

560
00:43:03,296 --> 00:43:04,996
It symbolizes power.

561
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:08,834
But ultimately, gold represents
our connection with the stars.

562
00:43:11,936 --> 00:43:17,976
Cultures all over the world value gold
more than anything else, and it seems that

563
00:43:17,977 --> 00:43:21,810
they knew something about gold
that we are yet to discover.

564
00:43:22,349 --> 00:43:26,482
NARRATOR: Could gold actually
be the ultimate link between

565
00:43:26,483 --> 00:43:28,721
humans and otherworldly beings.

566
00:43:30,021 --> 00:43:34,090
A tangible connection to
extraterrestrial ancestors

567
00:43:34,091 --> 00:43:36,925
that came to Earth
thousands of years ago?

568
00:43:37,331 --> 00:43:39,031
Perhaps.

569
00:43:39,733 --> 00:43:44,566
But if the search for gold
really is one of the reasons why

570
00:43:44,570 --> 00:43:47,670
ancient aliens traveled to the
third planet from the sun,

571
00:43:48,971 --> 00:43:51,273
one more question remains:

572
00:43:52,675 --> 00:43:55,375
Will they return for more?

573
00:43:55,776 --> 00:43:58,776
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