All language subtitles for What.on.Earth.S08E04.1080p.DSCP.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[eng]

Narrator:
THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

MORE THAN 4,000 SATELLITES
CIRCLE THE EARTH.

EVERY DAY,
THEY UNCOVER NEW,

MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA
THAT DEFY EXPLANATION.

-HUNTING FROM SPACE.
-OVER HERE!

Narrator: THE FIGHT TO RID
PARADISE OF MONSTER SNAKES.

WE GOT IT!

THESE PYTHON ATTACK ANYTHING
THAT'S WARM-BLOODED AND MOVES.

Narrator:
CHINA'S SECRET PYRAMIDS.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST

EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES
MADE IN THE LAST MILLENNIUM.

Narrator:
AND INTO THE HAUNTED SEAS.

WE'RE DEALING WITH
THE GRAVEYARD OF SHIPS,

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

Narrator:
BAFFLING PHENOMENA.

MYSTERIES FROM SPACE.

WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY?

**

**

DECEMBER 14, 2019.

IN ORBIT OVER FLORIDA,
EYES IN THE SKY

CAPTURE THE VAST EVERGLADES,

A 5,000-YEAR-OLD WETLAND SYSTEM
UNIQUE TO PLANET EARTH

AND ONE THAT'S BEEN INVADED
BY MONSTERS.

FLORIDA HAS A HUGE PROBLEM
WITH THE BURMESE PYTHON.

**

THESE GIANT CREATURES
ARE NATIVE TO THE STEAMY

JUNGLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
BUT HAVE FOUND A HOME IN

THE EVERGLADES THANKS TO SOME
EXOTIC PET KEEPERS WHO LOVE

THEIR PETS BUT NOT ENOUGH
TO KEEP THEM.

Narrator: THE BURMESE PYTHON IS
AMONG THE BIGGEST SNAKES

IN THE WORLD,

GROWING TO 20 FEET
AND WEIGHING AS MUCH AS

A BABY ELEPHANT.

AND IN THE EVERGLADES,

A GROWING INFESTATION
OF THESE GIANT PREDATORS

IS KILLING EVERYTHING
IN ITS PATH.

THESE PYTHONS BASICALLY
ATTACK ANYTHING

THAT'S WARM-BLOODED AND MOVES.

**

Narrator:
TO COMBAT THIS INVADING ARMY,

MILITARY VETERANS
HAVE BEEN CALLED IN TO HELP.

TOM RAHILL LEADS A UNIT
CALLED THE SWAMP APES.

[ BIRD CALLING ]

-SERGEANT MAJOR!
-HELLO, TOM.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
WE'VE GOT...

Narrator:
AND TO TRACK THE ENEMY,

AS IN MODERN WARFARE,

THEY'RE USING
SPACE TECHNOLOGY.

THESE PYTHONS,

THIS IS GONNA BE
OUR TARGET AREA.

THIS IS WHERE I THINK
THE BIG FEMALES ARE.

Narrator: HIDDEN AMONG THE VAST
EXPANSES OF VEGETATION

ARE MORE BARREN PATCHES, WHICH
DRAW SNAKES TO BASK IN THE SUN.

-SO...
-Narrator: RAHILL FORENSICALLY

SCANS THE LATEST
SATELLITE IMAGES TO

LOCATE THESE AREAS,

THEREBY SAVING COUNTLESS HOURS
OF GROUNDWORK.

...SIGN OF THE PYTHON.

NO GOING HOME UNTIL WE GET

A PYTHON TODAY, GENTLEMEN.
-LET'S DO IT.

**

[ BIRD CALLING ]

**

Narrator:
ARMED WITH PROTECTIVE GEAR,

THE SWAMP APES STRIKE OUT
DEEP INTO THE EVERGLADES.

**

RAHILL REVEALS THAT
THE FIRST PYTHONS WERE

LIKELY RELEASED

INTO THESE SWAMPS BY
PET OWNERS IN THE 1970s.

THEY CAN LAY 100 EGGS AT
A TIME AND BREED FOR 20 YEARS.

JACK PYTHON

MET JILL PYTHON,
AND...

THAT'S IT.

HUNDREDS OF BABIES,
THOUSANDS OF BABIES,

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BABIES.

IT'S BEEN A PYTHON BABY BOOM
EXPLOSION OUT HERE.

Narrator: UP TO 300,000 PYTHONS
NOW STALK THE EVERGLADES.

THEY CAN CATCH AND KILL
FARM ANIMALS, DEER,

AND EVEN ALLIGATORS.

IN THOSE AREAS WHERE
THE PYTHONS HAVE ESTABLISHED

A POPULATION,
IT'S EERILY QUIET.

IT'S A GHOST TOWN.

IT WOULDN'T EAT ME --

I HAVE A PYTHON BARRIER.

Narrator:
IN PARTS OF THESE WETLANDS,

THEY HAVE DECIMATED THE NUMBER
OF SOME ANIMALS BY OVER 98%.

AERIAL TECHNOLOGY
COULD BE THE EVERGLADES'

LAST HOPE.

SO, SERGEANT MAJOR, YOU SEE
HERE, THIS ISLAND IS THIS

WE'RE COMING UP ON.

THIS IS WHERE WE WANTED.
THIS IS GOOD.

THIS IS GOOD.
NICE AND EASY NOW.

BEAUTIFUL.

**

Narrator:
THE SATELLITE IMAGE SUGGESTS

A LIKELY BASKING AREA LIES

JUST BEYOND THIS FOREST OF
MANGROVE AND SAWGRASS.

THE TEAM MUST BE ON
THEIR GUARD.

IT SEEMS PYTHONS AREN'T

THE ONLY GIANT REPTILES
IN THE VICINITY.

THIS IS A TURTLE GRAVEYARD
UP HERE.

ALL THESE SIGNS THAT THERE'S
A GATOR NEAR HERE, FOR SURE.

Narrator: AFTER
A FEW HUNDRED YARDS, RAHILL

AND THE SWAMP APES APPROACH
THE CLEARING IDENTIFIED

FROM SPACE.

I HEAR SOMETHING
UP IN HERE.

HEY!

PYTHON, RIGHT THERE.

TOM, OVER HERE.

OH, I SEE YOU NOW.
-THERE HE IS.

WE GOT IT!

I GOT HIM OVER HERE.

COMING MY WAY.

-THERE YOU GO, MAN.
-GOT IT.

LOOK AT THAT, MAN.
WOO-HOO!

THAT'S A PRETTY ONE.

IT'S A MALE, TOO.

THIS GUY WAS OUT LOOKING
FOR A DATE.

LOOKING FOR LOVE.

Narrator: THIS YOUNG MALE WILL
SOON REACH SEXUAL MATURITY,

AND LEFT TO ROAM THE SWAMPS,
WOULD SIRE COUNTLESS

OTHER PYTHONS.

GOOD JOB, MAN.

**

Narrator:
WITH HELP FROM AERIAL IMAGES,

RAHILL AND HIS TEAM HAVE
PULLED OVER 1,000 BURMESE

PYTHONS FROM THE EVERGLADES.

Rahill:
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS.

IT PAINS ME THAT
THEY HAVE TO BE KILLED,

BUT THERE'S WAY,
WAY TOO MANY.

Narrator: SUCH IS THE NUMBER OF
PYTHONS HERE THAT RAHILL

FEARS THAT EVEN WITH
THE BEST SATELLITE DATA,

ERADICATION IS IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT THERE'S A NEW AERIAL
WEAPON ON THE HORIZON

IN THE SNAKE WARS.

PYTHONING IS BENEFITING FROM
THE TECHNOLOGY AS IT DEVELOPS.

THERE'S A BOOM GOING ON IN

THE WORLD RIGHT NOW
WITH DRONE TECHNOLOGY.

[ DRONE BUZZING ]

Narrator: SCIENTISTS
AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE
DEVELOPED A CAMERA THAT CAN

DETECT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT
NOT VISIBLE TO HUMANS THAT

REFLECT OFF A PYTHON'S SCALES.

WE'LL SPOT THE ANIMAL,
HOPEFULLY, IN 1/10 THE TIME

THAT IT WOULD TAKE
FOR US TO DO ON FOOT.

Narrator: RAHILL HOPES THAT
THIS GAME-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY

WILL FINALLY RID PARADISE OF
THE INVASIVE PREDATORS.

UNTIL THEN,
HE AND THE SWAMP APES

WILL CONTINUE USING
SATELLITES IN SPACE

AND MANPOWER ON THE GROUND

TO KEEP THEM IN CHECK.

**

APRIL 4, 2019.

THE WorldView-3 SATELLITE

PASSING OVER
NORTHWEST CHINA CAPTURES

AN IMAGE THAT CONTINUES
TO PUZZLE ANALYSTS.

Carter: THIS IS
ABSOLUTELY BIZARRE.

I SEE THIS

INCREDIBLE
GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE,

THIS SQUARE WITH

THESE FOUR SEEMINGLY
PERFECT TRIANGLES.

Narrator: DIAGONALLY,
THE WEIRD FEATURE

MEASURES 1,500 FEET.

Nelson:
THIS IS VERY MYSTERIOUS.

IF I'VE EVER SEEN AN X MARKS
THE SPOT, THAT'S THIS.

WHAT IS IT DOING OUT HERE IN
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN CHINA?

Narrator: COMING UP,

ATTACK OF THE METAL
SEA MONSTER.

Hymel:
BY THE END OF THIS BATTLE,

EVERY FLEET AROUND THE GLOBE
HAS BEEN RENDERED OBSOLETE.

Narrator:
AND WHAT LIES BENEATH?

TO THINK THAT EXISTS UNDERGROUND
IS REALLY TERRIFYING.

Narrator:
HIGH ABOVE NORTHWEST CHINA,

A SATELLITE HAS UNCOVERED
A MYSTERY.

THIS FEATURE WE'RE LOOKING AT
IS ABOUT 1,000 FEET ACROSS.

WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?

Bellinger: IT'S BLENDING
INTO THE LAND ITSELF.

WHATEVER IT IS,
IT LOOKS LIKE

IT'S BEEN THERE
A REALLY LONG TIME.

Narrator: MARK HORTON STUDIES
THE IMAGE IN MORE DETAIL.

Horton: IT LOOKS AS IF
IT'S A PYRAMID.

CHINA IS NOT FAMOUS
FOR ITS PYRAMIDS.

WE THINK OF ANCIENT EGYPT,
BUT ACTUALLY

THERE IS THIS EARLY
PYRAMID TRADITION

IN CHINA ASSOCIATED WITH
THE EARLY CHINESE EMPERORS.

Narrator:
CHINA'S PYRAMIDS ARE REGARDED

BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS AS SOME OF

THE MOST MYSTERIOUS
STRUCTURES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.

[ HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING ]

FOR CENTURIES, THEY WERE KEPT
HIDDEN FROM THE WEST.

BUT IN 1974, SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS.

PEASANTS, WHO WERE JUST DIGGING,
CAME ACROSS THIS INCREDIBLE

LIFE-SIZE STATUE MADE OUT OF
CLAY, TERRACOTTA CLAY.

Narrator: THE PEASANTS HAVE
UNEARTHED THE FIRST WARRIOR

OF THE MIGHTY
TERRACOTTA ARMY.

Horton: THE TERRACOTTA ARMY
IS JUST MIND-BOGGLING,

THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS,
ALL INTIMATELY CARVED OUT

OF CLAY,
EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT.

Narrator: THE 8,000-STRONG ARMY
STANDS CLOSE TO

A MONSTROUS 2,200-YEAR-OLD
EARTH-COVERED PYRAMID.

THEY GUARD THE UNOPENED
AND REPUTEDLY

BOOBY-TRAPPED TOMB OF
EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANG.

Hunt: WHEN THE EMPEROR PUT
HIS TOMB IN THE LISHAN HILL,

HE DID IT IN SUCH A WAY

TO HAVE THE FOUR GREAT
RIVERS OF CHINA

DISPLAYED IN MERCURY,
WHICH IS REALLY TOXIC STUFF.

Horton:
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST

EXTRAORDINARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL
DISCOVERIES MADE

IN THE LAST MILLENNIUM.

**

Narrator: ANALYSTS SUSPECT
THAT CHINA'S VAST INTERIOR

CONCEALS MANY PYRAMIDS UNKNOWN
TO WESTERN ARCHAEOLOGISTS,

A THEORY SUPPORTED
BY AN IMAGE TAKEN

BY U.S. PILOTS FLYING
OVER THE COUNTRY

IN 1945.

Kourounis: THEY REPORT SEEING
THIS HUGE PYRAMID,

WHITE IN APPEARANCE,

METALLIC IN CONSISTENCY
WITH A GEMSTONE CAP ON TOP.

Horton: THIS EXCITED
A GREAT DEAL OF INTEREST

IN THESE UNDISCOVERED
CHINESE PYRAMIDS.

BUT SUBSEQUENTLY,
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WERE

VERY KEEN TO SUPPRESS KNOWLEDGE
OF THEM.

Narrator:
RECENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT,

LIKE THOSE IN EGYPT,

CHINA'S PYRAMIDS ARE ALIGNED
WITH THE STARS.

YET THE AUTHORITIES HERE
REFUSED TO LET

ARCHAEOLOGISTS STUDY THEM
TO FIND OUT WHY.

WHAT'S VERY STRIKING,
IF WE COMPARE

THE GREAT WHITE PYRAMID WITH

OUR SATELLITE IMAGERY TO JUST
SEE HOW SIMILAR THE TWO ARE.

Hunt: SO WE HAVE TO ASK
IF THIS FEATURE

WE'RE LOOKING AT
IS ONE OF THESE LOST

PYRAMIDS THAT CHINA
IS TRYING TO KEEP SECRET.

Narrator: OTHER ANALYSTS THINK
THE STRUCTURE DOES CONCEAL

A SERIES OF UNDERGROUND
TUNNELS AND CHAMBERS,

BUT NOT ONES USED TO HOUSE
THE REMAINS OF DEAD EMPERORS.

Moran: THE LINES AND SHAPES

REMIND ME
OF MILITARY ACTIVITY.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY
AT THE CROSS AREA,

THERE'S RAISED
RECTANGULAR STRUCTURES.

THOSE COULD VERY WELL BE
VENTILATION SHAFTS.

THIS COULD BE AN UNDERGROUND
MILITARY BASE.

Narrator: INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTS
THAT CHINA BEGINS

CONSTRUCTING A SERIES

OF UNDERGROUND BASES
IN THE 1950s TO HOUSE

ITS FLEETS OF FIGHTER JETS.

THE CHINESE ARE NO STRANGER
TO INCORPORATING

THE USE OF
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES

INTO THEIR COMBAT OPERATIONS.

UNDERGROUND BASES
ARE HARDER TO HIT,

HARDER TO LOCATE,

HARDER TO SEE EXACTLY
WHAT'S GOING ON.

Narrator:
THIS SATELLITE IMAGE

AND ONES TAKEN
OVER THE GOBI DESERT,

FUEL FEARS THE CHINESE ARE
CURRENTLY BUILDING A VAST

NUMBER OF SUBTERRANEAN BASES.

BY DRAWING
THE FIGHT UNDERGROUND,

BEIJING THINKS
ITS TWO-MILLION-STRONG ARMY

CAN NEGATE AMERICAN MILITARY
TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY

IF YOU'RE OUTMATCHED BY
YOUR ENEMY ABOVEGROUND,

THEN IT'S A VERY GOOD STRATEGY
TO DRAW THEM UNDERGROUND.

AND IN THAT WAY, YOU CAN KIND
OF LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD.

Narrator: CHINA IS ALSO KNOWN
TO CONCEAL MANY OF ITS NUCLEAR

WEAPONS IN A SERIES OF TUNNELS,

THE SO-CALLED
UNDERGROUND GREAT WALL.

THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO IS THAT
THE COUNTRY IS PLANNING

FOR A FUTURE
OF SUBTERRANEAN WARFARE

FOR WHICH THE REST
OF THE WORLD IS ILL-PREPARED.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
A NETWORK OF BASES

AND REALLY MOVE AROUND
THE BATTLEFIELD WITHOUT

BEING DETECTED.

Moran: TO THINK THAT
THEY MIGHT HAVE AN ENTIRE

PARALLEL MILITARY APPARATUS
THAT EXISTS UNDERGROUND IS

REALLY TERRIFYING.

THE U.S. MILITARY IS ACTUALLY
ASKING AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES

TO TRAIN

IN THEIR UNDERGROUND TUNNELS
TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE

FOR THE UNEXPECTED.

Narrator: BUT MANY WORRY THAT
IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE.

Munoz:
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGES

OF SUBTERRANEAN WARFARE IS

IF YOU ARE THE ONE
WHO'S BUILT

THESE FACILITIES,
BUILT THESE TUNNELS,

YOU AUTOMATICALLY
HAVE THE ADVANTAGE,

YOU KNOW THE TERRAIN.

Narrator: THE PYRAMID STRUCTURE
IN THE IMAGE SITS

INSIDE A HIGHLY SECURE
REGION OF CHINA,

SO IT'S HARD TO SAY IF THIS IS
A MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT TOMB

OR AN APOCALYPSE PYRAMID
PACKED WITH NUKES.

IT COULD TAKE YEARS,
MAYBE EVEN DECADES,

TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ACTUALLY
GOING ON AT THIS MYSTERIOUS

CHINESE STRUCTURE.

**

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE CEMETERY OF THE SEAS.

YOU CAN'T SEE IT.
IT'S A RING OF DEATH.

Narrator:
AND THE MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR
DESERT HEISTS.

CRIMINAL GANGS BEGAN
DIGGING INDISCRIMINATELY,

JUST LOOKING FOR RICHES.

Narrator:
ORBITING THE EARTH

AT 15,000 MILES PER HOUR,

A SATELLITE SCANS
A 500,000-SQUARE-MILE

PATCH OF OCEAN
TO THE EAST OF FLORIDA.

WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DEALING WITH
A MYSTERIOUS PLACE,

OFTEN CALLED THE GRAVEYARD
OF SHIPS,

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE.

Narrator: THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA
FORMS THE MOST NORTHERLY POINT

OF THE TRIANGLE,

ALSO CALLED THE HOODOO SEA
AND LIMBO OF THE LOST.

ALTHOUGH JUST
20 SQUARE MILES IN SIZE,

ITS WATERS CONCEAL
OVER 300 SHIPWRECKS.

BERMUDA IS KNOWN AS THE
SHIPWRECK CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,

AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS

IT'S SURROUNDED ALMOST ENTIRELY
BY CORAL REEF.

AND WHEN YOU'RE SAILING UP
TO IT, YOU CAN'T SEE IT.

IT'S A RING OF DEATH.

Narrator: AN IMAGE TAKEN ON
APRIL 26, 2019, CAPTURES

A RARE AERIAL GLIMPSE OF ONE
OF THE TRIANGLE'S

MANY VICTIMS.

Hunt: SO MANY SHIPS
HAVE DISAPPEARED

UNDER STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES,

HERE'S ONE TANTALIZINGLY
CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.

Narrator: THIS SHIP DID NOT
FOUNDER ON THE REEF.

IN FACT, IT SITS BETWEEN
TWO WALLS OF CORAL.

IT'S LIKE THIS SHIP JUST GOT
TURNED SIDEWAYS

AND SUNK ALL OF A SUDDEN.

Joyce: THIS ISN'T
A TYPICAL SHIPWRECK.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT
MUST HAVE OCCURRED HERE.

Narrator: KEN JOYCE SCANS
THE VESSEL USING

MAXAR'S SecureWatch SOFTWARE.

SOMETHING FUNNY HAPPENS
AS I GO

TO MEASURE THE LENGTH OF
THE SHIP.

I CAN SEE WHERE THE BOW
EXTENDS UNDER THE WATER.

I ONLY SEE THIS DESIGN
FOR SHIPS IN SPECIFIC

NAVAL VESSELS,
WHICH ARE CALLED RAM SHIPS.

Narrator:
THE PRESENCE OF A RAM SHIP

IN THESE WATERS
BAFFLES INVESTIGATORS.

USED TO DEVASTATING EFFECT
MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO,

THEY BECOME OBSOLETE
IN THE 16th CENTURY.

RAM SHIPS ARE EFFECTIVE
UNTIL THE ONSET OF GUNPOWDER

AND CANNONADE.

CANNONS CAN WREAK A LOT MORE
HAVOC FROM

A DISTANCE THAN
A RAM SHIP CAN CLOSE UP.

Narrator: YET RUST VISIBLE ON
THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE WRECK

REVEALS IT DATES
FROM A MUCH LATER ERA.

MANY SHIPS IN THE LATER PART
OF THE 19th CENTURY

INCORPORATED THE USE OF A RAM
AS AN EFFECTIVE USE OF

NAVAL WARFARE.

SO THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

THIS IS A CIVIL WAR ERA
RAM SHIP.

Narrator:
THE STRANGE REVIVAL IN THE USE

OF RAM SHIPS AFTER CENTURIES OF

NEGLECT BEGINS DURING
THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS IN

MARCH 1862.

IT PROVES TO BE ONE OF

THE MOST PIVOTAL NAVAL
ENGAGEMENTS IN HISTORY.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA FIRST
SEE YOUR MODERN WHAT ARE

CALLED IRONCLADS,

AND THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE
THE FUTURE OF NAVIES

AROUND THE GLOBE.

Narrator:
DURING THE BATTLE,

IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK
THE UNION BLOCKADE OF

VIRGINIA'S COAST,

THE CONFEDERATES UNLEASH
A TERRIFYING NEW WEAPON,

THE CSS VIRGINIA,

A FRIGATE COVERED
IN TWO-INCH-THICK IRON PLATES

AND FITTED WITH
A 1,500-POUND RAM.

Krueger: IT APPEARS TO BE ALMOST
LIKE A FLOATING BARN

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WATER.

IT'S VERY UNUSUAL, BUT DON'T
JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.

THIS WAS A VERY
POWERFUL SHIP.

Narrator: THE CONFEDERATES'
METAL RAM SHIP

WREAKS HAVOC ON THE UNION FLEET,

SINKING TWO ENEMY VESSELS
IN QUICK SUCCESSION.

THE UNION DOESN'T REALLY
HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS,

AND A PANIC ACTUALLY
BREAKS OUT.

BUT THE UNION HAD BEEN
WORKING ON ITS OWN VERSION,

THE USS MONITOR.

[ CANNONS BLASTING ]

Narrator: THE MONITOR
GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD

WITH THE CONFEDERATE VIRGINIA.

IT'S A STALEMATE.

[ CANNONS FIRE ]

BOTH SEEM INVINCIBLE.

Hymel: THESE SHIPS ARE FIRING
AT EACH OTHER,

AND THE ROUNDS KEEP BOUNCING
OFF THE HULLS.

SO BY THE END OF
THIS BATTLE BETWEEN

THESE TWO IRONCLAD SHIPS,

EVERY FLEET AROUND THE GLOBE
HAS BEEN RENDERED OBSOLETE.

Narrator: FOLLOWING THE BATTLE
OF HAMPTON ROADS,

NAVIES AROUND THE GLOBE RACE
TO CONVERT THEIR FLEETS

INTO IRONCLAD RAM SHIPS.

YET MARITIME RECORDS REVEAL
ONLY ONE SUCH CRAFT

MATCHES THE DETAILS OF
THE ONE IN THE IMAGE.

SO IT TURNS OUT THAT
THIS SHIP IS THE HMS VIXEN,

AND IT WAS PART OF
THE ROYAL NAVY.

IT WAS A REALLY UNUSUAL SHIP,
BECAUSE ON THE TOP

OF THE METAL WAS
A LAYER OF TEAK,

WHICH PREVENTED
THE CORROSION OF

THE METAL DUE
TO THE SALT WATER.

Narrator: THE VIXEN IS ONE OF
THREE RAM SHIPS THAT BRITAIN'S

ROYAL NAVY COVERS WITH
A THICK LAYER OF TEAK.

BUT WHILE IT MAKES HER
RUSTPROOF, IT SLOWS HER DOWN,

RENDERING THE VIXEN
USELESS IN BATTLE.

THIS SHIP CAN'T CHASE SHIPS
TO RAM THEM.

IT'S GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND.

THE HMS VIXEN IS SENT DOWN

TO BERMUDA,

WHERE, IN HUMILIATION,
SHE ENDS UP AS A DORMITORY

IN THE DOCKYARDS.

Narrator: YET THERE IS ONE MORE
CHAPTER IN THE LIFE

OF THIS STRANGE SHIP.

IN 1890,
THE UNITED STATES STARTS

MAKING PLANS TO GO TO WAR
WITH GREAT BRITAIN,

AND BERMUDA,
AS A BRITISH TERRITORY,

WAS ONE OF THEIR FOCUS.

Narrator: FEARING THE AMERICANS
WILL ATTACK

THE ROYAL NAVAL DOCKYARDS,
THE BRITISH SCUTTLE THE VIXEN

AND USE HER TO BLOCKADE
AN APPROACH THROUGH THE REEF.

Hymel: IT'S KIND OF A SHAME
THAT THIS PROUD SHIP OF WAR

IS NOW MORE USEFUL

SUNK AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE WATER THAN OUT FIGHTING

ENEMIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

Narrator: WHAT'S MORE,
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CONFLICT

DOESN'T MATERIALIZE,

AND SHE BECOMES
A BIZARRE MONUMENT

TO A WAR
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

COMING UP,
THE MYSTERY OF

THE TERRORISTS
AND THE DESERT TREASURE TROVE.

THE BIG QUESTION IS,
WHAT HAVE THEY TAKEN FROM IT?

Narrator: AND THE DEATH FARMS
OF ASIA.

THE BIGGEST HARVEST
WAS HUMAN CORPSES.

Narrator:
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017.

A CAMERA IN ORBIT
OVER SOUTHERN IRAQ

CAPTURES A FIELD OF
BLACK DOTS.

IT APPEARS THERE ARE A LOT OF
DEEP SHADOWS OR DEPRESSIONS

IN THE EARTH,

LIKE THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

Kourounis:
ZOOMING IN A LITTLE CLOSER,

WE CAN SEE THAT THESE DOTS ARE
ACTUALLY HOLES IN THE GROUND.

SOMEONE HAS BEEN DIGGING
DOZENS, NO HUNDREDS,

OF HOLES
IN THE IRAQI DESERT.

Narrator: TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS,

THE NUMBER, SIZE,
AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE HOLES

SUGGEST THAT A MASSIVE CRIME
HAS BEEN CAPTURED FROM SPACE.

Paul: THESE DEPRESSIONS ARE
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE

IN DESERT AREAS ACROSS
THE MIDDLE EAST.

THIS IS THE LOOTING OF
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE.

Narrator: BUT THE LOCATION
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THERE APPEAR TO BE NO
ANCIENT STRUCTURES NEARBY.

THIS IS PEOPLE
LOOKING FOR TREASURE.

THE REALLY INTRIGUING THING
IS, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
A KNOWN ANCIENT CITY.

Narrator: THIS LAND WAS ONCE
INHABITED BY ONE OF

THE MOST REMARKABLE PEOPLES
IN ALL HUMAN HISTORY.

THIS PART OF IRAQ
HAS OFTEN BEEN

REFERRED TO AS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF CIVILIZATION,

AND IT WAS OCCUPIED BY
A GROUP KNOWN AS THE SUMERIANS.

Narrator: THE SUMERIANS RULE
SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA,

A REGION THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE

THE TIGRIS
AND EUPHRATES RIVERS,

BETWEEN 4500 AND 1750 B.C.

THE SUMERIANS ARE
THE ARCHITECTS OF MODERN LIFE

AS WE KNOW IT.

THEY DEVELOP THE FIRST
URBAN LIVING IN CITIES,

THE FIRST FORM OF
WRITTEN LANGUAGE,

AND THE DIVISION OF TIME
INTO HOURS AND MINUTES.

Narrator: TO FIND
A SUMERIAN CITY

IS LIKE FINDING GOLD,
FOR THE ARTIFACTS

BURIED HERE ARE UNIQUE
AND IRREPLACEABLE.

THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT ANCIENT
CITY HAVE THESE LOOTERS FOUND?

AND WHAT HAVE THEY
TAKEN FROM IT?

Narrator: A LEAD COMES WHEN
OFFICIALS INTERCEPT

HUNDREDS OF RELICS LOOTED
FROM THE SITE IN THE IMAGE.

THE U.S. CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
BUSTED A HUGE CACHE OF CLAY

TABLETS INSCRIBED WITH
CUNEIFORM THAT DERIVED FROM

THIS AREA IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Narrator: DEVELOPED AROUND
3200 B.C., CUNEIFORM IS

ONE OF THE OLDEST FORMS
OF WRITING.

ANALYSIS OF
THE ANCIENT TEXT REVEALS

SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY.

WHEN EXPERTS LOOKED
AT THESE CLAY TABLETS,

THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF
REFERENCES TO A PLACE

CALLED IRISAGRIG.

Narrator: IRISAGRIG IS
A LOST 4,000-YEAR-OLD

SUMERIAN CITY NOW BURIED
BY THE SANDS.

IT HAS ELUDED ARCHAEOLOGISTS
FOR OVER A CENTURY,

BUT IT SEEMS ILLEGAL

TREASURE HUNTERS
HAVE FOUND IT.

IT'S IRONICAL THAT
A BUNCH OF LOOTERS HAVE

ACTUALLY UNCOVERED THIS
POTENTIALLY REALLY IMPORTANT

LOST SUMERIAN CITY.

Narrator: IT IS NOT KNOWN
HOW MANY ANCIENT,

PRICELESS ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN
TAKEN FROM THESE SANDS,

BUT HISTORICAL IMAGES
REVEAL THE RANSACKING

HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR MANY YEARS.

Joyce: THIS IS QuickBird-2
IMAGE FROM 2003.

MOVING FORWARD IN TIME,

THE DIGGING SITE
HAS EXPANDED

TO ROUGHLY A SQUARE MILE,

AND THE PITS THEMSELVES
CAN BE 60 FEET ACROSS.

THIS IS LOOTING
ON A MASSIVE SCALE.

Narrator: INVESTIGATIONS SUGGEST
MANY OF THE ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN

SOLD TO SUPPOSEDLY
LEGAL BUYERS IN THE WEST,

BUT MUCH OF THE PROFITS
HAVE ENDED UP

IN THE POCKETS OF TERRORISTS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

ILLEGAL ANTIQUITIES ARE
BOUND MAINLY

FOR PRIVATE COLLECTORS
OR MUSEUMS,

AND EVERYBODY TRIES
TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT OF

YOU DON'T ASK,
YOU DON'T TELL.

[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

Narrator: TERROR GROUPS LIKE
ISIS CAN MAKE MANY

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
FROM A SINGLE LOOTING SITE.

FOUR MILLENNIA AFTER ONE OF
THE GREATEST

CIVILIZATIONS IN HISTORY
ROSE FROM THESE SANDS,

THEIR GIFTS TO MANKIND
ARE BEING

USED TO FUND SOME OF
THE VILEST

ACTS OF
THE 21st CENTURY.

IRAQ IS A CORNUCOPIA
OF UNEXPLORED

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.

THERE ARE 10,000 ALONE THAT
WE KNOW ABOUT OUT THERE,

SITTING DUCKS, SADLY,

FOR LOOTERS TO TARGET.

**

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE JUNGLE MEGATROPOLIS.

IT IS, IN FACT,
THE BIGGEST CITY IN

THE ENTIRE KNOWN
PRE-INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Narrator:
AND STRANDED ON HELL ISLAND.

IT REALLY IS A DESPERATE
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

Narrator: MARCH 2015,

CAMBODIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA.

ARIEL ARCHAEOLOGISTS
TAKE TO THE SKIES

OVER SIEM REAP PROVINCE.

USING LIDAR TECHNOLOGY TO
PIERCE THE JUNGLE CANOPY,

THEY CAPTURE
THESE HIDDEN FEATURES

IN THE LANDSCAPE BELOW.

Janulis: THIS IS A REALLY
STRANGE IMAGE.

WE'VE GOT ROWS
OF CIRCULAR FEATURES

IN A GRID PATTERN.

IT KINDA LOOKS
LIKE BUBBLE WRAP.

Narrator: A FIELD OF MOUNDS
COVERS OVER 170 ACRES

OF THE FOREST FLOOR.

Albertson: IT'S BEEN LAID OUT
ON PURPOSE IN THIS WAY.

WHAT I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS
WAS DONE OR HOW IT WAS DONE.

Narrator: VEGETATION GROWTH
SUGGESTS THE MOUNDS

HAVE BEEN CONCEALED
FOR DECADES.

THEIR LAYOUT
OFFERS A CLUE.

Walters: THEY'RE ALL
REGULARLY SPACED

AS IF THEY'RE IN A KIND OF
AGRICULTURAL FIELD, I SUPPOSE.

SO MAYBE THESE ARE REMNANTS OF

SOME KIND OF ABANDONED
FARMING PRACTICE.

Narrator:
FOR GUY WALTERS,

THIS POINTS TO
ONE PARTICULAR PERIOD

IN THIS NATION'S HISTORY.

[ BLASTING NOISE ]

Walters:
CAMBODIA IS STILL RECOVERING

FROM THAT EXCEPTIONALLY
BRUTAL PERIOD

OF LAND REFORM UNDER
THE DICTATOR POL POT,

SO THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
THESE ARE RELATED TO THAT TIME.

[ SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ]

Narrator: THE TYRANT POL POT
ASCENDS TO POWER ON

APRIL 17, 1975, FOLLOWING
AN EIGHT-YEAR CIVIL WAR.

HIS KHMER ROUGE PARTY
IMMEDIATELY INSTIGATES RADICAL

ECONOMIC REFORMS,

BANNING THE USE OF MONEY AND
CONVERTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY

INTO A COMMUNIST
PEASANT SOCIETY.

HE WANTED
TO TURN THE COUNTRY

INTO THE AGRICULTURAL MECCA
OF THE WORLD.

TWO OF THE PRIMARY CROPS

GROWN IN CAMBODIA ARE
RICE AND SWEET POTATOES,

OFTEN GROWN IN MOUNDS,

NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

Narrator: IMMEDIATELY AFTER
ASCENDING TO POWER,

POL POT AND THE KHMER ROUGE
FORCED 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE TO

LEAVE THE CAPITAL AND PUT THEM
TO WORK IN THE FIELDS.

[ SOBBING ]

HE WANTED TO KIND OF
AGRARIANIZE

ENTIRE POPULATIONS, SEND THEM
BACK INTO THE COUNTRY,

AND BASICALLY BREAK
THEIR BACKS BY

TOILING ON THESE HUGE
COLLECTIVE FARMS.

Narrator: ENTIRE FAMILIES DIE
FROM OVERWORK, STARVATION,

AND DISEASE,

OR AT THE HANDS OF
THEIR COMMUNIST OVERSEERS.

[ SOBBING ]

CAMBODIANS WHO WERE CAUGHT
SMUGGLING THESE SWEET POTATOES

TO FEED THEIR STARVING FAMILIES
ARE BEING DRAGGED OUT

AND EXECUTED.

Narrator:
POL POT'S SOCIALIST REFORMS

KILL OVER 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE,

1/4 OF
THE CAMBODIAN POPULATION.

IN ONE DETENTION CENTER,

ONLY SEVEN OUT OF 20,000
PRISONERS SURVIVE.

HIS UTOPIAN AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION BECOMES ONE

OF THE MOST BARBAROUS
GENOCIDES IN HISTORY.

THE BIGGEST HARVEST
WAS HUMAN CORPSES.

THE FIELDS ARE LITTERED WITH
THE BONES OF THESE POOR PEOPLE,

ON THEY'RE KNOWN
AS CAMBODIA'S INFAMOUS

KILLING FIELDS,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE.

Narrator: SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM
THE SITE IN THE IMAGE,

BUT THERE ARE NO BODIES FOUND.

INSTEAD,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS

DISCOVER ARTIFACTS
DATING BACK MANY CENTURIES.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE EXPLORED
THESE MOUNDS THAT APPEAR

IN THE IMAGE,

AND IT SEEMS QUITE LIKELY THAT
THESE ARE SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO

THOSE WHO BUILT ANGKOR WAT.

Narrator: SHARDS OF POTTERY
FOUND HERE MATCH

OTHERS DISCOVERED AT
THE MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT COMPLEX

OF ANGKOR.

ANGKOR IS
AN INCREDIBLE MEGACITY

THAT WAS CREATED AS

THE ROYAL SEAT OF POWER
FOR THE KHMER EMPIRE.

IT IS, IN FACT,
THE BIGGEST CITY

IN THE ENTIRE KNOWN
PRE-INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Narrator: ITS GREATEST TEMPLE,
ANGKOR WAT,

IS CONSTRUCTED FROM FIVE
MILLION TONS OF SANDSTONE

AND, TO THIS DAY,
IS THE LARGEST

RELIGIOUS BUILDING
IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS RULED BY A KING

WHO WAS GIVEN
SUPERNATURAL POWERS

BY THE POPULATION,

AND WAS ABLE TO MARSHAL

LOYALTY AND LABOR

TO CONSTRUCT
THESE GREAT WORKS.

Narrator:
ALMOST ALL OTHER GREAT CITIES

OF THE ANCIENT WORLD,
SUCH AS

CONSTANTINOPLE AND CAIRO,

SIT BY THE SEA OR ON
NATURAL RIVER SYSTEMS.

YET ANGKOR DOES NOT.

INSTEAD, 21 MILES OF CANALS
FEED WATER

FROM THE MEKONG RIVER

INTO A HAND-DUG RESERVOIR
THE SIZE OF 28,000 OLYMPIC

SWIMMING POOLS.

Bellinger: THIS SYSTEM WAS
INCREDIBLY SOPHISTICATED.

IT MANAGED TO SUPPLY WATER
DURING PERIODS OF DROUGHT,

AND IT FUNNELED AWAY EXCESS
WATER IN TIMES OF MONSOON.

THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO THRIVE
THERE FOR SO MANY CENTURIES.

Narrator: THE INTRIGUING THING
ABOUT THE DOTS

IN THE IMAGE IS
THEIR LOCATION.

THEY SEEM TO BE
PART OF THE CITY,

YET LIE 60 MILES AWAY
FROM IT.

FOR A VERY LONG TIME,
IT'S BEEN BELIEVED THAT

THE MAJORITY OF

THE URBAN POPULATION OF ANGKOR
WAS CENTERED AROUND AND ENCLOSED

BY THIS ANGKOR WAT COMPLEX,

AND, IN FACT, THIS JUST
BLOWS THAT OUT OF THE WATER,

AND WE REALIZE
THAT THE SETTLEMENT

STRETCHED FOR MILES
IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

Narrator: HISTORIANS NOW
BELIEVE THIS JUNGLE CITY

COVERED ALMOST
400 SQUARE MILES,

AN AREA THE SIZE OF DALLAS.

YET DESPITE CAREFUL STUDY,

THE PURPOSE OF
THESE MYSTERIOUS MOUNDS

REMAINS UNKNOWN.

LIDAR IS EXPOSING
MORE NEW MYSTERIES

EVEN AT THE HEART OF
THIS COMPLEX,

WHICH WE THOUGHT
WE UNDERSTOOD SO WELL.

**

Narrator: COMING UP,
THE PACIFIC'S MYSTERY

ANCIENT MEGASTRUCTURES

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE TOOLS INVOLVED,

IT'S BREATHTAKING.

Narrator:
NOVEMBER 12, 2019.

ABOVE THE NORTH PACIFIC'S

MARIANA ARCHIPELAGO,

EYES IN THE SKY SPOT A CLUSTER
OF IRREGULAR SHAPES.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OVAL

AND CIRCULAR STRUCTURES
RANDOMLY LAID OUT.

Narrator:
THE WEIRD PATTERNS SIT ON

THE 33-SQUARE-MILE ROTA ISLAND,

NORTHEAST OF
THE U.S. TERRITORY OF GUAM.

YOU DON'T SEE
ANY OTHER SHAPES

OR STRUCTURES THAT APPEAR
LIKE THIS ON THE ISLAND.

Hunt: JUDGING BY THE SHADOW,
THESE ARE TRENCHES,

MAYBE...

20 FEET LONG.

SO THESE ARE MAJOR ALTERATIONS
IN THE LANDSCAPE.

Narrator: THE ISLAND'S ROLE
IN WORLD WAR II OFFERS A CLUE.

THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT
THESE COULD BE SLIT TRENCHES,

TRENCHES THAT WERE DUG
TO PROVIDE COVERAGE

DURING AN AIR RAID.

Narrator:
AT THE START OF THE WAR,

THE U.S. LAUNCHES SEVERAL
OFFENSIVES TO CAPTURE THIS

AND THE REST OF THE JAPANESE
CONTROLLED MARIANA ISLANDS.

Announcer: SERGEANT BERT
DONOVAN OF NEW YORK CITY.

HE ATE DIRT MOST OF THE MORNING,
PINNED DOWN

BY A STUBBORN JAP MACHINE GUN,
TOSSING GRENADES WHEN HE COULD.

Narrator: BY JULY 1944,
2,000 JAPANESE SOLDIERS

ARE STATIONED ON
ROTA ISLAND,

BESIEGED BY THE MIGHT OF
AMERICA'S PACIFIC FLEET.

Krueger: THE JAPANESE
HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY

TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES,

OR THEY WOULD SIMPLY
STARVE TO DEATH,

SO IT REALLY IS A DESPERATE
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL.

Narrator: MORE TERROR COMES FROM
AMERICAN AIRCREWS RETURNING

FROM BOMBING RAIDS
ON THE JAPANESE MAINLAND.

[ BOMBS WHISTLING ]

Morgan: THOSE AIRCRAFT
VERY OFTEN CAME BACK

WITH BOMBS THAT WEREN'T
RELEASED OVER THE TARGET,

AND THEY HAD TO GET RID OF
THEM BEFORE THEY LANDED.

AMERICAN PILOTS
WOULD JUST DROP

ALL THEIR ORDNANCE
ON -- ON THAT ISLAND.

Narrator: DURING ONE OF
THESE BOMBING RAIDS,

THE JAPANESE ENTRENCHED ON ROTA
ISLAND ALMOST PREVENT, PERHAPS,

THE MOST PIVOTAL EVENT
IN MILITARY HISTORY.

Krueger: THE FAMOUS,
OR INFAMOUS, ENOLA GAY

DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
ON HIROSHIMA,

AND IT WAS LAUNCHED FROM
THE ISLAND, JUST NEARBY.

Janulis: APPARENTLY,
THEY RADIOED IT IN,

BUT THEIR MESSAGE
WAS MISUNDERSTOOD,

AND THE JAPANESE NEVER
LAUNCHED THEIR ANTI-BOMBER

FIGHTERS TO ENGAGE
THE ENOLA GAY.

Narrator: YET WHEN OTHER
ANALYSTS STUDY THE TRENCHES,

THEY FIND CLUES WHICH SUGGEST
THEY AREN'T A LEGACY

OF WORLD WAR II.

Horton: IT APPEARS THAT
THIS IS AN ANCIENT QUARRY,

POSSIBLY FOR EXTRACTING

STONE FOR SOME FORM OF BUILDING
OR MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE.

Narrator: HISTORICAL RECORDS
CONFIRM THAT THIS ISLAND

IS HOME TO AN ANCIENT TRIBE

WHO MIGRATE HERE
BY CANOE ACROSS 1,700 MILES

OF OCEAN MORE THAN
4,000 YEARS AGO.

Horton: ON THE ROTA ISLAND,

PEOPLE ARE KNOWN
AS THE CHAMORRO,

AND NOT ONLY WERE THEY
INCREDIBLY SKILLED

AT NAVIGATION
BUT ALSO SKILLED AT

WORKING WITH STONE.

Narrator: THE SHAPE OF
THE QUARRIES IN

THE IMAGE CORRESPONDS TO
MYSTERIOUS STRUCTURES

CALLED LATTE STONES.

THEIR FUNCTION IS UNCLEAR,

BUT IT SEEMS THEY WERE THOUGHT
TO HAVE SPECIAL POWERS AND ARE

SOMETIMES FOUND
ALONGSIDE HUMAN REMAINS.

WHEN THE BODIES WERE LAID
IN THE GROUND,

THEIR FEET WERE FACING
TOWARDS THE WATER.

WE HAVE NO IDEA
WHY THEY DID IT.

MAYBE IT WAS A WAY
OF OFFERING

PROTECTION AGAINST
THE POWERS OF THE SEA.

Narrator: THE STRANGE MONOLITHS
ARE ONE OF MANY

ERECTED BY ANCIENT PEOPLES
THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

THESE FEATURES LOOK COMPARABLE
TO VOLCANIC STONE EXTRACTION

IN EASTER ISLAND,
FOR EXAMPLE.

Krueger: IT'S REALLY
AN ENGINEERING MARVEL,

MOVING THESE INCREDIBLY HEAVY
STONES INTO PLACE.

Narrator: THE STRUCTURES DUG
FROM THE SITE IN THE IMAGE

WEIGH UP TO 34 TONS

AND WERE EXCAVATED USING
ONLY STONE TOOLS AND SHELLS.

HOW REMAINS UNCLEAR.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TOOLS
INVOLVED, THE MANPOWER,

TO HEW THEM OUT,
TRANSPORT THEM

SOMEHOW ACROSS THE ISLAND --

IT'S BREATHTAKING.

Narrator: IN THE 16th CENTURY,
SPANISH EXPLORERS

FIND ROTA ISLAND.

THEY OVERPOWER THAT
CHAMORRO TRIBE,

CONVERT THEM TO CHRISTIANITY,

AND THEIR ANCIENT PAGAN
CULTURE AND QUARRY ERODE AWAY.

THESE UNFINISHED,
UNQUARRIED STONES

REALLY ARE A SNAPSHOT
IN TIME

OF WHEN THE CHAMORRO PEOPLE
LOST THEIR HERITAGE.

IT WAS CULTURAL
EXTERMINATION.