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RAMY ROMANY:
Welcome to Egypt, Giorgio.

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NARRATOR:
It's an<i> Ancient Aliens</i> event.

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This is insane.

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NARRATOR: As ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos

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joins Egyptologist
Ramy Romany,

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for the journey of a lifetime.

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ROMANY: Now let's go where
no people are allowed,

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inside the Great Pyramid.

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TSOUKALOS:
This is incredible.

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NARRATOR:
It's a special two-hour search

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inside forbidden chambers...

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ROMANY:
Here it is.

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TSOUKALOS:
I have goose bumps.

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NARRATOR: ...and a closer
than ever exploration

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of the places behind mankind's
greatest unsolved mysteries.

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DAVID CHILDRESS:
There are things in Egypt

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that we cannot really explain.

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NARRATOR:
For thousands of years,

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Egypt has been known as a place
of colossal structures,

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strange rituals,

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and technologies so advanced
that they continue to astonish.

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ANDREW COLLINS: It's all here,
in this sanctuary--

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the whole story
of humanity's beginning,

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its place in the stars.

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NARRATOR: But what if
the real history of Egypt

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cannot be found written
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of its tombs and temples,

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but on an alien planet,
far, far away?

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CHILDRESS:
Ancient Egypt was the center

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for extraterrestrial activity
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Welcome to Egypt, Giorgio.

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It has been 18 years
since my last visit,

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and in those 18 years,
I have researched so much.

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It is such an exciting time

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and I can't wait to...

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to see everything with new eyes.

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NARRATOR:
In April 2018,

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ancient astronaut theorist
and explorer,

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Giorgio Tsoukalos,
traveled to Cairo

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in the company of Egyptologist
and Cairo native, Ramy Romany.

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Joining them
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a professor of archaeoastronomy

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from the Polytechnic University
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Giorgio is eager
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whether or not the recent
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concerning the Great Pyramid

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could provide further evidence
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that extraterrestrials
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thousands of years ago.

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I am personally very excited to
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because the Great Pyramid
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one of the seven ancient wonders
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it's the most ancient one
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-And the only one standing,
Giorgio.
-Yeah.

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And that's what we're gonna
see today.

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You know, I-I find very exciting

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to be able to share
and exchange information.

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Because what's happened
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has turned Egyptology
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- MAGLI: Absolutely.
- I completely agree.

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And so, I think that for both of
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because every time you go there,
it-it's like, uh, first time.

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- Absolutely.
- Yes.

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NARRATOR:
In November 2017,

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media outlets around the world
announced the discovery

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of what could be
an enormous chamber

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within the Great Pyramid
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If it can be verified,

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it would be the first major find
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since the 19th century,

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and a possible game-changer in
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and the people who built it.

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TSOUKALOS: The discovery
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because it opens up
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to more questions
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NARRATOR: The process,
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detected a chamber that appears
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it could fit the entire
Statue of Liberty

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from head to toe.

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ROMANY:
This is it, guys, the pyramids.

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TSOUKALOS:
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- Wonderful. Incredible.
- This is incredible.

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ROMANY:
Look at the size of this thing.

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Every single block
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TSOUKALOS: Yeah, it is insane,
it really is.

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ROMANY: Are you ready
for some climbing?

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TSOUKALOS: I have goose bumps
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Oftentimes, we throw around

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the words "awesome"
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and we don't really think
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but when you stand in front
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the word "awesome"
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NARRATOR: Built from more than
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each weighing thousands
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the pyramid is aligned perfectly

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to the cardinal points
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north, south, east and west,

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suggesting that
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extraordinary geographical
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the Great Pyramid was built
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who reigned from 2589
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during the Fourth Dynasty
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But this notion
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as it is based entirely
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and very controversial
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British explorer
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to have found the name of Khufu
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a stone roof of a chamber
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that Vyse had written
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that he found nothing
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that looked like hieroglyphics.

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by Vyse's team to ensure that
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was considered
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is that it's something that
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and a lot of it
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within the university system.

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are discovering new things
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that completely shakes
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of what they thought they knew
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We're even finding there
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much older than what the
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and a number of prominent
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the Great Pyramid
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the reign of Khufu.

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is the most magnificent
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is not because what you're
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It's what you're about to see,
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Let's go.

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the newly discovered void
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will reveal not only incredible
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but about the history
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Could there be clues that reveal
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to an extraterrestrial
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NARRATOR: During his first visit
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ancient astronaut theorist,
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is eager to find out about
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a possible hidden chamber
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of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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- ROMANY: This way.
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and archaeoastronomer,
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to what is called
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which can only be reached
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a 200-foot-long passageway.

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Directly above their heads
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an international team
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they may have located an
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more than 100 feet long.

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more than 4,000 years ago.

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ROMANY: From here to the ceiling
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and it goes about 50 meters in,
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- this is red granite.
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- like the limestone does.
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-Aswan.
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ROMANY:
A thousand kilometers away.

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TSOUKALOS:
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ROMANY: So you think the void is
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of a possible fourth chamber
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the archaeological community.

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that pyramids were essentially
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each possessing no more
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that they were tombs
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and yet no Egyptian pharaoh
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in a pyramid in Egypt.

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but they're found
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hundreds of miles away
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of what their purpose was.

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is inside that void
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Can you elaborate
on that iron throne?

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A throne?

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Containing pieces of metal
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Could such an object
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inside a secret chamber

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located within the Great Pyramid
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According to what are referred
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a collection
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that were carved on the walls
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of the pyramids at Saqqâra
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the god Osiris and his wife Isis

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came to Earth
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known as Orion's Belt,

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and it is from them
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
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of the Egyptian system,

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and he was a god of fertility
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that is, a god of the Earth,

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and died and was reborn
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And this is part
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Osiris had an iron throne
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who sought to possess
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in an effort
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we see depictions of the gods,

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extraterrestrial beings
on their thrones.

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These thrones are feathered,

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because they are
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They are vehicles that take them
to the stars and back.

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I think it's very possible
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the throne is in that void.

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When we found this pyramid,
there was no mummy.

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There were, there were
no treasures. No nothing.

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No hieroglyphics. Nothing.

250
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What if all this that
we're looking at is a decoy?

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TSOUKALOS: You just raised
a very interesting point.

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The fact that we've come so far
into this chamber

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and the entire way--
not a single hieroglyphic.

254
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Because, throughout the rest
of Egypt,

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the walls are plastered
with inscriptions

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telling the story
of how it was built

257
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and by whom and when.

258
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Yet, here, so far,
complete anonymity.

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Absolutely.

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NARRATOR: Because the walls
inside the Great Pyramid

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contain no hieroglyphics

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and there is no evidence
that the colossal structure

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was ever used
as a tomb or temple,

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there has been
increasing speculation

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as to its original purpose.

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One theory held by numerous
scientists and archaeo-engineers

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is that the pyramid
and others like it

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may have been built as one

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in an enormous network
of power plants.

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Christopher Dunn's theories
indicate that

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some of these pyramids
had chemicals mixed in them.

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And, in fact,
studies of his working devices

273
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have shown
that this probably would work.

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DUNN: The pyramids were
actually geomechanical devices.

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In other words,

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they were attached to the Earth,

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they were tuned to vibrate

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with the frequencies
of the Earth,

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and they converted
the energies of the Earth

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into electromagnetic energy.

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The best example of this
is in the-the Great Pyramid.

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It's probably the most precise
structure on the planet.

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NARRATOR: According
to Christopher Dunn's theory,

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the process of generating energy

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began with drawing water
from the nearby Nile River

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to the base
of the Great Pyramid.

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Right in front of the door
of the entrance door

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of the Great Pyramid,
there used to be

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a well shaft,
which was documented in 1857.

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And so the water would
just gravity feed down into,

291
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basically, a moat
around the Great Pyramid

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and then go down the entrance
shaft down under the ground.

293
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The water was used
in the subterranean chamber.

294
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It is a water pump.

295
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I believe the water was used
to cause a compression wave

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and cause the pyramid
to resonate.

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DUNN:
So, in the Queen's Chamber,

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two chemicals were introduced:

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hydrated zinc
through the northern shaft

300
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and a dilute hydrochloric acid

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through the southern shaft.

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This vessel represents
the Queen's Chamber.

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Into the tubes we're going
to pour hydrated zinc

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and then hydrochloric acid.

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When you bring
these two liquids together,

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a chemical reaction occurs.

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And a product of that chemical
reaction is hydrogen.

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And you can see the vapor,
the hydrogen,

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escaping through the chimney.

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And there you have the reaction.

311
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NARRATOR: Adding credibility to
Chris Dunn's remarkable theory

312
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is the fact that traces of
both zinc and hydrochloric acid

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have recently been found
in the shafts leading

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to the so-called
Queen's Chamber.

315
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But if the pyramid
was really designed

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as a gigantic power plant,
how was that power applied?

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DUNN: We can come up
with all kinds of devices

318
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to power
with that kind of energy,

319
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uh, from simple
domestic appliances

320
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to highly advanced spacecraft.

321
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NARRATOR:
Might the Great Pyramid of Giza

322
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have been designed
as part of an enormous network

323
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of ancient power plants,

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not 4,000 years ago
but much, much earlier

325
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and by a civilization with
incredibly advanced knowledge?

326
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

327
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and believe
there might be a connection

328
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between the pyramid's design
as a power plant

329
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and the possible contents

330
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of the pyramid's
newly discovered chamber.

331
00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,640
I think that,
with this new technology,

332
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we've entered
a new age of discovery.

333
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So I can't wait to see
what we'll discover next.

334
00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:27,139
TSOUKALOS: So, we're on our way
to the Sphinx.

335
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Are we able to get up close?

336
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Up close to the Sphinx?

337
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- Yeah.
- Absolutely.

338
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NARRATOR: One day
after their incredible journey

339
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inside the forbidden chambers
of the Great Pyramid,

340
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ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos

341
00:18:42,850 --> 00:18:47,589
and Egyptologist Ramy Romany
return to the Giza Plateau,

342
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this time to investigate

343
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another
of the area's ancient wonders,

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the Great Sphinx.

345
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No one is allowed to actually go
down and get close,

346
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like, between the paws
of the Sphinx.

347
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No one, except for me.

348
00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,839
- And now you.
- Oh, my God.

349
00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,509
NARRATOR: Joining them
is Ramy's family friend,

350
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Dr. Zahi Hawass.

351
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,249
Dr. Hawass is arguably the
world's best-known Egyptologist

352
00:19:15,250 --> 00:19:17,589
and, in 2011,

353
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Egypt's first Minister
of State Antiquities Affairs.

354
00:19:21,660 --> 00:19:25,660
What is so special
about the Sphinx?

355
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It's beautiful.

356
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NARRATOR:
For centuries,

357
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the Great Sphinx had appeared
only as a giant head,

358
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peering out from a mound
of deep desert sand.

359
00:19:57,890 --> 00:20:00,259
Only after years of excavation

360
00:20:00,260 --> 00:20:02,260
was the enormity
of the structure

361
00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:06,199
once again revealed
to the world.

362
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,639
According
to mainstream archaeologists,

363
00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,209
the Sphinx dates back
to approximately 2500 BC,

364
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during the reign
of the pharaoh, Khafra.

365
00:20:17,310 --> 00:20:20,379
But in recent years, that
information has been challenged

366
00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:23,079
by new research, which suggests

367
00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,219
that the Sphinx
could be much, much older--

368
00:20:26,220 --> 00:20:29,919
possibly more
than 10,000 years old.

369
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,829
In your opinion, what is
the most fascinating thing

370
00:20:33,830 --> 00:20:37,060
about the Sphinx
that you want people to know?

371
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,880
What does it say? Tell us.

372
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,999
NARRATOR:
Carved in rock,

373
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and located between the paws
of the Sphinx,

374
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is an ancient inscription
known as the "Dream Stela."

375
00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:22,309
Although mainstream
archaeologists believe

376
00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:25,249
it provides evidence
that the enormous statue

377
00:21:25,250 --> 00:21:29,279
was carved
approximately 4,500 years ago,

378
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,149
ancient astronaut theorists,

379
00:21:31,150 --> 00:21:34,059
as well as a growing number
of archaeologists,

380
00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:37,229
believe the carving provides
compelling evidence

381
00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:42,159
that the Sphinx was actually
constructed much, much earlier.

382
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,269
TSOUKALOS: The stela writings
tell us about a time

383
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when the gods still mingled
with human beings.

384
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,300
The ancient Egyptians
were very clear in this.

385
00:21:53,770 --> 00:21:55,579
NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists

386
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are also intrigued by another
part of the inscription

387
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in which the Sphinx
tells Thutmose that,

388
00:22:01,950 --> 00:22:05,519
once dug out from the sand, the
earth and everything illuminated

389
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,520
by the "flashing eye
of the lord of all"

390
00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,119
would be his.

391
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,129
HENRY: Now,
the amazing thing about this

392
00:22:12,130 --> 00:22:13,759
is that we are learning

393
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,629
of what's called
the "flashing eye of the lord."

394
00:22:17,630 --> 00:22:19,999
What is
the flashing eye of the lord?

395
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,769
This sounds like
some kind of technology

396
00:22:22,770 --> 00:22:25,309
that is in communication
with the Sphinx,

397
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:27,779
or perhaps channeled
by the Sphinx,

398
00:22:27,780 --> 00:22:31,580
that could ensure the prosperity
of Thutmose IV.

399
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:35,949
NARRATOR:
The Sphinx is credited

400
00:22:35,950 --> 00:22:39,619
with ensuring the prosperity
of Thutmose's dynastic family,

401
00:22:39,620 --> 00:22:43,159
that would later include
the pharaoh Akhenaten.

402
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:46,289
During his reign,
Akhenaten decreed that Egypt

403
00:22:46,290 --> 00:22:48,899
would no longer worship
a number of gods,

404
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:52,129
but just one--
the god Aten...

405
00:22:52,130 --> 00:22:55,840
who was depicted
as a golden disk in the sky.

406
00:22:57,740 --> 00:23:00,169
Akhenaten was said
to become enthralled

407
00:23:00,170 --> 00:23:04,009
with the sun disk
and this eye of the lord.

408
00:23:04,010 --> 00:23:07,049
Is it possible
that the eye of the lord

409
00:23:07,050 --> 00:23:10,249
and the Aten disk
are one in the same,

410
00:23:10,250 --> 00:23:14,719
and that they are, in fact,
some kind of UFO spaceship

411
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,689
that's hovering over Egypt
as an eye in the sky

412
00:23:18,690 --> 00:23:22,099
and is guiding
Egyptian civilization?

413
00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:24,829
ROMANY: There is literally
no technology out there,

414
00:23:24,830 --> 00:23:26,569
not even carbon dating,

415
00:23:26,570 --> 00:23:31,469
that can actually tell us
how old exactly the Sphinx is.

416
00:23:31,470 --> 00:23:34,209
Mainstream Egyptology
and mainstream archaeology

417
00:23:34,210 --> 00:23:36,339
claim that the Sphinx
was sculpted

418
00:23:36,340 --> 00:23:39,609
the same time
the second pyramid was.

419
00:23:39,610 --> 00:23:41,749
But this all is a guess.

420
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:44,750
All the knowledge we have
is still a guess.

421
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,959
We could be off
by thousands of years.

422
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,829
What do you think about
the alternative idea, then,

423
00:23:52,830 --> 00:23:57,000
that the Sphinx was-was sculpted
12,000 years ago?

424
00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:33,900
The-the erosion...?

425
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,669
NARRATOR:
Dr. Hawass's contention--

426
00:24:39,670 --> 00:24:42,809
that the erosion evident around
the base of the Great Sphinx

427
00:24:42,810 --> 00:24:44,609
was caused by wind--

428
00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:47,610
is one that is widely held
by many scholars

429
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,179
and mainstream archaeologists.

430
00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:52,619
But an increasing number
of geologists--

431
00:24:52,620 --> 00:24:55,019
including Dr. Robert Schoch,

432
00:24:55,020 --> 00:24:57,020
who has studied
the geological features

433
00:24:56,990 --> 00:24:59,689
of the Sphinx
for more than 20 years--

434
00:24:59,690 --> 00:25:02,929
are convinced
that this is not the case.

435
00:25:02,930 --> 00:25:06,599
SCHOCH: My geological analysis
has indicated that the Sphinx

436
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:11,009
goes back much earlier to what
I call "forgotten civilization,"

437
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:12,969
before dynastic Egypt.

438
00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:16,339
A couple of Egyptologists
in the early 20th century

439
00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:20,009
saw that there were weathering
patterns on the Sphinx

440
00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:22,479
that seemed not to fit
the weathering patterns

441
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,819
of other structures
on the Giza Plateau.

442
00:25:25,820 --> 00:25:29,820
So I went to look at this
with a critical geological eye,

443
00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:32,120
and sure enough,
I found that there was a...

444
00:25:31,390 --> 00:25:35,059
incredible discrepancy between
what we see on the Sphinx

445
00:25:35,060 --> 00:25:38,229
and other structures
on the Giza Plateau.

446
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:41,069
Here we have a photograph
of the Sphinx

447
00:25:41,070 --> 00:25:43,139
on the left side--

448
00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:45,140
this is the rump of the Sphinx;

449
00:25:45,070 --> 00:25:48,070
this is the wall
of the Sphinx's enclosure.

450
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:51,349
When you look at this,
these are the lines of rock,

451
00:25:51,350 --> 00:25:54,179
or the strata,
as we say geologically.

452
00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:57,180
You can see how they've
been weathered out,

453
00:25:56,580 --> 00:25:59,419
sort of a rounded,
rolling profile.

454
00:25:59,420 --> 00:26:02,089
This is caused by rain
beating down

455
00:26:02,090 --> 00:26:04,189
and running over the rock.

456
00:26:04,190 --> 00:26:07,499
- (thunder rumbles)
- This was very evident to me

457
00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:09,529
as a geologist.

458
00:26:09,530 --> 00:26:13,369
This had to go back
to a earlier climatic period.

459
00:26:13,370 --> 00:26:17,569
CHILDRESS: If the Sphinx
was built in 2500 BC,

460
00:26:17,570 --> 00:26:21,109
there would not be
the amount of water erosion

461
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:23,579
on the Sphinx that we can see.

462
00:26:23,580 --> 00:26:27,379
So either the climate of Egypt
was drastically different

463
00:26:27,380 --> 00:26:30,849
than what we think of
in 2500 BC,

464
00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:32,889
or the Sphinx is at least 10,000

465
00:26:32,890 --> 00:26:36,090
or 12,000 years old.

466
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,760
The head of the Sphinx
seems to be a bit too small

467
00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,859
for the actual body,

468
00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:47,860
and so it has been speculated
that the head of the Sphinx

469
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,599
was actually
something else originally,

470
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,969
and then was re-carved to be
the head that it is today.

471
00:26:52,970 --> 00:26:54,979
Some archaeologists do think

472
00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:57,279
that the original head
on the Sphinx

473
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,950
was the jackal head of Anubis.

474
00:27:01,980 --> 00:27:03,879
NARRATOR:
Anubis?

475
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,889
One of the most ancient
of the Egyptian gods?

476
00:27:06,890 --> 00:27:11,059
Dating back to the time
of Isis and Osiris?

477
00:27:11,060 --> 00:27:12,789
But if that is true,

478
00:27:12,790 --> 00:27:17,159
why was the colossal statue
changed, and when?

479
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,299
Perhaps the answer lies--
like most of Egypt's secrets--

480
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:24,739
buried deep beneath
the desert sands

481
00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:29,640
in an area located approximately
300 feet north of the Sphinx.

482
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:34,149
Relatively unexplored,
it is an area

483
00:27:34,150 --> 00:27:37,249
where some archeologists
and researchers believe

484
00:27:37,250 --> 00:27:41,219
lies yet another Sphinx,
still deeply buried,

485
00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:44,590
and still bearing the head
of the god Anubis.

486
00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:51,630
It is an idea of symmetry.

487
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,269
(laughter)

488
00:27:55,270 --> 00:27:57,509
NARRATOR:
If the ancient Egyptians

489
00:27:57,510 --> 00:28:02,279
didn't build the Sphinx,
who did, and why?

490
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,679
Could it have been used
by a civilization

491
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,349
far advanced
from the one later depicted

492
00:28:07,350 --> 00:28:11,119
on the walls
of Egypt's tombs and temples?

493
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:14,689
A civilization
whose origins were--

494
00:28:14,690 --> 00:28:17,629
as numerous
ancient Egyptian texts suggest--

495
00:28:17,630 --> 00:28:19,830
not of this world?

496
00:28:25,850 --> 00:28:28,319
NARRATOR:
Luxor, Egypt.

497
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,919
1822.

498
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,589
While exploring a tomb
in the Theban Necropolis--

499
00:28:34,590 --> 00:28:36,929
a site used for ritual burials

500
00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:39,329
for much
of the pharaonic period--

501
00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:42,869
Italian antiquities collector
Bernardino Drovetti

502
00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:45,299
comes upon
an ancient papyrus document

503
00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:48,600
broken up
into more than 300 pieces.

504
00:28:49,940 --> 00:28:52,179
When it is pieced together

505
00:28:52,180 --> 00:28:54,609
at the Museo Egizio
in Turin, Italy,

506
00:28:54,610 --> 00:28:59,049
the document is found to contain
the most extensive list to date

507
00:28:59,050 --> 00:29:01,920
of all the Egyptian kings.

508
00:29:03,490 --> 00:29:05,519
CHILDRESS:
So, in the Turin papyrus,

509
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,029
we have three columns,
and the first column

510
00:29:08,030 --> 00:29:11,299
is of the gods of ancient Egypt.

511
00:29:11,300 --> 00:29:15,199
The second column is
of mythical kings

512
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:19,639
that ruled back
into far prehistory of Egypt.

513
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:22,239
And the third column is
of historical kings

514
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,209
and pharaohs of Egypt,
and these are people

515
00:29:25,210 --> 00:29:28,049
that we have
an actual historical record for.

516
00:29:28,050 --> 00:29:32,049
So here we have a list
of kings of Egypt

517
00:29:32,050 --> 00:29:37,049
that's essentially saying that
Egypt has existed as a country

518
00:29:37,050 --> 00:29:39,890
for 36,000 years.

519
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,560
NARRATOR: If the so-called
"Turin King List" is--

520
00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:46,759
as many ancient astronaut
theorists believe--

521
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,439
an accurate account of all
the rulers of ancient Egypt,

522
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,099
then everything that is
traditionally taught or believed

523
00:29:54,100 --> 00:29:58,410
about mankind's history would
be thrown into serious question.

524
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,509
The implications are staggering,

525
00:30:02,510 --> 00:30:06,880
because this would rewrite
world history as we know it.

526
00:30:08,690 --> 00:30:11,889
Robert Bauval suggested that
the position of the pyramids

527
00:30:11,890 --> 00:30:16,429
aligned exactly
with the belt stars of Orion

528
00:30:16,430 --> 00:30:21,229
back in 10500 BC.

529
00:30:21,230 --> 00:30:26,039
Later, Graham Hancock
determined that the Sphinx

530
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:31,409
also looks out directly
at the constellation of Leo

531
00:30:31,410 --> 00:30:33,609
at exactly the same time,

532
00:30:33,610 --> 00:30:38,110
which was also 10500 BC.

533
00:30:39,420 --> 00:30:42,489
NARRATOR:
10500 BC?

534
00:30:42,490 --> 00:30:44,490
More than 8,000 years earlier

535
00:30:44,490 --> 00:30:48,129
than what mainstream scholars
have long believed to be true?

536
00:30:48,130 --> 00:30:51,759
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

537
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,929
and believe that somewhere,
hidden inside the Great Sphinx,

538
00:30:55,930 --> 00:30:58,930
could be the proof
they have been searching for

539
00:30:58,770 --> 00:31:02,500
concerning mankind's
extraterrestrial origins.

540
00:31:06,910 --> 00:31:09,979
Virginia Beach, Virginia.

541
00:31:09,980 --> 00:31:11,980
1932.

542
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,749
Edgar Cayce--
an American psychic and healer

543
00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:20,459
famous for remotely and
accurately diagnosing illness

544
00:31:20,460 --> 00:31:23,729
in patients located
hundreds of miles away--

545
00:31:23,730 --> 00:31:28,199
has a profound vision
while in a self-induced trance.

546
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:32,639
He sees himself as a high priest
in ancient Egypt,

547
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:35,069
a priest
who was directly associated

548
00:31:35,070 --> 00:31:37,170
with the building of the Sphinx.

549
00:31:38,510 --> 00:31:40,679
According to Cayce's vision,

550
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,609
this occurred not in 2500 BC,

551
00:31:43,610 --> 00:31:46,179
as mainstream
archaeologists suggest,

552
00:31:46,180 --> 00:31:49,119
but 8,000 years earlier.

553
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:55,459
One of the greatest sources
for information on the...

554
00:31:55,460 --> 00:31:58,829
older civilization of Egypt
is Edgar Cayce.

555
00:31:58,830 --> 00:32:01,769
He is known
as the "sleeping prophet,"

556
00:32:01,770 --> 00:32:06,469
an American psychic
of great repute and note.

557
00:32:06,470 --> 00:32:08,509
He refers on one occasion

558
00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:13,539
to the date of 10390 BC,

559
00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:18,179
when he tells us,
not only was this a time

560
00:32:18,180 --> 00:32:21,189
that the Great Sphinx of Giza
was created,

561
00:32:21,190 --> 00:32:24,389
but he also tells us
that the records

562
00:32:24,390 --> 00:32:27,189
of some previous civilization

563
00:32:27,190 --> 00:32:31,699
that had existed on Atlantis
were buried within this.

564
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,829
NARRATOR:
Atlantis?

565
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:36,099
The legendary "lost continent"?

566
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:39,599
According
to the Greek philosopher Plato--

567
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,709
who wrote about it
in the 4th century BC--

568
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:45,079
Atlantis was an island
in the Atlantic

569
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,349
that was home to
a highly-advanced civilization,

570
00:32:48,350 --> 00:32:52,379
but was wiped out
by a great flood.

571
00:32:52,380 --> 00:32:56,689
In his vision,
Edgar Cayce believed he saw--

572
00:32:56,690 --> 00:32:58,719
under the right paw
of the Sphinx--

573
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,359
a chamber that holds
a hall of records

574
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:04,629
from the lost civilization
of Atlantis.

575
00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:06,729
CHILDRESS:
Edgar Cayce said there was

576
00:33:06,730 --> 00:33:12,339
a repository
of high-tech devices

577
00:33:12,340 --> 00:33:18,439
and machines that had been left
there for thousands of years

578
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,409
for people to discover

579
00:33:20,410 --> 00:33:25,319
during our time period on Earth,
our civilization,

580
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,889
that we would discover these
ancient high-tech artifacts

581
00:33:29,890 --> 00:33:32,459
in chambers beneath the Sphinx.

582
00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:35,289
NARRATOR:
Based on Plato's writings,

583
00:33:35,290 --> 00:33:39,999
Atlantis would have existed
approximately 12,000 years ago.

584
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,999
This matches up
with the time period

585
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,139
when the Giza Pyramids
and the Sphinx were aligned

586
00:33:46,140 --> 00:33:50,769
with the constellations
of both Orion and Leo.

587
00:33:50,770 --> 00:33:52,979
Some researchers also suggest

588
00:33:52,980 --> 00:33:56,849
this was the same era that was
described in ancient writings

589
00:33:56,850 --> 00:34:00,679
as Egypt's so-called,
"Golden Age" or "Zep Tepi,"

590
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,489
a time in Egyptian prehistory

591
00:34:03,490 --> 00:34:09,359
when the god Osiris had come
down to Earth from the stars.

592
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,899
COLLINS:
There are accounts

593
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:14,299
from the walls
of different temples

594
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:19,439
that tell
of an earlier age of activity.

595
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,440
And it was said
that this was when

596
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,179
the gods themselves
actually enter into Egypt

597
00:34:26,180 --> 00:34:30,649
and create everything
that becomes a part

598
00:34:30,650 --> 00:34:33,379
of the later
Egyptian civilization.

599
00:34:33,380 --> 00:34:37,649
They create the first enclosure,
the first temple,

600
00:34:37,650 --> 00:34:41,189
and various
other strange structures,

601
00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:45,129
which suggest some form
of high technology,

602
00:34:45,130 --> 00:34:47,869
and suggest
that we might be dealing here

603
00:34:47,870 --> 00:34:50,629
with an advanced culture.

604
00:34:50,630 --> 00:34:52,669
NARRATOR:
Although there are many

605
00:34:52,670 --> 00:34:55,669
who dismissed Edgar Cayce's
incredible vision

606
00:34:55,670 --> 00:34:57,779
as a mere hallucination,

607
00:34:57,780 --> 00:35:03,749
in 1978-- 46 years after
his trance-- two of the tunnels

608
00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:06,219
Cayce envisioned
were indeed discovered:

609
00:35:06,220 --> 00:35:08,649
one behind the head
of the Sphinx,

610
00:35:08,650 --> 00:35:11,689
and another directly below.

611
00:35:11,690 --> 00:35:14,319
But mainstream Egyptologists
continue

612
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,659
to insist
these tunnels were made

613
00:35:16,660 --> 00:35:18,960
long after
the Sphinx was constructed.

614
00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:51,599
NARRATOR:
But is the discovery

615
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,559
of 2,500-year-old pottery proof

616
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,099
that the tunnels
beneath the Sphinx were made

617
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:58,699
at the same time?

618
00:35:58,700 --> 00:36:02,009
Ancient astronaut theorists
say no,

619
00:36:02,010 --> 00:36:04,139
and argue that artifacts

620
00:36:04,140 --> 00:36:06,439
from an earlier period
could have been removed

621
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:09,479
during the Sphinx's
numerous renovations.

622
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,479
They also believe
more evidence can be found

623
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,889
by exploring additional pyramids
throughout Egypt,

624
00:36:16,890 --> 00:36:19,019
and by examining the legends

625
00:36:19,020 --> 00:36:21,259
concerning
a mysterious capstone

626
00:36:21,260 --> 00:36:26,060
and its direct link
to extraterrestrial visitations.

627
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,789
NARRATOR:
Saqqâra, Egypt.

628
00:36:31,790 --> 00:36:34,719
This ancient necropolis,

629
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:38,329
located 15 miles south
of the Giza Plateau,

630
00:36:38,330 --> 00:36:41,959
is home to what mainstream
archaeologists suggest

631
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,599
is the first pyramid ever built
in Egypt:

632
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:48,499
the Step Pyramid of King Djoser.

633
00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,669
The step pyramid at Saqqâra
is known

634
00:36:50,670 --> 00:36:52,139
as "The Stairway to Heaven."

635
00:36:52,140 --> 00:36:55,140
The complex is vast.
It's about 40 acres.

636
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,039
Entirely walled in.

637
00:36:57,040 --> 00:37:00,040
There's a 30-foot wall
with 13 false doors.

638
00:36:59,610 --> 00:37:03,610
You only get in if you know
where the right door is.

639
00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:05,049
NARRATOR:
Curiously,

640
00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:07,089
the only reason why
the pyramid is believed

641
00:37:07,090 --> 00:37:10,689
to have been built as a tomb
for King Djoser is

642
00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:15,129
that statues of the monarch
were found inside the pyramid.

643
00:37:15,130 --> 00:37:19,099
Like all other pyramids,
there was no credible evidence

644
00:37:19,100 --> 00:37:22,169
that a body was ever
entombed there.

645
00:37:22,170 --> 00:37:25,139
Now this pyramid
is 5,000 years old.

646
00:37:25,140 --> 00:37:26,839
That's amazing.

647
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,909
So is all of this made out of...
from mud brick?

648
00:37:29,910 --> 00:37:32,179
Correct,
this was all made of mud brick

649
00:37:32,180 --> 00:37:34,549
just similar to that era.

650
00:37:34,550 --> 00:37:36,719
The leap between this

651
00:37:36,720 --> 00:37:39,889
and then the Great Pyramid
of Giza was massive.

652
00:37:39,890 --> 00:37:43,789
NARRATOR: In recent years,
the conventional notion

653
00:37:43,790 --> 00:37:47,189
that the step pyramid was built
only 80 years earlier

654
00:37:47,190 --> 00:37:50,699
than the Great Pyramid of Giza
has been challenged,

655
00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:53,129
not only
by ancient astronaut theorists,

656
00:37:53,130 --> 00:37:58,439
but also an increasing number
of archaeologists and scholars.

657
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,209
They believe that the likelihood
that Egyptians went

658
00:38:02,210 --> 00:38:06,709
from building a 200-foot-tall
step pyramid out of mud bricks

659
00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:10,219
to building a monumental marvel
like the Great Pyramid

660
00:38:10,220 --> 00:38:14,759
in only 80 years
to be a virtual absurdity.

661
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:18,089
They also believe
that the mathematical precision

662
00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:20,090
of the Great Pyramid's
construction

663
00:38:19,790 --> 00:38:22,699
coupled
with its precise alignments,

664
00:38:22,700 --> 00:38:26,299
not only with regard
to Earth's cardinal directions,

665
00:38:26,300 --> 00:38:28,569
but also
to the Orion constellation,

666
00:38:28,570 --> 00:38:33,469
is proof that it was built by
a highly-advanced civilization.

667
00:38:33,470 --> 00:38:37,209
SCOTT CREIGHTON: One of the
things you find, for example,

668
00:38:37,210 --> 00:38:39,609
is that if you take
the geodetic location

669
00:38:39,610 --> 00:38:42,450
of the Great Pyramid
as a decimal degree...

670
00:39:43,810 --> 00:39:46,279
NARRATOR: According
to ancient astronaut theory,

671
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,149
the Great Pyramid
was most likely built

672
00:39:49,150 --> 00:39:51,349
more than 12,000 years ago,

673
00:39:51,350 --> 00:39:56,119
some 7,000 years before the
building of the step pyramid,

674
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:59,459
and sometime before
the cataclysmic event known

675
00:39:59,460 --> 00:40:01,559
as "The Great Flood."

676
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:05,229
They also believe
that after the flood,

677
00:40:05,230 --> 00:40:07,999
the original function
of the Great Pyramid

678
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,569
as a power plant
was long forgotten,

679
00:40:10,570 --> 00:40:12,709
along with all of mankind's

680
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:15,239
other technological
achievements,

681
00:40:15,240 --> 00:40:19,079
and that it would take a series
of interventions

682
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,409
by other
extraterrestrial visitors

683
00:40:21,410 --> 00:40:25,180
to help humans rebuild the world
they once knew.

684
00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:30,019
In the text
that we can read about Djoser,

685
00:40:30,020 --> 00:40:35,329
does he mention at all how
he was inspired to build this?

686
00:40:35,330 --> 00:40:37,859
It was one brilliant man.

687
00:40:37,860 --> 00:40:40,999
That man was called Imhotep.

688
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,499
Okay.

689
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,500
Who, in history,
came out of nowhere.

690
00:40:44,170 --> 00:40:47,769
He was the designer and engineer
of that pyramid.

691
00:40:47,770 --> 00:40:50,439
What does "Imhotep"
actually mean?

692
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,440
It means--
I know you're gonna like this--

693
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:57,279
- it means "I come in peace."
- Oh, really?

694
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,019
- Yes.
- That's very interesting.

695
00:40:59,020 --> 00:41:02,589
-So the extraterrestrial
greeting so to speak?
-Yes.

696
00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:06,590
He showed up into the life
of the king out of nowhere,

697
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,059
and then ascended into position
so quickly,

698
00:41:10,060 --> 00:41:12,099
which is very uncommon
in ancient Egypt.

699
00:41:12,100 --> 00:41:15,100
What does that mean? What do
you mean "out of nowhere"?

700
00:41:14,730 --> 00:41:18,730
Did he drop from the sky, or
did he come from another land?

701
00:41:17,870 --> 00:41:20,239
In Egyptian history,
you can normally trace

702
00:41:20,240 --> 00:41:22,539
every position back
to their parents,

703
00:41:22,540 --> 00:41:25,349
but Imhotep... nothing.

704
00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:30,919
YOUNG: Imhotep was a commoner,
but a brilliant thinker

705
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,419
who grew to great influence

706
00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:36,489
during the time of the pharaohs
that he served,

707
00:41:36,490 --> 00:41:39,559
and then became
virtually immortalized.

708
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,099
That is unlike
any other commoner.

709
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:43,829
A cult formed around him.

710
00:41:43,830 --> 00:41:46,829
Some have suspected

711
00:41:46,830 --> 00:41:50,099
that he was possibly Joseph
from the Bible.

712
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,439
That's interesting,
because Joseph was an adviser

713
00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,779
to a pharaoh in about
the same period of time.

714
00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,809
What we know for sure is

715
00:41:58,810 --> 00:42:01,819
that he was a brilliant
scientist for his day.

716
00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:05,849
HENRY: Imhotep rose
to the incredible status

717
00:42:05,850 --> 00:42:08,659
as the vizier,
or wizard to the pharaoh.

718
00:42:08,660 --> 00:42:11,660
This is where we get that word
"wizard," from "vizier."

719
00:42:11,660 --> 00:42:14,289
There are great mysteries
about who Imhotep was,

720
00:42:14,290 --> 00:42:16,159
where he came from.

721
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:20,999
This is interesting, because
later on, Imhotep is deified.

722
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,000
And what's fascinating is
the depictions of him.

723
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:27,109
He looks like
he's got this oversize head.

724
00:42:27,110 --> 00:42:31,809
He's got strange-looking hands.
He almost looks non-human.

725
00:42:31,810 --> 00:42:34,279
And one of
the extraordinary texts tell us

726
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,280
that his knowledge may have come
from the stars.

727
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:41,049
Did Imhotep himself ever mention

728
00:42:41,050 --> 00:42:45,050
where he was educated or how
he came by the knowledge of

729
00:42:44,990 --> 00:42:46,990
building something like this,
for example?

730
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:48,699
ROMANY:
In ancient Egyptian history,

731
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:52,669
Imhotep spoke
like a true ancient Egyptian.

732
00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:56,369
And everything he has--
his beauty, his knowledge--

733
00:42:56,370 --> 00:42:59,339
and everything he has
is from the gods.

734
00:42:59,340 --> 00:43:01,369
Do we know how long he lived?

735
00:43:01,370 --> 00:43:03,379
That is also a mystery.

736
00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:07,380
We don't know how he died,
but he was buried in a tomb.

737
00:43:05,810 --> 00:43:09,019
And that tomb
was around here in Saqqâra.

738
00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:11,549
The tomb of Imhotep
has never been found.

739
00:43:11,550 --> 00:43:13,849
- So far, right? Yeah.
- So far.

740
00:43:13,850 --> 00:43:16,089
But look around you.
The desert is massive.

741
00:43:16,090 --> 00:43:18,359
When the tomb of Imhotep
is discovered,

742
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,560
it will be the discovery
of the century.

743
00:43:22,830 --> 00:43:26,499
NARRATOR: If the tomb of Imhotep
is discovered,

744
00:43:26,500 --> 00:43:28,399
will it provide further evidence

745
00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:32,409
that ancient Egyptian legends
of gods descending to Earth

746
00:43:32,410 --> 00:43:34,439
from the constellation of Orion

747
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,870
are based on fact?

748
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:40,310
Perhaps.

749
00:43:41,450 --> 00:43:44,179
But until that day comes,

750
00:43:44,180 --> 00:43:45,919
there are many who believe

751
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,389
that proof of humankind's
extraterrestrial ancestry

752
00:43:49,390 --> 00:43:51,289
already exists,

753
00:43:51,290 --> 00:43:55,359
in the form of curiously carved,
pyramid-shaped objects

754
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,769
known as Benben stones.

755
00:43:58,770 --> 00:44:01,769
This is it, Giorgio,

756
00:44:01,770 --> 00:44:04,539
one of the many Benben stones,

757
00:44:04,540 --> 00:44:07,509
or pyramidions,
inside the museum.

758
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:08,709
Look at it.

759
00:44:08,710 --> 00:44:11,439
It's absolutely magnificent.

760
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,449
And it's perfect.

761
00:44:13,450 --> 00:44:15,479
- Absolutely.
- I mean, if you look at it,

762
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,249
there's not a single mistake.

763
00:44:18,250 --> 00:44:19,319
Anywhere.

764
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:21,719
Just wonderful.

765
00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:24,720
I'm familiar
with the stories of the Benben,

766
00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:28,329
and I'm fascinated
that sometimes it was described

767
00:44:28,330 --> 00:44:31,559
as this shape descending
from the sky

768
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:34,560
with a lot of smoke
and a lot of fire.

769
00:44:34,130 --> 00:44:38,169
And then a door opened
and people walked out.

770
00:44:38,170 --> 00:44:41,109
So, to me, as a mythology,

771
00:44:41,110 --> 00:44:44,109
that is fascinating, because

772
00:44:44,110 --> 00:44:46,409
where did that story originate?

773
00:44:46,410 --> 00:44:47,410
Yeah.

774
00:44:48,820 --> 00:44:51,819
NARRATOR: According
to mainstream Egyptologists,

775
00:44:51,820 --> 00:44:54,289
the story of the Benben stone

776
00:44:54,290 --> 00:44:56,689
is part of a religious allegory

777
00:44:56,690 --> 00:44:59,129
conceived by ancient Egyptians

778
00:44:59,130 --> 00:45:03,359
to explain
how humankind was created.

779
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,329
But according
to ancient astronaut theorists,

780
00:45:06,330 --> 00:45:10,769
the stone is based
on an actual historical event,

781
00:45:10,770 --> 00:45:13,770
one that predates the building
of the Great Pyramid

782
00:45:13,670 --> 00:45:16,979
by thousands of years.

783
00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:21,109
TSOUKALOS: So when I hear
a story like the Benben stone,

784
00:45:21,110 --> 00:45:25,889
I wonder if this may have been
some type of a craft.

785
00:45:25,890 --> 00:45:28,219
Egyptologists agree

786
00:45:28,220 --> 00:45:30,659
that this type of a shape

787
00:45:30,660 --> 00:45:35,699
descended from the sky
in a giant fireball,

788
00:45:35,700 --> 00:45:38,059
made a controlled landing,

789
00:45:38,060 --> 00:45:40,469
the Benben stone opened,

790
00:45:40,470 --> 00:45:43,469
and people walked out.

791
00:45:43,470 --> 00:45:46,639
The first creator gods.

792
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:48,639
In my opinion,

793
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:52,649
I think these gods were
flesh-and-blood space travelers

794
00:45:52,650 --> 00:45:56,479
whom the ancient Egyptians
and many other ancient cultures

795
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:01,219
misinterpreted as divine
or spiritual beings

796
00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:05,359
because of their technological
frame of reference

797
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:08,659
of their current time.

798
00:46:08,660 --> 00:46:10,499
This ties in directly

799
00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:15,029
with the idea
of misunderstood technology.

800
00:46:15,030 --> 00:46:19,769
When a technologically primitive
society interacts

801
00:46:19,770 --> 00:46:23,109
with a technologically advanced
society,

802
00:46:23,110 --> 00:46:26,249
the primitive society
begins to worship

803
00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:28,409
the advanced society.

804
00:46:28,410 --> 00:46:32,249
I once read that a Benben stone

805
00:46:32,250 --> 00:46:34,919
can also be considered the home

806
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,419
- of the gods.
- Yes.

807
00:46:37,420 --> 00:46:40,689
From my perspective,
then that would be proof

808
00:46:40,690 --> 00:46:43,859
of extraterrestrial
intervention.

809
00:46:43,860 --> 00:46:45,269
Right here,

810
00:46:45,270 --> 00:46:49,199
this is a physical piece
of evidence that,

811
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:52,209
a long time ago,
someone descended

812
00:46:52,210 --> 00:46:57,240
from the sky and taught mankind
in various disciplines.

813
00:46:58,950 --> 00:47:02,219
NARRATOR: If the original
Benben stone was inspired

814
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:04,449
by an actual alien spacecraft,

815
00:47:04,450 --> 00:47:07,719
as many ancient astronaut
theorists believe,

816
00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:10,889
does the legend surrounding it
further suggest

817
00:47:10,890 --> 00:47:13,129
that Egypt was one
of the centers

818
00:47:13,130 --> 00:47:16,599
of extraterrestrial activity
on our planet?

819
00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:21,729
Ancient astronaut theorists say
the answer is a profound yes,

820
00:47:21,730 --> 00:47:24,969
and they suggest that
further evidence can be found

821
00:47:24,970 --> 00:47:29,239
not by examining ancient
Egyptian scrolls and hieroglyphs

822
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,209
but by carefully reading
the pages

823
00:47:32,210 --> 00:47:34,610
of the Holy Bible.

824
00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:39,339
NARRATOR:
Cairo, Egypt.

825
00:47:39,340 --> 00:47:42,709
The 14th century AD.

826
00:47:42,710 --> 00:47:45,379
Egyptian historian Al-Maqrizi

827
00:47:45,380 --> 00:47:47,779
begins work
on a series of writings

828
00:47:47,780 --> 00:47:51,049
that propose that the history
of the Giza Plateau

829
00:47:51,050 --> 00:47:53,979
dates back much further
than what is accepted

830
00:47:53,980 --> 00:47:57,649
by the mainstream historians
of his day.

831
00:47:57,650 --> 00:48:01,219
He has concluded that
the Great Pyramid and the Sphinx

832
00:48:01,220 --> 00:48:04,729
were not constructed in 2500 BC,

833
00:48:04,730 --> 00:48:07,559
but thousands of years earlier,

834
00:48:07,560 --> 00:48:10,599
by a king named Saurid.

835
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:13,599
ERICH VON DANIKEN: Now,
according to usual knowledge,

836
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:15,809
we believe that the
Great Pyramid was constructed

837
00:48:15,810 --> 00:48:17,639
by the Fourth Dynasty,

838
00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:20,640
more or less, two and a half
thousand years from now.

839
00:48:20,180 --> 00:48:23,949
But old Arabian traditions--

840
00:48:23,950 --> 00:48:26,819
for example,
Ibrahim Abdulla al-Masudi--

841
00:48:26,820 --> 00:48:31,489
they say that the Great Pyramid
was constructed by a ruler.

842
00:48:31,490 --> 00:48:32,819
His name was Saurid.

843
00:48:32,820 --> 00:48:35,829
And they say Saurid is the same

844
00:48:35,830 --> 00:48:39,029
which the Hebrew call Enoch.

845
00:48:39,030 --> 00:48:43,469
Now, Arabian notation says
Enoch plus Methuselah

846
00:48:43,470 --> 00:48:46,599
constructed the Great Pyramid.

847
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:48,769
NARRATOR:
Enoch?

848
00:48:48,770 --> 00:48:51,009
The same Enoch
who was written about

849
00:48:51,010 --> 00:48:54,010
in one of the so-called
lost chapters of the Bible,

850
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,840
who supposedly was taken up
to heaven by angels

851
00:48:56,750 --> 00:49:01,849
called watchers in order for him
to observe the human race?

852
00:49:01,850 --> 00:49:04,519
Could he really have been
the same person

853
00:49:04,520 --> 00:49:07,959
who was responsible for the
building of the Great Pyramid

854
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,889
more than 12,000 years ago?

855
00:49:10,890 --> 00:49:13,890
HENRY: The Book of Enoch
is a text that is believed

856
00:49:13,660 --> 00:49:16,660
to have been written
by the Essenes, Jewish mystics,

857
00:49:16,230 --> 00:49:20,339
sometime between the third
and second century BC.

858
00:49:20,340 --> 00:49:23,340
In the story, they tell
how one of the watcher angels,

859
00:49:23,070 --> 00:49:26,139
the archangel, Michael,
came to Earth

860
00:49:26,140 --> 00:49:28,879
and took Enoch
into the heavenly realms,

861
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:30,549
to the throne of God,

862
00:49:30,550 --> 00:49:34,149
where Enoch is educated
by the angels

863
00:49:34,150 --> 00:49:36,649
and given an opportunity
to return to Earth

864
00:49:36,650 --> 00:49:39,819
to share the accumulated
knowledge that he received.

865
00:49:39,820 --> 00:49:43,820
It's very similar to what we see
in the Pyramid Texts,

866
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:46,829
where the pharaoh is taken
into the stellar realms,

867
00:49:46,830 --> 00:49:49,499
where his body becomes
like lightning,

868
00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:52,499
where the doors of heaven
are opened,

869
00:49:52,500 --> 00:49:56,739
and where a human then
can be educated by the gods.

870
00:49:56,740 --> 00:49:59,779
NARRATOR:
Are the so-called Pyramid Texts

871
00:49:59,780 --> 00:50:02,780
and the Hebrew Bible's
apocryphal Book of Enoch

872
00:50:02,780 --> 00:50:06,849
both referencing
the same period in prehistory,

873
00:50:06,850 --> 00:50:10,519
a period
where extraterrestrial beings,

874
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:14,119
referred to as gods,
ruled the Earth?

875
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,459
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

876
00:50:17,460 --> 00:50:20,259
and believe
further evidence can be found

877
00:50:20,260 --> 00:50:22,929
by closely examining
ancient texts

878
00:50:22,930 --> 00:50:24,499
concerning a race of angels

879
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:28,500
that are referred to
as the watchers.

880
00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:33,640
RABBI ARIEL BAR TZADOK:
In the Bible,

881
00:50:32,810 --> 00:50:34,810
there's a very curious passage

882
00:50:34,540 --> 00:50:36,879
that speaks
about the sons of God

883
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:38,709
who came down from heaven

884
00:50:38,710 --> 00:50:41,919
and took daughters of men
as brides,

885
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:46,889
from which came forth
"the mighty ones."

886
00:50:46,890 --> 00:50:50,829
They came down with knowledge,

887
00:50:50,830 --> 00:50:53,599
knowledge which we today
would understand

888
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:55,699
as technology and science,

889
00:50:55,700 --> 00:50:58,169
and they became corrupted.

890
00:50:58,170 --> 00:51:01,639
They made matters worse,
not better.

891
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:04,640
And this is what led
to God's decision

892
00:51:04,340 --> 00:51:06,279
to bring the flood.

893
00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,009
NARRATOR:
According to the Book of Enoch,

894
00:51:10,010 --> 00:51:12,309
the watchers were sent by God

895
00:51:12,310 --> 00:51:15,379
in order to help mankind
on Earth.

896
00:51:15,380 --> 00:51:18,119
But after a number
of these watchers

897
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,459
had sex with human women

898
00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:23,460
and produced children
in the form of giant mutants

899
00:51:23,460 --> 00:51:25,459
known as the Nephilim,

900
00:51:25,460 --> 00:51:29,769
God caused a great flood that
was intended to destroy them,

901
00:51:29,770 --> 00:51:34,699
along with all those
who disobeyed his will.

902
00:51:34,700 --> 00:51:37,539
Our main knowledge
of the Nephilim

903
00:51:37,540 --> 00:51:40,379
comes not just from the Bible,

904
00:51:40,380 --> 00:51:43,209
but also from the Book of Enoch

905
00:51:43,210 --> 00:51:46,349
and also the so-called
Book of Giants.

906
00:51:46,350 --> 00:51:50,949
The Book of Giants says
that they were destroyed

907
00:51:50,950 --> 00:51:55,359
in a cataclysm
that not only involved a deluge

908
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:59,329
but also fire
that came out of the sky.

909
00:51:59,330 --> 00:52:03,199
And I think
that we can connect this story

910
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:08,899
with what we call the
Younger Dryas comet impact event

911
00:52:08,900 --> 00:52:13,909
that took place around 10800 BC

912
00:52:13,910 --> 00:52:18,209
that is known to have had
a massive effect

913
00:52:18,210 --> 00:52:21,680
upon the Northern Hemisphere
at this time.

914
00:52:24,250 --> 00:52:27,419
NARRATOR: If, as ancient
astronaut theorists believe,

915
00:52:27,420 --> 00:52:29,689
the foundations
of ancient biblical

916
00:52:29,690 --> 00:52:33,399
and Egyptian texts are not based
on mere imagination

917
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,999
but on actual historical events,

918
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,739
then it serves to strengthen
their contention

919
00:52:39,740 --> 00:52:41,740
that the roots of ancient Egypt

920
00:52:41,740 --> 00:52:44,969
stretch back far earlier
than currently believed

921
00:52:44,970 --> 00:52:48,580
by mainstream scholars
and archaeologists.

922
00:52:50,710 --> 00:52:53,949
TSOUKALOS:
Archaeology is rooted

923
00:52:53,950 --> 00:52:55,919
in interpretation,

924
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,419
just like
the ancient astronaut theory.

925
00:52:58,420 --> 00:53:01,019
I'm still
of the personal opinion

926
00:53:01,020 --> 00:53:03,759
that the Great Pyramid complex,

927
00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:05,359
including the Sphinx,

928
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:09,469
date back to a time
when the gods

929
00:53:09,470 --> 00:53:12,439
walked among humans.

930
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:15,639
Something extraordinary happened

931
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:19,009
right here in ancient Egypt,

932
00:53:19,010 --> 00:53:24,309
perhaps under the tutelage
of extraterrestrials,

933
00:53:24,310 --> 00:53:27,979
teachers
from another star system.

934
00:53:27,980 --> 00:53:30,849
NARRATOR:
If extraterrestrials

935
00:53:30,850 --> 00:53:34,659
and giant hybrid beings
really did inhabit Egypt

936
00:53:34,660 --> 00:53:38,389
thousands of years
before the first human pharaohs,

937
00:53:38,390 --> 00:53:42,329
could physical proof lie hidden
within the mysterious void

938
00:53:42,330 --> 00:53:45,969
recently discovered
inside the Great Pyramid?

939
00:53:45,970 --> 00:53:50,109
Or could it be found elsewhere

940
00:53:50,110 --> 00:53:53,279
in the form of 24 stone coffins

941
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:56,710
buried deep beneath
the desert sands?

942
00:53:58,580 --> 00:54:01,679
NARRATOR
Saqqâra, Egypt. 1850.

943
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:05,389
While on an expedition
to recover ancient manuscripts

944
00:54:05,390 --> 00:54:07,789
for the Louvre Museum in Paris,

945
00:54:07,790 --> 00:54:12,599
French Egyptologist Auguste
Mariette spots a strange object

946
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:14,999
sticking out of the sand.

947
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,169
Intrigued, Mariette has
the sand cleared away

948
00:54:18,170 --> 00:54:22,339
and finds large rocks blocking
what looks to be the entrance

949
00:54:22,340 --> 00:54:24,739
to an underground chamber.

950
00:54:24,740 --> 00:54:29,679
After using explosives
to remove them,

951
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:33,179
he gains entrance
to a tomb complex,

952
00:54:33,180 --> 00:54:36,019
also known as the Serapeum.

953
00:54:36,020 --> 00:54:39,319
The Serapeum of Saqqâra,
Giorgio.

954
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:43,329
- Yes.
- Oh, it's magnificent.

955
00:54:43,330 --> 00:54:46,829
The name "Serapeum" comes
from Serapis,

956
00:54:46,830 --> 00:54:49,999
- which is Apis bull and Osiris.
- Yes. Right.

957
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:52,399
ROMANY: Combined together
in one Greek god.

958
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:56,939
This is one
of the most mysterious places

959
00:54:56,940 --> 00:54:59,169
in all of Egypt, Giorgio.

960
00:54:59,170 --> 00:55:01,779
TSOUKALOS:
Look how far all this goes!

961
00:55:01,780 --> 00:55:04,849
NARRATOR: Located deep beneath
the desert surface

962
00:55:04,850 --> 00:55:08,079
lies a 700-foot-long passageway.

963
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:11,119
There,
located in a series of alcoves

964
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:14,319
neatly carved out
of the limestone rock

965
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,259
are 24 gigantic
stone sarcophagi,

966
00:55:17,260 --> 00:55:20,199
perfectly constructed
from solid granite,

967
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:23,869
and each weighing
roughly 100 tons--

968
00:55:23,870 --> 00:55:28,239
the equivalent
of 55 mid-sized automobiles.

969
00:55:28,240 --> 00:55:33,179
The boxes themselves are,
what, 70 to 75 tons?

970
00:55:33,180 --> 00:55:35,409
And then the lids

971
00:55:35,410 --> 00:55:39,009
are estimated
to be 20 to 25 tons.

972
00:55:39,010 --> 00:55:43,089
It's one of the most mysterious
things about this place is

973
00:55:43,090 --> 00:55:46,089
really how they managed

974
00:55:46,090 --> 00:55:48,519
to bring these heavy structures

975
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:50,759
all the way down here

976
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:53,760
when we're breathing heavily
just to get to the end.

977
00:55:53,360 --> 00:55:55,029
(Tsoukalos laughs)

978
00:55:55,030 --> 00:55:58,429
TSOUKALOS: Can we actually
go down to some of these?

979
00:55:58,430 --> 00:55:59,739
Of course we can.

980
00:55:59,740 --> 00:56:02,039
Wow.

981
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,040
You know,
I've always read about these,

982
00:56:03,770 --> 00:56:06,639
I've seen pictures,
but it's humungous!

983
00:56:06,640 --> 00:56:10,109
You can walk underneath it!
(laughs)

984
00:56:10,110 --> 00:56:13,979
NARRATOR: Each sarcophagus
measures 13 feet long,

985
00:56:13,980 --> 00:56:17,989
seven and a half feet wide
and over ten feet tall.

986
00:56:17,990 --> 00:56:21,089
But just how
the ancient Egyptians managed

987
00:56:21,090 --> 00:56:25,259
to transport these massive
granite boxes remains unknown,

988
00:56:25,260 --> 00:56:28,259
as does their intended purpose.

989
00:56:28,260 --> 00:56:30,299
As far as conventional
Egyptologists

990
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:33,199
and archaeologists
are concerned,

991
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,009
the sarcophagi were meant
to house the remains

992
00:56:36,010 --> 00:56:38,609
of the sacred Apis bulls.

993
00:56:38,610 --> 00:56:42,949
But as only one of the tombs was
found to contain animal remains,

994
00:56:42,950 --> 00:56:45,609
and all the others
were found empty,

995
00:56:45,610 --> 00:56:49,649
the true nature of the Serapeum
is a source of deep contention

996
00:56:49,650 --> 00:56:54,289
as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned.

997
00:56:54,290 --> 00:56:58,359
The Apis bull is
a representation for god Osiris,

998
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:00,799
and there's something
very important to mention.

999
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:04,699
Ancient Egyptians
did not worship animals.

1000
00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:07,169
Their concept was, the gods

1001
00:57:07,170 --> 00:57:09,269
sent the animals
to be their messengers,

1002
00:57:09,270 --> 00:57:12,270
and we have to respect them
in that way.

1003
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,439
NARRATOR:
Based on an artifact

1004
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:17,909
from the 4th millennium BC
called "The Bull Palette,"

1005
00:57:17,910 --> 00:57:20,119
some Egyptologists believe

1006
00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:25,119
worship of the Apis bull dates
back at least 6,000 years.

1007
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:29,829
It was said that the first ever
Apis bull was created

1008
00:57:29,830 --> 00:57:33,859
when a ray of light came down
from heaven itself

1009
00:57:33,860 --> 00:57:40,139
and struck this cow who produced
the first Apis bull.

1010
00:57:40,140 --> 00:57:42,139
So there is some relationship

1011
00:57:42,140 --> 00:57:46,069
between the bull itself
and the stars.

1012
00:57:46,070 --> 00:57:49,079
Those bulls were said
to have the markings

1013
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:51,809
of a falcon on their back,

1014
00:57:51,810 --> 00:57:54,619
as well as a diamond
on the forehead,

1015
00:57:54,620 --> 00:57:57,049
and the scarab
beneath the tongue,

1016
00:57:57,050 --> 00:58:00,089
all of which were symbols
of the sky world,

1017
00:58:00,090 --> 00:58:02,089
all of which indicate

1018
00:58:02,090 --> 00:58:04,559
that here
we have a place of contact

1019
00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,759
with the other world itself.

1020
00:58:06,760 --> 00:58:12,330
And the greatest mystery to do
with this bull is the Serapeum.

1021
00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:16,269
The sides,
and also here the bottom--

1022
00:58:16,270 --> 00:58:19,739
the polishing is perfect.

1023
00:58:19,740 --> 00:58:24,779
And we can illustrate this
by just looking at the angle.

1024
00:58:24,780 --> 00:58:27,780
I mean, it's a perfect
90-degree angle.

1025
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:28,449
Check this out.

1026
00:58:28,450 --> 00:58:31,189
It is absolute perfection.

1027
00:58:31,190 --> 00:58:33,190
It's easy to cut limestone,

1028
00:58:33,090 --> 00:58:36,789
but to cut basalt is, uh...

1029
00:58:36,790 --> 00:58:38,889
(laughs)
That's a different story.

1030
00:58:38,890 --> 00:58:42,459
What do these inscriptions here
say?

1031
00:58:42,460 --> 00:58:44,869
These inscriptions were
extremely important.

1032
00:58:44,870 --> 00:58:49,309
You see the doors. Specifically,
the so-called "false doors."

1033
00:58:49,310 --> 00:58:51,569
They were the doors
that allowed the spirit,

1034
00:58:51,570 --> 00:58:54,570
the ka and the ba,
the spirit and the soul

1035
00:58:54,310 --> 00:58:57,149
to come out from the mummy.

1036
00:58:57,150 --> 00:58:59,349
And then read
the hieroglyphic inscriptions.

1037
00:58:59,350 --> 00:59:01,249
They wanted to make sure

1038
00:59:01,250 --> 00:59:05,089
that these Apis bulls
come back to life,

1039
00:59:05,090 --> 00:59:10,259
go to eternity so they could
stay with Osiris in the sky.

1040
00:59:10,260 --> 00:59:12,329
Ancient historians' accounts,

1041
00:59:12,330 --> 00:59:16,269
like Herodotus,
Strabo, Eusebius--

1042
00:59:16,270 --> 00:59:19,639
all of these old,
old chroniclers speak

1043
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:24,969
of a former glory age of Egypt
known as "the Golden Age,"

1044
00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:30,349
which some have suggested dates
back as far as 10500 BC.

1045
00:59:30,350 --> 00:59:32,379
So, is it possible

1046
00:59:32,380 --> 00:59:38,249
that what we have right here
may be a remnant of that time?

1047
00:59:38,250 --> 00:59:42,159
When it comes to dating,
I don't have a response.

1048
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:45,689
NARRATOR: As far
as ancient astronaut theorists

1049
00:59:45,690 --> 00:59:48,729
like Giorgio Tsoukalos
are concerned,

1050
00:59:48,730 --> 00:59:52,669
the fact that only one
of the 24 sarcophagi found

1051
00:59:52,670 --> 00:59:55,769
in the Serapeum contained
animal remains--

1052
00:59:55,770 --> 00:59:58,109
the same one
that features crude,

1053
00:59:58,110 --> 01:00:00,379
almost graffiti-like,
hieroglyphic carvings--

1054
01:00:00,380 --> 01:00:04,879
is evidence that archaeologists
are mistaken in their belief

1055
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:07,619
that this magnificent complex
was built

1056
01:00:07,620 --> 01:00:11,049
as a burial site
for sacred bulls.

1057
01:00:11,050 --> 01:00:13,519
It's a huge discrepancy
in workmanship,

1058
01:00:13,520 --> 01:00:16,389
especially with what we've seen

1059
01:00:16,390 --> 01:00:21,199
in other examples of hieroglyphs

1060
01:00:21,200 --> 01:00:25,299
carved or inscribed
on other basalt items.

1061
01:00:25,300 --> 01:00:27,639
It leads me to think

1062
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:32,239
that whoever inscribed this box
right here--

1063
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,809
they came much, much later.

1064
01:00:34,810 --> 01:00:36,849
I can't tell you for a fact

1065
01:00:36,850 --> 01:00:38,850
that this was made
3,000 years ago.

1066
01:00:38,850 --> 01:00:41,979
Till today, there's a debate
on when were these made.

1067
01:00:41,980 --> 01:00:44,719
NARRATOR:
It is Giorgio's belief

1068
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:46,720
that not only was
the Serapeum built

1069
01:00:46,720 --> 01:00:49,189
more than 10,000 years ago--

1070
01:00:49,190 --> 01:00:52,699
back to the time when the
Great Pyramid was constructed--

1071
01:00:52,700 --> 01:00:55,700
but that it was likely built
to house the remains,

1072
01:00:55,530 --> 01:01:00,869
not of bulls, but of giant
extraterrestrial beings.

1073
01:01:00,870 --> 01:01:02,739
COLLINS:
It is a fact

1074
01:01:02,740 --> 01:01:06,409
that when most of these
gigantic sarcophagi were opened,

1075
01:01:06,410 --> 01:01:08,279
nothing was inside them.

1076
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,449
But in my opinion,

1077
01:01:10,450 --> 01:01:14,449
I think that this acted as some
kind of otherworldly environment

1078
01:01:14,450 --> 01:01:18,519
for communication
with the cosmos itself.

1079
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:22,359
CHILDRESS: These things may well
have been created

1080
01:01:22,360 --> 01:01:24,029
by extraterrestrials.

1081
01:01:24,030 --> 01:01:28,129
Later, the Egyptians
took them over, used them

1082
01:01:28,130 --> 01:01:32,739
as sarcophagi,
perhaps for these bulls.

1083
01:01:32,740 --> 01:01:37,909
I mean, I find it wild that
this place was even discovered.

1084
01:01:37,910 --> 01:01:40,910
And there's probably much more
to be discovered

1085
01:01:39,780 --> 01:01:43,780
here in Saqqâra, and we never
know what we're gonna find.

1086
01:01:41,580 --> 01:01:42,949
Absolutely!

1087
01:01:42,950 --> 01:01:44,979
NARRATOR:
Could it be

1088
01:01:44,980 --> 01:01:47,979
that the Serapeum of Saqqâra
was originally built

1089
01:01:47,980 --> 01:01:52,249
as a repository
for extraterrestrial remains?

1090
01:01:52,250 --> 01:01:54,959
But if so,
what happened to them?

1091
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:58,589
How could they have simply
vanished without a trace?

1092
01:01:58,590 --> 01:02:01,159
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe

1093
01:02:01,160 --> 01:02:06,139
one possible answer can be found
by closely examining another

1094
01:02:06,140 --> 01:02:11,370
of ancient Egypt's most
compelling artifacts: mummies.

1095
01:02:16,810 --> 01:02:19,810
NARRATOR: In the shadow
of Egypt's majestic pyramids

1096
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:23,619
and monuments, and beneath
its ever-shifting sands

1097
01:02:23,620 --> 01:02:26,289
lie the tombs and resting places

1098
01:02:26,290 --> 01:02:29,929
of more than one million
human mummies.

1099
01:02:29,930 --> 01:02:33,099
The bodies,
often thousands of years old,

1100
01:02:33,100 --> 01:02:39,499
are so well preserved that most
are still covered in flesh.

1101
01:02:39,500 --> 01:02:44,439
Mummification in ancient Egypt
could be extremely expensive,

1102
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:46,809
and was a very slow process.

1103
01:02:46,810 --> 01:02:51,979
Families in Egypt would spend
their entire fortune

1104
01:02:51,980 --> 01:02:54,549
mummifying the dead.

1105
01:02:54,550 --> 01:02:59,189
But why were the Egyptians
mummifying people

1106
01:02:59,190 --> 01:03:02,859
and going through these
elaborate mummification rituals?

1107
01:03:02,860 --> 01:03:04,659
It would seem to be

1108
01:03:04,660 --> 01:03:08,660
that they did want to preserve
the body as best they could.

1109
01:03:10,830 --> 01:03:13,399
NARRATOR: The ancient Egyptians
went to great lengths

1110
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:17,069
to keep the bodies of their dead
from decomposing.

1111
01:03:17,070 --> 01:03:21,409
All organs, except
for the heart, were extracted.

1112
01:03:21,410 --> 01:03:25,179
The brain was pulled out
through the nose.

1113
01:03:25,180 --> 01:03:28,079
All moisture was removed
from the body.

1114
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:32,619
And hundreds of yards of linen
were used to wrap the deceased,

1115
01:03:32,620 --> 01:03:35,689
all in preparation
for what the Egyptians believed

1116
01:03:35,690 --> 01:03:38,489
to be the afterlife.

1117
01:03:38,490 --> 01:03:41,099
Giorgio, this is it.

1118
01:03:41,100 --> 01:03:43,029
The Royal Mummies Room.

1119
01:03:43,030 --> 01:03:45,229
NARRATOR:
Here in the Royal Mummies Room

1120
01:03:45,230 --> 01:03:47,169
at the Cairo museum,

1121
01:03:47,170 --> 01:03:48,539
ancient astronaut theorist

1122
01:03:48,540 --> 01:03:50,339
- Giorgio Tsoukalos...
- This is amazing.

1123
01:03:50,340 --> 01:03:53,339
...and Egyptologist
Ramy Romany have come

1124
01:03:53,340 --> 01:03:56,209
to examine some peculiarities
concerning mummification

1125
01:03:56,210 --> 01:04:00,510
that have been largely hidden
from the public.

1126
01:04:02,180 --> 01:04:04,119
So, tell me about mummification.

1127
01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:07,759
Why did the ancient Egyptians
mummify their dead?

1128
01:04:07,760 --> 01:04:10,729
Mummification
was extremely important

1129
01:04:10,730 --> 01:04:13,229
for ancient Egyptians

1130
01:04:13,230 --> 01:04:16,929
because the concept
of their religion.

1131
01:04:16,930 --> 01:04:19,469
They believed that
if they can perfectly preserve

1132
01:04:19,470 --> 01:04:21,069
their body as is,

1133
01:04:21,070 --> 01:04:23,070
then they can live for eternity

1134
01:04:23,070 --> 01:04:25,869
in a different dimension
in the underworld,

1135
01:04:25,870 --> 01:04:27,870
in the world of the dead.

1136
01:04:27,280 --> 01:04:29,109
That's very interesting.

1137
01:04:29,110 --> 01:04:33,110
The mummies that we see in here,
I mean, it is extraordinary,

1138
01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:34,579
the level of preservation.

1139
01:04:34,580 --> 01:04:36,580
Absolutely. Look.
You can see every bit.

1140
01:04:36,490 --> 01:04:38,749
You can see his teeth

1141
01:04:38,750 --> 01:04:40,750
- are still in there.
- (laughs): Yeah.

1142
01:04:39,990 --> 01:04:41,259
ROMANY:
The queen there.

1143
01:04:41,260 --> 01:04:43,260
You can see her hair
is still there.

1144
01:04:42,990 --> 01:04:45,659
Every toe.
The toenails are still there.

1145
01:04:45,660 --> 01:04:47,660
And I have to tell you,

1146
01:04:47,060 --> 01:04:50,799
big parts of it
still is a mystery to us.

1147
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:56,039
What were the ingredients needed
in order to mummify a body?

1148
01:04:56,040 --> 01:04:59,169
The first
and most important ingredient

1149
01:04:59,170 --> 01:05:03,579
in the process of mummification
is the natron salt.

1150
01:05:03,580 --> 01:05:07,649
The mummy would have to stay
in the natron salt

1151
01:05:07,650 --> 01:05:09,419
for a couple of weeks

1152
01:05:09,420 --> 01:05:12,420
before it can go through
the rest of the process.

1153
01:05:12,020 --> 01:05:14,459
It's the driest salt there is.

1154
01:05:14,460 --> 01:05:18,759
'Cause the main reason
they want that salt

1155
01:05:18,760 --> 01:05:20,760
is to take the liquid out

1156
01:05:20,260 --> 01:05:23,299
as fast as possible
from the mummy

1157
01:05:23,300 --> 01:05:25,269
before the mummy
starts rottening,

1158
01:05:25,270 --> 01:05:29,270
to keep every part of it safe
with all the liquids out.

1159
01:05:28,840 --> 01:05:32,769
The one thing that's always
fascinated me is the idea

1160
01:05:32,770 --> 01:05:34,679
that they were mummified

1161
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:38,649
in order to live on
in the afterlife.

1162
01:05:38,650 --> 01:05:41,849
And the afterlife,
with all the religious symbology

1163
01:05:41,850 --> 01:05:45,549
that exists in ancient Egypt,
always had something to do

1164
01:05:45,550 --> 01:05:47,389
with the stars.

1165
01:05:47,390 --> 01:05:50,829
Now, if you look at the future,

1166
01:05:50,830 --> 01:05:53,159
one way of reaching
another planet

1167
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:55,160
would be if we put ourselves

1168
01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:58,529
into a state
of suspended animation.

1169
01:05:58,530 --> 01:05:59,969
And we would do this

1170
01:05:59,970 --> 01:06:03,909
by being inside pods
sleeping like this.

1171
01:06:03,910 --> 01:06:06,909
And so my question
is whether or not

1172
01:06:06,910 --> 01:06:10,509
the ancient Egyptians
witnessed something like this

1173
01:06:10,510 --> 01:06:12,309
and didn't understand

1174
01:06:12,310 --> 01:06:16,049
that it was someone going back
to their planet,

1175
01:06:16,050 --> 01:06:17,649
putting on the suit,

1176
01:06:17,650 --> 01:06:20,259
getting inside
their sarcophagus,

1177
01:06:20,260 --> 01:06:21,489
which looks like a pod,

1178
01:06:21,490 --> 01:06:23,490
or the pod looks
like a sarcophagus.

1179
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,929
So it's not symbolic at all,

1180
01:06:25,930 --> 01:06:29,029
but in fact
they witnessed something

1181
01:06:29,030 --> 01:06:33,199
and misinterpreted it
as a spiritual event.

1182
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:36,339
The origin of it
may have been rooted

1183
01:06:36,340 --> 01:06:38,939
in misunderstood technology.

1184
01:06:38,940 --> 01:06:42,379
But I think there is a point
to be made here.

1185
01:06:42,380 --> 01:06:45,249
You are assuming
that they believed

1186
01:06:45,250 --> 01:06:47,379
that this was symbolic,

1187
01:06:47,380 --> 01:06:49,380
but for them it wasn't symbolic.

1188
01:06:49,350 --> 01:06:51,819
TSOUKALOS: So, this raises
an interesting point

1189
01:06:51,820 --> 01:06:54,820
that only mummies
of the New Kingdom so far

1190
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:57,429
have been found
and no one in the Old Kingdom.

1191
01:06:57,430 --> 01:06:59,530
So where have they gone?

1192
01:07:02,560 --> 01:07:04,969
NARRATOR:
Until recently, it was believed

1193
01:07:04,970 --> 01:07:07,039
that mummification began
in Egypt

1194
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:10,309
somewhere around 2600 BC.

1195
01:07:10,310 --> 01:07:15,109
But in 2014,
evidence was discovered

1196
01:07:15,110 --> 01:07:18,049
that suggested
the practice could have begun

1197
01:07:18,050 --> 01:07:20,219
thousands of years earlier,

1198
01:07:20,220 --> 01:07:23,649
long before the time
of the pharaohs.

1199
01:07:23,650 --> 01:07:26,759
But were the bodies of the dead
being preserved

1200
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:29,889
for a future in the afterlife

1201
01:07:29,890 --> 01:07:34,329
or for some other
even more incredible purpose?

1202
01:07:34,330 --> 01:07:38,599
I think the whole process
of mummification and burial

1203
01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:41,969
was, instead of a sacred thing,

1204
01:07:41,970 --> 01:07:43,939
a very practical method

1205
01:07:43,940 --> 01:07:47,079
of harvesting the energy
of the Earth

1206
01:07:47,080 --> 01:07:50,079
to charge the body of the mummy

1207
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,809
and transforming the whole thing

1208
01:07:51,810 --> 01:07:56,019
into a very high-power
capacitor.

1209
01:07:56,020 --> 01:07:58,789
NARRATOR:
A power capacitor?

1210
01:07:58,790 --> 01:08:01,319
Transforming the bodies
of dead pharaohs

1211
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:04,129
into sources of energy?

1212
01:08:04,130 --> 01:08:08,130
Could such an audacious theory
be scientifically possible?

1213
01:08:09,630 --> 01:08:12,929
CHIRIAC:
Why do they use natron salt

1214
01:08:12,930 --> 01:08:16,709
that comes from dry bed lakes

1215
01:08:16,710 --> 01:08:18,109
instead of marine salt

1216
01:08:18,110 --> 01:08:21,709
from the Mediterranean Sea
or the Red Sea?

1217
01:08:21,710 --> 01:08:24,779
Natron salt is very alkaline.

1218
01:08:24,780 --> 01:08:28,319
The body will become alkaline.

1219
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:31,389
And they were covering it
with linen,

1220
01:08:31,390 --> 01:08:34,289
with natural resins.

1221
01:08:34,290 --> 01:08:37,129
Now, that resin is acidic.

1222
01:08:37,130 --> 01:08:40,129
In contact
with the alkaline body,

1223
01:08:40,130 --> 01:08:43,960
you will have some sort
of an ion exchanger.

1224
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:49,069
When we look
at the mummification process

1225
01:08:49,070 --> 01:08:52,869
and the tombs of the pharaoh,
we find granite tombs.

1226
01:08:52,870 --> 01:08:56,879
The ancient Egyptians referred
to granite as a fire stone.

1227
01:08:56,880 --> 01:09:00,880
They called it that because it's
loaded with pure quartz crystal,

1228
01:09:00,850 --> 01:09:04,589
and crystal holds vibration.

1229
01:09:04,590 --> 01:09:07,419
When we combine this
with the massive amounts

1230
01:09:07,420 --> 01:09:09,489
of gold
and other precious jewels

1231
01:09:09,490 --> 01:09:12,359
that were used
in the mummification process

1232
01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:14,099
and placed upon the body,

1233
01:09:14,100 --> 01:09:17,100
you begin to wonder:
were they trying to trigger

1234
01:09:16,830 --> 01:09:18,999
some kind
of a electrical process

1235
01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:23,199
that somehow
transmuted the body?

1236
01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:27,539
Maybe we're dealing with some
other sort of technology here

1237
01:09:27,540 --> 01:09:30,779
or an ancient civilization
on Earth.

1238
01:09:30,780 --> 01:09:33,849
They were making the body
to vibrate,

1239
01:09:33,850 --> 01:09:36,179
creating some sort of energy.

1240
01:09:36,180 --> 01:09:40,659
Soul booster, if you want,
of the deceased.

1241
01:09:40,660 --> 01:09:42,689
HENRY: The reason why
the ancient Egyptians

1242
01:09:42,690 --> 01:09:44,889
mummified their pharaohs

1243
01:09:44,890 --> 01:09:47,799
is that they were
going to self-create

1244
01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:51,429
a new light body,

1245
01:09:51,430 --> 01:09:56,869
a new vehicle for the pharaohs'
consciousness to survive.

1246
01:09:56,870 --> 01:09:58,869
So effectively,
they could continue

1247
01:09:58,870 --> 01:10:02,039
on their journey
into the stars.

1248
01:10:02,040 --> 01:10:05,149
Our cutting-edge
artificial intelligence

1249
01:10:05,150 --> 01:10:07,879
and sci-fi-like desire

1250
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:09,649
to upload our consciousness into

1251
01:10:09,650 --> 01:10:11,719
is an absolute
and pure reflection

1252
01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:14,489
of the ancient Egyptian
mummification concept,

1253
01:10:14,490 --> 01:10:17,589
this idea that we can create
a new vehicle for ourselves,

1254
01:10:17,590 --> 01:10:19,759
a non-biological entity

1255
01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:23,030
that will enable us
to live as immortal beings.

1256
01:10:25,100 --> 01:10:28,100
NARRATOR: Could it be that with
the process of mummification,

1257
01:10:28,100 --> 01:10:30,739
the ancient Egyptians
were trying to recreate

1258
01:10:30,740 --> 01:10:33,239
a process that had been used
in Egypt

1259
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:36,339
thousands of years earlier

1260
01:10:36,340 --> 01:10:39,179
at a time when
the land was inhabited

1261
01:10:39,180 --> 01:10:43,249
by an advanced,
extraterrestrial civilization?

1262
01:10:43,250 --> 01:10:47,019
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

1263
01:10:47,020 --> 01:10:50,829
and suggest
that a direct similarity exists

1264
01:10:50,830 --> 01:10:52,829
between the burial practices

1265
01:10:52,830 --> 01:10:54,929
performed
on the Egyptian pharaohs

1266
01:10:54,930 --> 01:10:56,729
and the original purpose

1267
01:10:56,730 --> 01:10:59,929
of the stone sarcophagi
in the Serapeum:

1268
01:10:59,930 --> 01:11:02,399
the conversion
of physical beings

1269
01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:05,309
into pure energy.

1270
01:11:05,310 --> 01:11:08,039
They also believe
further evidence

1271
01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:10,849
of extraterrestrial activity
in ancient Egypt

1272
01:11:10,850 --> 01:11:14,049
can be found
by examining the hieroglyphs

1273
01:11:14,050 --> 01:11:18,050
carved into the walls of one
of the country's most elaborate

1274
01:11:17,650 --> 01:11:21,150
and intriguing sacred sites.

1275
01:11:24,710 --> 01:11:26,539
NARRATOR:
Was Egypt the destination

1276
01:11:26,540 --> 01:11:31,149
for Earth's earliest
extraterrestrial visitors?

1277
01:11:31,150 --> 01:11:35,489
And, if so, were the ancient
pyramids, tombs and temples

1278
01:11:35,490 --> 01:11:38,089
actually built by
ancient aliens,

1279
01:11:38,090 --> 01:11:41,820
or were they, perhaps,
inspired by them?

1280
01:11:44,630 --> 01:11:47,899
To find the answer,
Egyptologist, Ramy Romany,

1281
01:11:47,900 --> 01:11:51,239
has invited ancient astronaut
theorist and researcher,

1282
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:54,039
Andrew Collins,
to join him on a visit

1283
01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:57,479
to one of the most impressive
and best-preserved shrines

1284
01:11:57,480 --> 01:12:00,149
in Egypt-- the Temple of Edfu,

1285
01:12:00,150 --> 01:12:06,050
located on the west bank of the
Nile, 465 miles south of Cairo.

1286
01:12:07,650 --> 01:12:08,989
Look at this temple.

1287
01:12:08,990 --> 01:12:10,990
This is, like,
my most favorite facade

1288
01:12:10,860 --> 01:12:13,189
in all of the temples
of ancient Egypt.

1289
01:12:13,190 --> 01:12:15,729
NARRATOR: According to
mainstream archaeologists,

1290
01:12:15,730 --> 01:12:18,059
Edfu is believed to have
been built

1291
01:12:18,060 --> 01:12:22,929
sometime between 237 and 57 BC.

1292
01:12:22,930 --> 01:12:26,169
It is dedicated to
the falcon-headed god Horus,

1293
01:12:26,170 --> 01:12:29,209
the son of Osiris and Isis.

1294
01:12:29,210 --> 01:12:32,210
ROMANY: This temple was
one of the last temples

1295
01:12:31,580 --> 01:12:35,749
that was ever built in ancient
Egypt, during the Roman times.

1296
01:12:35,750 --> 01:12:37,750
When they built that temple,
they were like,

1297
01:12:37,680 --> 01:12:39,680
"We want to preserve
the stories,

1298
01:12:39,550 --> 01:12:43,149
"so let's gather all the
mythology of ancient Egypt

1299
01:12:43,150 --> 01:12:46,059
and try to put it
in one temple."

1300
01:12:46,060 --> 01:12:49,959
It took 150 years
to make this happen.

1301
01:12:49,960 --> 01:12:52,059
And then finally,
we had the book

1302
01:12:52,060 --> 01:12:53,629
of ancient Egyptian mythology.

1303
01:12:53,630 --> 01:12:56,630
It's right in front of us
on all these walls.

1304
01:12:56,500 --> 01:13:01,869
Every wall is absolutely covered
in hieroglyphs and images,

1305
01:13:01,870 --> 01:13:05,179
not only of the foundation
of ancient Egypt

1306
01:13:05,180 --> 01:13:10,079
and the first temple, but also
how the world came into being,

1307
01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:12,149
how Egypt came into being,

1308
01:13:12,150 --> 01:13:16,219
how the universe was essentially
founded in the first place.

1309
01:13:16,220 --> 01:13:19,989
I mean, there's just
so much here.

1310
01:13:19,990 --> 01:13:22,329
NARRATOR:
The most sacred part of Edfu,

1311
01:13:22,330 --> 01:13:25,559
the holy of holies,
is its inner sanctum,

1312
01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:29,200
featuring a 12-foot-tall
granite stone.

1313
01:13:31,100 --> 01:13:33,100
ROMANY:
This is it right here.

1314
01:13:33,070 --> 01:13:35,070
This is how it all began.

1315
01:13:34,770 --> 01:13:38,479
Every symbol, every text,
every little drawing in here

1316
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:42,109
represents the most sacred thing
for ancient Egyptians.

1317
01:13:42,110 --> 01:13:45,679
The question that humans now
still ask themselves:

1318
01:13:45,680 --> 01:13:49,149
How did it all began?
What created us?

1319
01:13:49,150 --> 01:13:50,289
Every religion talks about it.

1320
01:13:50,290 --> 01:13:52,419
Scientist tries to figure out.

1321
01:13:52,420 --> 01:13:56,090
Ancient Egyptians had an answer,
and it was right there.

1322
01:13:58,830 --> 01:14:02,129
Right on top of this is
the pyramidion.

1323
01:14:02,130 --> 01:14:04,599
That pyramidion is
the primeval mound

1324
01:14:04,600 --> 01:14:07,639
that appeared in the middle
of the marshes,

1325
01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:11,640
where all the gods came and
landed on for the first time

1326
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:13,309
to start creating humanity.

1327
01:14:13,310 --> 01:14:17,319
This is the beginning
of humanity.

1328
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:21,989
What we have here is a focus
of all of these chapels,

1329
01:14:21,990 --> 01:14:24,319
finishing with-with this
incredible structure

1330
01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:27,289
pointing towards the north.

1331
01:14:27,290 --> 01:14:30,129
It's actually pointing towards

1332
01:14:30,130 --> 01:14:32,799
the origins
of the gods themselves.

1333
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:34,800
It's a way of projecting

1334
01:14:34,530 --> 01:14:39,069
the soul back to its place of
origin amongst the stars.

1335
01:14:39,070 --> 01:14:41,070
There's another piece
of evidence here

1336
01:14:40,670 --> 01:14:42,009
that you might like.

1337
01:14:42,010 --> 01:14:45,409
This is the boat,

1338
01:14:45,410 --> 01:14:49,410
or a symbol of the boat that
they believed the gods came on

1339
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:53,649
to the first primeval stone.

1340
01:14:53,650 --> 01:14:57,089
So it's all here
in this sanctuary,

1341
01:14:57,090 --> 01:14:59,559
the whole story
of humanity's beginning,

1342
01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:01,560
you know,
its place in the stars,

1343
01:15:01,390 --> 01:15:04,390
and how it arrived here
in the first place.

1344
01:15:03,930 --> 01:15:08,269
This, to me, strongly suggests
that they were aware

1345
01:15:08,270 --> 01:15:11,269
that our origins are found
amongst the stars.

1346
01:15:11,270 --> 01:15:13,499
I think probably
the answer is yes.

1347
01:15:13,500 --> 01:15:15,869
Or could it just simply be

1348
01:15:15,870 --> 01:15:19,039
humans trying
to make religions explain

1349
01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:21,079
what science can't explain?

1350
01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:24,080
But I don't think
it's about religion.

1351
01:15:22,980 --> 01:15:24,749
This is about cosmology,

1352
01:15:24,750 --> 01:15:26,919
an ancient cosmology

1353
01:15:26,920 --> 01:15:28,920
that was believed by
the ancient Egyptians,

1354
01:15:28,690 --> 01:15:32,189
and a cosmology that we're now
beginning to understand

1355
01:15:32,190 --> 01:15:34,259
for the first time,
within science,

1356
01:15:34,260 --> 01:15:37,399
whether it be to do with
astronomy, astrophysics,

1357
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:40,099
or quantum existence.

1358
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:43,739
NARRATOR:
Are the ancient hieroglyphs--

1359
01:15:43,740 --> 01:15:45,740
carefully inscribed
on the granite stone

1360
01:15:45,700 --> 01:15:47,469
at the Temple of Edfu--

1361
01:15:47,470 --> 01:15:51,279
merely the fanciful notions
of ancient Egyptian priests,

1362
01:15:51,280 --> 01:15:55,180
or could they be based on
actual historical events?

1363
01:15:56,980 --> 01:16:00,149
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,

1364
01:16:00,150 --> 01:16:02,789
they believe that
extraterrestrials first came

1365
01:16:02,790 --> 01:16:05,959
to Egypt in a pyramid-shaped
spacecraft

1366
01:16:05,960 --> 01:16:08,960
that was later referred to in
the Pyramid Texts

1367
01:16:08,390 --> 01:16:10,259
as the Benben stone.

1368
01:16:10,260 --> 01:16:13,159
But once here,
they may have used

1369
01:16:13,160 --> 01:16:15,329
an even more incredible
technology

1370
01:16:15,330 --> 01:16:17,839
to travel to the stars and back:

1371
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:22,269
the so-called Ship of Eternity.

1372
01:16:22,270 --> 01:16:25,109
HENRY:
The story here is that Osiris,

1373
01:16:25,110 --> 01:16:27,880
the god of resurrection,
was cut into pieces.

1374
01:16:29,850 --> 01:16:34,689
The head of Osiris
was found at Abydos.

1375
01:16:34,690 --> 01:16:38,789
When we look at the hieroglyph
for the head of Osiris,

1376
01:16:38,790 --> 01:16:42,760
it clearly resembles an
electrical transformer.

1377
01:16:46,530 --> 01:16:51,339
On the opposite wall, we see
the same device attached

1378
01:16:51,340 --> 01:16:55,340
to what is referred to as the
Ark of the Millions of Years,

1379
01:16:55,270 --> 01:16:57,139
the Ship of Eternity.

1380
01:16:57,140 --> 01:17:00,509
The pyramid texts are replete
with stories

1381
01:17:00,510 --> 01:17:04,319
of the pharaohs flying through
the cosmos

1382
01:17:04,320 --> 01:17:07,289
on the Ship of Eternity,
which they portrayed

1383
01:17:07,290 --> 01:17:10,290
on the walls of the temples
as looking exactly like

1384
01:17:09,950 --> 01:17:13,289
the way modern science portrays
a wormhole.

1385
01:17:13,290 --> 01:17:16,559
The ancient Egyptians believed
that the human body

1386
01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:20,129
could be transformed into
a light being form

1387
01:17:20,130 --> 01:17:22,369
that matched that of the gods.

1388
01:17:22,370 --> 01:17:25,969
And so, we have to ask,
is this device some kind

1389
01:17:25,970 --> 01:17:29,839
of a transformational device
that could take the human body,

1390
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:33,009
turn it into
a light being form, perhaps,

1391
01:17:33,010 --> 01:17:35,979
that could then travel through
a wormhole

1392
01:17:35,980 --> 01:17:37,679
to a distant star system?

1393
01:17:37,680 --> 01:17:39,579
Orion, for example.

1394
01:17:39,580 --> 01:17:44,059
NARRATOR: Does the
Ship of Eternity represent

1395
01:17:44,060 --> 01:17:47,259
a star gate through which
extraterrestrials--

1396
01:17:47,260 --> 01:17:49,259
and perhaps even humans--

1397
01:17:49,260 --> 01:17:52,829
traveled instantaneously to
other parts of the universe?

1398
01:17:52,830 --> 01:17:56,599
Perhaps even back to their
home planet located somewhere

1399
01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:59,030
in the constellation of Orion?

1400
01:18:01,210 --> 01:18:04,079
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

1401
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:09,279
and they suggest that such a
device may still exist today

1402
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:12,219
hidden within a recently
discovered void

1403
01:18:12,220 --> 01:18:15,820
inside the Great Pyramid.

1404
01:18:20,830 --> 01:18:22,489
NARRATOR:
An ancient Hebrew text

1405
01:18:22,490 --> 01:18:25,859
from the 3rd century BC
entitled<i> Exagoge,</i>

1406
01:18:25,860 --> 01:18:27,429
attributed to the poet

1407
01:18:27,430 --> 01:18:30,439
and playwright known as
Ezekiel the Tragedian,

1408
01:18:30,440 --> 01:18:34,239
tells the story of a strange
encounter Moses had

1409
01:18:34,240 --> 01:18:36,909
while on Mount Sinai.

1410
01:18:36,910 --> 01:18:40,949
Moses comes upon a noble being
who's sitting on a throne.

1411
01:18:40,950 --> 01:18:44,419
This noble being invites Moses

1412
01:18:44,420 --> 01:18:47,420
to sit on the throne,
and when he does so,

1413
01:18:46,580 --> 01:18:49,690
this noble being gives him
a crown and a scepter.

1414
01:18:51,720 --> 01:18:57,629
Suddenly, Moses finds himself
looking at the Earth from space.

1415
01:18:57,630 --> 01:19:00,429
TSOUKALOS: It actually gives
the description.

1416
01:19:00,430 --> 01:19:03,969
"I looked forth upon the earth's
wide circle...

1417
01:19:03,970 --> 01:19:08,239
Then at my feet, behold,
a thousand stars."

1418
01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:11,240
So we have to look at these
ancient stories

1419
01:19:11,080 --> 01:19:13,979
and wonder what's described.

1420
01:19:13,980 --> 01:19:16,980
How is it possible that
you put on a crown

1421
01:19:16,810 --> 01:19:19,810
and all of a sudden
you're in space?

1422
01:19:19,150 --> 01:19:21,919
NARRATOR:
According to the Hebrew Bible,

1423
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:25,419
Moses was raised as a nobleman
in ancient Egypt,

1424
01:19:25,420 --> 01:19:27,759
and as the adopted son
and brother

1425
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:29,789
of two powerful pharaohs.

1426
01:19:29,790 --> 01:19:33,129
Is it possible that when he led
the Israelites

1427
01:19:33,130 --> 01:19:35,169
on their Exodus into the desert,

1428
01:19:35,170 --> 01:19:40,169
he was already in possession of
secret extraterrestrial devices,

1429
01:19:40,170 --> 01:19:44,639
devices that would be thousands
of years ahead of his time?

1430
01:19:44,640 --> 01:19:47,809
JASON MARTELL: Today, through
augmented reality and VR,

1431
01:19:47,810 --> 01:19:49,909
we can see that our
technological advances

1432
01:19:49,910 --> 01:19:53,019
can actually extend someone
into a whole new environment

1433
01:19:53,020 --> 01:19:55,119
by placing these devices
on their head.

1434
01:19:55,120 --> 01:19:58,619
It's very possible that some of
these ancient devices,

1435
01:19:58,620 --> 01:20:00,629
constructed for the pharaoh,

1436
01:20:00,630 --> 01:20:02,629
were actually extending
their consciousness

1437
01:20:02,630 --> 01:20:04,699
to another physical location.

1438
01:20:04,700 --> 01:20:07,529
Or possibly project
his physical body,

1439
01:20:07,530 --> 01:20:11,139
like a star gate,
to some other location.

1440
01:20:11,140 --> 01:20:12,539
NARRATOR:
Is it possible

1441
01:20:12,540 --> 01:20:15,039
that the biblical account
of a throne--

1442
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:18,209
one that transported Moses
to the stars--

1443
01:20:18,210 --> 01:20:22,209
is directly connected
to Dr. Giulio Magli's theory

1444
01:20:22,210 --> 01:20:25,949
that the recently discovered
void inside the Great Pyramid

1445
01:20:25,950 --> 01:20:28,689
could contain
some sort of sacred

1446
01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:31,759
metallic transportation device?

1447
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:35,059
And if so,
could it be the same object

1448
01:20:35,060 --> 01:20:37,559
that the ancient Egyptians
referred to

1449
01:20:37,560 --> 01:20:39,759
as the Ship of Eternity?

1450
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:44,999
For ancient astronaut theorists,
the answer is a profound yes,

1451
01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:47,639
and they believe that
the ultimate evidence

1452
01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:54,649
of Earth's extraterrestrial past
may be closer than ever before.

1453
01:20:54,650 --> 01:20:57,009
This place, to me,
is ground zero

1454
01:20:57,010 --> 01:21:02,349
for all of the theories
that I have investigated.

1455
01:21:02,350 --> 01:21:05,489
And actually, my resolve
has strengthened

1456
01:21:05,490 --> 01:21:11,699
in taking a secondary and a
tertiary look at ancient Egypt,

1457
01:21:11,700 --> 01:21:14,199
to look at even more evidence,

1458
01:21:14,200 --> 01:21:17,029
because I think that's
incredibly important.

1459
01:21:17,030 --> 01:21:21,030
What I've learned as well is
that just the fact that you,

1460
01:21:20,540 --> 01:21:25,479
and hopefully others,
are also open-minded enough

1461
01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:28,279
to debate and discuss
the theories,

1462
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:30,409
which is extremely important,
in my opinion.

1463
01:21:30,410 --> 01:21:33,249
That's how science
actually works.

1464
01:21:33,250 --> 01:21:37,619
Absolutely. Look, I agree
that many of the ancient things

1465
01:21:37,620 --> 01:21:40,419
are rooted in symbolism.

1466
01:21:40,420 --> 01:21:42,129
However, my question is always

1467
01:21:42,130 --> 01:21:46,029
how or where
did the symbolism originate?

1468
01:21:46,030 --> 01:21:50,939
Many of the ancient structure
were built in honor of the gods,

1469
01:21:50,940 --> 01:21:53,799
but my question is why?

1470
01:21:53,800 --> 01:21:57,269
And where did it begin?
And, above all, how?

1471
01:21:57,270 --> 01:22:00,309
- How was the religion inspired?
- Yes.

1472
01:22:00,310 --> 01:22:01,809
What inspired the religion?

1473
01:22:01,810 --> 01:22:04,810
-Yes.
-And it's a great question
to have.

1474
01:22:04,150 --> 01:22:07,150
And I don't have
an answer for it.

1475
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:09,919
- We are at a crossroads...
- Yes.

1476
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,719
...that is about to change
the future.

1477
01:22:12,720 --> 01:22:18,059
I think we're about to enter
a new era of archaeotechnology.

1478
01:22:18,060 --> 01:22:21,599
And, when archaeology
and technology mix together,

1479
01:22:21,600 --> 01:22:28,209
I think the future of Egyptology
will be fascinating.

1480
01:22:28,210 --> 01:22:33,979
I mean, think how much, how much
stuff is under the sands

1481
01:22:33,980 --> 01:22:36,980
-just right in front of you,
right here.
-Yes.

1482
01:22:36,150 --> 01:22:39,349
I 100% agree.

1483
01:22:39,350 --> 01:22:41,519
I argue that perhaps
the ancient Egyptians

1484
01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,689
had access to sophisticated
technology.

1485
01:22:44,690 --> 01:22:48,429
So, the fact that we today are
discovering ancient sites

1486
01:22:48,430 --> 01:22:52,329
by means of modern technology,

1487
01:22:52,330 --> 01:22:55,569
that, to me, is the present
meeting the past,

1488
01:22:55,570 --> 01:22:59,900
and the past meeting the present
and the future, of course.

1489
01:23:01,370 --> 01:23:03,469
NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,

1490
01:23:03,470 --> 01:23:06,639
the mysteries of the early
Egyptians are perhaps

1491
01:23:06,640 --> 01:23:11,379
best understood as an attempt
by them to replicate behavior

1492
01:23:11,380 --> 01:23:13,579
that was practiced
by their ancestors

1493
01:23:13,580 --> 01:23:15,219
thousands of years earlier,

1494
01:23:15,220 --> 01:23:17,989
when the region served
as the center

1495
01:23:17,990 --> 01:23:21,760
of extraterrestrial activity
on our planet.

1496
01:23:23,860 --> 01:23:27,359
They also believe that new,
cutting-edge technologies,

1497
01:23:27,360 --> 01:23:30,399
like the one used to discover
the mysterious void

1498
01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:32,499
inside the Great Pyramid,

1499
01:23:32,500 --> 01:23:35,970
will be instrumental
in proving their theory.

1500
01:23:37,370 --> 01:23:42,680
For them, the answers exist
all around us.

1501
01:23:45,580 --> 01:23:49,589
And once we discover the truth,

1502
01:23:49,590 --> 01:23:53,619
humankind will be ready
to realize

1503
01:23:53,620 --> 01:23:56,459
its ultimate destiny.