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ANDREW COLLINS:
Gobekli Tepe is the smoking gun
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of a lost civilization
because it confirms that,
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at the time of the last ice age,
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there was high culture existing
in the world.
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ROBERT SCHOCH: Gobekli Tepe's an
incredibly sophisticated site.
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There's a very important message
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they were purposefully
sending to us.
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DAVID WILCOCK:
We're actually seeing
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architecture
in the Cygnus star system,
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just like what they paid homage
to at Gobekli Tepe.
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GIORGIO TSOUKALOS:
Only five percent
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of Gobekli Tepe
has been unearthed so far.
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So, what other surprises
will we find there?
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COLLINS: We need to know
about our origins.
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We need to know our destiny.
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And all of it lies under
the surface of Gobekli Tepe.
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NARRATOR:
Sanliurfa, Turkey.
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October 1994.
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While plowing his field,
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shepherd Savak Yildiz
spots a strangely shaped stone
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protruding from the ground.
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After brushing away the dirt,
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he realizes that it may be
part of a much larger object.
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Shortly after contacting
the local museum with his find,
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he is visited by Klaus Schmidt
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from the German
Archaeological Institute.
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It wasn't until German
archaeologist Klaus Schmidt
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visited the site
and began digging,
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they realized what was
really at this site.
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What he discovered
was mind‐blowing.
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After discovering
the first T‐shaped pillar
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buried at the site,
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he soon found more
of these massive structures.
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NARRATOR:
During the intensive dig,
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Schmidt and his team
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begin to unearth dozens of
additional giant stone monoliths
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covered in intricate carvings,
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some weighing
as much as 20 tons.
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PAUL BAHN:
The site of Gobekli Tepe
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is a series
of circular enclosures.
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But then, in the center
of each enclosure,
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you have two particularly big
T‐shaped pillars of limestone
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sort of facing each other.
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Now, many of these pillars have
remarkable carvings on them,
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wonderful carvings
and bas‐reliefs of animals,
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birds, insects,
all kinds of things.
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So, to fashion those
and carve them and set them up
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in these structures
was just absolutely amazing.
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists estimate
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that it would have taken
a team of 50 men
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an entire week to move just one
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of the monolithic pillars
from the limestone quarry
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to the top of the hill
where they stand today
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and over 300 hours
to carve the bas‐reliefs.
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At this rate, each of the five
stone circles unearthed so far
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would have required a full year
to be completed.
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But why such a monumental site
was built in the first place
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remains a mystery.
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It's very difficult to know
what the purpose of something
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like Gobekli Tepe could be.
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And certainly Klaus Schmidt
had not reached any conclusions,
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except that it's clearly not
a settlement.
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It's not a village. There is
absolutely no domestic refuse.
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Schmidt always hoped
that it was funerary
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and that there would be burials
underneath the walls
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or underneath some of
the pillars or so on.
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But so far,
they have not yet found
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any human remains at the site.
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There are no domestic plants
in the site.
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There are only
wild animal bones.
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Inevitably, in archaeology,
if we don't know
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what something is for,
we think a ritual.
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But, really,
it's pure speculation.
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NARRATOR: Intrigued by evidence
that the structure might go back
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to a Neolithic period,
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Klaus Schmidt has
the sediment layers of the site
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radiocarbon‐dated.
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The results indicated
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that the stone structures could
be as much as 12,000 years old,
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more than 5,000 years older
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than mankind's first known
civilization in Mesopotamia.
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More than that,
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it would place the construction
of Gobekli Tepe
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to a time
when mainstream scholars suggest
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humans were roaming the Earth
as hunter‐gatherers.
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BAHN:
Well, the site of Gobekli Tepe
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really did send shockwaves
through the whole world
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of early prehistory,
because we'd never before known
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or imagined even
that simple hunter‐gatherers
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could produce such spectacular
monumental structures.
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Now, in archaeology,
really since it began,
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we've always assumed that
hunter‐gatherers were capable
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of producing wonderful
works of art‐‐
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rock art, cave art,
and things like that.
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But we never imagined
that they could come together
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in sufficient numbers,
uh, to make, uh,
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monumental constructions
like Gobekli Tepe.
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NARRATOR: But if
the currently accepted timeline
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for mankind's advancement
is correct,
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is it possible that
primitive hunter‐gatherers
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could have built
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such sophisticated
megalithic structures?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say no,
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and instead suggest
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that Gobekli Tepe was built by
the survivors of a lost society,
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one that was
almost entirely wiped out
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by a worldwide cataclysm.
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And to support their claim,
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they point to recent evidence
of a catastrophic event
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which many mainstream scientists
believe occurred
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at the very end
of the last ice age,
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which is believed to have lasted
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from roughly 108,000 BC
until nearly 10,000 BC.
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COLLINS: Gobekli Tepe
could be the smoking gun
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of a lost civilization,
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because it confirms that,
at the time of the last ice age,
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there was high culture
existing in the world.
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This is something that had been
speculated for many years,
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but there had not been
the absolute evidence.
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Now we could have it.
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These engineering skills,
this ordering of society
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is something
that must have existed
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before the end
of the last ice age.
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And arguably even earlier.
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DAVID CHILDRESS:
When you look at the time frame
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of Gobekli Tepe, it was built
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right after
these huge catastrophes
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at the end of the last ice age.
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And it would seem
that the builders were people
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who had survived and had
the knowledge and technology
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to build something like this.
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NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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proof of
a lost civilization exists
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some 300 miles away
from Gobekli Tepe,
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in the form of
a vast underground city
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known as Derinkuyu.
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It extends
some 13 stories underground
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and had the capacity
to support 20,000 people.
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Although the site has yet
to be scientifically dated,
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some researchers have suggested
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that it may have served
as a prehistoric refuge.
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Derinkuyu is a multileveled city
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that has existed, uh,
since time immemorial.
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It was certainly used, uh,
during Christian times.
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But there's also evidence that
there's prehistoric activity
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going on at these places.
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Archaeologists found evidence
of Stone Age tools
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going back
to the Paleolithic era.
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This is at the time
of the last ice age.
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And so it's possible
that our ancestors escaped
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the cataclysm and the ice age
deep down inside them.
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NARRATOR: But if Derinkuyu
really did serve as refuge
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from a catastrophic event,
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how might it offer a connection
to Gobekli Tepe?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by exploring
more recently discovered caves
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and the stories suggesting that
they were built upon the orders
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of otherworldly beings.
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NARRATOR:
Central Anatolia, Turkey.
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300 miles from the ancient site
of Gobekli Tepe.
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December 28, 2014.
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A local crew excavating
for an urban renovation project
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stumbles across a strange series
of carved rooms and tunnels
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deep underground.
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Upon further exploration,
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they find the subterranean
network spans several miles
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and extends hundreds of feet
below the surface of the Earth,
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much like the nearby caves
of Derinkuyu.
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COLLINS: What they discovered
was that these caves extended
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for a distance of 370 feet
down into the rock.
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NARRATOR:
Archaeologists estimate
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that more than five million
square feet of rock,
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the volume of over 370
Olympic‐size swimming pools,
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was removed to carve out
this subterranean city.
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Yet there is no evidence of the
extracted material in the area.
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This mysterious cave system
is still under excavation
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and closed to the public.
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But in June 2017,
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author and researcher
Andrew Collins
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was granted access to the site.
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The sheer size of some of these
rooms is absolutely amazing.
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I mean, this one that we're in
now is 120 feet in length.
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And yet it's just one of
hundreds of similar rooms
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that we find inside
this great hill.
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These tunnels that you see
seem to go on and on.
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And yet what's incredible
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is that not only were
they full of people,
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but there was also livestock
down here.
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And we are told that
as many as 20,000 people,
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perhaps even as much as 60,000,
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could've lived here
at any one time.
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NARRATOR:
Not only is there evidence
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that these caves once housed
thousands of people,
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but archaeologists have found
air vents and water wells
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that would have made it possible
to live underground
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for years at a time.
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These were cut deeply
into the rock,
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sometimes for hundreds
of yards in depth.
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And at the base of them
were wells
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that provided water to these
underground populations.
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This is what is known
as a self‐sealing door.
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And they're in fact
huge great stone wheels
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made of a volcanic rock
known as basalt.
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And their function was
that they would be wheeled
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into position
so that they would lock,
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so that nobody was able to get
inside the underground cities.
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NARRATOR:
When it was discovered,
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historians recovered artifacts
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that suggest
the cave system was used
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by the early Christians
to escape persecution.
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So they dated the site to be
approximately 1,500 years old.
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But based on new evidence,
the caves might be much older.
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COLLINS:
A few years ago,
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I interviewed an archaeologist
by the name of Omer Demir.
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And he found within it
Paleolithic tools,
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tools that went back
at least 10,000 to 12,000 years,
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and arguably even earlier still.
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NARRATOR:
If these caves can be dated
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to at least 12,000 years ago‐‐
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around the same time
archaeologists believe
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the nearby site of Gobekli Tepe
was constructed‐‐
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just who built them?
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And what drove the builders
underground?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest clues can be found
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not embedded in stone,
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but in the pages of
ancient Persian religious texts.
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Zoroastrianism
is one of the world's
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oldest monotheistic religions,
founded by the prophet Zoroaster
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in ancient Iran
approximately 3,500 years ago.
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The central figure
of the religion
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was a powerful god
named Ahura Mazda,
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who is often depicted
seated inside a winged disk.
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According to the story,
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recorded in a text
known as the Vendidad,
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he sent a powerful warning
to a young priest named Yima
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about a coming cataclysm.
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Ahura Mazda told
the great early king Yima
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that there would be
a terrible disaster.
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A giant serpent would descend
from the heavens to the Earth.
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Well, that sounds like a comet
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or a large meteorite
falling to Earth.
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Then a winter would come
such as has never been known.
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NARRATOR:
Prior to the event,
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Yima is given
very specific instructions
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to build an underground shelter
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in order to survive
the coming "giant freeze."
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Ahura Mazda instructs Yima
to build a Vara.
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This is a huge structure,
two miles long, two miles wide,
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an underground hall of sorts
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where things can be protected
from the terrible winter.
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Yima was to hide
a remnant of the people,
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and an extensive seed bank,
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also a pair of each
of the animal species.
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Once Yima is finished
building the Vara,
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he takes 2,000 people in,
a representation of mankind.
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They are there for 150 years,
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but when the winter is over
and they come out,
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it is a barren world.
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They will have to rebuild
civilization from scratch.
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CHILDRESS: The Vara is
supposed to be a huge enclosure
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that not only houses
a large number of people,
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but also animals and seeds.
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It's a storehouse
just like Noah's Ark.
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So you've got this same story,
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and it would seem
that this is a very real thing
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that ancient people
knew about and wrote about.
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NARRATOR: Could it be
that the story of Noah's Ark
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and the Vara of Zoastrianism
are one in the same?
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And the reference to an ark
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was later misunderstood
to be a large ship?
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But if these accounts
are in fact true,
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how is it that mankind
had enough advance warning
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to build such sophisticated
places of refuge?
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The ancient texts are very clear
that the gods,
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they always warned people
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that this catastrophe would
happen so that they would save
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a select group
of that population.
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So how was that possible?
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Either they had access to
sophisticated technologies
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with which to predict
the weather,
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or what's the other option?
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And if you combine that with the
fact that Ahura Mazda was known
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to have descended from the sky
in a vehicle with fixed wings‐‐
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it looks like some type
of flying device‐‐
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that would suggest
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that he was in fact
an extraterrestrial.
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NARRATOR: According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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the Vara described
in the ancient Zoroastrian texts
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is strikingly similar
to the recently discovered
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subterranean town
in Central Anatolia.
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HENRY:
The underground caves in Turkey
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sound exactly like the Vara
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that was made by Yima
in Zoroastrian mythology.
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Is it possible
that this cave system
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supplies the evidence
that tells us
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that the Zoroastrian mythology
is in fact a real, true story?
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NARRATOR:
If these caves provide evidence
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that the account recorded
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in the ancient Zoroastrian texts
is factual,
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did the inhabitants
of the Vara emerge
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to find a barren wasteland
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where they were
to rebuild civilization?
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Might they be responsible
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for the construction
of Gobekli Tepe,
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located only 300 miles away?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest
that this very connection
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could help explain some of the
mysterious figures immortalized
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in the stone carvings.
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NARRATOR:
Gobekli Tepe, 2017.
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To date,
69 massive stone pillars
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have been unearthed
at the ancient site,
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after more than two decades
of excavation.
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More than one‐third
of the statues
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contain elaborate carvings
of animals,
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including various mammals,
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reptiles, insects and birds.
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But also included
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are depictions of species
not indigenous to the area,
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like geese, armadillos
and wild boar.
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There are such an incredible
range of animals and birds
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and insects depicted
at Gobekli Tepe,
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the like of which
we have never seen
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at that period or anywhere else
in the world.
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And to have a whole bunch of
them together is interesting.
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You can speculate
till the cows come home
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as to what it might represent.
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We have not the faintest idea.
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HENRY:
In the story of Noah's Ark,
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we're told that
after the deluge,
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Noah's Ark lands at Mount Ararat
in eastern Turkey,
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not far from Gobekli Tepe,
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and we see some very strange
animals portrayed
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on the pillars at Gobekli Tepe,
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almost as if it's a record
of Noah's Ark itself.
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Perhaps Gobekli Tepe
is the place where Noah
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and his descendants disembarked
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and recreated civilization
after the flood.
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NARRATOR: If there really is a
connection between Gobekli Tepe
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and the biblical story
of a Great Flood,
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could the carvings
found at the site
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be an inventory of the animals
that were rescued?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, but also suggest
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other carvings depict a species
not of this Earth.
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At the center of each of the
five megalithic ring structures
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that occupy
the archaeological site,
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stand two oversized
monolithic pillars.
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Weighing up to 20 tons
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and reaching heights
of over two stories,
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they visually stand apart
from the T‐shaped stonework
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that surrounds them.
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These pillars are
anthropomorphic;
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they are humanlike
in appearance.
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They have low relief arms
that come round to the front
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and end in these
long, spindly fingers.
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They wear garments.
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They have belts
with strange symbols.
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There are no faces
on these stones.
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The heads are represented
by T‐shaped terminations
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that look almost like
hammerheads, basically.
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BAHN: They could be gods,
they could be ancestors,
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or they could be very specific
people who are being venerated.
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We really have no idea.
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HENRY: The archaeologist
Schmidt himself
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referred to them
as the "celestial ones,"
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or the "celestial ancestors."
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And we have to ask
if these are depictions
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of the extraterrestrial gods
at Gobekli Tepe.
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NARRATOR: As mysterious
as these statues are,
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strikingly similar depictions
can be found
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in other parts of the globe.
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An interesting feature about
some of these T‐shaped pillars
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is the fact
that these arms culminate
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in the front
around the navel area.
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And what I find so cool
is that this type of motif
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can be found elsewhere
around the world.
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For example, in Easter Island,
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with those giant statues,
the Moai.
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There, too,
the arms go around the belly,
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and they culminate
in front of the navel.
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And then, at Tiahuanaco,
Bolivia, for example,
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there is a statue that has
the exact same hand position
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in front of the navel.
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ED BARNHART:
At the city of Tiahuanaco,
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in its central complex
called the Kalasasaya,
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is a massive monolithic statue.
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The statue is said by the Inca
to be a giant.
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In the previous creation
before men,
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giants roamed the Earth.
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And they inhabited
the city of Tiahuanaco.
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And this is actually
very similar to the mythology
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of Easter Island and the stories
we hear about the Moai.
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We get very similar type
of carved pillars
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as Gobekli Tepe
in other parts of the world.
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There is a very strong
similarity in style
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which tells us
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that there is almost certainly
some kind of relationship,
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that Gobekli Tepe
is not in isolation,
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it's part of some kind
of global culture,
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the remnants
of a lost civilization
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that once existed
in the prehistoric world.
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NARRATOR: Could the figures
found at Gobekli Tepe
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and in other parts of the globe
be a record
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carved in stone
of an ancient alien race
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that existed
prior to a catastrophic event?
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If so, might the sites
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where these extraterrestrials
are immortalized
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be the places
where human survivors emerged
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after the event known
as the Great Flood?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that more recent
discoveries at the site
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provide additional proof
of this otherworldly connection.
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NARRATOR:
Sanliurfa, Turkey.
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June 2017.
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Author and researcher
Andrew Collins
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travels to the Sanliurfa
Archaeology and Mosaic Museum,
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just ten miles
from Gobekli Tepe,
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to meet with curator
Taha Ozyavuz.
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Taha, I presume.
Nice to meet you.
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NARRATOR: He is there
to get an up‐close look
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at one of the most mysterious
stone structures
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unearthed at the ancient site.
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COLLINS: I think this is
what we've come to see here.
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Right.
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COLLINS:
And the fact that we have
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three different figures here,
each of different sizes,
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what do you think
that represents?
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Why do you think that
it was damaged or destroyed
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in this way in antiquity?
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COLLINS:
So somebody came along
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and deliberately destroyed it.
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NARRATOR: If the stone column
found at Gobekli Tepe
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represents a genetic lineage,
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just why were two of the figures
deliberately defaced?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that perhaps it was
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an attempt to obscure the truth
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about humankind's
otherworldly origins.
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WILCOCK: What's curious
about this totem pole
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is that there is
essentially a larger being,
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perhaps an extraterrestrial,
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that has its hands
around this other being
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that isn't exactly human
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but has human‐like
characteristics.
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It could be a primitive human.
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This figure appears
to be giving birth,
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and the baby that is emerging
from this mother's womb
448
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is clearly a human baby
with a human face.
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00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:37,781
This suggests possibly that
a breeding experiment took place
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leading to the development
of modern humans
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as we now know them.
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HENRY: The interesting thing
about this is that totem poles
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are like a repository
for information.
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It's an encyclopedia;
it's like a time capsule.
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And so if we have
a genealogical record
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in this pillar at Gobekli Tepe,
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and we follow
the ultimate extension of it,
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and we realize that what
they're possibly telling us
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is that their ancestors
were non‐human.
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CHILDRESS:
So you have to wonder
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if the whole idea was
to preserve information
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from our extraterrestrial past
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so that future generations
would ultimately decode
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the information that's there,
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information possibly about
our extraterrestrial creators.
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NARRATOR:
Many ancient cultures
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have stories of the gods
interacting with early humans
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and even breeding with them.
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According to The Book of Enoch,
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an ancient text
that was stricken
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from the Bible's Old Testament
in the 4th century AD,
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there was a large‐statured group
of heavenly beings
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that descended to Earth
in the remote past.
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ARIEL BAR TZADOK: There were
those called the "watchers."
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They were to watch humanity,
not get involved.
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But they violated
that principle.
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They came down to Earth.
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And they introduced
science and technology.
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And they mingled with,
breeded with,
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married human females
and sired children.
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Their children,
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they were known
as the "fallen ones,"
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the Nephilim.
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They clearly
would have been recognized today
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as human beings.
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The only difference was that
they might have been considered
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physically of greater stature.
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Some claim that they were
ten, 15 feet high.
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And this was considered
a corruption,
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according to divine law.
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And it is taught that it is
because of this corruption
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that God intervened
to remove them from the Earth,
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and that's
what brought the flood.
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ERICH VON DANIKEN:
In the Bible,
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you read that some
of the fallen angels
496
00:30:01,967 --> 00:30:04,219
came down on this planet.
497
00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:07,597
These angels had, simply,
sex with humans,
498
00:30:07,597 --> 00:30:11,018
definitely, because the outcome
of it were giants.
499
00:30:11,018 --> 00:30:13,562
So what kind of angels
are these?
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00:30:13,562 --> 00:30:15,731
Spiritual beings?
501
00:30:15,731 --> 00:30:18,066
No, it was
the extraterrestrials.
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00:30:20,902 --> 00:30:23,447
NARRATOR: Did the builders
of Gobekli Tepe
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00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:26,074
attempt to preserve
important information
504
00:30:26,074 --> 00:30:29,995
about what happened here
on Earth over 12,000 years ago?
505
00:30:32,039 --> 00:30:33,915
And does this include a record
506
00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:38,837
of the creation of mankind
by extraterrestrial beings?
507
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:43,175
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest an even greater mystery
508
00:30:43,175 --> 00:30:47,846
can be found by examining the
remaining structures at the site
509
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:50,849
that point us to the stars.
510
00:30:57,147 --> 00:31:00,275
NARRATOR:
Gobekli Tepe, 2003.
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00:31:01,943 --> 00:31:04,696
While using geomagnetic surveys,
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00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:08,158
archaeologists discover
that the five stone circles
513
00:31:08,158 --> 00:31:10,118
unearthed at the site
514
00:31:10,118 --> 00:31:13,663
only scratch the surface
of what lies buried below.
515
00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:19,002
Not only do the enclosures
appear to have been built
516
00:31:19,002 --> 00:31:22,339
in different layers,
one on top of the other,
517
00:31:22,339 --> 00:31:26,176
but there is evidence
of 16 more identical stone rings
518
00:31:26,176 --> 00:31:29,513
buried at deeper levels
in the mound.
519
00:31:29,513 --> 00:31:31,223
NEWMAN: One of the most
interesting things
520
00:31:31,223 --> 00:31:34,142
about Gobekli Tepe is the fact
that not only did they
521
00:31:34,142 --> 00:31:36,686
construct one of the most
amazing temples on the Earth
522
00:31:36,686 --> 00:31:39,439
at a time when it shouldn't
have been possible to do it,
523
00:31:39,439 --> 00:31:42,109
they then buried each enclosure
524
00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:45,987
after probably just
a few hundred years of use.
525
00:31:45,987 --> 00:31:49,533
COLLINS: 20 different enclosures
were built.
526
00:31:49,533 --> 00:31:51,493
And each one,
527
00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:54,162
seemingly at the end
of its useful life,
528
00:31:54,162 --> 00:31:59,126
was completely covered over
with rubble and soil
529
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:03,630
before the next enclosure
was built.
530
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:06,341
They spent as much time
and energy
531
00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:08,802
covering it over in the end
532
00:32:08,802 --> 00:32:11,596
as they did
building it to begin with.
533
00:32:16,476 --> 00:32:20,188
NARRATOR:
In 2014, author Andrew Collins
534
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:22,065
published his
groundbreaking book
535
00:32:22,065 --> 00:32:26,027
Gobekli Tepe:Genesis of the Gods.
536
00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:28,905
In it, he proposes
that the reason
537
00:32:28,905 --> 00:32:31,992
for the multiple reconstructions
of the enclosures
538
00:32:31,992 --> 00:32:35,620
was to precisely track
a specific celestial location.
539
00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:40,542
COLLINS: The first thing
that we looked at
540
00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:45,046
was Enclosure D,
which is the oldest
541
00:32:45,046 --> 00:32:47,591
and the most impressive
of all the structures,
542
00:32:47,591 --> 00:32:50,719
to see where exactly
543
00:32:50,719 --> 00:32:52,846
these twin pillars
may have been facing
544
00:32:52,846 --> 00:32:56,391
11,500 years ago.
545
00:32:56,391 --> 00:33:00,812
One star came up,
and this was Deneb,
546
00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:04,316
the brightest star
in the constellation of Cygnus.
547
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:11,281
So we then looked
at the twin pillars
548
00:33:11,281 --> 00:33:14,367
in the other enclosures
at Gobekli Tepe.
549
00:33:14,367 --> 00:33:17,704
We find that,
although they're all aligned
550
00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:22,584
roughly either north‐northwest
or south‐southeast,
551
00:33:22,584 --> 00:33:25,003
that there are
slight differences.
552
00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:30,842
And what they appear to be doing
is following the same star
553
00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:36,723
as it moves very gradually
along the local horizon.
554
00:33:36,723 --> 00:33:39,851
SCHOCH: The stone circles
are lined according to stars
555
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,186
that they were looking at.
556
00:33:41,186 --> 00:33:43,563
But because of precession‐‐
557
00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:47,484
the slow change in the stars
over time in the sky‐‐
558
00:33:47,484 --> 00:33:51,321
they had to realign them
periodically.
559
00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:53,323
NARRATOR: Precession occurs
due to the fact
560
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:57,077
that the Earth's axis rotates
much like a spinning top,
561
00:33:57,077 --> 00:34:00,038
changing the point
of observation over time
562
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,249
for various celestial bodies
563
00:34:02,249 --> 00:34:04,334
from any fixed point
on the planet.
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00:34:08,630 --> 00:34:12,092
SCHOCH: With the stone circles
at Gobekli Tepe,
565
00:34:12,092 --> 00:34:14,177
they weren't just building them
and covering them over
566
00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,429
for ritualistic purposes,
567
00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:18,640
but actually
they were doing this
568
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:21,935
for what we might call
scientific purposes.
569
00:34:21,935 --> 00:34:24,688
Clearly, there was
something very important
570
00:34:24,688 --> 00:34:28,108
about the constellation
of Cygnus‐‐
571
00:34:28,108 --> 00:34:31,319
something that made these people
want to track its course
572
00:34:31,319 --> 00:34:34,447
over a period of
perhaps 1,500 years.
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00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:40,120
NARRATOR: Legends of gods
descending from the stars
574
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,622
in the Cygnus constellation
can be found
575
00:34:42,622 --> 00:34:46,668
in traditions across the globe.
576
00:34:46,668 --> 00:34:50,171
In the Mandaean teachings
of ancient Persia,
577
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:54,009
the throne room of the great god
Abathur‐Muzania
578
00:34:54,009 --> 00:34:59,055
was said to be
the Cygnus constellation.
579
00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:02,892
In the Egyptian tradition,
the goddess of the night sky,
580
00:35:02,892 --> 00:35:06,771
Nuit, was said to have come
directly from Cygnus.
581
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:09,524
And in the Mayan tradition,
582
00:35:09,524 --> 00:35:12,110
it was said that
the sun god, Kinich Ahau,
583
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,738
descended from there.
584
00:35:14,738 --> 00:35:18,116
So, from traditions
as different as the Persian,
585
00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:20,785
the Egyptian and the Mayan,
586
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:23,163
we have major deities
587
00:35:23,163 --> 00:35:25,790
coming from
the Cygnus constellation.
588
00:35:27,667 --> 00:35:30,086
TSOUKALOS:
If I were to be a visitor
589
00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:33,548
from another planet
and I wanted to leave behind
590
00:35:33,548 --> 00:35:38,136
a calling card
indicating where I came from,
591
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,972
then I would build structures
592
00:35:40,972 --> 00:35:44,142
with the precise alignment
of a constellation
593
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:47,062
of my home star system.
594
00:35:47,062 --> 00:35:50,815
So, perhaps the teachers
who were at Gobekli Tepe
595
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:52,734
came from Cygnus.
596
00:35:55,028 --> 00:35:57,822
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
the builders of Gobekli Tepe
597
00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,616
were pointing to the place
598
00:35:59,616 --> 00:36:02,494
where their extraterrestrial
teachers came from
599
00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:05,246
by aligning the site
to that specific location
600
00:36:05,246 --> 00:36:08,083
in the night sky?
601
00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:10,919
In 2015,
602
00:36:10,919 --> 00:36:14,255
NASA officials announced
a curious phenomenon
603
00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:17,425
picked up
by the Kepler space telescope.
604
00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:19,386
It was reported
that a mysterious
605
00:36:19,386 --> 00:36:21,554
dimming and flickering
606
00:36:21,554 --> 00:36:24,891
was coming from a star
in the Cygnus constellation.
607
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,731
And some scientists claim
this might be caused
608
00:36:31,731 --> 00:36:34,693
by an alien megastructure
passing in front of it.
609
00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:39,364
NASA announced that they were
tracking what they called
610
00:36:39,364 --> 00:36:43,618
an "alien megastructure"
around the star of Cygnus.
611
00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:46,955
And the speculation was that,
612
00:36:46,955 --> 00:36:50,750
as they were viewing Cygnus
from time to time,
613
00:36:50,750 --> 00:36:54,754
the star would dim by 22%.
614
00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:58,591
And what they were
surmising was that
615
00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:02,679
some giant structure
around the star
616
00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:06,683
was occasionally blocking
our view of the star itself.
617
00:37:09,602 --> 00:37:11,479
WILCOCK: This is
the most dramatic evidence
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00:37:11,479 --> 00:37:13,398
of a potential extraterrestrial
civilization
619
00:37:13,398 --> 00:37:18,153
that we have ever seen,
because it's actually an object
620
00:37:18,153 --> 00:37:21,030
orbiting a star that
absolutely should not be there,
621
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:23,867
according to NASA.
622
00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:27,078
We're actually
seeing architecture
623
00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:29,247
in the Cygnus star system.
624
00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,459
It could be what they paid
homage to at Gobekli Tepe,
625
00:37:32,459 --> 00:37:35,211
telling us,
"Look over here, guys.
626
00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:37,088
'X' marks the spot."
627
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,427
NARRATOR:
According to NASA astronomers,
628
00:37:42,427 --> 00:37:44,095
what they are observing
629
00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:47,474
is nearly
1,400 light years away.
630
00:37:47,474 --> 00:37:50,143
This means that,
given the time it takes
631
00:37:50,143 --> 00:37:52,353
for light from Cygnus
to reach Earth,
632
00:37:52,353 --> 00:37:55,398
whatever object is causing
the mysterious dimming
633
00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:59,986
was orbiting the star
at least 1,400 years ago,
634
00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:02,864
and perhaps much earlier.
635
00:38:02,864 --> 00:38:06,576
Could this be further evidence
that Gobekli Tepe
636
00:38:06,576 --> 00:38:09,496
was indeed built
to point to the home planet
637
00:38:09,496 --> 00:38:13,166
of mankind's
extraterrestrial ancestors?
638
00:38:13,166 --> 00:38:16,544
Perhaps further clues
can be found
639
00:38:16,544 --> 00:38:20,006
by examining recent events
unfolding in the region
640
00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:22,342
and efforts
to protect the secrets
641
00:38:22,342 --> 00:38:24,969
that still lie buried
at the site.
642
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:34,437
NARRATOR:
Kobani, Syria.
643
00:38:34,437 --> 00:38:37,482
June, 2015.
644
00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:41,402
The militant extremist group
known as the Islamic State,
645
00:38:41,402 --> 00:38:44,948
or ISIS, violently
takes control of the city.
646
00:38:48,618 --> 00:38:51,621
During their bloody rampage
through the region,
647
00:38:51,621 --> 00:38:55,959
they systematically
destroy historical relics
648
00:38:55,959 --> 00:38:59,504
and detonate bombs
at various archaeological sites.
649
00:39:04,717 --> 00:39:08,638
A mere 60 miles away,
across the border of Turkey,
650
00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:12,517
archaeologists working at
the site of Gobekli Tepe
651
00:39:12,517 --> 00:39:14,727
stand terrified
as they watch the smoke
652
00:39:14,727 --> 00:39:16,855
rise from the battlefield.
653
00:39:16,855 --> 00:39:19,232
In an effort to protect
654
00:39:19,232 --> 00:39:21,526
the 12,000‐year‐old
stone structures
655
00:39:21,526 --> 00:39:23,194
from the threat of attack,
656
00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:26,698
the Turkish government
stops all excavations
657
00:39:26,698 --> 00:39:28,867
and closes the site
to the public.
658
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:31,411
They crate the stone monoliths
659
00:39:31,411 --> 00:39:34,163
and relocate
the most valuable artifacts
660
00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:35,915
to a museum nearby.
661
00:39:35,915 --> 00:39:38,877
Over the next 20 years,
662
00:39:38,877 --> 00:39:41,796
the government
will spend $15 million
663
00:39:41,796 --> 00:39:45,675
to secure Gobekli Tepe
by enclosing the area,
664
00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:47,927
covering the site
with a steel‐enforced roof,
665
00:39:47,927 --> 00:39:51,347
and installing
an extensive security system.
666
00:39:51,347 --> 00:39:55,226
Considering at least
80% of Gobekli Tepe
667
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:58,146
remains hidden
beneath the earth,
668
00:39:58,146 --> 00:40:02,191
archaeologists still have
much to learn about the site.
669
00:40:02,191 --> 00:40:05,069
But as it becomes
dangerously close
670
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:09,157
to suffering the same fate
as other sites in the region,
671
00:40:09,157 --> 00:40:12,869
could its most profound secrets
be lost forever?
672
00:40:14,621 --> 00:40:17,749
Is it possible
that the Gobekli Tepe builders
673
00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:20,335
were actually
sending us a message?
674
00:40:20,335 --> 00:40:26,215
Yes, the stones seem to suggest
that this was the case.
675
00:40:26,215 --> 00:40:29,093
Perhaps they were giving us
some kind of warning,
676
00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:31,888
or it could be
that they are trying
677
00:40:31,888 --> 00:40:34,641
to tell us the information
678
00:40:34,641 --> 00:40:37,685
that they knew
about celestial beings,
679
00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:40,313
and perhaps even
extraterrestrials,
680
00:40:40,313 --> 00:40:42,357
from the Cygnus constellation.
681
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:49,489
Gobekli Tepe goes back to
a earlier cycle of civilization
682
00:40:49,489 --> 00:40:51,991
that existed at the end
of the last ice age.
683
00:40:51,991 --> 00:40:55,161
They experienced
catastrophic changes.
684
00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:58,373
So, I am of the opinion
685
00:40:58,373 --> 00:41:00,750
that there's
a very important message
686
00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:03,920
that maybe they were
purposefully sending to us,
687
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,173
at least they were trying
to preserve for posterity,
688
00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:09,217
for future generations.
689
00:41:09,217 --> 00:41:13,137
And we need to figure out
exactly what that message is.
690
00:41:14,931 --> 00:41:18,309
HENRY: Gobekli Tepe points us
back to our origins,
691
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,853
and points directly to the stars
692
00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:23,064
as the source
of where we came from.
693
00:41:23,064 --> 00:41:26,109
Once we accept this,
we will be able
694
00:41:26,109 --> 00:41:28,444
to answer the questions
of where we came from
695
00:41:28,444 --> 00:41:31,447
and ultimately
where we're going as a species.
696
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:37,870
NARRATOR: Does proof of
mankind's extraterrestrial past
697
00:41:37,870 --> 00:41:41,582
lie buried beneath
the earth at Gobekli Tepe?
698
00:41:43,626 --> 00:41:46,254
Proof that
an advanced civilization
699
00:41:46,254 --> 00:41:51,342
existed on this planet
more than 10,000 years ago?
700
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:54,178
Perhaps the answers
will be found
701
00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:57,056
not by examining
ancient stone pillars
702
00:41:57,056 --> 00:42:00,309
covered with strange carvings...
703
00:42:00,309 --> 00:42:02,478
but on a star,
704
00:42:02,478 --> 00:42:07,157
one that shines on us
from many light‐years away.
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