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He was an artist
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whose paintings have become
priceless masterpieces.
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Leonardo
produced some of the world's
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most recognizable paintings...
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The Mona Lisa, the Last Supper,
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the Lady with an Ermine.
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He was a genius
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whose inventions were centuries
ahead of their time.
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He drew construction plans
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for tanks, for helicopters,
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all sorts of wild things
that came into reality
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during our lifetime, right now.
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But there are those who believe
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that Leonardo da Vinci
was inspired
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by an extraterrestrial
intelligence,
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that his paintings are embedded
with secret knowledge
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and contain codes which,
when deciphered,
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will provide the keys
to unlocking the universe.
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I think
da Vinci is trying to tell us
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that there's
a higher intelligence
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that operates in our world.
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And so, ladies and gentlemen,
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we move to the Leonardo
da Vinci, the Salvator Mundi,
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the masterpiece by Leonardo
of Christ the Savior,
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previously in the collections
of three kings of England.
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New York City.
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November 15, 2017.
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$370 million.
Back to Francoise's clients...
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at $370 million dollars,
ladies and gentlemen.
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400.
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$400 million!
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At a Christie's auction
at Rockefeller Center,
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Leonardo da Vinci's
newly authenticated painting
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Salvator Mundi
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sells for a record-breaking
$400 million.
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- Sold.
- The buyer is a Saudi prince,
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representing the new
Louvre museum in Abu Dhabi.
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But why was a member
of the Saudi royal family...
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Or anyone... so willing to pay
such an incredible price
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for a work of art?
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Leonardo da Vinci
has captured the fascination
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of so many people.
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I really believe he was
way ahead of his time.
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But if Leonardo were alive today
and realized
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how much his paintings
would go for, he'd go crazy.
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It's a lot of money
for a painting.
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You ask yourself
if there's another possibility.
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There are those who believe
that the Salvator Mundi
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is much more than a priceless
piece of Renaissance art.
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They believe,
when considered in context
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with other examples
of da Vinci's paintings,
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that it contains a piece
of a giant puzzle,
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one that, when put together,
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could reveal
the secrets of the universe.
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April 15, 1452.
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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci,
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the illegitimate child
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of a nobleman and his maid,
is born in Vinci, Italy.
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If you were not entitled
to take your father's name,
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your last name just became
the town you came from.
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This probably aided
his development.
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The fact that he didn't belong
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also meant
that he wasn't caught up
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in the official version
of reality.
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He was free enough
to have his own ideas.
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When he was a teenager,
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Leonardo settled
in nearby Florence.
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At that time,
the city was a cultural mecca,
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the beating heart
of a classical revival
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known as the Renaissance.
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The Renaissance is a resurgence
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of new ideas and approaches
and interests
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in not only antiquity
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but in the reinterpretation
of the human condition.
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It reinvents, really,
the culture of the time.
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Leonardo received
an informal education
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in the studio of the renowned
Florentine painter
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Andrea del Verrocchio,
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but was also
largely self-taught.
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Despite this... Or
perhaps because of it...
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He excelled at a staggering
range of disciplines.
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Da Vinci was
way ahead of his time
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during the period
in which he lived.
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He drew construction plans
for tanks...
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for helicopters,
all sorts of wild things
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that came into reality
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during our lifetime, right now.
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In March 2018,
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author and ancient astronaut
theorist William Henry
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traveled to Florence
to learn more
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about the Renaissance master.
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He was also eager
to find out, firsthand,
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if there was any truth
to the theory
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that da Vinci hid secret
messages in his paintings.
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At the Piazzale Michelangelo,
overlooking the city,
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Henry met
with Dr. Michael Kwakkelstein,
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who has made it
his life's work to discover
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everything there is to know
about Leonardo da Vinci.
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I'm so excited to be here
in Florence, home of Leonardo.
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Yeah, you look around,
you start to see
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that these are what you see
in Leonardo's paintings.
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Absolutely.
He took his inspiration
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just from those hills,
those trees.
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500 years ago, Florence was,
of course, a much smaller city.
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- Right.
- So just crossing the Arno
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over there,
you see the Ponte Vecchio,
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Yes. -Leonardo would find
himself amidst nature
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to study the fall of water
or the movement of water,
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- to study birds.
- Leonardo created
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just a prodigious volume of...
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an explosion, really,
of creativity.
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What do we have left
of his legacy?
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Do we have a lot? A little?
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Well, we have a dozen paintings.
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Some of these paintings
are unfinished.
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Some of these paintings are
in a bad state.
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Uh, but we have his notebooks,
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his manuscripts...
It's like a map
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- of his mind, all these writings.
- Wow.
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You've personally been able
to explore those notebooks
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- and spent your life...
- I'm still working on it.
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It's a life work.
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But while Leonardo's genius
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was highly regarded
in his lifetime,
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he was also highly scrutinized
by the Roman Catholic Church,
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which remained
a powerful political force
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throughout Italy
and much of the world.
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During the Renaissance,
there was a rediscovery
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of ancient classical documents
that were stored in monasteries
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after the dissolution
of the Roman Empire.
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Because of these
new discoveries,
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new ideas were circulating,
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ideas from great minds
like Plato,
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Aristotle and Galen
from the ancient world.
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But these great ideas
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often did not combine well
with Christianity,
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and Leonardo is someone who
represents a point of conflict.
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It is this ancient knowledge
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that has led many scholars
and ancient astronaut theorists
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to suggest that da Vinci,
while Christian,
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was also open to a wide range
of spiritual philosophies.
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Philosophies which, if revealed,
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would have placed him
in opposition
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to the strict teachings
of the Catholic Church,
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and would have caused him to be
publicly shunned as a heretic.
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It's almost certain
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that Leonardo had access
to secret knowledge.
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Leonardo was actually not,
as a lot of people think today,
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some kind of atheist.
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Leonardo was a heretic.
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He passionately believed
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in something that was outside
of the mainstream religion,
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and therefore very dangerous.
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Florence, Italy. 2002.
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Using infrared
diagnostic techniques,
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Dr. Maurizio Seracini uncovers
the underdrawing,
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or preliminary sketch,
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done by Leonardo da Vinci
for his unfinished painting
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Adoration of the Magi.
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Commissioned in 1481,
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the work depicts
the biblical story
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of the three wise men visiting
the infant Jesus in Bethlehem.
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But by viewing the painting
with this new technology,
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it becomes apparent
that Leonardo's original sketch
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actually included
many more details
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than those that could be seen
with just the naked eye.
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The first time
I aimed the camera,
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the infrared camera,
to the, uh, to the Adoration,
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uh... I felt very privileged.
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Because for the first time
in 500 years,
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I managed to see probably
the best creativity effort
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of Leonardo on a work of art.
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And science can help you
to go back,
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like if you were
in a time machine,
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and I saw dozens of figures...
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Fighting horses, uh...
nature, architecture.
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And now my eyes alone
could not see them,
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because they were covered
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by a brownish monochrome
layer of paint...
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that later I understood
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was not applied by Leonardo.
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In the background
of the top left,
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you could see a couple of people
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sitting in despair
on stairs of a temple in ruins.
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Well, aiming the camera
at the scene,
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then suddenly a completely
different view came out.
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The detail that was painted over
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was a scene of a pagan temple
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that was rising up through
the ruins of a Christian church.
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And this
was considered problematic
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during the Renaissance period
with Christianity
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as the one and only
true religion.
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Upon close examination
of da Vinci's original sketch,
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instead of a temple in ruins,
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the artist seemed
to be depicting a scenario
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in which an Egyptian temple
is being rebuilt.
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Most notable is the fact
that one of the temple columns
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is capped by a lotus flower,
which in ancient Egypt
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represented the so-called,
"Flower of Life."
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The Flower
of Life is the information
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behind how the universe
was created.
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Everything in the universe
is geometric.
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Sacred geometry implies that
there is intelligence behind it.
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It's believed by mystics
to be a symbol
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of advanced super consciousness,
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a way of plugging
into the knowledge
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possessed
by extraterrestrial beings.
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Da Vinci, we can fairly say, was
practically obsessed with it.
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And one wonders if da Vinci
actually tapped into
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the ultimate cosmic secrets
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represented
by the Flower of Life.
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Cosmic secrets?
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Sacred geometry?
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Was Leonardo da Vinci
encoding his paintings
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with forbidden knowledge?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes.
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And they believe that knowledge
may have been given to him
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after direct contact
with extraterrestrial beings.
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Recognized as a genius
even in his lifetime,
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Leonardo da Vinci has one of the
most thoroughly recorded lives
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of all the Renaissance artists.
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Da Vinci was such a popular
figure that his life
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was documented in great detail.
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However, what's interesting is
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that there are two years missing
from his existence.
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He basically disappeared off
of the face of the earth.
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From 1476 to 1478,
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Leonardo da Vinci's activities
completely disappear
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from the historical record.
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The gap occurs when the artist
was between 24 to 26 years old,
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just at the point
when he was beginning
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to come into prominence.
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So what could account
for these missing years?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
point to a strange experience
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the artist had
while hiking near a cave.
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It is one of the very few
autobiographical anecdotes
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da Vinci ever made
in his personal journal.
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He came across this cave.
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And as he stood in front of it,
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all of a sudden he felt drawn
to go inside
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in order to find out
about the miracle
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or the wonderment that's inside.
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We don't know what happened
inside this cave,
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but it's quite possible
that Leonardo da Vinci
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actually encountered
extraterrestrial teachers
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who then gave him
certain information.
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And it's this knowledge,
perhaps,
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that made Leonardo da Vinci
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the incredible genius
that he was.
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I'm not sure Leonardo da Vinci
went to another world,
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but I have a feeling
that this guy, somehow,
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through dreaming or going
through some kind of dimension,
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was able to see the future,
our future.
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Those we call geniuses,
such as Leonardo da Vinci,
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are able to discern
and detect these codes
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that are coming to them from
these higher levels of reality
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and utilize them in their work,
in their art,
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in their inventions
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to improve this physical world
that we live in.
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Unlike other artists,
Leonardo da Vinci
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did not have to measure
the ratios and the proportion.
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It just came
to him spontaneously.
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He was tapping into something
that allowed him
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to bring down knowledge
and information,
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just like
the ancient cultures did.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
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suggest that further evidence
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of Leonardo's contact with
extraterrestrial intelligence
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can be found
by a close examination
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of one of his most
intriguing paintings,
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The Virgin of the Rocks.
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The Virgin of the Rocks
is really a showpiece
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for some of Leonardo's
special techniques,
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including sfumato,
which adds this hazy aura.
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We see figures emerging
from shadows into spot lighting
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in a way that other artists
of his time didn't do.
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In March 2018, author and
researcher William Henry
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traveled to the outskirts
of London.
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There he met with da Vinci
expert Lynn Picknett
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in order to get her thoughts
on this unique work of art.
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I've just come
from the National Gallery
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and experienced
The Virgin of the Rocks.
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When you look at it, you're...
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you're drawn into it.
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- The colors, the setting...
- Mmm. Yeah.
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Yeah. -It's almost like it's
just coming out of the wall
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and you're stepping into it.
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Yeah, and also, there's a sense
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of there's something
lurking in it
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that we don't really get,
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that he's holding back a little.
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The Virgin of the Rocks
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depicts the apocryphal story
of an early meeting
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between the infant Jesus
and the infant John the Baptist
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during the time
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of the Holy Family's flight
to Egypt.
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In this painting,
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apparently what we have
is the baby John the Baptist
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kneeling to Jesus,
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and the Virgin Mary's got
her arm around John the Baptist.
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And there's an archangel,
who is Uriel.
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And, you know, so far, so
good, you might think.
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Except that the children
are with their wrong protectors.
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Oh.
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I mean, you would expect Jesus
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- to be with his mother.
- Mm-hmm.
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And it so happens that Uriel
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is traditionally
John the Baptist's protector.
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Right.
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Uriel is... has a big backstory
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with informing Noah
about the flood. -Yes.
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Archangel of wisdom.
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Yeah, yeah. Wisdom is...
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Yeah, that's important here.
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- A celestial being coming from the heavens.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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In one
of the so-called lost chapters
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of the Hebrew Bible
known as the Book of Enoch,
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the archangel Uriel
guides Enoch,
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the great-grandfather of Noah,
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through Heaven,
where he is taught
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all the secrets and mysteries
of the universe.
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Is it possible
that da Vinci knew
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of this lost and some would say
forbidden chapter of the Bible
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and for this reason
deliberately included Uriel
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as a way of sending
a secret message
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about what he believed to be
the extraterrestrial source
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of his incredible genius?
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And there is, as you say,
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something very portal-like
about this painting. -Mm-hmm.
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We just dropped
a very important word,
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as well: the word "portal."
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Oh, oh, yes. -It suggests
to me that this painting
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is a sort of portal
that he's taking us into,
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where something very special
is happening here. -Yes. Yes.
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Maybe that explains
why it's such an otherworldly,
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- almost dreamlike scene.
- Yeah.
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The veil between this world
and the other world.
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In his painting
The Virgin of the Rocks,
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did Leonardo da Vinci
deliberately plant clues
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that were intended
for future generations to find?
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Clues that gave insight
into his belief
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that much of mankind's knowledge
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had profoundly
extraterrestrial origins?
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Leonardo was equally fascinated
with backgrounds
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as he was with figures
in the foreground,
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and one of the things
that's so striking
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about Virgin of the Rocks
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is this very craggy,
spooky, dramatic cavern
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that provides the backdrop
for the figures.
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There are almost
no other precedents
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for this group of figures
in this sort of location.
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Could it be
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that Leonardo
deliberately staged this scene
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at the mouth of a cavern
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in order to draw a link
between the painting
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and his earlier experience
in the cave?
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And by placing Jesus
with the archangel Uriel,
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was he indicating a belief
that the archangel
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was actually
an extraterrestrial entity?
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Da Vinci's inclusion
of the archangel Uriel,
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it makes you wonder if Leonardo
may have had an experience
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with the archangel Uriel,
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who told him
about humanity's future.
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Of the only 15 known paintings
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attributed to Leonardo da Vinci,
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is it possible
that they all contain evidence
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of the artist's belief
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in so-called secret
or forbidden knowledge?
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And if so,
might they also contain clues
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that are intended to reveal
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not only da Vinci's
personal beliefs,
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but a message
that he was entrusted to convey
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to future generations?
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Milan, Italy.
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Housed in the monastery
of Santa Maria delle Grazie
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is one of Leonardo da Vinci's
most iconic paintings:
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The Last Supper.
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This imposing mural...
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More than 15 feet tall
and nearly 29 feet wide...
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Depicts the biblical moment
when Jesus tells his disciples
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that one of them
will betray him.
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It's a very poignant moment.
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And the disciples are reacting
to this statement,
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many in horror.
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To the left
is Saint Bartholomew,
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who seems to have leapt
to his feet and hit the table
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and is leaning towards Jesus
in shock.
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And third from right of Jesus
in the middle is Saint Philip,
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who seems to cave in with shock.
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What's interesting
about this Last Supper
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is it looks like a frozen moment
of action.
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If you imagine
you have a remote control
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and the scene is on pause
and you were to unpause it,
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all this movement would happen.
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But at this frozen moment,
you can really study
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the actions and reactions
of the people depicted.
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As with Leonardo's other works,
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many researchers
and ancient astronaut theorists
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believe that this painting
contains hidden messages.
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When we were writing
Templar Revelation,
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I looked at The Last Supper,
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and I thought,
"But wait a minute,
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that's a woman,
sitting next to Jesus."
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Sitting at the right
hand of Jesus is a figure
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that has long been assumed
to represent the apostle John.
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But unlike the other figures
in the painting,
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this one appears to have
strikingly feminine features.
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In his own Treatise on Painting,
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Leonardo writes that women
should always be depicted in art
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with "their heads
looking downwards,
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and leaning
a little on one side."
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If you look at Jesus sitting
at the center of the table,
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leaning like that,
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to one side, is the woman
who, with Jesus,
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forms a giant "M" shape,
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presumably, a clue to her name:
Mary, Mary Magdalene.
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In the Bible's New Testament,
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Mary Magdalene is identified
as a follower of Jesus
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who witnesses
both his crucifixion
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and his resurrection,
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but she was not reported
to have been a participant
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in what is called
the Last Supper.
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If that is true,
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then why would Leonardo
place her in his painting?
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Did the artist have access
to secret knowledge
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about the true nature
of the relationship
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between Jesus
and Mary Magdalene?
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It seems that Leonardo
was trying to point
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to Mary Magdalene having
been extremely close to Jesus.
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We have them joined at the hip,
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we have them wearing
mirror image clothes.
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Jesus, as a 30-year-old
Jewish man of the time,
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would've been very hard-pressed
to be without a wife.
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So, the theory is
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that Mary Magdalene
was, in fact, his wife.
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But the Catholic church
didn't want Jesus,
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as the son of God,
to have a wife.
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They wanted him to be celibate,
to be godlike,
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and so cast Mary Magdalene
as a prostitute,
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rather than as a woman
of importance.
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If Leonardo did indeed
intend to depict Mary Magdalene
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as the person sitting next to
Jesus, what makes her inclusion
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even more curious is an element
of the story that seems
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to have been deliberately
omitted: Jesus's chalice,
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otherwise known
as the Holy Grail.
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In the Bible, it says one of
the reasons for the Last Supper
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was for Jesus to instigate
the communion.
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His blood, represented
by the wine on the table,
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and his body, which was
to be broken on the cross,
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by the broken bread.
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Now, there is no great glass,
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or indeed, any particular glass
of wine in front of Jesus,
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which, in itself,
is an enormous thing.
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According to legend,
the Holy Grail
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had magical,
life-giving properties.
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But there are some who insist
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that an actual Grail
never really existed.
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Instead, they believe
it was a symbol,
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intended to represent
Jesus's divine bloodline.
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Many people suggest
that the Holy Grail
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was the body of Mary Magdalene,
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when she was pregnant with
the child of herself and Jesus.
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So this is goddess lore.
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The Grail is a womb,
and the true mystery,
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the true, sacred story,
is birth.
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Human birth is the miracle.
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Mary Magdalene,
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according to
a number of traditions,
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actually was the wife of Jesus.
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And she was pregnant
with his children.
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And in fact, these children
will be special,
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and carrying a special
new type of DNA
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for a new type of person
on Earth.
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And this is, literally,
the Holy Grail.
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Did Leonardo da Vinci
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have special,
extraterrestrial knowledge?
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Knowledge about mankind's
origins that he encoded
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in the form of secret messages
within his paintings?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and also suggest
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that within his painting
of The Last Supper
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is yet another,
even more profound code.
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One that,
when translated, will allow
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direct communication
with our alien ancestors.
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Lecce, Italy. 2003.
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Based on a close examination of
Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks,
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musician and scholar Giovanni
Maria Pala begins to examine
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one of the artist's most famous
works, The Last Supper,
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for evidence that da Vinci
may have hidden
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a musical composition
in the now-iconic painting.
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One of the intriguing theories
about Last Supper,
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that I actually think
has some merit,
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is that a scholar found
musical notes.
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One of the things
to keep in mind is that
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there's no such thing
as an accidental,
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or "just for the sake of it"
insertion
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in old master paintings.
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Each aspect
was carefully decided upon.
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Leonardo definitely
was a musician,
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00:26:53,889 --> 00:26:59,101
and he served the de' Medicis
as a lyre player,
501
00:26:59,102 --> 00:27:02,980
and as a singer
for a number of years.
502
00:27:02,981 --> 00:27:06,108
He played what we would
call the organ.
503
00:27:06,109 --> 00:27:10,112
Well, there was an organ
in the church
504
00:27:10,113 --> 00:27:14,618
where he was painting
The Last Supper.
505
00:27:17,412 --> 00:27:19,413
In March 2018,
506
00:27:19,414 --> 00:27:22,750
William Henry met up with
Giovanni Maria Pala in Florence,
507
00:27:22,751 --> 00:27:27,963
to find out more about
his incredible theory.
508
00:27:27,964 --> 00:27:28,964
Hi. I'm William,
the translator.
509
00:27:28,965 --> 00:27:30,382
Pleasure to meet you, William.
510
00:27:30,383 --> 00:27:32,301
- William Henry. Nice to see you.
- Absolutely.
511
00:27:32,302 --> 00:27:33,636
- William Henry.
- I'm Giovanni.
512
00:27:33,637 --> 00:27:34,877
- Nice to meet you.
- Thank you.
513
00:27:36,473 --> 00:27:39,058
How did you come to find
this evidence
514
00:27:39,059 --> 00:27:43,438
that in his... one of his famous
frescos is a hidden melody?
515
00:27:49,361 --> 00:27:50,820
So the first thing
516
00:27:50,821 --> 00:27:52,154
that really caught my attention
was that this is
517
00:27:52,155 --> 00:27:54,490
the, uh, tablecloth
of the Holy Mass.
518
00:27:54,491 --> 00:27:56,116
Right.
519
00:27:56,117 --> 00:27:58,494
And there are some
vertical lines along here,
520
00:27:58,495 --> 00:28:00,079
and also some horizontal lines,
521
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,664
which prove to be
very important.
522
00:28:01,665 --> 00:28:03,791
And as a musician, the first
thing that came to mind
523
00:28:03,792 --> 00:28:06,460
seeing these horizontal lines,
was a musical pentagram.
524
00:28:06,461 --> 00:28:09,505
Is the musical pentagram
what we today would call
525
00:28:09,506 --> 00:28:12,174
- a sheet of music?
- Yes, that's exactly right.
526
00:28:12,175 --> 00:28:16,304
So how did you
bring this melody to life?
527
00:28:21,518 --> 00:28:23,435
He says you can
see here, the highlighted
528
00:28:23,436 --> 00:28:25,271
is these little pieces
of bread, Right.
529
00:28:25,272 --> 00:28:28,357
Of which there are many
all across the table here.
530
00:28:28,358 --> 00:28:32,070
So he pinpointed the loaves
of bread as being the notes.
531
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:40,661
And another extremely
important element that he noted
532
00:28:40,662 --> 00:28:44,081
was the lines of the sheet
were exactly aligned
533
00:28:44,082 --> 00:28:46,792
with the hands of the apostles
all across the table.
534
00:28:46,793 --> 00:28:48,919
So the elements that really
gave life to this music
535
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,713
are the loaves of bread
536
00:28:50,714 --> 00:28:52,548
and the hands of the apostles.
537
00:28:52,549 --> 00:28:54,718
Okay.
538
00:28:56,887 --> 00:28:59,263
We have to remember an important
fact that Leonardo
539
00:28:59,264 --> 00:29:02,433
had this peculiarity of writing
from right to left.
540
00:29:02,434 --> 00:29:05,144
So now let's, uh,
let's give it a listen.
541
00:29:05,145 --> 00:29:07,147
♪ ♪
542
00:29:52,233 --> 00:29:55,027
People have suggested
that through meditation,
543
00:29:55,028 --> 00:29:59,365
chanting, and through vibration,
essentially,
544
00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:03,535
that you can access
this realm of knowledge.
545
00:30:03,536 --> 00:30:06,121
And this realm of knowledge
is timeless.
546
00:30:06,122 --> 00:30:09,583
Not only does
the sound have the power
547
00:30:09,584 --> 00:30:11,627
to manifest all forms
of phenomena,
548
00:30:11,628 --> 00:30:14,964
it also has the power
to manifest
549
00:30:14,965 --> 00:30:17,800
how one perceives
that very phenomena.
550
00:30:17,801 --> 00:30:22,429
In both Hinduism and Buddhism,
as well Jainism,
551
00:30:22,430 --> 00:30:25,599
even religions such as Sikhism,
you have specific mantras
552
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,478
that are tuned to these deities.
553
00:30:29,479 --> 00:30:31,605
So these mantras are used
554
00:30:31,606 --> 00:30:35,651
both to create
a rapport, connection
555
00:30:35,652 --> 00:30:37,403
with these deities,
to summon them,
556
00:30:37,404 --> 00:30:39,072
to help you manifest them.
557
00:30:41,825 --> 00:30:44,326
The idea that harmonic sounds
558
00:30:44,327 --> 00:30:47,955
or music might be the ideal
means of communication
559
00:30:47,956 --> 00:30:51,333
with extraterrestrial beings
was a key component
560
00:30:51,334 --> 00:30:55,088
of NASA's Voyager program
in 1977.
561
00:30:57,173 --> 00:31:00,134
Originally designed
as a pair of robotic probes
562
00:31:00,135 --> 00:31:03,512
which could collect and send
back important information
563
00:31:03,513 --> 00:31:07,850
about the Earth's sister
planets, Voyagers 1 and 2
564
00:31:07,851 --> 00:31:10,352
each carried a large golden disc
565
00:31:10,353 --> 00:31:14,815
onto which various images
and sounds were recorded.
566
00:31:14,816 --> 00:31:17,568
The disc and its contents
were the brainchild
567
00:31:17,569 --> 00:31:20,863
of famed astronomer Carl Sagan,
who worked closely
568
00:31:20,864 --> 00:31:25,034
with space artist and science
journalist John Lomberg.
569
00:31:25,035 --> 00:31:28,203
I felt that art,
visual arts and music
570
00:31:28,204 --> 00:31:32,374
might be as legitimate a content
of interstellar communication
571
00:31:32,375 --> 00:31:34,918
as math and physics,
which he thought interesting.
572
00:31:34,919 --> 00:31:36,712
If they were to ask me
573
00:31:36,713 --> 00:31:39,048
what to send
to establish communication,
574
00:31:39,049 --> 00:31:41,050
I'd send them music.
575
00:31:41,051 --> 00:31:46,722
The mathematical relationships
that underlie most aesthetics,
576
00:31:46,723 --> 00:31:49,266
and whether you're talking
about intervals in music,
577
00:31:49,267 --> 00:31:51,060
like harmony,
578
00:31:51,061 --> 00:31:54,021
or whether you're talking
about proportion in architecture
579
00:31:54,022 --> 00:31:55,564
or painting,
580
00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,858
these things are not things
that we just conjure up
581
00:31:57,859 --> 00:31:59,568
out of our own minds.
582
00:31:59,569 --> 00:32:02,154
They're a reflection
of the beautiful fractal nature
583
00:32:02,155 --> 00:32:04,114
of the universe.
584
00:32:04,115 --> 00:32:07,868
Did you ever see the movie Close
Encounters of the Third Kind?
585
00:32:07,869 --> 00:32:09,036
Uh, si.
586
00:32:09,037 --> 00:32:11,080
The spaceship lands
587
00:32:11,081 --> 00:32:13,749
at the Devils Tower,
and it starts playing tones,
588
00:32:13,750 --> 00:32:16,585
the language of the universe,
589
00:32:16,586 --> 00:32:18,630
and it loops infinitely.
590
00:32:20,882 --> 00:32:23,426
The melody begins with an E.
591
00:32:25,095 --> 00:32:27,931
And it ends with an E as well.
592
00:32:29,307 --> 00:32:33,560
And it can be repeated, um,
pretty much infinitely.
593
00:32:33,561 --> 00:32:35,270
If Leonardo da Vinci
594
00:32:35,271 --> 00:32:37,981
really did encode musical notes
595
00:32:37,982 --> 00:32:40,234
within his painting
of the Last Supper,
596
00:32:40,235 --> 00:32:42,236
what was his purpose?
597
00:32:42,237 --> 00:32:45,614
Was he trying to convey
an important message to humanity
598
00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:47,783
from another world?
599
00:32:47,784 --> 00:32:51,120
Or... was he trying
to teach humanity
600
00:32:51,121 --> 00:32:53,580
the means by which it
can communicate
601
00:32:53,581 --> 00:32:57,001
with its extraterrestrial
ancestors?
602
00:33:03,647 --> 00:33:07,900
It is here, in what some
would call an unlikely setting,
603
00:33:07,901 --> 00:33:10,111
that the world's
most expensive work of art,
604
00:33:10,112 --> 00:33:13,448
Leonardo da Vinci's
Salvator Mundi, will reside.
605
00:33:14,491 --> 00:33:18,995
Established in November 2017,
606
00:33:18,996 --> 00:33:21,998
this architectural marvel
consists of a floating dome
607
00:33:21,999 --> 00:33:26,002
created from a complex
geometric design
608
00:33:26,003 --> 00:33:28,004
of 7,800 interlocking stars
609
00:33:28,005 --> 00:33:32,008
that cast beams of light
into the space below.
610
00:33:32,009 --> 00:33:34,385
Its appearance has been likened
611
00:33:34,386 --> 00:33:36,721
to that of a giant
flying saucer,
612
00:33:36,722 --> 00:33:39,849
and the museum's architect,
Jean Nouvel,
613
00:33:39,850 --> 00:33:42,059
says his goal was
to emphasize the fascination
614
00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:45,105
generated by rare encounters.
615
00:33:47,524 --> 00:33:50,067
The museum
looks like this giant disc
616
00:33:50,068 --> 00:33:53,571
with thousands of stars.
617
00:33:53,572 --> 00:33:56,240
Are they trying
to signal something,
618
00:33:56,241 --> 00:33:59,952
or is it purely
an architectural choice?
619
00:33:59,953 --> 00:34:03,080
But why is
this futuristic museum
620
00:34:03,081 --> 00:34:06,083
considered by many
ancient astronaut enthusiasts
621
00:34:06,084 --> 00:34:08,127
to be the most
appropriate setting
622
00:34:08,128 --> 00:34:11,088
for what others would consider
a traditional depiction
623
00:34:11,089 --> 00:34:12,924
of Jesus Christ?
624
00:34:12,925 --> 00:34:14,550
And what is it
625
00:34:14,551 --> 00:34:18,304
about this 518-year-old
Renaissance painting
626
00:34:18,305 --> 00:34:21,933
that compelled its owner
to pay such a record price?
627
00:34:21,934 --> 00:34:23,935
$400 million is the bid.
628
00:34:23,936 --> 00:34:26,772
And the piece is... sold!
629
00:34:29,566 --> 00:34:31,901
I'm looking forward to seeing
what we've got inside.
630
00:34:31,902 --> 00:34:34,111
During his meeting
with art historian
631
00:34:34,112 --> 00:34:35,613
Dr. Michael Kwakkelstein
632
00:34:35,614 --> 00:34:38,699
at the Dutch University
Institute for Art History
633
00:34:38,700 --> 00:34:40,952
in March 2017,
634
00:34:40,953 --> 00:34:43,955
ancient astronaut theorist
and author William Henry
635
00:34:43,956 --> 00:34:47,124
- Ah, there we go.
- Decided to share his thoughts
636
00:34:47,125 --> 00:34:51,462
concerning da Vinci's
recently discovered masterpiece.
637
00:34:51,463 --> 00:34:54,131
He's got that lion-like gaze,
638
00:34:54,132 --> 00:34:57,468
just very powerful, staring
directly at us. -Mesmerizing.
639
00:34:57,469 --> 00:34:59,470
Mona Lisa smile, slightly.
640
00:34:59,471 --> 00:35:03,641
But it's this crystal sphere
that draws people in.
641
00:35:03,642 --> 00:35:06,143
This, in fact,
is the Cintamani Stone,
642
00:35:06,144 --> 00:35:09,313
the wish-fulfilling gem
of Tibetan Buddhism.
643
00:35:09,314 --> 00:35:12,108
The Cintamani Stone?
644
00:35:12,109 --> 00:35:14,151
A legendary relic that appears
645
00:35:14,152 --> 00:35:16,738
in many examples
of Buddhist art?
646
00:35:18,323 --> 00:35:21,826
But why would Leonardo da Vinci
depict Jesus Christ
647
00:35:21,827 --> 00:35:26,330
holding an orb that features
a Buddhist symbol?
648
00:35:26,331 --> 00:35:28,791
Gemani means "jewel,"
649
00:35:28,792 --> 00:35:31,460
and chinta, in this case,
is referring to "wishes."
650
00:35:31,461 --> 00:35:33,504
It's the jewel
that grants wishes.
651
00:35:33,505 --> 00:35:36,674
If you look at deities
like Ksitigarbha,
652
00:35:36,675 --> 00:35:39,510
he actually is holding it
in his hand,
653
00:35:39,511 --> 00:35:42,638
and it looks like a little orb.
654
00:35:42,639 --> 00:35:45,224
And he can travel
through all the six realms
655
00:35:45,225 --> 00:35:48,185
where various beings dwell.
656
00:35:48,186 --> 00:35:50,938
In Buddhist scripture,
the Cintamani Stone
657
00:35:50,939 --> 00:35:54,900
is often described as
a wish-fulfilling crystal sphere
658
00:35:54,901 --> 00:35:58,571
and is most often seen in
the possession of a Bodhisattva,
659
00:35:58,572 --> 00:36:01,198
or enlightened teacher.
660
00:36:01,199 --> 00:36:04,869
Much like Jesus holding the orb
in the Salvator Mundi painting,
661
00:36:04,870 --> 00:36:07,371
the Bodhisattva
is usually depicted
662
00:36:07,372 --> 00:36:11,876
holding the Cintamani Stone
in the palm of his hand.
663
00:36:11,877 --> 00:36:14,503
But how would a 15th century
Renaissance artist...
664
00:36:14,504 --> 00:36:16,213
A Roman Catholic...
665
00:36:16,214 --> 00:36:19,216
Have known about
a 10th-century Buddhist symbol?
666
00:36:19,217 --> 00:36:21,677
And why would he
have included it
667
00:36:21,678 --> 00:36:24,806
in an otherwise traditional
religious painting?
668
00:36:26,850 --> 00:36:29,018
For William Henry,
a key to the answer
669
00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:31,228
may be found
by noting the presence
670
00:36:31,229 --> 00:36:34,565
of three simple white dots,
or stars,
671
00:36:34,566 --> 00:36:38,736
floating inside
the transparent orb.
672
00:36:38,737 --> 00:36:42,031
We have those triple dots
on that sphere
673
00:36:42,032 --> 00:36:44,075
that symbolize
the three stars of Orion,
674
00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:46,744
indicating that there's
this cosmic connection
675
00:36:46,745 --> 00:36:48,914
that they're trying to make.
676
00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:51,832
Orion?
677
00:36:51,833 --> 00:36:54,377
The constellation that
the ancient Egyptians believed
678
00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:57,213
was the place of origin
for the gods?
679
00:36:57,214 --> 00:36:59,715
And whose three
most prominent stars,
680
00:36:59,716 --> 00:37:02,510
which form what is referred to
as Orion's Belt,
681
00:37:02,511 --> 00:37:04,970
are oriented
in precise alignment
682
00:37:04,971 --> 00:37:07,890
with not only
the great pyramids of Egypt,
683
00:37:07,891 --> 00:37:10,434
but also Teotihuacan in Mexico?
684
00:37:10,435 --> 00:37:12,561
The ancient Egyptians believed
685
00:37:12,562 --> 00:37:15,356
that their gods,
Osiris in particular,
686
00:37:15,357 --> 00:37:18,275
came from Orion.
687
00:37:18,276 --> 00:37:21,445
And that upon his resurrection
from the Earth,
688
00:37:21,446 --> 00:37:24,615
Osiris returned to Orion.
689
00:37:24,616 --> 00:37:29,411
Is it possible that
what this painting is showing
690
00:37:29,412 --> 00:37:31,789
is that Jesus himself
691
00:37:31,790 --> 00:37:37,294
is somehow
from the constellation Orion,
692
00:37:37,295 --> 00:37:41,924
and that that
is ultimately where we,
693
00:37:41,925 --> 00:37:45,261
as a human species, are from?
694
00:37:45,262 --> 00:37:48,097
We have this
very powerful connection
695
00:37:48,098 --> 00:37:51,142
between the resurrection
of Osiris, going to Orion,
696
00:37:51,143 --> 00:37:56,105
and Christ ultimately
returning from Orion.
697
00:37:56,106 --> 00:37:59,483
When we look at Christ holding
this crystalline orb,
698
00:37:59,484 --> 00:38:02,153
it's trying to tell us
that there's a...
699
00:38:02,154 --> 00:38:04,613
a higher intelligence
that operates in our world.
700
00:38:04,614 --> 00:38:06,157
He tapped into it.
701
00:38:06,158 --> 00:38:08,033
But ultimately he's saying,
702
00:38:08,034 --> 00:38:12,080
there's a cosmic intelligence
interwoven within human history.
703
00:38:13,540 --> 00:38:16,125
Is it possible
that Leonardo da Vinci
704
00:38:16,126 --> 00:38:19,754
was in possession
of extraterrestrial knowledge?
705
00:38:22,007 --> 00:38:26,051
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answers can be found
706
00:38:26,052 --> 00:38:27,636
by examining the artist's final
707
00:38:27,637 --> 00:38:30,264
and perhaps most prophetic
work of art,
708
00:38:30,265 --> 00:38:34,477
one which many believe
hides a startling portrait.
709
00:38:37,459 --> 00:38:41,254
Amboise, France. 1513.
710
00:38:41,255 --> 00:38:43,506
At Château du Clos Lucé,
711
00:38:43,507 --> 00:38:45,842
a 61-year-old Leonardo da Vinci
712
00:38:45,843 --> 00:38:49,929
begins work on what will be
his final painting.
713
00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:52,348
Three years later,
he completes his portrait
714
00:38:52,349 --> 00:38:54,183
of an androgynous figure
715
00:38:54,184 --> 00:38:56,352
emerging
from a shadowy background...
716
00:38:56,353 --> 00:38:59,355
Saint John the Baptist.
717
00:38:59,356 --> 00:39:04,068
Picture this painting
in a dimly lit chapel.
718
00:39:04,069 --> 00:39:06,321
Before lighting the candle,
you don't see anything.
719
00:39:06,322 --> 00:39:07,989
- Right.
- You light the candle,
720
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:10,533
and the light of the flame
illuminates the painting,
721
00:39:10,534 --> 00:39:13,077
and there emerges,
against a dark background,
722
00:39:13,078 --> 00:39:15,038
Saint John the Baptist.
723
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:16,622
And the pointing upward
to heaven,
724
00:39:16,623 --> 00:39:18,291
saying: I'm from the light,
725
00:39:18,292 --> 00:39:19,917
I'm witnessing to the light.
726
00:39:19,918 --> 00:39:21,627
He's pointing to another realm.
727
00:39:21,628 --> 00:39:23,087
Oh, yes.
728
00:39:23,088 --> 00:39:26,174
This is where divine wisdom
comes from.
729
00:39:26,175 --> 00:39:28,676
This is the source
of everything.
730
00:39:28,677 --> 00:39:31,888
The first words of Saint John
are, "I saw the light.
731
00:39:31,889 --> 00:39:34,474
- I will come to this Earth."
- Wow.
732
00:39:34,475 --> 00:39:37,268
Leonardo was encoding
733
00:39:37,269 --> 00:39:41,147
extraordinary secrets
in his paintings.
734
00:39:41,148 --> 00:39:43,775
He wanted to imbue his work
735
00:39:43,776 --> 00:39:48,237
for the future generations
with his own private message.
736
00:39:48,238 --> 00:39:52,075
His paintings are like
portals to another world,
737
00:39:52,076 --> 00:39:54,243
where the real Leonardo
inhabits.
738
00:39:54,244 --> 00:39:56,245
But whether we're big enough
739
00:39:56,246 --> 00:40:00,291
to accept what he has to say
is quite another matter.
740
00:40:00,292 --> 00:40:05,296
I think he had some very subtle
messages he wanted to convey
741
00:40:05,297 --> 00:40:09,258
to not the people of that time,
but to the people of our time.
742
00:40:09,259 --> 00:40:11,427
And we have to look for it.
743
00:40:11,428 --> 00:40:13,930
Is he talking
about extraterrestrials?
744
00:40:13,931 --> 00:40:16,432
Is he talking about the future?
745
00:40:16,433 --> 00:40:19,644
Investigators
have recently found
746
00:40:19,645 --> 00:40:21,562
some pretty astonishing things
747
00:40:21,563 --> 00:40:25,108
about Leonardo da Vinci's
painting John the Baptist.
748
00:40:25,109 --> 00:40:29,278
And they mirror the image
to create a double image,
749
00:40:29,279 --> 00:40:32,573
and then through
an enhancement process,
750
00:40:32,574 --> 00:40:36,160
they are able to bring out
what seems to be
751
00:40:36,161 --> 00:40:39,122
the face of an extraterrestrial.
752
00:40:39,123 --> 00:40:41,290
It's a pretty unusual thing,
753
00:40:41,291 --> 00:40:44,168
and we know that da Vinci
754
00:40:44,169 --> 00:40:47,588
did use this
mirroring technique.
755
00:40:47,589 --> 00:40:49,966
And so this isn't something
that is so farfetched
756
00:40:49,967 --> 00:40:52,302
that he would do.
757
00:40:53,679 --> 00:40:57,723
Da Vinci is one
of a long line of artists
758
00:40:57,724 --> 00:40:59,976
who have told us, beginning
with the ancient Egyptians
759
00:40:59,977 --> 00:41:02,812
and running through the early
Christians and Tibetans,
760
00:41:02,813 --> 00:41:06,691
that art is a medium,
it's a conduit
761
00:41:06,692 --> 00:41:09,485
through which ordinary people
can connect
762
00:41:09,486 --> 00:41:14,240
with higher-dimensional beings,
even extraterrestrials.
763
00:41:14,241 --> 00:41:16,450
And I think this is
the ultimate message
764
00:41:16,451 --> 00:41:18,995
that Leonardo placed
in the codes
765
00:41:18,996 --> 00:41:21,456
and the symbols
within his paintings.
766
00:41:22,833 --> 00:41:25,209
Did Leonardo da Vinci experience
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00:41:25,210 --> 00:41:29,046
an extraterrestrial encounter,
one that opened his mind
768
00:41:29,047 --> 00:41:33,509
to what was once considered
forbidden knowledge?
769
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:36,512
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
770
00:41:36,513 --> 00:41:40,850
and believe that da Vinci
encoded his works in such a way
771
00:41:40,851 --> 00:41:43,895
that future generations
could learn the truth
772
00:41:43,896 --> 00:41:46,856
about mankind's origins.
773
00:41:46,857 --> 00:41:49,400
And that, when fully understood,
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00:41:49,401 --> 00:41:52,945
will lead the way
to our ultimate destiny.
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