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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,914 --> 00:00:04,830 A lost city hidden in the Andes. 2 00:00:04,961 --> 00:00:09,879 Mysterious metal spheres of extraterrestrial origin. 3 00:00:11,141 --> 00:00:15,754 And a sunken city that was said to be the home of the gods. 4 00:00:15,885 --> 00:00:19,628 Over the years, Ancient Alienshas investigated 5 00:00:19,758 --> 00:00:22,326 some of the most astonishing breakthroughs 6 00:00:22,457 --> 00:00:24,981 in archaeology, astronomy, and physics 7 00:00:25,112 --> 00:00:29,072 that challenge traditional beliefs about human history. 8 00:00:29,203 --> 00:00:31,857 Now, we're counting down 9 00:00:31,988 --> 00:00:35,470 the ten most extraordinary discoveries we've examined... 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:39,909 discoveries that just might present undeniable proof 11 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:44,131 of our extraterrestrial past. 12 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:55,142 For ancient astronaut theorists like me, 13 00:00:55,272 --> 00:00:57,144 there is nothing more exciting 14 00:00:57,274 --> 00:00:59,537 than when a new discovery is made 15 00:00:59,668 --> 00:01:02,671 that points to evidence of extraterrestrial visitations 16 00:01:02,801 --> 00:01:05,195 in the distant past. 17 00:01:05,326 --> 00:01:08,851 And while it's not easy to narrow it down to just ten, 18 00:01:08,981 --> 00:01:12,507 our list covers discoveries in everything from science 19 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:15,205 to archaeology to astronomy... 20 00:01:15,336 --> 00:01:17,990 like the first entry in our countdown. 21 00:01:18,121 --> 00:01:22,386 It is a mysterious object that flew through our solar system. 22 00:01:22,517 --> 00:01:24,910 And what makes it truly extraordinary 23 00:01:25,041 --> 00:01:27,739 is that some scientists believe 24 00:01:27,870 --> 00:01:31,526 it might have been an extraterrestrial craft. 25 00:01:31,656 --> 00:01:34,833 At number ten on our countdown 26 00:01:34,964 --> 00:01:37,575 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries: 27 00:01:37,706 --> 00:01:39,403 Oumuamua. 28 00:01:42,363 --> 00:01:44,278 The Hawaiian Island of Maui. 29 00:01:44,408 --> 00:01:48,020 October 19, 2017. 30 00:01:48,151 --> 00:01:52,329 Astronomers at the Haleakala Observatory 31 00:01:52,460 --> 00:01:55,637 detect a mysterious object traveling at high speed 32 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:57,900 through our solar system. 33 00:01:59,423 --> 00:02:02,122 The object has a strange, oblong shape 34 00:02:02,252 --> 00:02:04,124 and is on a trajectory 35 00:02:04,254 --> 00:02:07,605 that is unlike anything that has ever been seen before. 36 00:02:08,824 --> 00:02:11,087 I was in charge of coordinating 37 00:02:11,218 --> 00:02:13,307 the observing to characterize the object. 38 00:02:13,437 --> 00:02:15,657 There were four images taken... 39 00:02:17,006 --> 00:02:20,270 that showed an object moving rapidly 40 00:02:20,401 --> 00:02:22,229 with respect to the stars. 41 00:02:22,359 --> 00:02:26,885 At that point, they started to compute an orbit 42 00:02:27,016 --> 00:02:29,061 to try and understand what this object was. 43 00:02:29,192 --> 00:02:31,412 Once more data came in, 44 00:02:31,542 --> 00:02:33,675 it was very clear that this object was from 45 00:02:33,805 --> 00:02:35,459 outside the solar system. 46 00:02:35,590 --> 00:02:37,635 This was really exciting. 47 00:02:39,333 --> 00:02:42,510 By calculating the object's speed and trajectory, 48 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:44,990 astronomers determined that it originated 49 00:02:45,121 --> 00:02:47,167 in another star system, 50 00:02:47,297 --> 00:02:50,779 making it the first interstellar object ever discovered. 51 00:02:50,909 --> 00:02:54,609 They named the object "Oumuamua," meaning 52 00:02:54,739 --> 00:02:58,439 "voyager from the distant past reaching out to us." 53 00:02:58,569 --> 00:03:00,484 And, incredibly, 54 00:03:00,615 --> 00:03:02,747 some astronomers suggested it might be 55 00:03:02,878 --> 00:03:06,621 some type of extraterrestrial technology. 56 00:03:06,751 --> 00:03:10,451 Oumuamua doesn't look like a typical asteroid. 57 00:03:10,581 --> 00:03:12,801 It's elongated. It's not round or chunky 58 00:03:12,931 --> 00:03:14,542 like you would think an asteroid is. 59 00:03:14,672 --> 00:03:17,849 And there were a lot of astronomers and scientists 60 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:19,808 who studied Oumuamua 61 00:03:19,938 --> 00:03:24,943 and it looks like it could possibly have been 62 00:03:25,074 --> 00:03:27,381 a probe from some other civilization 63 00:03:27,511 --> 00:03:29,078 outside our solar system. 64 00:03:30,340 --> 00:03:34,736 What I think is interesting is that Oumuamua is cigar-shaped. 65 00:03:34,866 --> 00:03:37,521 Because there are stories 66 00:03:37,652 --> 00:03:41,569 and eyewitness reports of cigar-shaped UFOs. 67 00:03:41,699 --> 00:03:43,962 So, is it possible 68 00:03:44,093 --> 00:03:45,653 that there is some type of a connection? 69 00:03:46,878 --> 00:03:49,446 Is it possible that some asteroids 70 00:03:49,577 --> 00:03:52,623 are actually extraterrestrial spacecraft? 71 00:03:52,754 --> 00:03:55,844 While it might sound like science fiction, 72 00:03:55,974 --> 00:04:00,152 in 2023, a team of scientists launched an expedition 73 00:04:00,283 --> 00:04:03,895 to find fragments of a meteorite on the ocean floor... 74 00:04:04,026 --> 00:04:08,248 one that they believed contains evidence of alien technology. 75 00:04:10,424 --> 00:04:13,209 At number nine on our countdown: 76 00:04:13,340 --> 00:04:14,950 The BeLaU Spheres. 77 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:19,433 The Bismark Sea. 78 00:04:19,563 --> 00:04:22,174 June 2023. 79 00:04:22,305 --> 00:04:25,613 100 miles north of Papua New Guinea. 80 00:04:25,743 --> 00:04:30,705 Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb and a team of scientists 81 00:04:30,835 --> 00:04:33,316 are attempting to retrieve the remnants 82 00:04:33,447 --> 00:04:36,798 of an exploded meteor from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean 83 00:04:36,928 --> 00:04:39,496 using a large magnetic sled. 84 00:04:39,627 --> 00:04:42,020 Two weeks into the project, 85 00:04:42,151 --> 00:04:44,980 the sled pulls up something unexpected. 86 00:04:46,242 --> 00:04:48,549 Loeb did find a number of beads, 87 00:04:48,679 --> 00:04:51,334 little spherules not much bigger than a BB, 88 00:04:51,465 --> 00:04:53,205 that they were able to dredge up. 89 00:04:53,336 --> 00:04:56,339 Upon first glance, they look kind of exotic. 90 00:04:56,470 --> 00:04:57,695 They have little swirls in them, 91 00:04:57,775 --> 00:04:59,015 they're almost perfectly round. 92 00:05:01,039 --> 00:05:04,521 For Dr. Loeb, the discovery of these mysterious spheres 93 00:05:04,652 --> 00:05:08,220 is particularly exciting because he believes 94 00:05:08,351 --> 00:05:10,440 that the exploded object they came from 95 00:05:10,571 --> 00:05:14,705 is unlike any other meteor that's ever landed on Earth. 96 00:05:14,836 --> 00:05:19,057 He first learned about this meteor in 2019, 97 00:05:19,188 --> 00:05:21,843 and based on its speed and trajectory 98 00:05:21,973 --> 00:05:24,846 he was able to surmise that it was interstellar. 99 00:05:26,674 --> 00:05:30,286 I came across a meteor catalog 100 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:32,070 that the government compiled 101 00:05:32,201 --> 00:05:34,029 using its missile warning system. 102 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:38,250 The meteor discovered in 2014 103 00:05:38,381 --> 00:05:41,819 was actually from outside the solar system. 104 00:05:41,950 --> 00:05:46,694 The meteor burned up 18.7 kilometers 105 00:05:46,824 --> 00:05:49,784 above the ocean's surface 106 00:05:49,914 --> 00:05:52,264 and it released a few percent of the energy 107 00:05:52,395 --> 00:05:55,137 of the Hiroshima bomb when it exploded. 108 00:05:56,660 --> 00:05:59,576 The government released the light curve 109 00:05:59,707 --> 00:06:01,970 of the fireball of the explosion and 110 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,886 from that we inferred that the object must have been 111 00:06:05,016 --> 00:06:08,193 made of some alloy that is much tougher 112 00:06:08,324 --> 00:06:10,239 than iron meteorites. 113 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:12,937 And that raises the possibility 114 00:06:13,068 --> 00:06:15,070 that it may have been a spacecraft. 115 00:06:16,463 --> 00:06:18,290 A spacecraft? 116 00:06:18,421 --> 00:06:20,771 Could it be that the object that exploded 117 00:06:20,902 --> 00:06:22,643 over the ocean north of Papua New Guinea 118 00:06:22,773 --> 00:06:25,385 was an extraterrestrial craft? 119 00:06:25,515 --> 00:06:29,345 Dr. Loeb believes the small metallic spheres 120 00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:33,175 his team discovered could confirm his radical theory. 121 00:06:33,305 --> 00:06:35,960 Initial testing of the spherules showed that 122 00:06:36,091 --> 00:06:37,788 they had an unusually high concentration 123 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:41,226 of beryllium, lanthanum and uranium, 124 00:06:41,357 --> 00:06:45,405 making a never-before-seen compound known as "BeLaU." 125 00:06:46,580 --> 00:06:48,843 That BeLaU composition does not exist 126 00:06:48,973 --> 00:06:51,323 in any known mineral or rock that we know of. 127 00:06:51,454 --> 00:06:55,110 And so this does speak to his hypothesis 128 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,287 that they're manufactured extraterrestrially. 129 00:06:59,549 --> 00:07:01,769 Dr. Avi Loeb proposes 130 00:07:01,899 --> 00:07:03,510 that these spherules 131 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:08,166 may be part of some type of ET technology. 132 00:07:08,297 --> 00:07:11,779 Could that really be a remnant of 133 00:07:11,909 --> 00:07:16,131 a far, far distant extraterrestrial civilization? 134 00:07:19,134 --> 00:07:21,789 Dr. Avi Loeb's suggestion 135 00:07:21,919 --> 00:07:25,009 that the objects discovered in the Pacific Ocean 136 00:07:25,140 --> 00:07:28,317 may have come from an extraterrestrial spacecraft 137 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,624 is a thrilling prospect. 138 00:07:30,754 --> 00:07:32,582 But there's another scientist 139 00:07:32,713 --> 00:07:35,367 who made a similar intriguing discovery... 140 00:07:35,498 --> 00:07:38,980 not in the ocean, but in Earth's upper atmosphere... 141 00:07:39,110 --> 00:07:42,897 and he's convinced that it is of alien origin. 142 00:07:44,115 --> 00:07:47,292 Number eight on our countdown: 143 00:07:47,423 --> 00:07:49,251 The Titanium Microsphere. 144 00:07:53,037 --> 00:07:55,213 The University of Sheffield, England. 145 00:07:55,344 --> 00:07:56,911 2015. 146 00:07:57,041 --> 00:07:58,093 Andrew, on you. 147 00:07:58,173 --> 00:08:00,175 - Count down, please. - Okay. 148 00:08:00,305 --> 00:08:03,047 Astrobiologist Dr. Milton Wainwright and his research team 149 00:08:03,178 --> 00:08:08,009 release a hydrogen balloon that travels 25 miles up 150 00:08:08,139 --> 00:08:09,445 into Earth's stratosphere. 151 00:08:10,925 --> 00:08:13,188 Once the balloon reaches its target altitude, 152 00:08:13,318 --> 00:08:16,060 a capture mechanism collects samples 153 00:08:16,191 --> 00:08:18,498 of whatever material is around it. 154 00:08:18,628 --> 00:08:21,022 Then, the balloon bursts 155 00:08:21,152 --> 00:08:22,937 and the capture mechanism 156 00:08:23,067 --> 00:08:25,113 descends by parachute back to Earth 157 00:08:25,243 --> 00:08:27,985 so that its contents can be analyzed. 158 00:08:29,204 --> 00:08:31,946 One of these balloons was hit 159 00:08:32,076 --> 00:08:34,775 at an incredible rate by something 160 00:08:34,905 --> 00:08:38,474 that left behind a small crater. 161 00:08:38,605 --> 00:08:42,304 And when they actually dug into this crater 162 00:08:42,434 --> 00:08:47,788 to see what it was, it was a tiny sphere. 163 00:08:47,918 --> 00:08:51,618 And when they actually examined what the sphere was made of, 164 00:08:51,748 --> 00:08:56,579 it was found to be of titanium and vanadium. 165 00:08:56,710 --> 00:09:01,541 And these are elements that shouldn't be there naturally 166 00:09:01,671 --> 00:09:04,108 out in the lower atmosphere. 167 00:09:04,239 --> 00:09:08,635 The microscopic sphere is just 200 microns in diameter, 168 00:09:08,765 --> 00:09:11,899 roughly the thickness of a human hair. 169 00:09:12,029 --> 00:09:15,293 There's no Earth material associated with them 170 00:09:15,424 --> 00:09:17,295 and they're too large 171 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:20,168 to be carried from Earth to these altitudes. 172 00:09:20,298 --> 00:09:23,258 They must be incoming from space. 173 00:09:23,388 --> 00:09:25,565 Where are they coming from? We just don't know. 174 00:09:25,695 --> 00:09:27,610 This tiny sphere, 175 00:09:27,741 --> 00:09:31,092 when they studied it under electron microscope, 176 00:09:31,222 --> 00:09:33,268 saw that it was actually a shell 177 00:09:33,398 --> 00:09:35,052 that had now broken 178 00:09:35,183 --> 00:09:37,446 and coming out of it 179 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:40,318 was this strange ooze 180 00:09:40,449 --> 00:09:43,583 that they felt was biological in nature. 181 00:09:43,713 --> 00:09:46,281 - A - biological substance? 182 00:09:46,411 --> 00:09:50,677 That originated not on Earth but from somewhere in space? 183 00:09:50,807 --> 00:09:53,288 Is it possible that this discovery 184 00:09:53,418 --> 00:09:55,638 is evidence of a living organism 185 00:09:55,769 --> 00:09:57,814 from a world other than our own? 186 00:09:59,163 --> 00:10:02,863 The characteristics of these organisms is very interesting. 187 00:10:02,993 --> 00:10:04,516 They're made of carbon and oxygen, 188 00:10:04,647 --> 00:10:07,041 so we know they're life-forms. 189 00:10:07,171 --> 00:10:10,044 They don't contain silicon, so they're not bits of cosmic dust. 190 00:10:10,174 --> 00:10:12,046 They're very unusual. 191 00:10:12,176 --> 00:10:14,011 When I see the shapes of these things, I'm amazed, 192 00:10:14,091 --> 00:10:15,796 'cause I've never seen anything like them on Earth. 193 00:10:15,876 --> 00:10:17,878 There's no textbook version 194 00:10:18,008 --> 00:10:19,662 of the pictures we've been seeing. 195 00:10:19,793 --> 00:10:22,317 Although it is still unknown 196 00:10:22,447 --> 00:10:24,536 just where these spheres come from, 197 00:10:24,667 --> 00:10:27,061 Dr. Wainwright believes they are being used 198 00:10:27,191 --> 00:10:30,717 to introduce new life-forms on Earth. 199 00:10:30,847 --> 00:10:34,851 With Dr. Wainwright's small metal sphere, 200 00:10:34,982 --> 00:10:36,897 you have to wonder, 201 00:10:37,027 --> 00:10:40,901 is this protein ooze that's inside it 202 00:10:41,031 --> 00:10:44,252 something to jump-start life on the planet? 203 00:10:50,693 --> 00:10:52,136 Without a doubt, one of my favorite places 204 00:10:52,216 --> 00:10:53,696 to explore is Egypt. 205 00:10:53,827 --> 00:10:55,655 And what I find truly exciting 206 00:10:55,785 --> 00:10:58,875 is when technology reveals new secrets 207 00:10:59,006 --> 00:11:01,617 about its ancient monuments and temples. 208 00:11:01,748 --> 00:11:05,926 Like an extraordinary discovery that was made in 2017, 209 00:11:06,056 --> 00:11:08,842 when researchers located a hidden chamber 210 00:11:08,972 --> 00:11:10,757 inside the Great Pyramid 211 00:11:10,887 --> 00:11:14,195 that's big enough to fit the Statue of Liberty. 212 00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:18,155 At number seven on our countdown 213 00:11:18,286 --> 00:11:21,550 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries: 214 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,204 The Great Pyramid Void. 215 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:32,082 Just west of Cairo stands the most mysterious 216 00:11:32,213 --> 00:11:35,129 and sophisticated wonder of the Ancient World: 217 00:11:35,259 --> 00:11:36,870 the Great Pyramid. 218 00:11:38,393 --> 00:11:41,396 Built from more than two million limestone blocks, 219 00:11:41,526 --> 00:11:45,313 this massive structure is engineered to near-perfection. 220 00:11:45,443 --> 00:11:48,969 Despite being studied for hundreds of years, 221 00:11:49,099 --> 00:11:52,407 much about the Great Pyramid remains shrouded in mystery. 222 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,977 And in November 2017, 223 00:11:57,107 --> 00:11:59,066 media outlets around the world 224 00:11:59,196 --> 00:12:01,764 announced an incredible discovery. 225 00:12:01,895 --> 00:12:04,071 Archaeologists detected a chamber 226 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:06,464 near the pyramid's north face 227 00:12:06,595 --> 00:12:08,771 that is approximately 100 feet long 228 00:12:08,902 --> 00:12:10,817 and more than six feet tall. 229 00:12:12,122 --> 00:12:16,039 The discovery of that void is sensational, 230 00:12:16,170 --> 00:12:20,130 because it opens up the whole discussion 231 00:12:20,261 --> 00:12:24,308 to more questions and to new answers. 232 00:12:24,439 --> 00:12:27,398 In April 2018, 233 00:12:27,529 --> 00:12:29,923 Giorgio Tsoukalos entered the Great Pyramid 234 00:12:30,053 --> 00:12:32,534 along with Egyptologist Ramy Romany 235 00:12:32,664 --> 00:12:36,407 and Dr. Giulio Magli, a professor of archaeoastronomy 236 00:12:36,538 --> 00:12:40,281 from the Polytechnic University in Milan, Italy. 237 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:43,813 So, this is it. 238 00:12:43,893 --> 00:12:45,112 The Grand Gallery. 239 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:49,725 They are inside the Grand Gallery, 240 00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:52,946 which is directly beneath the newly discovered void. 241 00:12:54,425 --> 00:12:56,783 From here to the ceiling, it's about ten meters high 242 00:12:56,863 --> 00:13:01,215 and it goes about 50 meters in, which is 150 feet deep. 243 00:13:01,345 --> 00:13:02,956 I mean, that just gives you an idea 244 00:13:03,086 --> 00:13:05,828 of how huge this place is. 245 00:13:05,959 --> 00:13:08,222 - Yeah. - And it's perfect. 246 00:13:08,352 --> 00:13:11,268 So, you think the void is right on top of our heads here? 247 00:13:14,402 --> 00:13:15,838 In your opinion, 248 00:13:15,969 --> 00:13:18,623 what do you think is inside that void 249 00:13:18,754 --> 00:13:20,451 that was just discovered? 250 00:13:31,288 --> 00:13:33,203 Can you elaborate 251 00:13:33,334 --> 00:13:35,162 on that iron throne? 252 00:14:00,927 --> 00:14:05,714 A throne, containing pieces of metal found in a meteorite? 253 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:09,065 Could such an object really be embedded 254 00:14:09,196 --> 00:14:11,502 inside a secret chamber located within 255 00:14:11,633 --> 00:14:14,157 the Great Pyramid of Giza? 256 00:14:14,288 --> 00:14:16,377 According to ancient Egyptian writings 257 00:14:16,507 --> 00:14:18,466 called the Pyramid Texts, 258 00:14:18,596 --> 00:14:21,991 the god Osiris and his wife Isis 259 00:14:22,122 --> 00:14:26,126 came to Earth from stars in the constellation of Orion, 260 00:14:26,256 --> 00:14:30,391 and it is from these two gods that all human life originates. 261 00:14:30,521 --> 00:14:32,393 According to the story, 262 00:14:32,523 --> 00:14:36,701 Osiris had an iron throne that possessed awesome powers. 263 00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:41,844 Throughout ancient Egypt in the temples, 264 00:14:41,924 --> 00:14:44,274 we see depictions of the gods: 265 00:14:44,405 --> 00:14:47,451 extraterrestrial beings on their thrones. 266 00:14:47,582 --> 00:14:49,976 These thrones are feathered 267 00:14:50,106 --> 00:14:52,108 because they are ascension vehicles. 268 00:14:52,239 --> 00:14:56,243 They are vehicles that take them to the stars and back. 269 00:14:58,462 --> 00:15:00,595 What could be inside that void? 270 00:15:00,725 --> 00:15:02,597 There are many theories out there. 271 00:15:03,685 --> 00:15:05,121 To this day, 272 00:15:05,252 --> 00:15:08,429 we don't know what's inside. 273 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:12,085 And that's the most exciting part for Egyptologists. 274 00:15:12,215 --> 00:15:14,783 Every day, I'm looking forward to find 275 00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:18,439 what's inside that new void that has been discovered. 276 00:15:21,746 --> 00:15:24,314 Just what is inside the Great Pyramid's void 277 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:26,273 remains to be seen. 278 00:15:26,403 --> 00:15:28,492 But if it's anything like the amazing discovery 279 00:15:28,623 --> 00:15:30,407 that's next on our list, 280 00:15:30,538 --> 00:15:33,410 it may leave us with more questions than answers. 281 00:15:33,541 --> 00:15:36,413 I'm talking about the giant stone boxes 282 00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:39,199 that weigh nearly 100 tons, 283 00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:41,636 whose purpose is still unknown. 284 00:15:43,072 --> 00:15:44,769 At number six on our countdown 285 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:48,295 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries: 286 00:15:48,425 --> 00:15:50,471 The Serapeum of Saqqara. 287 00:15:56,781 --> 00:16:00,611 Here, 20 miles south of the Giza pyramids, 288 00:16:00,742 --> 00:16:03,614 French archaeologist Auguste Mariette 289 00:16:03,745 --> 00:16:07,183 is surveying the area when he notices a stone object 290 00:16:07,314 --> 00:16:09,142 protruding from the ground. 291 00:16:09,272 --> 00:16:11,840 Upon closer inspection, 292 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,669 it appears to be the head of a sphinx. 293 00:16:17,019 --> 00:16:19,630 He started to clear the area, 294 00:16:19,761 --> 00:16:22,720 and so, his team dug down and revealed 295 00:16:22,851 --> 00:16:25,506 sphinx after sphinx after sphinx. 296 00:16:27,856 --> 00:16:31,251 He soon lines up over 100 sphinxes, 297 00:16:31,381 --> 00:16:35,037 follows the pathway and is led to an underground tunnel, 298 00:16:35,168 --> 00:16:36,821 an entrance that's blocked. 299 00:16:36,952 --> 00:16:38,998 He dynamites the entrance. 300 00:16:43,176 --> 00:16:46,353 He's now in a 700-foot-long tunnel 301 00:16:46,483 --> 00:16:49,225 that's been carved out of the limestone. 302 00:16:49,356 --> 00:16:51,836 Inside the ancient structure, 303 00:16:51,967 --> 00:16:54,970 Mariette discovered inscriptions that identify 304 00:16:55,101 --> 00:16:57,886 the underground complex as the Serapeum. 305 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,371 And within its chambers, he found gigantic stone boxes. 306 00:17:06,286 --> 00:17:08,375 Inside that Serapeum 307 00:17:08,505 --> 00:17:11,682 are 24 niches 308 00:17:11,813 --> 00:17:15,512 that contain some of the biggest stone sarcophagi 309 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:17,993 ever discovered in Egypt. 310 00:17:19,168 --> 00:17:21,431 The boxes themselves range in weight 311 00:17:21,562 --> 00:17:25,044 from 70 to 75 tons, 312 00:17:25,174 --> 00:17:27,133 and the lids alone 313 00:17:27,263 --> 00:17:31,485 weigh between 20 and 25 tons. 314 00:17:31,615 --> 00:17:34,096 What compelled the ancient Egyptians 315 00:17:34,227 --> 00:17:36,142 to place 24 enormous 316 00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:38,492 and precisely-crafted stone boxes 317 00:17:38,622 --> 00:17:41,016 deep beneath the earth? 318 00:17:41,147 --> 00:17:43,714 Archaeologists suggest they were built 319 00:17:43,845 --> 00:17:46,935 to be the burial place of sacred Apis bulls. 320 00:17:48,371 --> 00:17:51,505 The Apis bull is related to the Egyptian god Ptah, 321 00:17:51,635 --> 00:17:55,378 who was the... a major creator god. 322 00:17:55,509 --> 00:17:57,989 He was the god of Memphis, the capital city. 323 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,948 He was the god of all craftsmen. 324 00:18:02,211 --> 00:18:03,343 The Apis bull 325 00:18:03,473 --> 00:18:07,173 was one of the most sacred animals 326 00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:08,783 in all of ancient Egypt. 327 00:18:09,914 --> 00:18:11,873 But when August Mariette 328 00:18:12,003 --> 00:18:15,746 opened the sarcophagus, they were empty. 329 00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:17,748 There was nothing in there. 330 00:18:17,879 --> 00:18:20,447 The absence of the Apis bulls 331 00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:23,276 has led ancient astronaut theorists to suggest 332 00:18:23,406 --> 00:18:27,106 the boxes might have served a more profound purpose 333 00:18:27,236 --> 00:18:29,325 as a type of an advanced, 334 00:18:29,456 --> 00:18:32,285 even extraterrestrial technology. 335 00:18:33,721 --> 00:18:36,376 One of the ideas, too, of the sarcophagi is that 336 00:18:36,506 --> 00:18:41,120 they're super high-tech storage devices. 337 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:42,904 You know, they're hermetically sealed, 338 00:18:43,034 --> 00:18:45,820 they're, you know, in spaces 339 00:18:45,950 --> 00:18:47,474 that would be difficult to get to. 340 00:18:49,389 --> 00:18:53,697 Perhaps something dangerous and technical 341 00:18:53,828 --> 00:18:55,656 was kept in these boxes. 342 00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:05,716 We're coming up on the halfway point in our countdown 343 00:19:05,796 --> 00:19:08,669 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries, 344 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:11,411 and this next one truly blows my mind. 345 00:19:11,541 --> 00:19:14,979 In 2003, archaeologists began to excavate 346 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:19,723 an ancient lost city hidden deep in the jungles of Guatemala. 347 00:19:19,854 --> 00:19:23,510 In total, they found over 100,000 structures 348 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,904 that, remarkably, revealed a profound connection 349 00:19:27,035 --> 00:19:28,297 to the stars. 350 00:19:30,734 --> 00:19:34,347 The Lost City of El Mirador. 351 00:19:38,002 --> 00:19:39,700 The El Mirador Basin, 352 00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:43,486 northern Guatemala, 2015. 353 00:19:44,661 --> 00:19:47,403 Archaeologist Dr. Richard Hansen 354 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:50,101 begins an aerial survey of the dense jungle 355 00:19:50,232 --> 00:19:54,410 using a sophisticated remote sensing method called lidar. 356 00:19:55,672 --> 00:19:59,807 The results reveal an extraordinary metropolis 357 00:19:59,937 --> 00:20:02,331 that had been lost to history. 358 00:20:03,767 --> 00:20:05,900 What's amazing is we've found 359 00:20:06,030 --> 00:20:09,295 what seems to be an entire civilization 360 00:20:09,425 --> 00:20:11,732 that the Mayans had built a long time ago 361 00:20:11,862 --> 00:20:13,081 we never knew were there. 362 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:14,778 There are pyramids there 363 00:20:14,909 --> 00:20:16,867 that rival the pyramids in Egypt. 364 00:20:16,998 --> 00:20:20,306 Now archaeologists realize 365 00:20:20,436 --> 00:20:24,658 that this area was, at one time, densely populated. 366 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:26,790 There were hundreds of thousands, 367 00:20:26,921 --> 00:20:29,576 if not even millions of people living there. 368 00:20:29,706 --> 00:20:33,884 And they built huge pyramid cities. 369 00:20:34,015 --> 00:20:36,757 At the center of the ancient metropolis 370 00:20:36,887 --> 00:20:39,150 are two gigantic pyramids, 371 00:20:39,281 --> 00:20:42,806 now known as El Tigre and La Danta. 372 00:20:42,937 --> 00:20:47,594 La Danta, the bigger of the two, is larger in volume 373 00:20:47,724 --> 00:20:51,293 than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. 374 00:20:51,424 --> 00:20:53,643 La Danta, it's not just a pyramid, 375 00:20:53,774 --> 00:20:55,348 it's a pyramid with pyramids on top of it. 376 00:20:55,428 --> 00:20:57,778 I mean, this is a massive structure 377 00:20:57,908 --> 00:20:59,649 that's rivaling or even bigger 378 00:20:59,780 --> 00:21:03,914 than any other known Maya temple complex. 379 00:21:04,045 --> 00:21:06,917 For ancient astronaut theorists, 380 00:21:07,048 --> 00:21:11,792 perhaps the greatest discovery is in the layout of the site. 381 00:21:11,922 --> 00:21:13,968 Some archaeologists have suggested 382 00:21:14,098 --> 00:21:15,622 that El Mirador 383 00:21:15,752 --> 00:21:18,712 is aligned with the Pleiades, 384 00:21:18,842 --> 00:21:21,802 and that pyramids and other structures there 385 00:21:21,932 --> 00:21:25,980 are actually recreating the Pleiades star system 386 00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:28,939 on the grounds in the El Mirador Basin. 387 00:21:30,419 --> 00:21:33,248 The Maya themselves associate 388 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:35,859 the celestial beings that had contact 389 00:21:35,990 --> 00:21:37,818 with their own ancestors 390 00:21:37,948 --> 00:21:40,951 with the Pleiades constellation. 391 00:21:41,082 --> 00:21:43,214 What we have discovered right there 392 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:47,567 is a lost chapter of human history 393 00:21:47,697 --> 00:21:49,917 that could be a direct connection 394 00:21:50,047 --> 00:21:52,006 to the ancient astronaut theory. 395 00:21:53,442 --> 00:21:55,879 Our next extraordinary discovery 396 00:21:56,010 --> 00:21:58,491 was made in a remote area of Peru, 397 00:21:58,621 --> 00:22:02,059 and this one really took archaeologists by surprise 398 00:22:02,190 --> 00:22:05,541 because here they found a massive complex 399 00:22:05,672 --> 00:22:08,805 that is older than the pyramids of Egypt. 400 00:22:11,373 --> 00:22:13,244 At number four on our countdown: 401 00:22:13,375 --> 00:22:14,985 Caral. 402 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,299 While conducting research at the base of the Andes Mountains, 403 00:22:24,430 --> 00:22:27,868 Peruvian archaeologist Dr. Ruth Shady Solis 404 00:22:27,998 --> 00:22:30,871 notices several hills in the landscape 405 00:22:31,001 --> 00:22:33,526 that do not appear to have been formed naturally. 406 00:22:34,788 --> 00:22:36,666 People had known it was there, but most people had assumed 407 00:22:36,746 --> 00:22:38,487 that these great mounds were natural. 408 00:22:39,836 --> 00:22:42,186 But Ruth Shady had decided to excavate, 409 00:22:42,317 --> 00:22:44,406 and it turned out, she'd actually 410 00:22:44,537 --> 00:22:46,190 hit the jackpot because she'd found 411 00:22:46,321 --> 00:22:48,367 one of the most important sites in South America. 412 00:22:49,585 --> 00:22:51,326 Dr. Shady and her team 413 00:22:51,457 --> 00:22:54,677 discovered the ruins of an extraordinary lost city 414 00:22:54,808 --> 00:22:58,246 that has come to be known as Caral. 415 00:22:59,508 --> 00:23:03,120 When you visit Caral, you find a huge archaeological complex. 416 00:23:03,251 --> 00:23:07,473 There's a large sunken amphitheater to the south, 417 00:23:07,603 --> 00:23:10,084 there's a major pyramid to the north, 418 00:23:10,214 --> 00:23:12,826 and then there are more minor pyramids 419 00:23:12,956 --> 00:23:16,960 that surround a central area. 420 00:23:17,091 --> 00:23:19,223 There are also other buildings, residential buildings, 421 00:23:19,354 --> 00:23:21,138 so it's a really huge complex. 422 00:23:22,444 --> 00:23:25,752 But the most extraordinary discovery was still to come. 423 00:23:27,667 --> 00:23:29,843 Towards the bottom of the great mound, 424 00:23:29,973 --> 00:23:33,324 they found remains of what seemed to be reed bags 425 00:23:33,455 --> 00:23:35,544 or baskets in which the earth and stones 426 00:23:35,675 --> 00:23:38,329 would have been carried to make this enormous mound. 427 00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:42,508 And of course, you can date reeds by the radiocarbon method. 428 00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:45,380 And to everyone's surprise, the answer came far earlier 429 00:23:45,511 --> 00:23:47,077 than anybody had expected. 430 00:23:48,775 --> 00:23:53,954 This site went back at least to 2600 BC or earlier. 431 00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:59,307 So that was putting it back 4,600 or more years, 432 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:02,745 which made it one of the oldest sites, 433 00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:05,966 as far as civilization, in the Americas. 434 00:24:06,096 --> 00:24:09,186 Caral could be the mother culture 435 00:24:09,317 --> 00:24:11,406 of the whole of South America. 436 00:24:12,668 --> 00:24:15,366 The dating of Caral has really put into question 437 00:24:15,497 --> 00:24:17,934 the origins of civilization on the planet. 438 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,678 At the time the greater pyramid of Caral was created, 439 00:24:22,809 --> 00:24:25,942 ziggurats were being built in Mesopotamia 440 00:24:26,073 --> 00:24:29,598 and the step pyramids were rising in Egypt. 441 00:24:29,729 --> 00:24:33,297 This was the beginning of a worldwide pyramid age. 442 00:24:33,428 --> 00:24:37,040 You have pyramids all over the world start to spring up. 443 00:24:37,171 --> 00:24:39,303 And you have to wonder, how did this happen? 444 00:24:39,434 --> 00:24:42,393 Did they all have the same teacher that was assisting them 445 00:24:42,524 --> 00:24:45,484 or instructing them in how to build these massive structures? 446 00:24:54,231 --> 00:24:55,762 Scientific breakthroughs and archaeological finds 447 00:24:55,842 --> 00:24:57,974 are always compelling. 448 00:24:58,105 --> 00:25:00,499 But for ancient astronaut theorists like me, 449 00:25:00,629 --> 00:25:03,458 what's really exciting is when a story 450 00:25:03,589 --> 00:25:05,112 once thought to be fiction 451 00:25:05,242 --> 00:25:09,072 is proven to be based on historical fact. 452 00:25:09,203 --> 00:25:12,032 Like the discovery of a sunken city that, 453 00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:14,469 according to ancient Hindu texts, 454 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:16,210 was the home of the gods. 455 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,736 Number three on our countdown 456 00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,739 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries: 457 00:25:23,870 --> 00:25:25,524 Dwarka. 458 00:25:28,701 --> 00:25:30,572 Northwest India. 459 00:25:30,703 --> 00:25:33,923 April 1983. 460 00:25:34,054 --> 00:25:37,274 Marine archaeologist Dr. S.R. Rao 461 00:25:37,405 --> 00:25:39,929 begins a seven-year underwater exploration 462 00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:43,411 just off the coast of the modern city of Dwarka. 463 00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:47,371 And what he discovers is stunning. 464 00:25:47,502 --> 00:25:51,419 Submerged 20 feet beneath the surface of the ocean, 465 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:56,337 he finds sandstone walls, cobblestone streets, 466 00:25:56,467 --> 00:26:00,254 and further evidence of a prosperous ancient city. 467 00:26:01,690 --> 00:26:04,824 At Dwarka, what has been found so far 468 00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:07,566 under the ocean is incredibly tantalizing. 469 00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:10,917 For instance, there's this huge wall, 470 00:26:11,047 --> 00:26:14,442 estimated about 580 meters long. 471 00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,923 Pottery has been found. 472 00:26:18,925 --> 00:26:20,666 Stone anchors have been found, 473 00:26:20,796 --> 00:26:23,364 so this seems to have been a maritime city. 474 00:26:24,670 --> 00:26:26,330 The remains that have been discovered 475 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:30,327 beneath the waters have been radiocarbon-dated 476 00:26:30,458 --> 00:26:34,593 to at least 9,500 years. 477 00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:39,510 So this was many thousands of years older 478 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:41,687 than that of Sumeria, 479 00:26:41,817 --> 00:26:45,560 Egypt and China. 480 00:26:45,691 --> 00:26:49,129 So what exactly was going on in India at this time? 481 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,523 Are these ruins evidence of a city 482 00:26:52,654 --> 00:26:55,526 that is over 9,000 years old? 483 00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,573 And if so, who built it? 484 00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:02,664 Dr. S.R. Rao and other researchers believe 485 00:27:02,795 --> 00:27:05,406 that the ruins belong to a legendary ancient city 486 00:27:05,536 --> 00:27:08,452 that was also called Dwarka. 487 00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:12,369 According to the sacred Hindu text the Mahabharata, 488 00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:15,198 ancient Dwarka was once the home of the god 489 00:27:15,329 --> 00:27:17,113 Lord Krishna. 490 00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:20,116 In the Mahabharata, 491 00:27:20,247 --> 00:27:23,380 Dwarka is described 492 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:25,078 as Krishna's kingdom. 493 00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:27,080 There were magnificent palaces, 494 00:27:27,210 --> 00:27:29,822 all having wonderful windows, 495 00:27:29,952 --> 00:27:31,562 wonderful balconies, 496 00:27:31,693 --> 00:27:33,695 you know, high-rise buildings. 497 00:27:33,826 --> 00:27:37,830 So, it is beautifully described in the Mahabharata 498 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:42,530 as being a very important city. 499 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,793 The Mahabharatatells that 500 00:27:44,924 --> 00:27:49,189 the land came up out of the sea, the ocean released this land. 501 00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:54,368 It was a special place of great magic and beauty. 502 00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:55,935 According to the story, 503 00:27:56,065 --> 00:27:59,503 Dwarka was destroyed after another Hindu god 504 00:27:59,634 --> 00:28:03,464 Lord Salva attacked it from a flying chariot. 505 00:28:03,594 --> 00:28:06,728 He had a celestial chariot, 506 00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:10,514 which is almost like a plane that he could fly. 507 00:28:10,645 --> 00:28:14,736 And this plane was like a stealth, fighter plane. 508 00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:17,347 So he came to Dwarka 509 00:28:17,478 --> 00:28:21,090 and then he started bombarding the city. 510 00:28:21,221 --> 00:28:24,180 Krishna is killed, and the city... 511 00:28:24,311 --> 00:28:26,705 this magnificent city built on land 512 00:28:26,835 --> 00:28:28,141 that came out of the sea... 513 00:28:28,271 --> 00:28:32,885 sank back into the ocean again. 514 00:28:33,015 --> 00:28:37,063 It only existed during the time that Krishna lived there. 515 00:28:39,674 --> 00:28:42,808 For centuries, the story of ancient Dwarka 516 00:28:42,938 --> 00:28:45,071 was believed to be merely a legend. 517 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,467 But is it possible that these underwater ruins are evidence 518 00:28:50,598 --> 00:28:55,559 that the ancient Hindu texts are based in actual history? 519 00:28:55,690 --> 00:28:58,693 If so, it wouldn't be the first time 520 00:28:58,824 --> 00:29:00,651 that a supposedly mythological site 521 00:29:00,782 --> 00:29:03,350 was found to be real. 522 00:29:04,612 --> 00:29:09,704 In the 1870s, archaeologists discovered the ruins of Troy, 523 00:29:09,835 --> 00:29:12,533 a legendary city from Greek mythology 524 00:29:12,663 --> 00:29:15,623 that was assumed to be completely fictitious. 525 00:29:16,842 --> 00:29:18,757 For hundreds of years, people thought that 526 00:29:18,887 --> 00:29:21,672 the story of the Trojan War, the Trojan Horse, 527 00:29:21,803 --> 00:29:24,588 it's all myth. 528 00:29:24,719 --> 00:29:29,985 But then archaeologists found the ruins of Troy, 529 00:29:30,116 --> 00:29:33,423 and we know there was the Trojan War, 530 00:29:33,554 --> 00:29:36,035 just like the way the ancients called it. 531 00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:39,734 Now we know that Troy did exist, 532 00:29:39,865 --> 00:29:43,520 and similarly, Dwarka in the Mahabharata, 533 00:29:43,651 --> 00:29:46,872 it was not just a mythical city. 534 00:29:47,002 --> 00:29:49,962 Once upon a time, it really did exist. 535 00:29:51,746 --> 00:29:55,010 But if the underwater ruins of Dwarka really are 536 00:29:55,141 --> 00:29:57,447 the place described in the Mahabharata, 537 00:29:57,578 --> 00:30:01,538 might the story of its demise also be true? 538 00:30:01,669 --> 00:30:04,280 Was it destroyed in an aerial assault 539 00:30:04,411 --> 00:30:07,806 waged by an otherworldly visitor? 540 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:13,246 This would indicate to us that the legends 541 00:30:13,376 --> 00:30:15,814 are really correct about this place, 542 00:30:15,944 --> 00:30:19,295 that this was a real event, 543 00:30:19,426 --> 00:30:22,646 one that perhaps included extraterrestrials. 544 00:30:29,131 --> 00:30:30,567 Every so often, a discovery is made 545 00:30:30,698 --> 00:30:33,527 that sounds like it's been ripped straight from the pages 546 00:30:33,657 --> 00:30:35,355 of a fantasy novel. 547 00:30:35,485 --> 00:30:37,661 And that's exactly what happened 548 00:30:37,792 --> 00:30:41,361 when a family renovating their home in Central Turkey 549 00:30:41,491 --> 00:30:45,365 stumbled upon the entrance to an entirely hidden world. 550 00:30:46,801 --> 00:30:49,064 At number two on our countdown 551 00:30:49,195 --> 00:30:52,589 of the Top Ten Extraordinary Discoveries: 552 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,853 The Underground Cities of Turkey. 553 00:30:57,507 --> 00:31:00,380 Nevsehir Province, Turkey. 554 00:31:01,729 --> 00:31:05,820 Here, in 1963, a simple home renovation 555 00:31:05,951 --> 00:31:10,042 in the town of Derinkuyu led to an extraordinary discovery. 556 00:31:11,391 --> 00:31:15,047 A cave wall was opened, revealing a passageway 557 00:31:15,177 --> 00:31:17,397 to an elaborate underground city. 558 00:31:18,659 --> 00:31:20,139 Derinkuyu 559 00:31:20,269 --> 00:31:23,620 is this massive underground tunnel system 560 00:31:23,751 --> 00:31:27,407 going down three levels, 561 00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:31,411 with many streets, with many shafts and corridors 562 00:31:31,541 --> 00:31:34,196 and rooms and caverns 563 00:31:34,327 --> 00:31:37,547 that can hold massive amounts of people. 564 00:31:39,375 --> 00:31:43,336 Archaeologists were astounded by this massive underground city 565 00:31:43,466 --> 00:31:47,949 that extends as much as 280 feet beneath the earth. 566 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,125 And they got an even bigger surprise 567 00:31:50,256 --> 00:31:54,651 more than 50 years later, in 2014, when another 568 00:31:54,782 --> 00:31:57,654 even larger underground city was discovered 569 00:31:57,785 --> 00:32:01,049 beneath the nearby town of Nevsehir. 570 00:32:01,180 --> 00:32:02,007 It is 571 00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:03,878 absolutely stupendous. 572 00:32:04,009 --> 00:32:06,359 It covers about five million square feet. 573 00:32:06,489 --> 00:32:11,668 It goes down over 370 feet into the ground. 574 00:32:11,799 --> 00:32:14,671 And it's estimated that this could have held 575 00:32:14,802 --> 00:32:16,978 20,000 people or more. 576 00:32:18,284 --> 00:32:23,158 Archaeologists got inside and there were churches, 577 00:32:23,289 --> 00:32:26,770 there were vessels and jars, 578 00:32:26,901 --> 00:32:29,295 there were wineries, 579 00:32:29,425 --> 00:32:31,775 there was living quarters, 580 00:32:31,906 --> 00:32:34,213 there were places where they made linseed oil. 581 00:32:35,475 --> 00:32:37,259 Further exploration revealed 582 00:32:37,390 --> 00:32:41,350 that the two underground cities were actually connected. 583 00:32:41,481 --> 00:32:42,917 I was many times 584 00:32:43,048 --> 00:32:47,356 in the underground cities in Turkey. 585 00:32:47,487 --> 00:32:49,968 And this is a fantastic experience. 586 00:32:51,056 --> 00:32:53,058 They are linked together. 587 00:32:53,188 --> 00:32:56,800 There are seven-kilometers-long underground tunnels 588 00:32:56,931 --> 00:32:59,151 connecting the two cities. 589 00:33:00,935 --> 00:33:03,242 According to many archaeologists, 590 00:33:03,372 --> 00:33:07,289 these cities were most likely constructed around 800 BC 591 00:33:07,420 --> 00:33:11,206 to provide shelter from an invading army. 592 00:33:11,337 --> 00:33:16,298 But some researchers suggest they could be much older. 593 00:33:17,865 --> 00:33:22,435 One Turkish archaeologist by the name of Omer Demir, 594 00:33:22,565 --> 00:33:26,221 who was actually a curator of Derinkuyu, 595 00:33:26,352 --> 00:33:30,182 found evidence of Stone Age tools 596 00:33:30,312 --> 00:33:32,097 going back to the Paleolithic era. 597 00:33:33,315 --> 00:33:35,752 This is at the time of the last ice age. 598 00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:40,496 This tells us that these underground cities 599 00:33:40,627 --> 00:33:44,500 are perhaps 11,000, 12,000, 13,000 years old. 600 00:33:45,806 --> 00:33:48,548 If the underground cities of Turkey really are 601 00:33:48,678 --> 00:33:51,420 as much as 13,000 years old, 602 00:33:51,551 --> 00:33:53,118 just who could have built them? 603 00:33:53,248 --> 00:33:55,511 And why? 604 00:33:55,642 --> 00:33:57,687 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 605 00:33:57,818 --> 00:34:00,255 that these sprawling underground cities 606 00:34:00,386 --> 00:34:03,389 may be shelters that are described 607 00:34:03,519 --> 00:34:06,392 in the sacred writings of Zoroastrianism, 608 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:09,221 one of the world's oldest religions. 609 00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:12,702 In a text called the Vendidad, 610 00:34:12,833 --> 00:34:15,792 a young ruler named Yima is instructed to build 611 00:34:15,923 --> 00:34:17,490 an underground sanctuary 612 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:20,362 by the god Ahura Mazda. 613 00:34:20,493 --> 00:34:23,800 Ahura Mazda told the great early king Yima 614 00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:26,020 that there would be a terrible disaster. 615 00:34:26,151 --> 00:34:30,198 A winter would come such as has never been known. 616 00:34:30,329 --> 00:34:32,331 It would be so cold 617 00:34:32,461 --> 00:34:36,726 that at midday it would be dark like night. 618 00:34:36,857 --> 00:34:40,904 Ahura Mazda instructs Yima to build a Vara. 619 00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:42,645 This is a huge structure 620 00:34:42,776 --> 00:34:44,299 two miles long, two miles wide, 621 00:34:44,430 --> 00:34:48,086 an underground hall of sorts 622 00:34:48,216 --> 00:34:51,698 where things can be protected from the terrible winter. 623 00:34:51,828 --> 00:34:54,744 In the Vara, Yima was to hide 624 00:34:54,875 --> 00:34:58,313 a remnant of the people and an extensive seed bank, 625 00:34:58,444 --> 00:35:02,274 also a pair of each of the animal species. 626 00:35:02,404 --> 00:35:03,927 Ahura Mazda 627 00:35:04,058 --> 00:35:07,192 was known to have descended from the sky 628 00:35:07,322 --> 00:35:10,412 in a vehicle with fixed wings. 629 00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:13,937 It looks like some type of flying device. 630 00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:17,158 That would suggest that he was, 631 00:35:17,289 --> 00:35:19,465 in fact, an extraterrestrial. 632 00:35:20,944 --> 00:35:24,426 As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned, 633 00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:27,864 the story of Yima is an account of an alien intervention 634 00:35:27,995 --> 00:35:29,649 in the distant past... 635 00:35:31,433 --> 00:35:34,219 and they suggest it is very possible 636 00:35:34,349 --> 00:35:38,005 that the shelters Yima was said to have built are, in fact, 637 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:41,487 the underground cities that have been found in Turkey. 638 00:35:43,053 --> 00:35:46,361 The Varais supposed to be a-a huge enclosure 639 00:35:46,492 --> 00:35:50,626 that not only houses a large number of people 640 00:35:50,757 --> 00:35:54,587 but it's to have big streets that go through it, 641 00:35:54,717 --> 00:35:57,372 it's divided into certain areas. 642 00:35:57,503 --> 00:36:00,506 The Varacould be 643 00:36:00,636 --> 00:36:03,030 the underground cities in Turkey. 644 00:36:09,689 --> 00:36:11,393 We've reached the top spot on our countdown, 645 00:36:11,473 --> 00:36:14,172 and this next extraordinary discovery 646 00:36:14,302 --> 00:36:16,913 completely upended our understanding 647 00:36:17,044 --> 00:36:18,698 of human civilization. 648 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:21,135 It's an astonishing megalithic complex 649 00:36:21,266 --> 00:36:25,879 of massive stone pillars and mysterious carvings 650 00:36:26,009 --> 00:36:29,535 that predates the world's earliest known civilization 651 00:36:29,665 --> 00:36:32,059 by more than 5,000 years. 652 00:36:34,061 --> 00:36:37,064 Goöbekli Tepe. 653 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:45,725 Sanliurfa, Turkey, October 1994. 654 00:36:46,943 --> 00:36:49,337 While plowing his field, a shepherd spots 655 00:36:49,468 --> 00:36:52,819 a strangely shaped stone protruding from the ground. 656 00:36:52,949 --> 00:36:55,778 After brushing away the dirt, 657 00:36:55,909 --> 00:36:59,434 he realizes the stone may be part of an ancient ruin. 658 00:36:59,565 --> 00:37:02,959 He reports his find to the local museum 659 00:37:03,090 --> 00:37:05,310 and is visited by Klaus Schmidt 660 00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,138 from the German Archaeological Institute. 661 00:37:08,269 --> 00:37:09,749 It wasn't until 662 00:37:09,879 --> 00:37:12,795 German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt visited the site 663 00:37:12,926 --> 00:37:16,321 and began digging that they realized 664 00:37:16,451 --> 00:37:19,062 what was really at this site. 665 00:37:20,629 --> 00:37:22,805 What he discovered was mind-blowing. 666 00:37:22,936 --> 00:37:25,286 After discovering the first T-shaped pillar 667 00:37:25,417 --> 00:37:27,114 buried at the site, 668 00:37:27,245 --> 00:37:30,291 he soon found more of these massive structures. 669 00:37:30,422 --> 00:37:31,691 The site becomes known 670 00:37:31,771 --> 00:37:35,557 as Goöbekli Tepe, meaning "Potbelly Hill." 671 00:37:37,167 --> 00:37:42,085 The site of Goöbekli Tepe is a series of circular enclosures. 672 00:37:42,216 --> 00:37:44,262 But then in the center of each enclosure 673 00:37:44,392 --> 00:37:48,222 you have two particularly big T-shaped pillars of limestone 674 00:37:48,353 --> 00:37:49,745 sort of facing each other. 675 00:37:51,051 --> 00:37:53,619 Many of these pillars have remarkable carvings on them, 676 00:37:53,749 --> 00:37:55,621 wonderful carvings and bas-reliefs 677 00:37:55,751 --> 00:37:59,146 of animals, birds, insects, all kinds of things. 678 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:01,757 So to fashion those and carve them 679 00:38:01,888 --> 00:38:03,672 and set them up in these structures was just 680 00:38:03,803 --> 00:38:05,805 absolutely amazing. 681 00:38:05,935 --> 00:38:10,679 Many of these were carved into human form. 682 00:38:10,810 --> 00:38:13,291 They would have arms on the side of them. 683 00:38:13,421 --> 00:38:16,250 They would have hands that come around to the front. 684 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:20,472 They would have garments that drop down the front. 685 00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:23,910 20 different enclosures were built. 686 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:28,523 And each one, seemingly at the end of its useful life, 687 00:38:28,654 --> 00:38:30,525 was completely covered over 688 00:38:30,656 --> 00:38:33,441 with rubble and soil 689 00:38:33,572 --> 00:38:37,140 before the next enclosure was built. 690 00:38:40,274 --> 00:38:42,189 Intrigued by his discovery, 691 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,583 Klaus Schmidt had the sediment layers of the site 692 00:38:44,713 --> 00:38:47,063 radiocarbon-dated. 693 00:38:47,194 --> 00:38:49,501 The results were astonishing. 694 00:38:50,806 --> 00:38:54,157 It is the first archaeological site in the world 695 00:38:54,288 --> 00:38:57,073 that proves its age 696 00:38:57,204 --> 00:39:00,686 dating as far back as 12,000 years, 697 00:39:00,816 --> 00:39:03,297 around 10,000 BC. 698 00:39:03,428 --> 00:39:06,300 The discovery and the official acceptance 699 00:39:06,431 --> 00:39:09,129 of Goöbekli Tepe's dating 700 00:39:09,259 --> 00:39:12,698 has changed the history of archaeology. 701 00:39:14,047 --> 00:39:16,397 All of this suggests 702 00:39:16,528 --> 00:39:19,966 a understanding of technology, 703 00:39:20,096 --> 00:39:24,927 of masonry, of art, of carving at the end of the last ice age. 704 00:39:25,058 --> 00:39:29,149 We realize that there is some great culture, 705 00:39:29,279 --> 00:39:32,370 possibly even a high civilization 706 00:39:32,500 --> 00:39:36,243 that existed here as much as 11,000 years ago. 707 00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:39,246 Archaeologists believe 708 00:39:39,377 --> 00:39:42,205 the Sumerians were the world's first civilization, 709 00:39:42,336 --> 00:39:46,166 emerging around 5000 BC. 710 00:39:46,296 --> 00:39:49,256 But the discovery of Goöbekli Tepe put that 711 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,519 into serious question. 712 00:39:51,650 --> 00:39:55,001 And some researchers have noticed a curious connection 713 00:39:55,131 --> 00:39:58,178 between the Sumerians and Goöbekli Tepe. 714 00:39:59,397 --> 00:40:01,834 At Goöbekli Tepe there's a carving 715 00:40:01,964 --> 00:40:03,792 of these three handbags 716 00:40:03,923 --> 00:40:05,410 that appear above this birdlike creature. 717 00:40:05,490 --> 00:40:07,230 And what's fascinating about this is 718 00:40:07,361 --> 00:40:09,363 that you can find carvings of similar handbags 719 00:40:09,494 --> 00:40:11,191 about 400 miles to the south 720 00:40:11,321 --> 00:40:13,454 where the ancient Sumerians lived. 721 00:40:13,585 --> 00:40:14,825 And there the handbags are held 722 00:40:14,934 --> 00:40:17,545 by these winged figures called Anunnaki. 723 00:40:17,676 --> 00:40:21,331 The Anunnaki, as told in the Sumerian stories, had 724 00:40:21,462 --> 00:40:22,898 these advanced powers, 725 00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:25,858 they had connection with the heavens. 726 00:40:25,988 --> 00:40:27,947 They're extraterrestrial beings. 727 00:40:28,077 --> 00:40:29,905 And it makes you wonder 728 00:40:30,036 --> 00:40:32,908 if Goöbekli Tepe was, in fact, 729 00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:36,434 a place of connection with these beings. 730 00:40:39,132 --> 00:40:43,397 It's exciting to think that Goöbekli Tepe might hold clues 731 00:40:43,528 --> 00:40:45,530 to extraterrestrial contact 732 00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:48,315 that occurred 12,000 years ago. 733 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,448 And as far as I'm concerned, 734 00:40:50,578 --> 00:40:53,233 with every extraordinary discovery, 735 00:40:53,363 --> 00:40:56,715 from lost civilizations hidden from sight 736 00:40:56,845 --> 00:40:59,195 to ancient structures and artwork 737 00:40:59,326 --> 00:41:03,156 that suggests contact with otherworldly beings 738 00:41:03,286 --> 00:41:05,506 to objects from space 739 00:41:05,637 --> 00:41:07,290 that defy explanation, 740 00:41:07,421 --> 00:41:11,033 we get one step closer to understanding the truth 741 00:41:11,164 --> 00:41:14,994 about humankind's extraterrestrial past. 742 00:41:15,124 --> 00:41:18,476 >>>>oakislandtk<<<<< www.opensubtitles.org 57592

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