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With connections to the heavens.

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David childress:
We see this unusual
keyhole shape

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as decoration for these gods.

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Narrator:
It appears in mystic texts.

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The secret seal of solomon
has that interesting shape.

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Narrator:
It was incorporated
in sacred architecture.

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If you look at this
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...It's this keyhole shape,

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and that to me is fascinating.

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I am literally wowed by this.

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Narrator:
And it exists
all over the planet.

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Andrew collins:
Why is that there are
so many cultures that use

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the keyhole shape
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Is there some commonality
to all of this?

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Narrator:
Could this cryptic symbol
represent a connection

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to beings that came to earth
thousands of years ago?

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Erich von daniken:
We were visited by beings
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And they left clues
on this planet earth.

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Giorgio a. Tsoukalos:
There is an extraterrestrial
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inside this keyhole shape.

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Narrator:
There is a doorway

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in the universe.

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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.

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It demands
we question everything

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we have ever been taught.

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The evidence is all around us.

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The future is
right before our eyes.

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We are not alone.

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We have never been alone.

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Narrator:
Waterford, virginia.

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2013.

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Cydonia institute researcher
george haas is combing through

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images of mars when something
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A large formation protruding
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that displays
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He is struck by the fact

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that there are no other
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around it,

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and it has the distinct shape
of a keyhole.

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Haas:
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it looks like something
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So, when scientists are looking
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on another planet, they're
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determining if this is possibly
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or something that humans
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had a hand in.

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What we're seeing on mars
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of intelligent design

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by some unknown
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The mars reconnaissance orbiter

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took amazing detailed maps

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of pretty much
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And there are some
anomalous pictures.

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It's very much worth humanity's
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and find out for sure,
are these artificial or not?

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Narrator:
Could it be that this strangely
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is really
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built by
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For ancient astronaut theorists,

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what makes this image
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is the fact that strikingly
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exist here on earth.

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Osaka, japan.

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Today, this bustling metropolis

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is famous as one
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of food, fashion and finance.

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But in its southern suburb
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lies an ancient
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A megalithic tomb
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It rises up 35 feet
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and is 1,600 feet long

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and 980 feet wide,

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and it's encircled
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making the entire edifice
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of five million square feet.

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Collins: You can only really
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by going up into the air,

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looking down on it,
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that it's an enormous
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Narrator:
The daisen kofun is merely
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of more than 160,000 kofuns
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There are hundreds
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built between around 300 ad
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...All over japan.

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So what were these?

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Were these really just tombs
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or were they
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William henry:
The keyhole shape can only
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And we're told that the ancient
japanese did not have a means

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of getting into the sky
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So there's a great mystery here
about why the keyhole shape?

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Narrator:
Some researchers suggest that
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can be traced back
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The first of these tombs
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with the first historical
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emperor sujin,

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in whose record in the book of
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a keyhole of a door actually
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Narrator:
According to the story
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a young woman becomes
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who comes to her room
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then gives birth
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Another story
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that the japanese royal family
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of amaterasu, who came
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Tsoukalos:
So, what's the deal here?

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Why do we have these stories
of someone coming from the sky?

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They also describe them
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from their celestial palace,
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It's right there.

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Our ancestors did not have words

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for extraterrestrials or aliens

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or any other creature
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because it didn't exist
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So you've got to wonder

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if these keyhole-shaped kofun

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aren't something
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by extraterrestrials.

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There's something about
that shape, it has meaning.

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Are these sites
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who is apparently in the sky?

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Narrator:
Is it possible that the design
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was inspired by contact
with otherworldly visitors?

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As far as ancient astronaut
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this symbol may offer
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about alien intervention
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And as further evidence
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they point to
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keyhole-shaped structures

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that were also made
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Khaybar, saudi arabia.

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An archaeological team
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of the saudi arabian desert

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makes an extraordinary
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A series of
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Among them are 19 formations
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formed by walls roughly
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Newman:
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built of quite large stones

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and earth, and there
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across the landscape.

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And they're thought to be
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but no one knows who built them.

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No one knows why
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but they have this sacred symbol
of the keyhole as the design.

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So the keyhole shape
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of the triangle and the circle,

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and the circle is often
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and the moon
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whereas the triangle shape
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and that is a representation
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So it really could be
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linking heaven and earth.

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Narrator:
Scientific testing
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made to build these enclosures

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dates them to roughly 6500 bc.

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Could it be that
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to the keyhole-shaped kofuns

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that were built in japan
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Curiously, a keyhole design
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belonging to numerous
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and all over the world.

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This shape is present
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in peru,

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the temple of the foliated cross
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the hopi kivas
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and the 10,000-year-old
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in tassili n'ajjer, algeria.

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Why is it that there
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that use the keyhole shape
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Is there some commonality
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Even though they are
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I would say that we have to look
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And the commonality of symbols.

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Since ancient times
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The keyhole is what can unlock
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an unseen place,

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so it has a ritual
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We are aware that there are
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that there are energies
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and all other life
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just barely beginning to grasp.

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So the keyhole image
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the possibility that
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Narrator:
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carry a profound message
for humanity?

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Was this shape repeated
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across the globe
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would notice it
and attempt to understand it?

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Perhaps further clues
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by examining the connection

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between the keyhole shape
and the ancient gods.

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Young: Khonsu has a pendant
with a keyhole on it.

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January 2018.

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Archaeologists digging
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located in the heart
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uncover the remains
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they discover pieces
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Rita lucarelli:
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A very important, uh, amulet,

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um, for ancient egypt.

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So, the menat was, uh, made

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by a series of lines of beads

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with the counterbalance,

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uh, in form of a keyhole.

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with the beads in front

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and a counterbalance
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the menat is often worn
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Lucarelli:
Khonsu is, uh,
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But he's also a healing god.

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He's considered a protector
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ward off evil spirits
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Khonsu was seen
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This reflects how the moon
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He has a pendant
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This represents
the gatekeeping function

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of this particular divinity,

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the ability
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He taught many of the different
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He was also related
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So this is the suggestion
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in some of the construction
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in ancient egypt.

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Narrator:
Paintings often depict the gods

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giving the menat
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While mainstream historians
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was simply a piece of jewelry,
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suspect it was
something more profound.

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If you look at some
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of the menat,

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rays are jumping out
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that are on sticks.

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What is going on?

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of something technological

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that our ancestors witnessed.

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But they
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what they were looking at.

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Narrator:
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or moon god--
symbolized by a keyhole shape.

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We also have tanit, the
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who, again, her symbol
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and she was connected
with travel.

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She was also connected
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So, again,
there could be connections here

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between these ancient cultures
and this symbol.

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Narrator: Do depictions
of khonsu and tanit

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point to the keyhole shape,

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representing some type
of technological device?

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And could it be more
than mere coincidence

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that both have a connection
to the moon?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe further clues

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can be found on
the italian island of sardinia.

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Today, this picturesque island
in the mediterranean

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is famous
for its crystalline waters,

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white sandy beaches,
and luxurious resorts.

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But thousands of years ago,

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sardinia was home to one of the
most mysterious civilizations

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in the ancient world--
the nuraghe.

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The nuraghic culture of sardinia

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were a bronze age people

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who occupied the island

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from around 1800 bc

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down to about 200 bc,

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when the romans arrived
and took over the island.

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Newman:
There are question marks
about the dating

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of the nuraghic civilization
in sardinia.

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There's so many sites there
that go back way before that.

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There's dolmens that go back
to 3500 or 4000 bc.

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There's, uh, the giants' tombs,

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which are slightly older
than the nuraghic civilization.

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And there's even a pyramid
there, monte d'accoddi,

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which dates back
to around 3500 to 4000 bc.

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The nuraghic culture emerged,
really, from nowhere.

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So they were masters
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and they built
these amazing nuraghic towers

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all over the country.

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There are recorded
over 7,000 of them.

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Collins:
Sardinia...

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Is arguably one of the most
interesting sites in europe,

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not simply because of the-the
large stone structures there,

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but it's the fact

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that so many of them are aligned

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to the sun and the moon
and also the stars,

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that we have to ask ourselves:

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Did they have a belief

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that their ancestors came
from the stars?

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Narrator:
The nuraghic people

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left no written
historical record,

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causing many scholars
to question

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how they could have achieved
such incredible building prowess

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without having developed
a writing system.

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In may 2018,

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oak island treasure hunter
marty lagina

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invited giorgio tsoukalos
to join him in sardinia

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to investigate the mystery
of the nuraghe

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and offer
his unique perspective.

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(speaking foreign language)

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there, giorgio and marty were
met by local guide ivana malu

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and archaeoastronomer
mauro peppino zedda,

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who showed them
an archaeological site

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far stranger than they expected:

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The well of santa cristina.

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-Now, wait a minute,
wait a minute,<i> aspetta.</i>
-Malu: Yes, yeah,<i> prego.</i>

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-These are modern, right?
This is reproduction.
-(laughing): Yeah.

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-No, no, I mean it.
-No, I know, I know, I know.

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-Marty: This is reproduction.
-It's what people say...

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When they are here they say,
"oh, ivana, that's a fake.

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What is that?" can you imagine
the well is 3,000 years old?

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Marty:
No. Honestly, these are

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-the original stones?
-Really. Believe me.

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-Marty: Wow.
-Hundred percent.

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That is built to last
for the eternity.

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Well, this is spectacular.

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-I mean, look at...
-Do you want to touch
with your hand

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-the sophistication of the wall?
-Yes.

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Malu:
Here we go. Andiamo.

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-Tsoukalos: This is crazy.
-Marty: Unbelievable.

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Tsoukalos:
Look at this. It is round.

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It's a perfect circle.

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You can't put
a-a piece of paper...

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There's no mortar used
to put this stuff together.

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-I mean...
-Malu: It's amazing.

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<i> Incredible questo.</i>

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Marty: Not only is it
constructed beautifully,

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the foundation is
below the water table.

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Okay? That's very hard to do.

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I could tell you
from oak island,

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-working in the water
is difficult.
-Right? Yes.

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Marty:
This is spectacular.

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Narrator:
But the incredibly precise
construction

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of the well of santa cristina

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is not its only
extraordinary feature.

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When archaeoastronomer
mauro peppino zedda

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began researching the
ancient structures of sardinia

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in search
of astronomical alignments,

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he found that
the well of sardinia

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was constructed to track
a very specific celestial event.

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(speaking foreign language)

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and this cupola is really built
to observe the moon

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in its highest light.

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(zedda speaking
foreign language)

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malu (translating):
It's maximum.

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-(speaking foreign language)
-see, I get it.

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Is every 18.6 years,

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the full moon reflects its light

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in the deep water over there.

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Narrator:
The event tracked by the well
is known as a lunar standstill,

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the time when the moon reaches
its highest point

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in the night sky and appears
to stay there for hours

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before finally sinking back
toward the horizon.

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But how was
an ancient civilization--

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one supposedly
without mathematics

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or a written language--

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able to build a structure that
precisely tracks a lunar event

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that would have only occurred
two or three times

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in a normal lifetime?

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The question is, there was no
written language.

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How was this planned?

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Because if you look at this
from above,

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it's this keyhole shape,

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and that, to me, is fascinating.

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I have not seen anything
quite like this, okay?

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I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.

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Clearly, someone told
the local people

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how to place these stones
into different areas,

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because it was a connection
to the celestial realm.

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So you're surmising
the technology was

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given to these people?

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-The engineering knowledge.
-Yeah. Yeah.

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Because this screams
mathematics.

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Yes, it does.

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Tsoukalos: It is unlike anything
that I've ever seen,

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even though the stone steps
have reminded me

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of inside the grand gallery
of the great pyramid.

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You can't put a dollar bill
in between the fittings.

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No mortar was used;
it's absolute perfection.

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And the hole with the oculus has
a deviation of about 11 degrees.

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So, that right there is
something that's fascinating

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because only with that
11-degree deviation

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do you actually recognize
this lunar standstill.

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So, my suggestion is that
this engineering knowledge

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was given to the local culture
at the time

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by the extraterrestrials.

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I'm not offering
this opinion lightly.

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The legends and the statuary and
the figurines and the objects

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that have been found here
all speak of someone

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descending from the sky.

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Narrator:
Ancient moon gods
in egypt and carthage

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symbolized by a keyhole.

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An ancient well in sardinia,

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aligned to record
a rare lunar event

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and also shaped like a keyhole.

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Could these incredible parallels
provide evidence

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of extraterrestrial intervention
on earth?

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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

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and suggest further evidence
can be found by examining

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another mysterious structure
in a remote village in india.

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Praveen mohan:
The well of badlapur

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June 2018.

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Thousands flock to
the pasadena convention center

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to attend aliencon,

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a three-day event
that brings together

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ancient astronaut theorists

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and ufo researchers
from across the world.

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Featured contributor
giorgio tsoukalos

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has just returned
from his trip to sardinia.

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And while relating
what he experienced there

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to convention attendees,

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he is shown a photo
that is shockingly familiar.

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The well of santa cristina is

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one of the most amazing
architectural sites

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I've ever seen.

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On that photo
I was given at aliencon

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was an almost-identical well

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4,000 miles away in india.

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And I was like,
"this is incredible."

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when you look at these
two structures from the sky,

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immediately you see
that they both

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are in the shape of a keyhole.

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So you have to wonder,
"is there a connection?"

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and that is the big question.

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Narrator:
A similar keyhole-shaped well

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4,000 miles away?

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Is it possible
that the well in india--

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located in the town
of badlapur, near mumbai--

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is somehow connected
to the well in sardinia?

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Mainstream archaeologists
believe

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that the well at badlapur
was created around 1715...

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During the time of shivaji.

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But there are
no inscriptions in the well

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which state how old it is.

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The fact is, locals believe
that this well was created

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much, much earlier in time,

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possibly dating back
to thousands of years.

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Archaeological records in india
are not precisely kept,

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so it is entirely possible
that this well was built

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at the same as the step well
in sardinia.

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Narrator:
Curiously, both wells have

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a similar connection
to the moon.

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In sardinia,
it's the moon shining down

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on that pool of water
once every 18 years.

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And in india, we have 18 steps

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leading down
to the water's edge.

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Both of them reflective
of the 18-year lunar cycle.

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Narrator:
Another commonality
between the two ancient

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keyhole-shaped structures
is that both were constructed

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using sophisticated
building techniques.

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The badlapur well was
originally constructed

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without the use of any mortar,
which has only

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been added in recent years
to ensure its preservation.

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The well of badlapur

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was created without the use

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of any mortar.

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This type of construction is
based on the ancient technology

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of ayurveda where you are able
to create a structure

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that can survive
for many thousands of years.

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Narrator:
Archaeologists suggest

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that this construction style,

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known as ayurvedic architecture,

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is derived from
the ancient science of design

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described in india's
oldest sanskrit texts.

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To the millions
of hindu faithful,

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these texts-- known as vedas--

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are accounts given directly
by the gods themselves,

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and only transcribed by humans.

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Childress:
We still have

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these ancient texts
from ancient india.

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It's really the only
civilization left

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that has this continuous thread
to the very, very ancient past.

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And these books can still be
read by sanskrit scholars today.

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And what these books talk about
is extraterrestrial gods

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coming to ancient india.

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Tsoukalos:
Now, the ancient astronaut
theory proposes that

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the reason why these similar
structures exist is because

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perhaps both cultures were
visited by the same teachers.

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So, who knows if the nuraghic
culture of ancient sardinia

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was visited
by the same extraterrestrials

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that were visiting
ancient india,

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because in both cases
there are local stories

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of beings
descending from the sky.

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Some thousands of years,
we were visited

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by beings from outer space.

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These beings, they wanted
that we develop technology.

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They wanted that sooner
or later we find out

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that we are
the offsprings of them.

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So they left clues
on this planet earth.

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Narrator: Is it possible
that these two ancient wells,

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separated by thousands of miles

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and with eerily similar
construction styles,

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were built with the help
of extraterrestrial beings?

496
00:26:33,384 --> 00:26:37,636
And if so, does the keyhole
shape represent some type

497
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,473
of technology
wielded by these visitors?

498
00:26:41,517 --> 00:26:43,183
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest

499
00:26:43,227 --> 00:26:45,477
further clues can be found

500
00:26:45,521 --> 00:26:49,189
by examining the significance
of this shape throughout india

501
00:26:49,233 --> 00:26:52,192
in the form of the stupa.

502
00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:56,822
Mohan:
In ajanta caves, there are
many carvings of buddha

503
00:26:56,866 --> 00:26:58,866
inside stupas.

504
00:26:58,909 --> 00:27:02,870
From the front, it appears
as though buddha is standing

505
00:27:02,913 --> 00:27:06,498
inside
an elaborately carved arch.

506
00:27:06,542 --> 00:27:09,501
But the fact is,
what we are seeing

507
00:27:09,545 --> 00:27:13,589
from the front is
a cross section of

508
00:27:13,674 --> 00:27:18,010
a stupa, inside of which
buddha is standing.

509
00:27:18,054 --> 00:27:20,220
And what is a stupa?

510
00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:24,933
It is nothing
but some kind of a vehicle.

511
00:27:25,019 --> 00:27:28,103
It is also shaped

512
00:27:28,189 --> 00:27:31,523
in the form of a keyhole.

513
00:27:31,567 --> 00:27:34,860
Tsoukalos:
Buddha sitting inside a stupa,
in my opinion,

514
00:27:34,904 --> 00:27:38,405
is this creature
inside a pod lifting off.

515
00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:42,576
If we had one or ten
or even 20 examples like that,

516
00:27:42,620 --> 00:27:45,120
you could be like,
"all right, interesting."

517
00:27:45,206 --> 00:27:50,042
but what if I told you there
are millions of the same motif

518
00:27:50,086 --> 00:27:54,421
in india about
celestial beings depicted

519
00:27:54,465 --> 00:27:57,758
living in clouds up in the sky?

520
00:27:57,802 --> 00:28:00,928
Whatever the shape was

521
00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:03,931
that inspired the keyhole shape

522
00:28:04,016 --> 00:28:07,434
was what was so important,
and in my opinion,

523
00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:11,146
that was a flying craft.

524
00:28:11,232 --> 00:28:13,941
Narrator:
Is it possible
that the keyhole symbol

525
00:28:13,984 --> 00:28:16,777
found throughout the world
was inspired

526
00:28:16,821 --> 00:28:19,947
by the shape of
an extraterrestrial spacecraft

527
00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:23,617
that our ancestors witnessed
descending from the sky?

528
00:28:23,703 --> 00:28:27,955
Some ancient astronaut theorists
suggest there may be another,

529
00:28:27,998 --> 00:28:31,417
even more profound explanation,

530
00:28:31,460 --> 00:28:33,669
and point to
an early hebrew text

531
00:28:33,754 --> 00:28:35,754
that describes a magic ring

532
00:28:35,798 --> 00:28:39,216
used to control demons.

533
00:28:45,349 --> 00:28:48,767
Henry: The archangel michael is
going to give solomon a power

534
00:28:48,811 --> 00:28:53,063
king solomon
of the united kingdom of israel

535
00:28:53,107 --> 00:28:55,149
begins construction
on a great temple

536
00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:57,484
to house
the ark of the covenant.

537
00:28:57,528 --> 00:28:59,862
According to the hebrew bible,

538
00:28:59,947 --> 00:29:03,490
this sacred chest was built
to carry the stone tablets

539
00:29:03,534 --> 00:29:06,493
on which the ten commandments
were written

540
00:29:06,537 --> 00:29:11,415
and also facilitated
direct communication with god.

541
00:29:13,711 --> 00:29:16,003
There's an ancient legend,
recorded in,

542
00:29:16,046 --> 00:29:18,005
of all places, the talmud,

543
00:29:18,048 --> 00:29:22,885
wherein which it is said
that there were specific needs

544
00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:25,846
for building solomon's temple

545
00:29:25,890 --> 00:29:28,724
that no human being
could provide.

546
00:29:28,809 --> 00:29:31,852
Henry:
In the story,
solomon prays to god,

547
00:29:31,896 --> 00:29:34,980
and instantly
the archangel michael manifests,

548
00:29:35,024 --> 00:29:36,482
as if out of thin air.

549
00:29:36,525 --> 00:29:40,319
And michael says that
he's going to give solomon

550
00:29:40,362 --> 00:29:43,572
a power that has never
before been seen on earth

551
00:29:43,657 --> 00:29:45,824
and never again shall be.

552
00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:51,038
And he produces for him a golden
ring with a signet seal.

553
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:56,084
Little:
This is known as
the secret seal of solomon.

554
00:29:56,170 --> 00:30:00,047
And it is a magical sign...

555
00:30:00,090 --> 00:30:05,886
Which has that interesting shape
like a keyhole.

556
00:30:05,930 --> 00:30:11,892
Collins:
This ring was used to command
a legion of 72 jinn.

557
00:30:11,936 --> 00:30:16,396
These are fire spirits, uh,
in arabian tradition.

558
00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:19,566
And once they were
under his control,

559
00:30:19,610 --> 00:30:22,528
he used them to build monuments,

560
00:30:22,571 --> 00:30:25,864
including solomon's temple
itself.

561
00:30:25,908 --> 00:30:29,034
Narrator:
According to the talmud,

562
00:30:29,078 --> 00:30:32,538
these otherworldly beings
that solomon was able to rule

563
00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:34,623
with his divine
keyhole-shaped seal

564
00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:37,876
were led by a jinn
named ashmedai.

565
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,712
In constructing
solomon's temple,

566
00:30:40,756 --> 00:30:44,591
ashmedai not only oversaw
the building of the tabernacle

567
00:30:44,635 --> 00:30:46,385
to hold the ark of the covenant,

568
00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:50,264
but also a number of underground
hidden chambers.

569
00:30:50,307 --> 00:30:53,600
Tzadok:
Ashmedai brought with him
an army

570
00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:57,729
of his followers who built
those places of the temple,

571
00:30:57,773 --> 00:31:02,442
which no human being was allowed
to even know existed.

572
00:31:02,486 --> 00:31:06,613
So these legends come down
to us to this day

573
00:31:06,657 --> 00:31:09,950
that this temple of solomon, the
parts that were subterranean,

574
00:31:09,994 --> 00:31:11,785
were not built by human hands

575
00:31:11,829 --> 00:31:15,914
and, therefore, secret
to this day to the human eye.

576
00:31:15,958 --> 00:31:20,627
Childress:
They built all kinds
of tunnels and chambers.

577
00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:24,423
And you have to wonder
if it might have something to do

578
00:31:24,466 --> 00:31:27,175
with this high technology
that they put

579
00:31:27,261 --> 00:31:30,846
into some very safe place
for keeping.

580
00:31:33,350 --> 00:31:36,268
Narrator:
Could it be that the technology
solomon was given

581
00:31:36,312 --> 00:31:40,147
to build his temple was hidden
somewhere beneath it?

582
00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:43,442
Solomon's temple was destroyed
by the babylonian king

583
00:31:43,485 --> 00:31:47,654
nebuchadnezzar ii in 587 bc.

584
00:31:47,698 --> 00:31:52,117
But nearly 1,700 years later,
the site where it stood,

585
00:31:52,161 --> 00:31:55,454
known today as temple mount,
was excavated

586
00:31:55,497 --> 00:31:57,372
by a group
of warrior monks called

587
00:31:57,458 --> 00:31:59,708
the order of solomon's temple,

588
00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:02,836
also known as
the knights templar.

589
00:32:02,922 --> 00:32:06,840
And many believe that
they did not leave empty-handed.

590
00:32:06,884 --> 00:32:07,883
(horse neighs)

591
00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:12,596
the knights templars got
a commission from the pope

592
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,849
to actually do excavations
at solomon's temple.

593
00:32:15,935 --> 00:32:20,479
And the story there goes that
the templars actually discovered

594
00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:24,358
a secret chamber
beneath the temple.

595
00:32:24,401 --> 00:32:28,362
Narrator:
While it remains unknown
just what the knights templar

596
00:32:28,405 --> 00:32:30,822
may have uncovered,
researchers know that

597
00:32:30,866 --> 00:32:34,201
they would go on to display
incredible building prowess,

598
00:32:34,244 --> 00:32:37,037
much like that of the jinn
that legend credits

599
00:32:37,081 --> 00:32:40,207
with building solomon's temple.

600
00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:42,668
The knights templars had
very advanced knowledge

601
00:32:42,711 --> 00:32:46,046
of geometry, mathematics,
architecture,

602
00:32:46,090 --> 00:32:48,006
and of working with stone.

603
00:32:48,050 --> 00:32:51,510
Some of the early constructions
include the gothic cathedrals

604
00:32:51,553 --> 00:32:55,055
of europe, and they show
remarkable technology.

605
00:32:55,099 --> 00:32:58,058
The way they worked with stone,
the hidden geometry,

606
00:32:58,102 --> 00:33:01,687
the mathematics, and the sort of
spiritual dimensions

607
00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:05,273
that these elements create
are quite remarkable.

608
00:33:06,694 --> 00:33:08,902
Narrator:
Curiously, nearly
every templar church

609
00:33:08,946 --> 00:33:10,946
was built in the shape
of a keyhole

610
00:33:11,031 --> 00:33:12,698
when viewed from above.

611
00:33:12,741 --> 00:33:16,868
But perhaps most notable of all
is that at a former

612
00:33:16,912 --> 00:33:20,372
templar stronghold in France
called rennes-le-château,

613
00:33:20,416 --> 00:33:24,376
there is a statue of ashmedai,
the king of the jinn

614
00:33:24,420 --> 00:33:27,170
that helped solomon
to build his temple.

615
00:33:28,632 --> 00:33:31,216
Tzadok:
Rumor has it
that the templar knights

616
00:33:31,260 --> 00:33:35,470
endeavored to communicate
with ashmedai,

617
00:33:35,556 --> 00:33:37,764
the king of the shedim,
the jinn,

618
00:33:37,808 --> 00:33:40,851
who built the temple
to serve solomon.

619
00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:45,105
Narrator:
Is it possible that
the knights templar

620
00:33:45,149 --> 00:33:48,900
were in possession of
a long-lost alien technology?

621
00:33:48,944 --> 00:33:52,362
One that was witnessed and
documented all over the world

622
00:33:52,406 --> 00:33:53,780
in ancient times?

623
00:33:53,824 --> 00:33:57,325
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

624
00:33:57,411 --> 00:34:00,120
and suggest further clues
as to just what

625
00:34:00,164 --> 00:34:03,290
this technology was
and if it still exists

626
00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:05,834
somewhere on earth today
can be found

627
00:34:05,919 --> 00:34:08,295
by examining the most iconic
sacred object

628
00:34:08,338 --> 00:34:10,672
in all of christianity:

629
00:34:10,758 --> 00:34:13,550
The holy grail.

630
00:34:20,726 --> 00:34:26,271
Architect gian lorenzo bernini
oversees the finishing touches

631
00:34:26,315 --> 00:34:29,941
on his masterpiece,
st. Peter's square.

632
00:34:29,985 --> 00:34:32,486
This resplendent portico
consists of

633
00:34:32,529 --> 00:34:34,154
two straight colonnades

634
00:34:34,198 --> 00:34:36,698
that open up to a wide ellipse.

635
00:34:37,910 --> 00:34:41,536
St. Peter's square is
a very large plaza

636
00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:44,456
in front of st. Peter's basilica
in vatican city.

637
00:34:44,500 --> 00:34:48,376
The thing is that st. Peter's
square is not a square.

638
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:51,838
It's a keyhole shape,
and the question is why?

639
00:34:51,882 --> 00:34:54,716
The architect bernini
tells us that

640
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,218
when he envisioned
the keyhole shape,

641
00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:59,638
it was to create a sort
of a womb or a vessel

642
00:34:59,681 --> 00:35:01,556
so that the visitor
to this place

643
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,434
would feel like they're
embraced by the welcoming

644
00:35:04,478 --> 00:35:06,770
or loving arms of the church,

645
00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:10,357
that as many as one million
people can gather together

646
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,942
in this spot.

647
00:35:11,985 --> 00:35:14,528
In fact, they would gather
around a-a large

648
00:35:14,571 --> 00:35:17,072
egyptian obelisk
made of red granite

649
00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:20,784
that's in the exact center
of the apex of this site.

650
00:35:20,828 --> 00:35:23,078
But we know
that shapes hold power,

651
00:35:23,122 --> 00:35:24,955
shapes have power.

652
00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:28,625
We have to ask the question,
could this be something more?

653
00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:33,505
Narrator:
Some historians suggest
a clue as to why

654
00:35:33,549 --> 00:35:36,675
st. Peter's square was designed
in the shape of a keyhole

655
00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:40,887
can be found at the garway
templar church in England.

656
00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:46,017
In her 2007 book the<i> knights</i>
<i> templar encyclopedia,</i>

657
00:35:46,061 --> 00:35:49,646
author karen ralls notes
that there is a curious etching

658
00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:51,815
above the church's piscina:

659
00:35:51,859 --> 00:35:55,068
A keyhole-shaped chalice
thought to depict

660
00:35:55,112 --> 00:35:56,778
the holy grail.

661
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:01,158
There are different perspectives
on what the holy grail is.

662
00:36:01,201 --> 00:36:04,035
The one that most people
are familiar with

663
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:06,663
is that it's actually
a cup or a chalice,

664
00:36:06,707 --> 00:36:10,125
one that was present
at the last supper

665
00:36:10,169 --> 00:36:13,253
and that also was present
at the crucifixion.

666
00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:16,590
What's interesting is that
the grail is very often

667
00:36:16,633 --> 00:36:19,217
distinctively keyhole-shaped.

668
00:36:19,261 --> 00:36:24,139
This is eerily similar to what
the seal of solomon looks like.

669
00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:27,767
The keyhole shape that is
believed to be

670
00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:29,853
the actual symbol
that solomon used

671
00:36:29,897 --> 00:36:33,440
in order to bind
or control demons.

672
00:36:33,483 --> 00:36:37,819
Narrator:
Could it be that the holy grail
and the ring of solomon

673
00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:40,614
are both representations
of a technology

674
00:36:40,657 --> 00:36:44,242
that was wielded
by extraterrestrial visitors?

675
00:36:44,286 --> 00:36:47,829
A mysterious 12th-century
nobleman

676
00:36:47,873 --> 00:36:51,499
named wolfram von eschenbach,
who is often regarded

677
00:36:51,543 --> 00:36:53,919
as the greatest poet
of the middle ages,

678
00:36:53,962 --> 00:36:56,546
wrote of the holy grail
falling to earth

679
00:36:56,590 --> 00:36:58,048
from the heavens.

680
00:37:01,136 --> 00:37:03,094
One of the origin stories
of the grail is that it was

681
00:37:03,138 --> 00:37:06,473
a giant emerald that was
in the crown that lucifer wore

682
00:37:06,516 --> 00:37:08,350
before his fall,

683
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:10,894
that instead of descending
to the underworld,

684
00:37:10,938 --> 00:37:12,771
it fell accidentally to earth.

685
00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:15,649
So we have a little piece
of heaven here on earth.

686
00:37:15,692 --> 00:37:19,736
Narrator:
While scholars debate what parts
of eschenbach's works

687
00:37:19,780 --> 00:37:21,780
were meant to be taken as fact,

688
00:37:21,823 --> 00:37:24,741
he goes into great detail
about the grail,

689
00:37:24,785 --> 00:37:29,246
which he alleged was carved
from this otherworldly gemstone.

690
00:37:29,289 --> 00:37:32,540
Henry:
The stone can instantly
manifest wishes

691
00:37:32,584 --> 00:37:35,377
through the power of
a frequency or vibration.

692
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:39,130
This is very important
because one of the critical uses

693
00:37:39,174 --> 00:37:41,508
for the grail is that
it could transmute

694
00:37:41,551 --> 00:37:43,426
one thing into another.

695
00:37:43,470 --> 00:37:46,888
A wasteland into a garden,
for example.

696
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:51,518
Wolfram von eschenbach said that
the grail fell from the heavens.

697
00:37:51,561 --> 00:37:55,772
What if the grail is, in fact,
extraterrestrial technology?

698
00:37:55,816 --> 00:37:57,232
(horse neighs)

699
00:37:57,276 --> 00:37:58,942
lynn picknett:
We know that the knights templar

700
00:37:58,986 --> 00:38:01,236
spent some time in jerusalem,

701
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,782
and it's often said that they
were looking for holy relics.

702
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:07,909
They were looking, perhaps,
for the holy grail.

703
00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:11,413
Had they got it,
where would they have taken it?

704
00:38:11,456 --> 00:38:13,707
So let's think about
st. Peter's square,

705
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:15,375
in light of this.

706
00:38:15,419 --> 00:38:20,380
Maybe it tells us that
the grail is in vatican city.

707
00:38:23,093 --> 00:38:26,428
Narrator:
Is it possible that bernini
designed st. Peter's square

708
00:38:26,471 --> 00:38:29,306
in the shape of a keyhole
to provide a clue

709
00:38:29,349 --> 00:38:33,059
that the holy grail resides
somewhere at the vatican?

710
00:38:33,103 --> 00:38:36,021
And was the holy grail not a cup

711
00:38:36,064 --> 00:38:38,523
that could bestow
everlasting life

712
00:38:38,567 --> 00:38:42,527
but a powerful
extraterrestrial technology?

713
00:38:42,571 --> 00:38:46,239
Some ancient astronaut theorists
believe the grail

714
00:38:46,283 --> 00:38:49,409
may represent something
even more profound,

715
00:38:49,453 --> 00:38:54,789
and point back to the keyhole
shape found on mars.

716
00:39:00,672 --> 00:39:03,256
Narrator:
November 2016.

717
00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:06,676
After a three-year study
of the keyhole formation

718
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:10,096
discovered on mars,
an independent research team

719
00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:13,016
led by the director
of the cydonia institute,

720
00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:17,020
george haas,
publishes their findings.

721
00:39:17,064 --> 00:39:20,357
The team determined
that the formation exhibits

722
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,777
such perfect symmetry
that it is highly unlikely

723
00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:26,654
to be the result
of natural erosion.

724
00:39:27,783 --> 00:39:29,908
It appears what we're
seeing on mars

725
00:39:29,951 --> 00:39:34,162
is evidence of some unknown
extraterrestrial culture

726
00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:36,956
that I think may have been
telling the story

727
00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,625
of where we came from
and possibly

728
00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,418
where we may be going.

729
00:39:40,462 --> 00:39:45,006
Narrator:
If the keyhole formation on mars
is an artificial structure,

730
00:39:45,050 --> 00:39:47,675
as this scientific study
suggests,

731
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,054
could it indicate
that an alien technology,

732
00:39:51,098 --> 00:39:53,348
documented by our ancestors,

733
00:39:53,392 --> 00:39:56,017
was left on earth's closest
neighboring planet

734
00:39:56,061 --> 00:39:59,062
for humanity to one day
discover?

735
00:40:00,107 --> 00:40:03,358
Or is it possible
that the structure

736
00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:06,194
does not represent
some physical object

737
00:40:06,238 --> 00:40:10,031
but carries a more
important message?

738
00:40:10,075 --> 00:40:13,493
Was it meant to tell us
that there are profound secrets

739
00:40:13,537 --> 00:40:16,830
waiting to be unlocked
about both our past

740
00:40:16,873 --> 00:40:18,832
and our future?

741
00:40:18,875 --> 00:40:22,460
When we look at all the examples
of the keyhole shape

742
00:40:22,504 --> 00:40:25,338
as it appears throughout
different myths and traditions,

743
00:40:25,382 --> 00:40:28,091
it tells us that
that is a vital shape

744
00:40:28,135 --> 00:40:29,592
for us to understand.

745
00:40:31,221 --> 00:40:34,305
And it suggests to me that when
we find the keyhole shape,

746
00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:36,474
no matter where it is,
that they all refer

747
00:40:36,518 --> 00:40:39,644
to this great mystery,
symbolized by the keyhole,

748
00:40:39,688 --> 00:40:42,105
and that perhaps
by understanding one,

749
00:40:42,149 --> 00:40:44,774
it's gonna help us to unlock
the mysteries of all,

750
00:40:44,818 --> 00:40:48,069
and release some tremendous
cosmic power.

751
00:40:48,113 --> 00:40:52,198
Tsoukalos:
I think that there's
an extraterrestrial message

752
00:40:52,242 --> 00:40:54,993
inside this keyhole shape.

753
00:40:55,036 --> 00:40:59,372
If anything, it is a project

754
00:40:59,416 --> 00:41:02,292
of spreading knowledge

755
00:41:02,335 --> 00:41:05,462
and information throughout
the entire universe.

756
00:41:05,505 --> 00:41:08,131
Because without information,
what-what do you have?

757
00:41:08,175 --> 00:41:09,924
You have nothing.

758
00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:14,345
Childress:
I think that what's really lying
in store for humanity now

759
00:41:14,389 --> 00:41:18,349
is that we will prove
these keyhole shapes

760
00:41:18,393 --> 00:41:21,394
are really signifying
intelligent life,

761
00:41:21,438 --> 00:41:26,232
perhaps giving us technology
and helping us go into space.

762
00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:31,070
Narrator:
Could it be that
the keyhole shape symbolizes

763
00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,907
a connection to the universe
that humankind

764
00:41:33,950 --> 00:41:36,743
is only beginning to comprehend?

765
00:41:36,786 --> 00:41:40,705
Are religious artifacts
like the holy grail

766
00:41:40,749 --> 00:41:44,292
not divine or even
extraterrestrial objects

767
00:41:44,336 --> 00:41:48,213
but messages meant to tell us
that our destiny lies

768
00:41:48,256 --> 00:41:49,589
in the stars?

769
00:41:51,176 --> 00:41:54,093
Perhaps we are on the verge
of finally understanding

770
00:41:54,137 --> 00:41:57,722
the significance of this
ubiquitous symbol...

771
00:41:57,766 --> 00:42:01,017
And the next giant leap
for mankind

772
00:42:01,061 --> 00:42:04,854
will be more profound
than we could ever imagine.

773
00:42:04,898 --> 00:42:07,482
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