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NARRATOR:
A mysterious underground temple
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that holds
gigantic stone coffins.
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It's humungous.
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You can walk underneath it.
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A 16,000-year-old monument
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that appears to float in midair.
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NIKKI TSUKAMOTO:
This monolith
is said to be related to
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the heavenly rock ship.
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Ancient engineering feats
far ahead of their time.
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Someone or some ones had
extraordinary knowledge here.
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-This is not easy to build.
-No.
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NARRATOR:
On Ancient Aliens,
we've traveled to many
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mysterious sites that
seem to defy explanation.
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Now we take a look back
at some of the most incredible
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structures we've
visited all over the world.
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Structures, that according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
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provide undeniable evidence
of extraterrestrial contact.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled to some
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of the most incredible
structures on the planet.
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Structures that
offer compelling evidence
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that our ancestors were
visited by extraterrestrials.
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And some of the world's
most extraordinary examples
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can be found in ancient Egypt,
like the Great Sphinx,
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the Pyramids of Giza
and the Luxor Temple.
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But Egypt is also home
to a site that a lot of people
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don't even know about,
and one I think is amazing.
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The Serapeum of Saqqara.
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And when I went
to see it in person
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with Egyptologist Ramy Romany,
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it absolutely blew my mind.
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NARRATOR:
Saqqara, Egypt.
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1850.
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While on
an expedition to recover
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ancient manuscripts
for the Louvre Museum
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in Paris, French Egyptologist
Auguste Mariette
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spots a strange object
sticking out of the sand.
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Intrigued, Mariette
has the sand cleared away
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and finds large rocks
blocking what looks to be
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the entrance
to an underground chamber.
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After using explosives to
remove them, he gains entrance
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to a tomb complex,
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also known as the Serapeum.
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In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Egyptologist
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and Cairo native Ramy Romany
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visited this mysterious site.
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-The Serapeum of Saqqara,
Giorgio.
-Yes.
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Oh, it's magnificent.
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The name
Serapeum comes from Serapis,
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-which is Apis bull and Osiris.
-Yes.
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-Right.
-Combined together
in one Greek god.
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NARRATOR:
Located deep beneath
the desert surface,
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lies a 790-foot-long passageway.
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There, within a series
of alcoves
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neatly carved
out of the limestone rock,
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are 24 gigantic
stone sarcophagi.
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Each sarcophagus measures
approximately 13 feet long,
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seven and a half feet wide
and over ten feet tall.
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But just how
the ancient Egyptians
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managed to transport
these massive granite boxes
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remains unknown,
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as does their intended purpose.
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ROMANY:
So this is one
of the most mysterious
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places in all of Egypt, Giorgio.
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Look how far all this goes.
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The boxes themselves are,
what, 70 to 75 tons?
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-Mm-hmm.
-And then the lids
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are estimated
to be 20 to 25 tons.
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It's one of the most
mysterious things about
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this place is really how
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they managed to bring
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these heavy structures
all the way down here
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when we're breathing
heavily just to get to the end.
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Can we actually go
down to some of these?
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Of course we can.
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Wow.
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You know,
I've always read about these.
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I've seen pictures,
but it's humungous.
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You can walk underneath it.
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NARRATOR:
As far as conventional
Egyptologists
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and archaeologists
are concerned,
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the sarcophagi
were meant to house
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the remains
of the sacred Apis bulls.
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But as only one of the tombs
was found to contain
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animal remains and all
the others were found empty,
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the true nature of the Serapeum
is a source of deep contention.
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The Apis bull is
a representation for god Osiris
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and there's something
very important to mention.
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Ancient Egyptians
did not worship animals.
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Their concept was the gods
sent the animals to be
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their messengers, and we have
to respect them in that way.
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ANDREW COLLINS:
It was said that the first ever
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Apis bull was created
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when a ray of light
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came down from heaven itself
and struck
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this cow
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who produced
the first Apis bull.
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So there is
some relationship between
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the bull itself and the stars.
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The sides,
and also here the bottom...
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(stammers)
the polishing is perfect.
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And we can illustrate this by
just looking at the angle.
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I mean,
it's a perfect 90-degree angle.
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Check this out.
It is absolute perfection.
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It's easy to cut limestone.
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But to cut basalt is a...
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(chuckles)
That's a different story.
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What do these
inscriptions here say?
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These inscriptions
were extremely important.
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You see the doors, specifically,
the so-called false doors.
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They were the doors that allowed
the spirit, the ka and the ba--
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the spirit and the soul--
to come out from the mummy.
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And then read
the hieroglyphic inscriptions.
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They wanted to make sure
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that these Apis bulls
come back to life.
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Go to eternity,
so they could stay
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with Osiris in the sky.
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Ancient historians' accounts,
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like Herodotus, Strabo,
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Eusebius, all of these...
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old, old chroniclers
speak of a...
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a former glory age of Egypt
known as the Golden Age.
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Which some have suggested
dates back as far as 10,500 BC.
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So is it possible
that what we have right here
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may be a remnant of that time?
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When it comes to dating,
I don't have a response.
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I can't tell you for a fact
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that this was made
3,000 years ago.
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Till today there's a debate
on when were these made.
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NARRATOR:
Egypt's Golden Age
was a time when humans
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are said to have shared
the Earth with the gods.
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Gods that, according
to the ancient astronaut theory,
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were not mythological figures,
but extraterrestrial visitors.
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And there are those who believe
that the figure of the Apis bull
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can be found carved
into one of the sarcophagi
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not because these giant stone
coffins held mummified bulls,
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but because
the Apis bull represented
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a connection to the stars.
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COLLINS:
It is a fact that
when most of these
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gigantic sarcophagi were opened,
nothing was inside them.
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But in my opinion...
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I think that
this acted as some kind
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of otherworldly environment
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for communication
with the cosmos itself.
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And that
the bulls simply represented
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the points of contact with
the cosmic beings themselves.
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It doesn't make sense that these
were built for mummified bulls.
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First of all...
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they're too big for the bulls.
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They're beyond human scale.
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In order for a human
to get into them,
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you would first have
to remove the 15- to 20-ton lid
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that was
placed on top of these boxes.
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And then climb up
a ladder to get into them.
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Is it possible that
what we're looking at here is
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an extraterrestrial
technology that was used
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thousands of years ago
in ancient Egypt?
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What could possibly be
the purpose of these boxes?
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What function did they serve?
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It's an incredible question.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the massive
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sarcophagi contained
within the Serapeum of Saqqara
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were constructed more
than 10,000 years ago
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during a period
when extraterrestrials
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inhabited the Earth?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest an even more direct
ET connection can be found
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by exploring the prehistoric
megaliths of Japan.
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Some of the most incredible
structures to have traveled
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that have me convinced
that we've been visited
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by extraterrestrials are
the ones that look
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just like flying craft.
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And when I went to Japan,
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I had the honor to see
two ancient stone carvings
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that are believed
to represent flying ships
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witnessed by the people
who lived there
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thousands of years ago.
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NARRATOR:
Honshu, Japan. April 2017.
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Near the modern-day city
of Osaka,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
with fellow ancient astronaut
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theorist Takeharu Mikami,
to investigate one of the oldest
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and holiest sites
in the country.
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The Ishi-no-Hoden megalith
is a giant stone monument
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carved out of the bedrock on
the mountainside and is believed
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by some researchers to date back
an astonishing 16,000 years.
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TSOUKALOS:
Wow.
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It's gigantic.
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This is... I had no idea.
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I mean, it is massive.
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(speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.
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-500 tons? Wow.
-Yes.
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Okay. That's amazing.
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I-I want to...
I need to walk around.
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Very weird.
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I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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So you want to just
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It looks like
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TSOUKALOS:
It really does.
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
The name for this rock is...
(speaks Japanese)
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or "the floating rock
from the heavens."
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TSUKAMOTO:
So this monolith is said to
be related to one of the first
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gods that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
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and he is said to have
traveled over the country
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on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,
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which was called
"Ama no Iwafune,"
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which is
"the heavenly rock ship."
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So what you're telling me
is that there is
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an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity
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flying around in the sky
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with a gigantic
vehicle made of stone?
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-Absolutely.
-(Tsoukalos laughs)
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So do you think that is
the reason why it was called
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a vehicle made of stone,
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because it was
so powerful and strong
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and virtually indestructible
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that the story became,
it's a vehicle made of stone?
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(speaking Japanese)
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You're absolutely right,
because the gods were
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flying over
the land on a giant ship.
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It wasn't a plane
because it didn't have wings.
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It looked like a ship made
out of very hard material
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that was like a very hard stone.
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And they would descend
from the heavens
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and down onto the land,
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and thus, they would travel
around the country.
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TSOUKALOS:
It's absolutely impressive.
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To me, the Ishi-no-Hoden
megalith was an attempt
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by our ancestors to document
an extraterrestrial visitation.
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And they chose
this incredibly hard stone
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as a way to represent
the color and indestructible
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nature of the craft
they saw in the sky.
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As if this wasn't
proof enough of alien contact,
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during my trip to Japan,
I investigated
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another ancient site
with an almost identical legend.
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Does that say rock ship?
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-Masuda rock ship...
-Oh, all right.
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NARRATOR:
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and ancient astronaut
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theorist Takeharu Mikami
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set out
to examine Masuda-no-Iwafune,
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an 800-ton rock structure
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that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles
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no other architecture in Japan.
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Check out this-this square
grid on the sides.
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I mean, this is something
that I've seen before in India,
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in Mahabalipuram,
where they have the same
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mythologies of celestial beings.
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And they had
something very similar
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on the side of some
of their rocks, as well.
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MIKAMI:
Mm-hmm.
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I can't wait to see the top.
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Amazing.
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-Oh, man.
-Whoa!
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Wow. That is...
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I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.
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NARRATOR:
While some researchers believe
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the Masuda-no-Iwafune
megalith is a tomb,
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others claim it is
meant to depict
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the "sky boats"
that are described
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in ancient Japanese stories.
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TSOUKALOS:
So the idea is
that this was the entrance
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to a Buddhist temple-- what
do they mean by that, inside?
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-I mean, where?
-TSUKAMOTO: It would actually
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predate Buddhism in Japan.
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So it wouldn't
have anything to do
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-with Buddhist temples.
-Right, so...
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what is the actual translation
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of Masuda-no-Iwafune?
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(speaking Japanese)
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Masuda is the name
of the region,
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and Iwafune literally means
"stone ship" or "rock ship."
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Okay.
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(Mikami speaking Japanese)
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TSUKAMOTO:
Yes, it's...
naturally the Iwafune
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or "the rock ship"
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would have come down
from the heavens as a vehicle
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for the gods
to descend upon Earth.
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TSOUKALOS:
So I guess with the combination
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of the mythologies
of celestial beings,
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this could be
some type of representation
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of one of those flying vehicles
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that our ancestors
perhaps witnessed.
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NARRATOR:
Could the massive stone
monuments both in Asuka Park
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and in Honshu have been
inspired by encounters
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with extraterrestrial craft
descending from the sky?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and they believe
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that further proof
of otherworldly contact
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in the distant past can be
found halfway around the world,
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at a mysterious
megalithic site high
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in the Andes Mountains.
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Many of the incredible
structuress
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found around the world
were built with stone blocks
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so massive it seems impossible
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that they could have been moved
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without advanced technology.
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But for me, the site
of Puma Punku in Bolivia
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is the most astounding of all,
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because not only are the stones
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megalithic, they're carved
with a precision that we would
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have a hard time replicating
even with modern tools.
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Here, 45 miles west of La Paz,
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isolated high
in the Andes Mountains...
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lie the mysterious
ancient ruins of Puma Punku.
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Spread across
a desert plateau at an altitude
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of over 12,000 feet,
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the megalithic stones
found here are
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among the largest on the planet,
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some measuring
up to 26 feet long
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and weighing more than 100 tons.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
What you have here are
massive blocks
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scattered
like some kid's toy blocks
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around the site.
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It's like
some giant cataclysm
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just wiped out this entire area.
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Archaeologists are baffled
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by what Puma Punku was,
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how it looked
and what the purpose
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of this enormous
structure would have been.
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One of the amazing
things here at Puma Punku
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is the precision of the blocks.
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You can see with this
block that it's really been cut
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at very accurate right angles.
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Not only do these
blocks have precision corners,
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but they also have these...
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difficult
drill holes that are going
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right through the rock.
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NARRATOR:
In January 2011,
ancient astronaut theorist
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David Childress and author
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Brien Foerster
gained unprecedented access
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to investigate
this incredible site.
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You know, Brien,
this is one of the most
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interesting and unusual stones
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here at Puma Punku.
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It's got these
perfect right angles and...
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...and then each of these
small drill holes
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are basically evenly spaced
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along this routed groove.
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To me it's clear that
power tools have been used
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on this unusual block
of stone here.
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Well, exactly.
And this surface is as smooth
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as a tabletop,
like in your kitchen.
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There's no
wave to it or anything.
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This was machined,
but who machined it?
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It's an astonishing
piece of work.
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And how anyone could think
that primitive human beings
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could have done this,
you know, it's just crazy.
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If anything looks like
ancient aliens, it's this stone.
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NARRATOR:
What did the ancients use to
cut these stones so precisely?
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Might evidence of advanced
technology be found
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by further study
of the construction
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of the Puma Punku stones?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and point to what they call
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H-blocks.
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It seems like every one of these
H-blocks is exactly the same.
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So it's like
a prefabrication process
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where they needed
X-hundred of these
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and whatever machinery it
is that they had was able with
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amazing accuracy to replicate
one after another after another.
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It seems as though
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some kind of factory
was set up there
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to make these
almost exactly the same.
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It's almost like a Lego
system of interconnecting blocks
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and that
is unique on this Earth.
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CHILDRESS:
It's an ingenious way
of building a huge wall.
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And again, the whole thing
is just so incredibly precise.
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Doing these kind of
inside corners like this.
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This-this just
can't be done really with,
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with copper chisels and...
and stone hammers.
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The whole thing is... is just
so incredibly high-tech.
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Even beyond
what we would do today.
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We don't really know
the age of Puma Punku.
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Archeologists have come up
with wildly different ages.
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Starting with
early excavations here,
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thinking that Puma Punku
was up to 20,000 years old.
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But the kind of machinery
that would need to be used
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to articulate
and cut these blocks
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would be giant diamond saws
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with huge blades,
powerful routers.
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Even possibly
we're talking about
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plasma cutters
and melting of stone.
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Something that
is only being worked on
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today by modern scientists.
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NARRATOR:
According
to the local Aymara people
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who have inhabited
this region for centuries,
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Puma Punku
was built in a single day.
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And not by humans,
but by the sky gods.
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They say, "The gods
constructed the place
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in one night."
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This makes sense.
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You have
an extraterrestrial crew.
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They come down to Earth.
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So they construct with
their tools
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just something, which we would
call today, a basic camp.
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CHILDRESS:
When you look at
the complexity of Puma Punku,
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the huge platforms,
the interlocking blocks
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made into what they thought
were indestructible walls.
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What you could have,
is the kind of
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perfectly made space port,
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that extraterrestrials
would want.
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NARRATOR:
Might the ancient city
of Puma Punku
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really have
been built by alien beings,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?
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If so, what
happened to these massive,
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seemingly
indestructible structures?
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CHILDRESS:
One possibility is that
Puma Punku was destroyed
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in some
artificial blast that literally
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blew these buildings apart.
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So much of it
is not simply broken.
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It's shattered to
the point where you can find
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little tiny pieces
of diorite anywhere you look.
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And that looks to me
like an explosion happened.
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At the end of its use,
they may have simply
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blown it up because
they didn't want anyone
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to use the technology
that they had left behind.
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NARRATOR:
Precision stonework.
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Unparalleled engineering.
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And incomprehensible
destruction.
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Is it possible that Puma Punku
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was a point of extraterrestrial
contact in the distant past?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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and suggest further
evidence of alien engineering
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can be found on a small island
in the Mediterranean...
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that is home to extraordinary
stone structures.
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One of the most
incredible structures
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that I've ever seen is on
the Italian island of Sardinia.
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This Mediterranean island has
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thousands
of mysterious stone towers,
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bizarre statues...
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and even an ancient pyramid.
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But what was most amazing to me
was the Well of Santa Cristina.
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It features stonework so
precise that there is no way
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it could have been built without
advanced engineering knowledge.
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NARRATOR: Oak Island
treasure hunter Marty Lagina
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has invited Giorgio Tsoukalos
to help him explore Sardinia's
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mysterious structures and offer
his unique perspective.
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Local guide Ivana Malu
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has taken them
to the Well of Santa Cristina,
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an ancient structure believed
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to have been built
sometime around 1800 BC.
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(both speaking Italian)
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NARRATOR: They are met
by archaeo-astronomer
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Mauro Peppino Zedda.
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-Now, wait a minute,
wait a minute, a speta.
-Yeah, prego.
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These are modern, right?
This is reproduction.
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-No, no, I mean it.
-No, I know! I know. I know.
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-This is reproduction.
-It's what people say
when they are here.
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They say, "Oh, Ivana,
that's a fake, what is that?"
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Can you imagine
the well is 3,000 years old?
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No, honestly,
these are the original stones?
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-Really, believe me, 100%.
-Wow.
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That is built
to last for the eternity.
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Well, this is spectacular.
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NARRATOR:
The Well of Santa Cristina
demonstrates such incredible
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masonry skill that
archaeologists struggle
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to explain how it was built
by so-called primitive people.
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Based on his years of research,
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Giorgio believes that
the stonework may provide
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important clues
for the theory that a race
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of extraterrestrial giants
once inhabited the island.
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Do you want
to touch with your hand
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-the sophistication of the wall?
-Yes.
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Here we go.
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Wow.
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-Unbelievable.
-This is crazy.
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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 piece of paper,
there's no mortar used
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to put this stuff together.
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-I mean, incredible questo.
-It's amazing.
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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. I
could tell you from Oak Island,
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working in the water
is difficult.
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This is spectacular.
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Santa Cristina Holy Well
is one of the most
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important sites in Sardinia.
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It's part
of a Nuragic settlement
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that dates back to 1500 BC
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with nuraghe towers, menhirs,
standing stones,
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and everything else there,
but the most interesting part
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of that is this
very sophisticated well.
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It's the most precision-carved
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stonework I've seen in all
of the Mediterranean, really.
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It's almost like it was built
by the Egyptians
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or the Peruvian stone masons.
It's so advanced.
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It's very fascinating.
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The walls around here,
any child can do this.
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00:26:54,875 --> 00:26:58,000
You don't need any sophisticated
technology to do this.
495
00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:01,500
But that in there,
especially if you think
496
00:27:01,583 --> 00:27:04,542
that there
was no written record,
497
00:27:04,708 --> 00:27:07,292
how was this preconceived?
498
00:27:07,375 --> 00:27:09,458
Somebody had to think about it.
499
00:27:10,458 --> 00:27:14,417
Clearly there's two type
of builders
500
00:27:14,542 --> 00:27:17,750
that were present there,
because you have the well,
501
00:27:17,875 --> 00:27:20,750
which is absolute
perfect stone masonry.
502
00:27:20,875 --> 00:27:23,792
And then you have
the walls around it
503
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:27,500
that clearly were created
by a later culture,
504
00:27:27,583 --> 00:27:30,042
because it's
not sophisticated at all.
505
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:33,333
It's just a bunch of
stones thrown together.
506
00:27:33,458 --> 00:27:36,667
Yet, the well that
goes deep into the ground,
507
00:27:36,792 --> 00:27:40,125
it is unlike
anything that I've ever seen.
508
00:27:41,208 --> 00:27:44,417
The question is,
there was no written language.
509
00:27:44,542 --> 00:27:46,208
How was this planned?
510
00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:50,875
Because if you
look at this from above,
511
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,417
it's this keyhole shape,
and that to me is fascinating.
512
00:27:56,375 --> 00:27:59,000
I have not seen
anything quite like this, okay?
513
00:27:59,125 --> 00:28:01,708
I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.
514
00:28:01,875 --> 00:28:04,458
TSOUKALOS:
Clearly someone told the local
515
00:28:04,542 --> 00:28:09,333
people how to place these
stones into different areas
516
00:28:09,417 --> 00:28:12,792
because it was a connection
to the celestial realm.
517
00:28:12,917 --> 00:28:15,333
So you're
surmising the technology
518
00:28:15,417 --> 00:28:17,125
was given to these people?
519
00:28:17,250 --> 00:28:19,333
-The engineering knowledge.
-Yeah, okay.
520
00:28:19,458 --> 00:28:21,667
Because this screams
521
00:28:21,792 --> 00:28:24,167
-mathematics.
-Yes, it does.
522
00:28:24,292 --> 00:28:26,500
(stammers) I will certainly
concur to so-- to this extent,
523
00:28:26,625 --> 00:28:29,708
someone or some ones
524
00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:31,625
had extraordinary
knowledge here.
525
00:28:31,708 --> 00:28:33,708
-This is not easy to build.
-No.
526
00:28:33,833 --> 00:28:36,583
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that someone gave
527
00:28:36,708 --> 00:28:40,167
the ancient Sardinians highly
advanced engineering knowledge?
528
00:28:41,042 --> 00:28:44,000
And that that knowledge
was passed down
529
00:28:44,083 --> 00:28:47,708
generation by generation
for thousands of years?
530
00:28:47,833 --> 00:28:50,542
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
531
00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:52,792
and point to another structure
532
00:28:52,875 --> 00:28:54,500
in mainland Italy,
533
00:28:54,583 --> 00:28:58,333
said to have been built
under the direction of a god.
534
00:29:03,458 --> 00:29:06,875
Any discussion about
incredible structures
535
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,958
has to include
cyclopean architecture.
536
00:29:10,083 --> 00:29:12,125
This construction style
where massive stone blocks,
537
00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:15,292
known as megaliths, are fit
together like puzzle pieces,
538
00:29:15,417 --> 00:29:18,375
can be found
all over the ancient world.
539
00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:22,167
And when I visited Italy,
I saw one of the most incredible
540
00:29:22,292 --> 00:29:25,750
examples of this
extraordinary architecture
541
00:29:25,875 --> 00:29:29,208
at the megalithic walls
of Ferentino.
542
00:29:35,208 --> 00:29:38,042
Ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
543
00:29:38,167 --> 00:29:40,750
is in the heart
of the Italian peninsula,
544
00:29:40,875 --> 00:29:44,292
about 50 miles
southeast of Rome.
545
00:29:45,125 --> 00:29:48,167
This area of Italy,
known as Latium,
546
00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:51,250
was considered the epicenter
of the Roman civilization.
547
00:29:51,375 --> 00:29:53,542
Giorgio is eager to investigate
548
00:29:53,667 --> 00:29:57,333
the ancient city's massive
megalithic walls, considered
549
00:29:57,458 --> 00:30:00,333
to be some of the finest
constructions in Italy.
550
00:30:00,458 --> 00:30:03,083
-Piacere. Thank you.
-Welcome to Italy
and to Churcheria.
551
00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:05,833
NARRATOR:
For expert insight,
he has called
552
00:30:05,958 --> 00:30:09,167
upon local historian
Danila Bracaglia.
553
00:30:09,292 --> 00:30:13,083
This is, uh, beautiful-- what
can you tell me about this area?
554
00:30:13,208 --> 00:30:16,458
Ferentino, where we are today,
is actually known
555
00:30:16,542 --> 00:30:19,833
for these constructions of,
uh, the megalithic walls,
556
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,417
founded according
to the tradition by god Saturn.
557
00:30:23,542 --> 00:30:26,667
TSOUKALOS:
Okay. This is fascinating
to me because this
558
00:30:26,792 --> 00:30:28,167
is one of the reasons
why I'm here.
559
00:30:28,292 --> 00:30:31,042
What can you tell me
about the mythologies
560
00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:33,083
of Saturn in this area here?
561
00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:34,833
So the five cities of Saturn
562
00:30:34,958 --> 00:30:37,375
are all a few kilometers
one from another.
563
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,458
And the tradition says,
you know,
564
00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:42,583
the towns were founded
by Saturn and the Titans.
565
00:30:44,208 --> 00:30:47,875
NARRATOR: In Greek mythology,
the Titans were humanlike gods
566
00:30:48,042 --> 00:30:51,167
of enormous stature,
who were eventually overthrown
567
00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:53,458
by their children,
the Olympians.
568
00:30:54,583 --> 00:30:58,417
Saturn is the Roman name
for the Titan Cronus,
569
00:30:58,542 --> 00:31:02,167
who was said to have reigned as
an earthly king alongside Janus,
570
00:31:02,292 --> 00:31:06,500
during a "Golden Age" when
the gods walked among humans.
571
00:31:06,625 --> 00:31:09,958
Could it be
that Saturn and the Titans
572
00:31:10,042 --> 00:31:12,125
actually existed on Earth...
573
00:31:12,250 --> 00:31:14,000
and were responsible
574
00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:15,542
for helping
to construct the megalithic
575
00:31:15,667 --> 00:31:19,000
structures found
throughout the Mediterranean?
576
00:31:19,125 --> 00:31:21,875
So, Danila,
where are we right now?
577
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,750
So, this is one of
the entrance gates to the town.
578
00:31:23,875 --> 00:31:26,625
And here, it's actually
a perfect point
579
00:31:26,750 --> 00:31:29,625
where you can understand
the stratification of the time.
580
00:31:31,083 --> 00:31:33,792
You see the huge blocks
581
00:31:33,875 --> 00:31:35,833
from the pre-Roman time,
582
00:31:35,917 --> 00:31:38,625
then smaller blocks built
583
00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:42,083
in the Roman time, and finally
the Middle Age on top.
584
00:31:43,042 --> 00:31:45,500
So basically,
you can see the-the megalithic
585
00:31:45,583 --> 00:31:48,417
structure, then the Roman
and then Medieval Age.
586
00:31:48,542 --> 00:31:51,000
Exactly. And it's
like reading a history book.
587
00:31:51,083 --> 00:31:53,667
So it's, uh,
because here it's evident
588
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:56,125
that people lived here
for thousands of years
589
00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:58,833
and-and then they
had different technique
590
00:31:58,958 --> 00:32:01,042
of construction, some of them,
591
00:32:01,167 --> 00:32:04,125
like the megalithic, uh,
constructions are lost,
592
00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:07,125
so we don't know exactly,
uh, when they were built.
593
00:32:07,208 --> 00:32:10,917
TSOUKALOS:
Which is, in a strange way,
a contradiction
594
00:32:11,042 --> 00:32:15,167
because in ancient times
what we're told is that
595
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:19,042
not much technology existed,
so in order to move blocks
596
00:32:19,208 --> 00:32:21,167
like this and put them together,
597
00:32:21,250 --> 00:32:22,833
was an incredible
accomplishment,
598
00:32:22,958 --> 00:32:24,875
because it's kind
of understandable
599
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,250
how those blocks were moved,
and of course the smaller blocks
600
00:32:29,375 --> 00:32:32,000
at the very top,
it's not even a question.
601
00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:36,167
So logic would dictate
that at first they begin
602
00:32:36,292 --> 00:32:39,417
with the smaller
blocks and then, over time,
603
00:32:39,542 --> 00:32:42,333
maybe used bigger blocks,
but it's the opposite way.
604
00:32:42,458 --> 00:32:45,375
So it's to me
somewhat of a mystery.
605
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:48,167
At a certain point
the technology was lost.
606
00:32:48,292 --> 00:32:51,000
We don't know
how they were made for sure.
607
00:32:51,167 --> 00:32:53,417
There is no reference,
there's no reference in our
608
00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:58,208
books or, uh, sources
about how they were built.
609
00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:01,917
TSOUKALOS:
Do you know if all
these five cities of Saturn
610
00:33:02,042 --> 00:33:04,250
have the cyclopean walls?
611
00:33:04,375 --> 00:33:06,667
BRACAGLIA: Yes, they have,
uh, these walls, megalithics,
612
00:33:06,792 --> 00:33:08,708
or huge stones,
613
00:33:08,875 --> 00:33:12,167
and some of them are
better preserved than others.
614
00:33:12,333 --> 00:33:15,833
NARRATOR:
Cyclopean walls
consist of enormous stone
615
00:33:15,917 --> 00:33:18,875
blocks stacked together
without the use of mortar.
616
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,833
TSOUKALOS:
I mean, this is incredible.
617
00:33:21,958 --> 00:33:23,375
And this region is not the only
618
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,167
place that has these walls.
619
00:33:25,333 --> 00:33:27,750
For example,
we have them also in Greece.
620
00:33:28,625 --> 00:33:30,583
What's even more
fascinating is that
621
00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:33,042
we have similar walls
on the other side
622
00:33:33,167 --> 00:33:36,583
of the world
in Sacsayhuamán, Peru.
623
00:33:36,708 --> 00:33:39,500
You see these, uh,
different blocks not only
624
00:33:39,625 --> 00:33:41,708
in Sacsayhuamán,
you see them for example
625
00:33:41,833 --> 00:33:44,292
in Abydos. Abydos is in Egypt,
626
00:33:44,375 --> 00:33:46,583
you see a wall, you could think
627
00:33:46,708 --> 00:33:50,167
we are standing in Peru,
but Abydos is in Egypt.
628
00:33:51,333 --> 00:33:54,125
You see it on Easter Island.
629
00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:56,708
Which means
to me the same teachers.
630
00:33:57,917 --> 00:34:01,208
CHILDRESS:
The idea that this
unusual construction
631
00:34:01,333 --> 00:34:04,708
using giant blocks of stone
that are weighing
632
00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:07,000
up to 200 tons
633
00:34:07,125 --> 00:34:09,375
would be individually developed
634
00:34:09,542 --> 00:34:13,500
in each of these sites
is virtually impossible.
635
00:34:13,667 --> 00:34:18,625
So some architect
and designer and engineer
636
00:34:18,750 --> 00:34:21,375
developed this technique
and now it's
637
00:34:21,542 --> 00:34:25,250
being used
literally all over the world.
638
00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:27,875
Who is that designer?
639
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,500
Who is that engineer
who came up with this worldwide
640
00:34:31,625 --> 00:34:34,750
megalithic
construction technique?
641
00:34:35,792 --> 00:34:37,250
Is it extraterrestrials?
642
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:40,583
From completely
opposite sides of the planet,
643
00:34:40,708 --> 00:34:45,292
we have similar, if not
identical, construction styles.
644
00:34:46,208 --> 00:34:48,250
According to
the ancient astronaut theory,
645
00:34:48,375 --> 00:34:51,792
Saturn was
one of the founding gods
646
00:34:51,917 --> 00:34:54,292
of civilization on Earth.
647
00:34:54,417 --> 00:34:58,000
So the idea that this
may have had something to do
648
00:34:58,125 --> 00:35:01,708
with an extraterrestrial visit
to me is-is fascinating.
649
00:35:08,125 --> 00:35:11,167
NARRATOR:
Could it be that ancient
people all around the world
650
00:35:11,292 --> 00:35:13,708
were taught how
to build megalithic structures
651
00:35:13,833 --> 00:35:18,333
by extraterrestrials
that came down from the sky?
652
00:35:18,458 --> 00:35:21,417
Perhaps further clues
can be found
653
00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:24,167
by examining
an ancient temple in India
654
00:35:24,292 --> 00:35:26,625
that displays highly
sophisticated
655
00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:28,917
engineering knowledge, credited
656
00:35:29,042 --> 00:35:31,667
to a divine architect.
657
00:35:36,625 --> 00:35:40,417
Any list of incredible
structures would be incomplete
658
00:35:40,542 --> 00:35:42,917
without featuring the amazing
architecture of India.
659
00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:47,625
And of all the astounding places
we've visited on Ancient Aliens,
660
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:52,042
one of the most baffling
is the Surang Tila temple.
661
00:35:52,167 --> 00:35:56,167
This unbelievable site was
built using ancient construction
662
00:35:56,292 --> 00:35:59,958
techniques that rival
anything you'd see today.
663
00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:09,833
Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
664
00:36:09,958 --> 00:36:13,042
is meeting up with archaeologist
Dr. Arun Sharma,
665
00:36:13,167 --> 00:36:16,875
to get an up-close look
at the Surang Tila temple.
666
00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:20,208
The temple was buried
beneath a mound of soil
667
00:36:20,333 --> 00:36:23,417
for hundreds of years
until 2006,
668
00:36:23,542 --> 00:36:26,958
when Dr. Sharma headed
an excavation of the site.
669
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,667
This is beautiful.
670
00:36:37,875 --> 00:36:39,583
Mm-hmm.
671
00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:50,417
Really?
672
00:36:51,667 --> 00:36:53,833
NARRATOR:
Incredibly, the earthquake
that hit Sirpur
673
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,333
in the 11th century leveled
every modern building
674
00:36:57,417 --> 00:36:59,667
that was standing at the time.
675
00:36:59,792 --> 00:37:03,333
Only the ancient
Surang Tila temple survived.
676
00:37:04,375 --> 00:37:06,167
Now, is this considered
677
00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:07,875
Ayurvedic architecture
right here?
678
00:37:11,167 --> 00:37:14,292
NARRATOR:
Ayurvedic architecture
is a construction technique
679
00:37:14,417 --> 00:37:16,958
derived from
the ancient science of design
680
00:37:17,042 --> 00:37:21,375
found in Indian texts
dating back thousands of years.
681
00:37:33,667 --> 00:37:36,000
That's amazing. Huh.
682
00:37:39,208 --> 00:37:40,500
Okay.
683
00:37:49,583 --> 00:37:52,042
It seems to be almost
like some type of glue.
684
00:38:08,917 --> 00:38:12,000
NARRATOR:
The glue-like substance
is said to form a bond
685
00:38:12,125 --> 00:38:14,833
that is at least 20 times
stronger than concrete.
686
00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:18,083
But modern builders
have been unwilling
687
00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:21,667
to entertain the notion
that such an ancient concoction
688
00:38:21,792 --> 00:38:25,167
could be superior to
today's building materials.
689
00:38:25,333 --> 00:38:27,667
Wow, look at this. Beautiful.
690
00:38:27,833 --> 00:38:31,542
The detailed instructions
for making this paste can be
691
00:38:31,667 --> 00:38:35,792
found in an ancient Indian
text known as the Mayamatam,
692
00:38:35,917 --> 00:38:39,625
a manuscript dedicated
to construction techniques.
693
00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:43,375
The information
contained within the document
694
00:38:43,542 --> 00:38:45,917
is understood to have
been passed down to humans
695
00:38:46,042 --> 00:38:49,292
from Mayasura, the ancient
king of the demigods
696
00:38:49,375 --> 00:38:53,708
who was said to oversee various
construction projects on Earth.
697
00:39:03,875 --> 00:39:05,708
This right here?
698
00:39:05,875 --> 00:39:07,292
NARRATOR:
Curiously, there is
a more astounding
699
00:39:07,375 --> 00:39:10,000
earthquake-proof feature
at the site
700
00:39:10,167 --> 00:39:13,875
to indicate advanced knowledge
was used in its construction.
701
00:39:15,083 --> 00:39:18,708
Located at key points
within the Surang Tila temple
702
00:39:18,833 --> 00:39:21,875
are several 80-foot-long shafts
designed to form
703
00:39:22,042 --> 00:39:26,000
air pockets that can dissipate
the impact of seismic events.
704
00:39:31,208 --> 00:39:33,333
Yes, please.
705
00:39:33,458 --> 00:39:36,167
All right.
706
00:39:36,333 --> 00:39:38,417
Wow.
707
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:41,333
Oh, wow. This is big.
It's a huge book.
708
00:39:41,417 --> 00:39:43,917
And-and this text has
been around
709
00:39:44,042 --> 00:39:46,625
for 4,500 years?
710
00:39:52,125 --> 00:39:54,917
In your opinion, where
did this knowledge come from?
711
00:40:07,083 --> 00:40:09,667
And you think
that this knowledge
712
00:40:09,792 --> 00:40:11,917
originated from the stars?
713
00:40:16,042 --> 00:40:17,083
That's amazing.
714
00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:25,667
NARRATOR:
The Sarang Tila temple stands
as an incredible testament
715
00:40:25,792 --> 00:40:29,167
to the advanced architectural
techniques of our ancestors.
716
00:40:29,292 --> 00:40:32,458
Techniques reportedly
passed down to them
717
00:40:32,542 --> 00:40:34,833
from their divine teachers.
718
00:40:34,917 --> 00:40:37,750
And the archaeologist
in charge of the dig
719
00:40:37,875 --> 00:40:40,875
is convinced that
the knowledge came directly
720
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,583
from extraterrestrial visitors.
721
00:40:44,542 --> 00:40:48,667
Every one of the incredible
structures we've traveled to
722
00:40:48,750 --> 00:40:51,542
on Ancient Aliens
provides evidence
723
00:40:51,667 --> 00:40:53,792
that our ancestors had contact
724
00:40:53,917 --> 00:40:56,167
with extraterrestrials
in the distant past.
725
00:40:56,292 --> 00:40:58,750
And when you put it all
together, you have,
726
00:40:58,875 --> 00:41:01,583
in my opinion, undeniable proof
727
00:41:01,708 --> 00:41:03,667
for the ancient
astronaut theory.
728
00:41:03,792 --> 00:41:07,833
How else can you explain
that thousands of years ago,
729
00:41:07,958 --> 00:41:12,125
people in Japan, Egypt, Italy,
730
00:41:12,208 --> 00:41:16,917
Bolivia, and other locations
all around the world were
731
00:41:17,042 --> 00:41:20,833
somehow able to build these
massive megalithic structures?
732
00:41:20,917 --> 00:41:23,375
To me, the answer is clear.
733
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,708
They had help
from alien visitors.
734
00:41:25,833 --> 00:41:27,875
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