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NARRATOR:
More than 5,000 years ago,
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Egypt gave rise to
the world’s first great empire,
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and in the 20th century,
a mysterious woman
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named Omm Sety helped bring
ancient Egypt back to life.
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LYNN PICKNETT:
Omm Sety was one of
the most remarkable women
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of the 20th century--
possibly ever.
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She moved modern archaeology
along enormously.
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NARRATOR:
She claimed to be
the reincarnation
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of a priestess.
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ANDREW COLLINS: Omm Sety
had an incredible insight
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into ancient Egypt in a way
which went beyond the norm.
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NARRATOR: And she
astonished archaeologists
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with her incredible knowledge.
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KATHLEEN McGOWAN: They’re
fond of saying in Abydos
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that Omm Sety was never wrong.
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And she was not.
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NARRATOR:
But was Omm Sety being directed
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by some unseen force?
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Perhaps one
of otherworldly origin?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
She truly believed that
she was bringing back
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the old age of the gods.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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NARRATOR:
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism
and Antiquities
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stages "The Pharaohs’
Golden Parade,"
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a glittering celebration
honoring
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the nation’s ancient rulers.
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The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade
was a major spectacle.
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Mummies of ancient Egypt’s
greatest pharaohs,
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22 of them,
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paraded through the capital.
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All of Egypt is watching.
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The world’s watching,
and there’s just
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tremendous excitement.
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JONATHAN YOUNG:
The bodies were paraded
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through the majestic boulevards
of Cairo
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to a new home, a new palace,
a new museum.
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Nothing like this had happened
since the days of Cleopatra,
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and the glory of ancient Egypt
was rediscovered by the world.
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NARRATOR:
The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade
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was intended to revitalize
Egypt’s tourism industry.
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And the three-mile procession
from the old Egyptian Museum
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in Tahrir Square
to the new National Museum
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seemed to bring a
long-forgotten age back to life.
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In the Western world,
in the 21st century,
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people are hungry for
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connecting with something
truly ancient and very powerful.
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That’s ancient Egypt.
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And what we’re starting to see
is a tremendous resurgence
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and interest in the Egyptian
mysteries and the gods.
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NARRATOR:
Considered by most historians
to be the world’s
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first great empire,
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ancient Egypt is of
enormous significance to
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the ancient astronaut theory.
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It was a place
of colossal structures,
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technologies so advanced
that they continue to astonish,
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and a pantheon of gods said to
have come from the stars.
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In ancient Egypt,
one of the origin stories says
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that a long time ago
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a pyramid-shaped stone
descended from the sky.
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Out of which
the first creator gods
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emerged and started
Egyptian civilization.
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In fact,
they referred to a golden age
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when the gods still mingled
with human beings.
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In ancient Egypt,
it’s chock-full
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of references of celestial
beings descending from the sky
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and imparting knowledge
to our ancestors.
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NARRATOR:
Egyptian civilization arose
in North Africa
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around 3100 BC,
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and thrived for 3,000 years,
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before being conquered
by the Roman Empire.
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Over the centuries,
many of its monuments--
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celebrating the gods
and pharaohs--
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were literally overcome
by the sands of time.
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But Egypt came roaring back
to the world’s attention
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in the 20th century,
thanks in large part
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to the contributions of one
of the most extraordinary
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and unlikely Egyptologists
who ever lived--
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Dorothy Eady,
more commonly known as Omm Sety.
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COLLINS:
Omm Sety had
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an incredible insight
into ancient Egypt in a way
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which went beyond the norm.
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TSOUKALOS: She wrote books,
she wrote articles.
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She was one of the most
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accomplished Egyptologists
the world has ever known.
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And she had no formal training.
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Personally,
I think Omm Sety was one of
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the most remarkable women
of the 20th century--
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possibly ever.
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NARRATOR:
Omm Sety astounded
Egyptologists with her
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ability to accurately
predict the location
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of lost ruins and artifacts--
seemingly out of the blue.
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Her incredible story includes
revelations from a past life,
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communicating with
ancient pharaohs and gods,
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and ultimately,
recovering critical pieces
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of Egypt’s lost history.
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There are many who believe
the life of Omm Sety
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was guided by a higher power--
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especially when considering
it began with a miracle.
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Three-year-old Dorothy Eady
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is playing in her family home
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when she takes a terrible
fall down the stairs.
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When the doctor comes
to examine her,
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she is completely nonresponsive,
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and he soon pronounces her dead.
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But when the doctor returns
to collect her body,
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he is shocked at what he sees.
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McGOWAN:
When he comes back
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to prepare the body,
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little Dorothy is sitting up,
and playing,
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and eating candy.
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The doctor was certain that
little Dorothy had been dead,
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but here she was, and she was
awake, and she was great.
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NARRATOR:
But while she suffered no
lasting injuries from the fall,
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Dorothy Eady’s personality
had changed in a way
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that deeply disturbed
her parents.
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PICKNETT:
She was like a different girl.
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And she started talking about
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going home, "I want to go home."
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And her parents,
of course, said,
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"But you are home, darling."
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You know, she said,
"No, I want to go home!
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Not here-- home!"
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NARRATOR: The following year,
a family trip
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to the British Museum in London
gave her parents
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more cause for concern.
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Everything was going normally
until they got to the area
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of the Egyptian rooms.
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And this little girl
ran up to the statues
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and kissed the feet
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and was just
out of her mind with joy.
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NARRATOR:
Not long after,
Dorothy began having
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recurring visions of a place
that would dominate her life
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for the next 60 years--
the Temple of Seti
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in the small
Egyptian town of Abydos.
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DEES:
Her father brings home
an exploration magazine
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and it has photographs
of the ruins
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of the Temple of Seti in Abydos.
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And she sees it
all ruined with sand
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and the roof caved in,
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and she starts to cry.
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Because that’s her place
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and something terrible
has happened to it.
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Here’s this little girl saying,
"Not only did I live there,
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"but it looked
completely different
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when I lived there
thousands of years ago."
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NARRATOR:
Did Dorothy Eady simply have
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an extraordinary imagination?
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Or is it possible--
as many researchers suspect--
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that when she hit her head
falling down the stairs
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it awakened a memory
of a past life?
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SPRAGUE:
There have actually been
many documented cases
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where someone who has suffered
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a brain injury or head trauma
suddenly has something unlocked
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within them and now they can
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play an instrument
that they never learned
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or speak a language that
they’d never spoken before,
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or have some sort of skill that
seemingly came out of nowhere.
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It is possible that
because of the fall
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that Dorothy endured
that this is what happened.
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She had something unlocked
in her brain and all of a sudden
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she can actually tap into
a past life experience.
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NARRATOR:
Reincarnation is defined
as the rebirth of a soul
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into a new body,
and from an early age,
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Dorothy Eady sensed she had
lived a past life in Abydos.
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While many in the West view
reincarnation with skepticism,
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numerous cultures,
both past and present,
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consider it an integral
part of their belief system--
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and ancient Egypt
was no exception.
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In ancient Egyptian religion
there was a great emphasis
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on the next life, the afterlife.
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The ancient Egyptians did
believe in reincarnation,
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that the soul
appeared many times.
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NARRATOR: Omm Sety was famous
for accessing memories
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from a past life,
but she herself claimed
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that much of her knowledge
was given to her by figures
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she encountered in the night.
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Figures that came to her
from the distant past--
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and some that came
from the stars.
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NARRATOR:
At the British Museum,
ten-year-old Dorothy Eady
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is exploring the
Egyptian galleries
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when she catches the eye of one
of the world’s most prominent
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Egyptologists--
Sir Ernest Wallis Budge.
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TSOUKALOS:
Wallace Budge
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took her under his wing.
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And at the time, he was it, man.
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You couldn’t get any higher.
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And, all of a sudden, this guy
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is interested in a ten-year-old?
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Well, there had to
be something there
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that was
absolutely extraordinary.
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PICKNETT:
This tiny child
just knew everything.
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She took to Egyptian
hieroglyphics
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very readily.
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Um, and sort of almost
paranormally swiftly.
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NARRATOR:
With over 1,000
distinct characters,
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hieroglyphic writing takes
modern scholars years to master.
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Did Dorothy Eady simply have
an unusual aptitude
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for mastering a
complicated writing system?
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Or is there another explanation?
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Years later, Dorothy would
answer that question herself.
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At the age of 27,
Dorothy Eady takes a job
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with a political journal
advocating for
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greater Egyptian independence
from Great Britain.
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The British had had
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control over Egypt
for quite a long time.
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And there was a
semi-independence,
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but-but still not independence.
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So, Dorothy was
headlong into that.
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RAMY ROMANY:
At that time, there was a
crazy Egyptian Egyptomania
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presence around the world.
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Dorothy was ahead of them.
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She was already
obsessed with Egypt.
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She started working
at an Egyptian
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PR relations magazine in London.
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And that’s when she met
Eman Abdel Meguid.
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He was a student at the time.
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DEES:
Eman was a young Egyptian man
studying to be a teacher.
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And Eman fell head
over heels in love with this
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energetic, passionate woman.
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And when he had to
go back to Egypt,
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he asked her to marry him--
and she did.
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(ship horn blowing)
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She just went to Cairo.
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NARRATOR:
Dorothy and Eman married
and moved in with
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Eman’s parents in Cairo.
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Not long after,
she gave birth to a baby boy
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and named him Sety,
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after the great pharaoh of
the 19th Dynasty, Seti I.
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In accordance with
Egyptian tradition,
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Dorothy changes her name
to reflect her status
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as an Egyptian mother.
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DEES:
Whoever your
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firstborn child is you are
the mother of that child.
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You are Omm, the mother,
and then the child’s name.
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NARRATOR:
Dorothy Eady is now Omm Sety,
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and she spends
every moment she can
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exploring the archeological
wonders of ancient Egypt.
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She went all over.
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She studied everywhere.
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And she specifically went to
Giza Plateau a lot.
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She is obsessed by
the Pyramid of Giza.
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And she ended up meeting
Selim Hassan.
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Selim is a huge person.
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He’s the godfather
of Egyptology.
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He liked her enthusiasm
about archaeology.
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PICKNETT: He was terribly
impressed by her.
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I mean, she was no
sort of mad flake.
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She knew stuff.
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She was very handy.
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And also,
she offered her services
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as a proofreader
of his writings,
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and as a drafts woman
because she was very good
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at drawing his finds.
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NARRATOR:
Omm Sety became a pivotal
contributor to Hassan’s work,
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sketching the illustrations of
his findings and helping to edit
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his towering opus,
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the ten-volume
Excavations at Giza.
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To this day,
many Egyptologists consider it
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to be the most important study
of the Giza Plateau,
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which is the home of the
Great Pyramids and the Sphinx.
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Ultimately, Omm Sety
became so consumed with studying
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ancient Egypt that it left her
no room for her marriage.
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DEES:
She sometimes would just
spend the night out
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in one of the tombs
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and she would bring her baby.
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And of course,
her husband realized that
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this just was a marriage
that could not work
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and he didn’t want his child
brought up in that environment.
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He asked for a divorce.
He got custody.
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NARRATOR:
Around this same time,
in the early 1930s,
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Omm Sety began to have
mysterious encounters at night,
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awakening in what she described
as a trance-like state
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to find a figure
in ancient Egyptian garb
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standing before her.
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This entity refers to
himself as Hor-Ra,
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and he begins to
give her information,
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and he tells her
to write it down.
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She was writing it
in a type of cursive,
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hieroglyphic script
known as demotic writing,
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but in her daily living life,
she could not write demotic.
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And this went on for
almost a year until she had
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70-plus pages of information
in this demotic script.
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It wasn’t until she sat down
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with a number of
demotic dictionaries
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and went through
the manuscript page-by-page
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and began to actually
translate it,
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that she ultimately
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came up with the story
that he was telling her.
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NARRATOR: According to
Omm Sety’s writings,
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Hor-Ra had related
the story of Omm Sety’s own
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previous life in ancient Egypt
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as a girl named Bentreshyt,
born in Abydos in 1300 BC.
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Eventually, Bentreshyt became
a priestess of the goddess Isis,
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and got involved in a secret
affair with the Pharaoh Seti I.
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But who was this mysterious
messenger called Hor-Ra?
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And what was his reason
for telling Omm Sety
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the story of her past life?
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What happened to Omm Sety
is actually extremely similar
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to everything
we’ve learned about
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close encounters with
extraterrestrial beings.
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Some sort of message is
imparted to a human being
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and then it’s up to them
how they interpret it
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and use that information.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Hor-Ra
was an actual visitor
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from another time--
or another world?
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Soon after Omm Sety
learned about her past life
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in ancient Abydos,
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she had another
nocturnal visitation
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and was transported
back in time to her home,
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and to her former lover,
Pharaoh Seti I.
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MASTERS:
Omm Sety describes
going to Abydos.
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And she also claims to have
visited not just that place,
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but the time that she claims
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to have hailed from in 1300 BC.
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Over 3,000 years ago.
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It was very important
because it helped her
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to provide information
to modern-day archaeologists
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who are looking for things.
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She knew they existed
before they were found.
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HENRY:
The way Dorothy Eady
describes her interaction
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sounds strikingly similar
to modern-era
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alien abduction phenomenon.
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She describes this
amorphous shimmering being
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suddenly appearing before her
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in a physical form
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and then takes her
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to an otherworldly realm
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where she’s given
specific knowledge
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and then is returned
to her room.
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You have to wonder whether
she was perhaps actually taken
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physically back in time
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then brought back
to the present.
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So, is it possible that
the strange entities
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that were coming to her
were extraterrestrials?
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NARRATOR:
In Cairo, Omm Sety
impressed Egyptologists
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with her understanding
of hieroglyphs
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and knowledge
of the ancient world.
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But the astounding revelations
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for which she would
become famous
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had to do with the place
she claimed to be
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her home in a past life,
the sacred city of Abydos.
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And when she finally
returned there,
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her insights
would prove critical
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to reconstructing a temple that,
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according to the
ancient Egyptians,
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provided a direct connection
to the gods.
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NARRATOR:
After 20 years in Cairo,
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Omm Sety feels
an irresistible urge
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to move to Abydos-- the place
she dreamt of as a child,
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and which she believed
was her home in a former life.
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300 miles south of Cairo,
this 5,000-year-old town
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was once the chief pilgrimage
center of ancient Egypt.
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People came to worship Osiris,
the god of the underworld,
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who brought knowledge
to the people of the Nile.
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YOUNG:
The faithful,
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in a strong tradition may
have a pilgrimage site.
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Abydos was that
for the ancient Egyptians
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as Varanasi is for
the Hindu in India,
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Jerusalem for the Jews,
Mecca for Islam.
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These places change you.
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NARRATOR:
According to
Egypt’s Pyramid Texts,
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the gods Osiris and Isis
came to Earth
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from their home in the stars
of Orion’s Belt.
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Is it more than mere coincidence
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that Omm Sety was drawn
to Abydos--
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the place where Egypt’s most
important gods were worshipped?
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Could it be that she was led to
this location because it served
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an important purpose
for otherworldly visitors?
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CHILDRESS:
When you look back at
ancient Egyptian history
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and the various stories
that the gods came down
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to educate the Egyptians
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who have power and very
high-tech means to do things,
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including building the pyramids
and raising obelisks,
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moving stones that weigh
hundreds of tons.
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It would seem like
they’re extraterrestrials.
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And so, that Omm Sety was
living in Abydos is significant.
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NARRATOR:
With decades of experience
assisting Egyptologists
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in Cairo, 47-year-old Omm Sety
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seeks out Edouard Ghazouli,
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the man in charge of
excavating the ruins
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of the Temple of Seti I,
which is in shambles.
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Having heard of
Omm Sety’s uncanny knowledge,
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Ghazouli devises a test,
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asking her to find specific
locations and carvings within
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the temple that he and his
team have just discovered.
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-Long time, no see!
-Hello, Omm Sety.
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-Don’t get up.
-How are you?
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NARRATOR: Omm Sety herself
described this test
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in a 1981 BBC documentary
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called Omm Seti and Her Egypt.
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They said that
they would test me.
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The first time I went in,
they told me where to go.
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It was the chapel of Amun.
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So, I went right in,
and they told me to go
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in front of the scene of
the sacred boats, which I did.
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Called out.
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They came, they found me
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where I was supposed to be.
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They said, "Ah,
that’s just chance."
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I said, "Well, try again."
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Well, they tried several times,
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and each time,
I was in the right place.
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It was as if I walked in...
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into a place where I had lived
before and knew all about it.
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INTERVIEWER:
Did you recognize anybody
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from the reliefs?
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SETY:
Oh, Seti!
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The King Seti.
I had known him.
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NARRATOR: The archaeologists
on-site were astounded
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by Omm Sety’s
unexplainable knowledge.
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But what left them
truly stunned was her revelation
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of a temple garden
that no one knew existed.
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CHILDRESS:
She asked them,
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where is this garden that she
was very familiar with?
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And the archeologists said,
"Well, there’s no garden here."
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TSOUKALOS: And she said,
"It’s over there, just go dig."
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And the head excavator says,
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"We know for a fact there’s
no garden over there."
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And she says, "Yes, yes,
there is, please just do it."
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And they started digging,
and they found the garden.
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So, it’s stuff like that--
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just speaking right now,
I have goose bumps,
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because stuff like that
shouldn’t happen.
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NARRATOR:
Omm Sety remained at the temple
for the rest of her life,
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helping to uncover
artifacts known to her
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not only from
her past life memories,
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but also from
the visitors she continued
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to encounter in her dreams.
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While these
dream-state encounters
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were regarded with skepticism
in the 20th century,
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in ancient Egypt,
they were not uncommon.
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One of the key
aspects of Omm Sety’s story
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is the dream conduit
that she opened up
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to receive knowledge
and also to connect with
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these otherworldly beings.
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This is something
that’s very important
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to the ancient Egyptians.
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NARRATOR:
In the ancient world,
there was a religious practice
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often referred to as
"incubation,"
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which involved
sleeping in a sacred area
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with the intention of
experiencing
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a divinely inspired dream.
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Stories of sleep incubation can
be found in the Hebrew Bible,
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in ancient Greece,
and perhaps most commonly
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in ancient Egypt.
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HENRY:
There’s story after story
of people coming,
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for example, to Saqqara,
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which was a
dream incubation center.
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People would come to Saqqara,
go into a dream,
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and have an experience
with the god Ptah
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or a healing entity,
and be cured of
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whatever that malady was.
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PICKNETT:
Going back to
Pharaoh Seti the first,
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he depended upon dreams.
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He had a dream that
informed him where to dig
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to find the-- what was
already ancient Osirion.
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So, it was not unknown
for the ancient Egyptians,
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to use dreams
in a very practical way.
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NARRATOR:
According to Omm Sety,
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after she moved to Abydos,
Pharaoh Seti--
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who had been visiting her
in the night--
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began to appear to her
even when she was not asleep
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or in a meditative state.
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CHILDRESS:
People would allegedly see
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him in her room
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as a physical person.
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So, how could this be?
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Is he an extraterrestrial
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who is able to travel
through different dimensions
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and to different times?
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NARRATOR:
If the figure that
appeared to Omm Sety
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as the Pharaoh Seti
was an extraterrestrial,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest, what was his agenda?
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Perhaps further clues can
be found by taking a closer look
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at the life of
this mysterious pharaoh.
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NARRATOR:
Thebes, Egypt. 1290 BC.
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00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:05,193
The elderly
King Rameses I passes away
491
00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:07,772
after a reign of just 16 months,
492
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:12,490
and his son Seti is announced
as the new pharaoh.
493
00:26:12,613 --> 00:26:14,663
Egypt is in a period of chaos,
494
00:26:14,782 --> 00:26:17,282
and Pharaoh Seti
believes the only way
495
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:21,659
to save it is to restore
the power of the old gods.
496
00:26:21,789 --> 00:26:24,249
Pharaoh Seti is one of
the most important characters
497
00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:25,713
in Egyptian history.
498
00:26:25,793 --> 00:26:29,593
And one of Seti’s
most important objectives
499
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:32,631
as pharaoh was to
bring back the old gods,
500
00:26:32,716 --> 00:26:35,966
to bring back
the power of the old gods,
501
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:39,473
the understanding of
the importance of Osiris.
502
00:26:39,598 --> 00:26:41,638
One of the things
that he does as part of
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00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:43,887
that restoration of
the old ways
504
00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:47,517
to the multiple gods
is go to Abydos,
505
00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:51,778
builds the temple there with
lots of different side temples
506
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:54,950
that are there to worship these
different gods and goddesses.
507
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:58,280
NARRATOR:
In Abydos, Seti built
one of the most
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00:26:58,367 --> 00:27:00,327
magnificent temples
in all of Egypt,
509
00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:05,082
containing seven chapels
dedicated to different gods.
510
00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:12,255
But when Omm Sety arrived in
Abydos in 1951, the great temple
511
00:27:12,339 --> 00:27:15,839
she claimed to have known in
her past life was all but gone.
512
00:27:18,011 --> 00:27:21,141
HENRY:
There was around
2,500 pieces of the temple
513
00:27:21,223 --> 00:27:23,223
scattered everywhere,
514
00:27:23,350 --> 00:27:25,230
and Ghazouli and others
had no idea
515
00:27:25,352 --> 00:27:27,522
how to fit these pieces
back together.
516
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:31,356
But Omm Sety, maintaining that
she had this past life memory,
517
00:27:31,441 --> 00:27:33,821
could tell them, "Oh,
this piece would go here.
518
00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:37,322
This piece would go there. I
remember it looking like this."
519
00:27:40,159 --> 00:27:42,659
TSOUKALOS:
This was an incredibly
daunting task.
520
00:27:42,744 --> 00:27:44,164
But she started each day
521
00:27:44,246 --> 00:27:47,746
with unbridled passion
and enthusiasm.
522
00:27:47,875 --> 00:27:50,385
And Abydos was reconstructed,
523
00:27:50,502 --> 00:27:55,172
according to
Omm Sety’s instructions.
524
00:27:56,300 --> 00:27:58,760
McGOWAN:
She solves the amazing
jigsaw puzzle,
525
00:27:58,886 --> 00:28:01,256
putting together
these 2,500 pieces
526
00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:04,518
and restoring the Temple of
Abydos in two and a half years,
527
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,600
which is absolutely impossible
528
00:28:06,727 --> 00:28:09,397
without her extraordinary
understanding of the temple.
529
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,731
It would have taken
20 years for anybody else
530
00:28:11,857 --> 00:28:13,897
to do the work that she did
in two and a half years.
531
00:28:15,402 --> 00:28:19,742
NARRATOR:
According to Omm Sety,
restoring the temple at Abydos
532
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:23,285
was about much more than
just resurrecting the past.
533
00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:27,123
To her closest friends,
she confided that
534
00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:32,287
this ancient structure served
an extraordinary purpose.
535
00:28:32,419 --> 00:28:34,299
Omm Sety would actually
state that
536
00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:38,631
the Temple of Abydos served as
a star gate of sorts,
537
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,969
a place where you were able to
538
00:28:41,094 --> 00:28:43,854
jump in and out of
time and space.
539
00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:48,144
NARRATOR:
A star gate?
540
00:28:48,268 --> 00:28:51,808
Could the Temple of Abydos
have acted as a portal
541
00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:53,939
to other points in the universe?
542
00:28:54,066 --> 00:28:57,236
According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
543
00:28:57,319 --> 00:29:01,659
a feature inside the temple
supports this sensational claim.
544
00:29:01,782 --> 00:29:06,292
They point to a bell-shaped
object painted on a chapel wall
545
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:09,330
that some refer to as
the Osiris Device.
546
00:29:09,456 --> 00:29:11,956
HENRY:
When we look at this symbol
through modern eyes,
547
00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:13,632
it’s highly technological.
548
00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:15,840
To the eyes of
a physicist or an engineer,
549
00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:18,053
it looks like a Tesla coil.
550
00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:20,181
And you wonder,
what could an image
551
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:21,970
that resembles a Tesla coil
552
00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:26,224
be doing on the walls of
a temple that’s 3,500 years old?
553
00:29:26,306 --> 00:29:31,056
NARRATOR:
The Tesla coil was designed
in the late 1800s
554
00:29:31,144 --> 00:29:32,734
by inventor Nikola Tesla
555
00:29:32,813 --> 00:29:36,073
as a way to wirelessly
transmit electricity.
556
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:40,319
But ancient astronaut theorists
suggest there is a far more
557
00:29:40,404 --> 00:29:44,824
advanced technology depicted on
the opposite wall of the chapel.
558
00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:49,203
HENRY:
On the opposite wall,
we see the same device,
559
00:29:49,329 --> 00:29:51,999
but now it’s attached to
what is called
560
00:29:52,082 --> 00:29:55,882
the Neshmet Barge of Osiris,
his resurrection barge.
561
00:29:56,003 --> 00:29:59,713
And what’s so amazing about
this barge is that its shape
562
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:03,050
is virtually identical
to the way modern science
563
00:30:03,176 --> 00:30:07,886
portrays a wormhole or
an Einstein-Rosen bridge.
564
00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:10,855
McGOWAN:
The power of Abydos
is something
565
00:30:10,976 --> 00:30:14,186
that we’re still only
beginning to understand.
566
00:30:14,271 --> 00:30:17,651
It’s such a profoundly
mysterious place.
567
00:30:18,984 --> 00:30:20,364
NARRATOR:
Is it possible that
568
00:30:20,485 --> 00:30:24,235
by reconstructing
the temple at Abydos,
569
00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,744
Omm Sety was restoring
an ancient star gate?
570
00:30:26,867 --> 00:30:29,327
And if so,
was she being directed
571
00:30:29,411 --> 00:30:34,291
by otherworldly beings that
have the power to activate it?
572
00:30:36,168 --> 00:30:39,918
By the 1970s,
Omm Sety had become famous
573
00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:41,917
beyond the world of Egyptology.
574
00:30:42,049 --> 00:30:45,759
She was toasted by
luminaries like Carl Sagan
575
00:30:45,886 --> 00:30:48,716
and became the subject of
several books and documentaries.
576
00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:51,427
SETY:
Om Seti means
577
00:30:51,558 --> 00:30:54,888
"mother of Seti," because
I have a son named Seti,
578
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:56,768
hoping he’d turn out
like the king.
579
00:30:56,897 --> 00:30:58,227
Of course, he didn’t.
580
00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:02,276
NARRATOR:
In a 1981 BBC documentary,
581
00:31:02,402 --> 00:31:07,242
76-year-old Omm Sety
visits the temple in Abydos
582
00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:10,156
with British Egyptologist
Dr. Rosalie David.
583
00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:14,251
Due to a hip injury,
she hasn’t been
584
00:31:14,331 --> 00:31:16,711
inside the temple
in almost a year.
585
00:31:18,043 --> 00:31:19,793
How do you feel,
now you’ve arrived back
586
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,710
-after so many months?
-Oh, I feel marvelous!
587
00:31:21,797 --> 00:31:24,587
What are your feelings about it?
588
00:31:26,718 --> 00:31:28,798
Indescribable.
589
00:31:29,805 --> 00:31:32,775
NARRATOR:
The temple, which she was
integral in rebuilding,
590
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:36,641
honors not just one
Egyptian god, but seven--
591
00:31:36,770 --> 00:31:40,980
and Omm Sety had
an incredible theory as to why
592
00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:44,818
it was considered the most
sacred site in ancient Egypt.
593
00:31:44,945 --> 00:31:47,165
People coming
from all over Egypt,
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00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,780
you see, would find
their local important god
595
00:31:50,867 --> 00:31:52,037
-worshipped here.
-Yes.
596
00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:56,119
SETY: It may be
that the gods themselves
597
00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:58,748
were coming to Abydos
on pilgrimage to Osiris.
598
00:31:58,834 --> 00:32:00,424
I was beginning to think
599
00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:02,422
I’d never see it again
in this life.
600
00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:06,094
-Yes.
-I’ll see it in the next one.
601
00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:11,638
NARRATOR:
Could it be true that
this extraordinary woman
602
00:32:11,721 --> 00:32:14,971
was connected to
the gods of ancient Egypt?
603
00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:19,060
Gods that were perhaps
extraterrestrials?
604
00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:23,650
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
605
00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:26,355
the answer
is a resounding "yes,"
606
00:32:26,486 --> 00:32:29,816
and they suggest the proof
may soon be found
607
00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:31,696
by investigating
608
00:32:31,825 --> 00:32:34,955
a prophecy she made
about the tomb
609
00:32:35,036 --> 00:32:40,456
of King Tut.
610
00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:43,292
NARRATOR: Over the course
of her lifetime, Omm Sety
611
00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:46,628
made countless predictions
that were proven to be true.
612
00:32:47,424 --> 00:32:49,594
But perhaps her most significant
613
00:32:49,676 --> 00:32:52,346
was one that has yet
to be verified.
614
00:32:53,555 --> 00:32:57,685
In 1970, she claimed that
Pharaoh Seti had given her
615
00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,139
important information about
the location of
616
00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:03,228
the lost mummy of
an 18th Dynasty queen
617
00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:06,106
named Nefertiti.
618
00:33:06,193 --> 00:33:09,323
ROMANY: Nefertiti’s Tomb
has become the new obsession
619
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:11,704
of the 21st century.
620
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,283
Everyone wants to
find Nefertiti’s Tomb.
621
00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:16,617
Now here’s this truth:
622
00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:19,873
in Amarna, in the city of ruins,
623
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:22,326
there is a tomb for
Nefertiti there.
624
00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:25,087
But her mummy
was never found there.
625
00:33:26,463 --> 00:33:29,803
NARRATOR:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
626
00:33:29,883 --> 00:33:32,683
recovering this mummy
could be the most significant
627
00:33:32,761 --> 00:33:35,641
archaeological find
in human history--
628
00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:38,312
because they believe Nefertiti
629
00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:41,191
was very likely
not of this world.
630
00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:45,269
Nefertiti’s parents are unknown.
631
00:33:45,398 --> 00:33:48,148
On pictures,
she is shown with one of
632
00:33:48,235 --> 00:33:50,405
these elongated heads.
633
00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:53,991
Now we know
the old Egyptian gods,
634
00:33:54,074 --> 00:33:56,914
they had
longer heads than we have.
635
00:33:57,035 --> 00:34:00,495
And according to
the Pyramid Texts,
636
00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:03,290
sometimes they left the Earth.
637
00:34:03,416 --> 00:34:08,086
So Nefertiti’s parents
were maybe extraterrestrials.
638
00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:13,298
NARRATOR:
This sensational claim
applies not only to Nefertiti,
639
00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:17,346
but also to her husband,
the Pharaoh Akhenaten.
640
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:20,520
During his rule,
Akhenaten introduced
641
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,350
a new and controversial
monotheistic faith to Egypt,
642
00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:28,107
where the worship of multiple
gods was replaced with reverence
643
00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:33,243
to only one disk-shaped
sun god called Aten.
644
00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:37,951
TSOUKALOS:
Akhenaten is worshipping
this sun disk up in the sky,
645
00:34:38,034 --> 00:34:40,834
and he actually
communicates with it.
646
00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:45,214
He said he spoke with
a disk and it also had wings.
647
00:34:45,292 --> 00:34:48,422
So, the idea is that we have
648
00:34:48,503 --> 00:34:51,593
a misunderstood technology here.
649
00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:56,389
And Akhenaten, in the ancient
astronaut opinion, may have been
650
00:34:56,469 --> 00:34:57,719
an extraterrestrial.
651
00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:00,524
NARRATOR:
Some Egyptologists believe
652
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,230
that a mummy found
in a vandalized tomb in
653
00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:07,060
the Valley of the Kings is
in fact Akhenaten,
654
00:35:07,147 --> 00:35:10,727
while others say the remains of
the controversial pharaoh
655
00:35:10,817 --> 00:35:12,277
are still missing.
656
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,530
But locating Nefertiti’s mummy
657
00:35:14,654 --> 00:35:16,494
may be well within reach--
658
00:35:16,573 --> 00:35:19,493
thanks to Omm Sety.
659
00:35:19,576 --> 00:35:22,826
One amazing idea that Omm Sety
has left us,
660
00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:25,164
that is still yet to be
fulfilled,
661
00:35:25,290 --> 00:35:28,040
involves the tomb of
the Queen Nefertiti.
662
00:35:28,168 --> 00:35:31,958
During a conversation
with Pharaoh Seti,
663
00:35:32,047 --> 00:35:34,087
he told her that
664
00:35:34,174 --> 00:35:38,554
Nefertiti’s tomb is
nearby Tutankhamun’s tomb,
665
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:40,928
in a place that no one
would think to look.
666
00:35:42,015 --> 00:35:45,645
NARRATOR: Tutankhamun,
better known as King Tut,
667
00:35:45,727 --> 00:35:48,187
was the son of Akhenaten
by another wife,
668
00:35:48,271 --> 00:35:50,941
making Nefertiti his stepmother.
669
00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:53,654
But when the tomb
of King Tut was discovered
670
00:35:53,735 --> 00:35:55,745
roughly a century ago,
671
00:35:55,862 --> 00:35:59,452
the entire area around
it was thoroughly excavated.
672
00:36:00,617 --> 00:36:04,367
So, how could Nefertiti’s
mummy be somewhere nearby?
673
00:36:05,330 --> 00:36:08,880
Over the past few years,
evidence has been found
674
00:36:08,958 --> 00:36:11,128
from ground penetration radar
675
00:36:11,211 --> 00:36:16,301
and other means of
the existence of a chamber
676
00:36:16,383 --> 00:36:21,473
next to that
of Tutankhamun himself.
677
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:26,564
NARRATOR:
Incredibly, 35 years
after Omm Sety suggested
678
00:36:26,643 --> 00:36:30,813
that the mummy of Nefertiti
was hidden near King Tut’s tomb,
679
00:36:30,897 --> 00:36:33,897
evidence was
discovered that this tomb
680
00:36:33,983 --> 00:36:37,363
may contain a secret chamber.
681
00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:43,658
COLLINS:
In 2005, the British
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves,
682
00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,543
he noticed that there were
683
00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:48,000
some cracks in the walls.
684
00:36:48,081 --> 00:36:51,171
And on further examination,
685
00:36:51,251 --> 00:36:53,501
he came to the conclusion
that these could possibly
686
00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:55,836
be that of a doorway
687
00:36:55,922 --> 00:36:58,052
into a separate chamber.
688
00:36:59,092 --> 00:37:02,762
And since that time,
there has been radar
689
00:37:02,887 --> 00:37:04,807
done inside the tomb
which definitely seems
690
00:37:04,931 --> 00:37:08,391
to confirm that there
is some kind of chamber.
691
00:37:08,476 --> 00:37:11,096
And is it possible, therefore,
692
00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:14,149
that this could be
the tomb of Nefertiti?
693
00:37:14,274 --> 00:37:19,614
NARRATOR:
Archeologists are still debating
how to enter the hidden chamber
694
00:37:19,696 --> 00:37:23,116
without causing severe
damage to King Tut’s tomb.
695
00:37:23,199 --> 00:37:26,119
Once they do, will they discover
696
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,624
that Omm Sety was correct?
697
00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:31,367
And that her amazing life
didn’t just
698
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,208
connect us to ancient Egypt,
699
00:37:33,293 --> 00:37:36,173
but to our ancestors
in the stars?
700
00:37:36,296 --> 00:37:39,876
NEWMAN: Nefertiti’s tomb
is potentially very special,
701
00:37:39,966 --> 00:37:41,466
because Nefertiti may have had
702
00:37:41,551 --> 00:37:45,051
the secrets of the whole
Akhenaten lineage.
703
00:37:46,055 --> 00:37:48,215
Did she have
an elongated skull herself?
704
00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:50,308
I think finding her tomb
705
00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:54,233
could answer a lot of unanswered
questions in ancient Egypt.
706
00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,068
NARRATOR: Throughout her life,
707
00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:59,110
Omm Sety made
numerous predictions
708
00:37:59,194 --> 00:38:01,744
that years later
were proven to be true.
709
00:38:01,821 --> 00:38:05,701
And according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
710
00:38:05,825 --> 00:38:09,905
she may well have been
facilitating an alien agenda--
711
00:38:09,996 --> 00:38:14,496
one whose purpose
is soon to be revealed.
712
00:38:19,506 --> 00:38:22,836
NARRATOR: On April 21, 1981,
713
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,087
Dorothy Eady,
714
00:38:25,178 --> 00:38:27,468
now famously known as Omm Sety,
715
00:38:27,555 --> 00:38:31,475
dies in Abydos at the age of 77.
716
00:38:32,393 --> 00:38:35,863
Of her many
contributions to Egyptology,
717
00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,900
the reconstruction
of the Temple of Seti I
718
00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:41,395
stands as her
greatest accomplishment,
719
00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:45,238
attracting millions
of tourists every year.
720
00:38:46,282 --> 00:38:49,872
NEWMAN:
Because of Omm Sety,
Abydos is one of the most
721
00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:52,874
important places
in ancient Egypt.
722
00:38:52,997 --> 00:38:56,747
The Seti temple is an
absolutely fascinating temple.
723
00:38:56,876 --> 00:39:02,256
It’s got beautiful carvings and
pillars and wall inscriptions.
724
00:39:02,382 --> 00:39:06,222
It has the famous
kings list on it,
725
00:39:06,302 --> 00:39:08,932
which is really interesting,
726
00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:10,505
because this really describes
727
00:39:10,598 --> 00:39:13,308
kings going back
thousands of years.
728
00:39:17,564 --> 00:39:21,284
NARRATOR: While many consider
the Temple of Seti in Abydos
729
00:39:21,401 --> 00:39:23,441
to be the most
sacred site in Egypt,
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for ancient astronaut theorists,
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it may represent
something even more profound.
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00:39:29,284 --> 00:39:31,624
Could this
ancient structure have
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once been capable of
opening a portal
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to other parts of the universe,
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as Omm Sety claimed?
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And was her work
in Egypt the fulfillment
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of an otherworldly agenda?
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HENRY:
Omm Sety’s story has meaning
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on many levels:
as a spiritual story,
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as a reincarnation story,
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as an archeological story.
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But most importantly to me,
it says
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that we can open portals
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between our
earthly material world
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and the immaterial realm
of the gods.
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That’s the realm of
the extraterrestrials.
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McGOWAN: There’s something so
special about Omm Sety because
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she makes all of these ideas--
interdimensional realities,
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time travel, connections
with otherworldly beings--
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she makes all of these
things real.
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00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:26,842
Her predictions came true.
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And Omm Sety really
influenced and inspired
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00:40:30,303 --> 00:40:32,353
generations of people
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00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:34,722
who wanted to get deeper into
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00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:37,307
an understanding of Egyptology.
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00:40:38,728 --> 00:40:43,608
DEES:
When it came to being a woman of
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00:40:43,691 --> 00:40:44,981
service to Egyptology,
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00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:48,699
she was all
seriousness and science.
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00:40:49,822 --> 00:40:52,412
But the esoteric part,
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the parallel consciousness,
that was there, too.
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00:40:55,828 --> 00:40:58,208
And I have no way of proving
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that she didn’t experience this
763
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:03,286
and there are so many
reasons to think she did.
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TSOUKALOS:
Omm Sety is one of the most
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enduring mysterious stories
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in the history of humankind.
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00:41:12,845 --> 00:41:14,965
Because even the Egyptologists
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say that she had something
that nobody else had.
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So is it possible that
maybe she tuned into
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a direct channel
of ancient Egypt?
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I think the answer
to that is "yes."
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NARRATOR: Some believe
that Omm Sety’s story
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is not yet complete.
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Is it possible that
her life’s work was to help
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prepare for the return
of Egypt’s ancient gods?
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00:41:48,089 --> 00:41:52,549
Perhaps, like Dorothy Eady,
humankind is about to awaken
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00:41:52,635 --> 00:41:54,425
to an entirely new reality,
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00:41:54,554 --> 00:41:56,764
and find that the key to
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00:41:56,889 --> 00:41:59,559
unlocking our future
in the stars
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00:41:59,684 --> 00:42:04,944
can be found deep in our own
extraterrestrial past.
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