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A lost
city hidden in the Andes.
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Mysterious metal spheres
of extraterrestrial origin.
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And a sunken city that was said
to be the home of the gods.
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Over the years,
Ancient Alienshas investigated
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some of the most
astonishing breakthroughs
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in archaeology, astronomy,
and physics
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that challenge traditional
beliefs about human history.
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Now, we're counting down
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the ten most extraordinary
discoveries we've examined...
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discoveries that just might
present undeniable proof
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of our extraterrestrial past.
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For ancient astronaut
theorists like me,
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there is nothing more exciting
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than when a new discovery
is made
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that points to evidence
of extraterrestrial visitations
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in the distant past.
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And while it's not easy
to narrow it down to just ten,
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our list covers discoveries
in everything from science
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to archaeology to astronomy...
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like the first entry
in our countdown.
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It is a mysterious object that
flew through our solar system.
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And what makes it
truly extraordinary
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is that some scientists believe
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it might have been
an extraterrestrial craft.
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At number ten on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Extraordinary Discoveries:
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Oumuamua.
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The Hawaiian Island of Maui.
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October 19, 2017.
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Astronomers at
the Haleakala Observatory
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detect a mysterious object
traveling at high speed
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through our solar system.
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The object has
a strange, oblong shape
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and is on a trajectory
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that is unlike anything
that has ever been seen before.
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I was in charge of coordinating
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the observing
to characterize the object.
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There were four images taken...
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that showed
an object moving rapidly
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with respect to the stars.
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At that point,
they started to compute an orbit
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to try and understand
what this object was.
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Once more data came in,
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it was very clear that
this object was from
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outside the solar system.
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This was really exciting.
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By calculating
the object's speed and trajectory,
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astronomers determined
that it originated
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in another star system,
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making it the first interstellar
object ever discovered.
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They named the object
"Oumuamua," meaning
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"voyager from the distant
past reaching out to us."
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And, incredibly,
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some astronomers
suggested it might be
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some type of
extraterrestrial technology.
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Oumuamua
doesn't look like a typical asteroid.
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It's elongated. It's
not round or chunky
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like you would
think an asteroid is.
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And there were a lot of
astronomers and scientists
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who studied Oumuamua
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and it looks like it
could possibly have been
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a probe from some
other civilization
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outside our solar system.
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What I think is interesting is
that Oumuamua is cigar-shaped.
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Because there are stories
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and eyewitness reports
of cigar-shaped UFOs.
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So, is it possible
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that there is some
type of a connection?
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Is it possible that
some asteroids
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are actually
extraterrestrial spacecraft?
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While it might sound
like science fiction,
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in 2023, a team of scientists
launched an expedition
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to find fragments of a
meteorite on the ocean floor...
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one that they believed contains
evidence of alien technology.
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At number nine on our countdown:
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The BeLaU Spheres.
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The Bismark Sea.
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June 2023.
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100 miles north of
Papua New Guinea.
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Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi
Loeb and a team of scientists
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are attempting to
retrieve the remnants
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of an exploded meteor from
the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
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using a large magnetic sled.
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Two weeks into the project,
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the sled pulls up
something unexpected.
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Loeb did
find a number of beads,
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little spherules not
much bigger than a BB,
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that they were
able to dredge up.
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Upon first glance,
they look kind of exotic.
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They have little swirls in them,
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they're almost perfectly round.
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For Dr. Loeb, the
discovery of these mysterious spheres
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is particularly exciting
because he believes
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that the exploded
object they came from
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is unlike any other meteor
that's ever landed on Earth.
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He first learned about
this meteor in 2019,
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and based on its
speed and trajectory
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he was able to surmise
that it was interstellar.
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I came across a meteor catalog
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that the government compiled
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using its missile
warning system.
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The meteor discovered in 2014
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was actually from
outside the solar system.
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The meteor burned
up 18.7 kilometers
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above the ocean's surface
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and it released a few
percent of the energy
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of the Hiroshima
bomb when it exploded.
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The government
released the light curve
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of the fireball of
the explosion and
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from that we inferred that
the object must have been
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made of some alloy
that is much tougher
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than iron meteorites.
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And that raises the possibility
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that it may have
been a spacecraft.
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A spacecraft?
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Could it be that the
object that exploded
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over the ocean north
of Papua New Guinea
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was an extraterrestrial craft?
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Dr. Loeb believes the
small metallic spheres
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his team discovered could
confirm his radical theory.
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Initial testing of the
spherules showed that
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they had an unusually
high concentration
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of beryllium,
lanthanum and uranium,
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making a never-before-seen
compound known as "BeLaU."
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That BeLaU
composition does not exist
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in any known mineral
or rock that we know of.
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And so this does
speak to his hypothesis
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that they're manufactured
extraterrestrially.
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Dr. Avi Loeb proposes
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that these spherules
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may be part of some
type of ET technology.
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Could that really
be a remnant of
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a far, far distant
extraterrestrial civilization?
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Dr. Avi Loeb's suggestion
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that the objects discovered
in the Pacific Ocean
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may have come from an
extraterrestrial spacecraft
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is a thrilling prospect.
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But there's another scientist
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who made a similar
intriguing discovery...
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not in the ocean, but in
Earth's upper atmosphere...
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and he's convinced
that it is of alien origin.
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Number eight on our countdown:
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The Titanium Microsphere.
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The University
of Sheffield, England.
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2015.
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Andrew, on you.
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- Count down, please.
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Astrobiologist Dr. Milton
Wainwright and his research team
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release a hydrogen balloon
that travels 25 miles up
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into Earth's stratosphere.
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Once the balloon
reaches its target altitude,
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a capture mechanism
collects samples
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of whatever
material is around it.
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Then, the balloon bursts
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and the capture mechanism
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descends by
parachute back to Earth
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so that its contents
can be analyzed.
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One of these balloons was hit
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at an incredible
rate by something
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that left behind a small crater.
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And when they actually
dug into this crater
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to see what it was,
it was a tiny sphere.
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And when they actually examined
what the sphere was made of,
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it was found to be of
titanium and vanadium.
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And these are elements that
shouldn't be there naturally
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out in the lower atmosphere.
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The microscopic
sphere is just 200 microns in diameter,
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roughly the thickness
of a human hair.
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There's no Earth material
associated with them
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and they're too large
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to be carried from
Earth to these altitudes.
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They must be
incoming from space.
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Where are they coming
from? We just don't know.
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This tiny sphere,
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when they studied it
under electron microscope,
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saw that it was actually a shell
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that had now broken
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and coming out of it
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was this strange ooze
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that they felt was
biological in nature.
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- A
- biological substance?
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That originated not on Earth
but from somewhere in space?
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Is it possible
that this discovery
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is evidence of a living organism
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from a world other than our own?
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The characteristics
of these organisms is very interesting.
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They're made of
carbon and oxygen,
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so we know they're life-forms.
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They don't contain silicon, so
they're not bits of cosmic dust.
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They're very unusual.
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When I see the shapes of
these things, I'm amazed,
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'cause I've never seen
anything like them on Earth.
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There's no textbook version
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of the pictures
we've been seeing.
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Although it is still unknown
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just where these
spheres come from,
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Dr. Wainwright believes
they are being used
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to introduce new
life-forms on Earth.
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With
Dr. Wainwright's small metal sphere,
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you have to wonder,
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is this protein
ooze that's inside it
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something to jump-start
life on the planet?
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Without a doubt, one
of my favorite places
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to explore is Egypt.
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And what I find truly exciting
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is when technology
reveals new secrets
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about its ancient
monuments and temples.
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Like an extraordinary
discovery that was made in 2017,
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when researchers
located a hidden chamber
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inside the Great Pyramid
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that's big enough to
fit the Statue of Liberty.
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At number seven on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Extraordinary Discoveries:
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The Great Pyramid Void.
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Just west of
Cairo stands the most mysterious
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and sophisticated wonder
of the Ancient World:
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the Great Pyramid.
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Built from more than two
million limestone blocks,
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this massive structure is
engineered to near-perfection.
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Despite being studied
for hundreds of years,
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much about the Great Pyramid
remains shrouded in mystery.
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And in November 2017,
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media outlets around the world
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announced an
incredible discovery.
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Archaeologists
detected a chamber
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near the pyramid's north face
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that is approximately
100 feet long
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and more than six feet tall.
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The discovery
of that void is sensational,
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because it opens up
the whole discussion
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to more questions
and to new answers.
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In April 2018,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
entered the Great Pyramid
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along with Egyptologist
Ramy Romany
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and Dr. Giulio Magli, a
professor of archaeoastronomy
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from the Polytechnic
University in Milan, Italy.
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So, this is it.
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The Grand Gallery.
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They are
inside the Grand Gallery,
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which is directly beneath
the newly discovered void.
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From here to the
ceiling, it's about ten meters high
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and it goes about 50 meters
in, which is 150 feet deep.
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I mean, that just
gives you an idea
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of how huge this place is.
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- Yeah.
- And it's perfect.
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So, you think the void
is right on top of our heads here?
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In your opinion,
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what do you think
is inside that void
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that was just discovered?
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Can you elaborate
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on that iron throne?
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A throne, containing
pieces of metal found in a meteorite?
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Could such an object
really be embedded
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inside a secret
chamber located within
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the Great Pyramid of Giza?
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According to ancient
Egyptian writings
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called the Pyramid Texts,
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the god Osiris and his wife Isis
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came to Earth from stars
in the constellation of Orion,
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and it is from these two gods
that all human life originates.
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According to the story,
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Osiris had an iron throne that
possessed awesome powers.
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Throughout ancient
Egypt in the temples,
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we see depictions of the gods:
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extraterrestrial
beings on their thrones.
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These thrones are feathered
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because they are
ascension vehicles.
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They are vehicles that take
them to the stars and back.
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What could
be inside that void?
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There are many
theories out there.
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To this day,
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we don't know what's inside.
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And that's the most exciting
part for Egyptologists.
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Every day, I'm
looking forward to find
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what's inside that new void
that has been discovered.
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Just what is inside the
Great Pyramid's void
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remains to be seen.
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But if it's anything like
the amazing discovery
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that's next on our list,
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it may leave us with more
questions than answers.
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I'm talking about
the giant stone boxes
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that weigh nearly 100 tons,
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whose purpose is still unknown.
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At number six on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Extraordinary Discoveries:
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The Serapeum of Saqqara.
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Here, 20 miles
south of the Giza pyramids,
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French archaeologist
Auguste Mariette
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is surveying the area when
he notices a stone object
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protruding from the ground.
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Upon closer inspection,
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it appears to be
the head of a sphinx.
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He
started to clear the area,
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and so, his team dug
down and revealed
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sphinx after
sphinx after sphinx.
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He soon lines
up over 100 sphinxes,
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follows the pathway and is
led to an underground tunnel,
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an entrance that's blocked.
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He dynamites the entrance.
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He's now in a
700-foot-long tunnel
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that's been carved
out of the limestone.
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Inside
the ancient structure,
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Mariette discovered
inscriptions that identify
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the underground
complex as the Serapeum.
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And within its chambers, he
found gigantic stone boxes.
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Inside that Serapeum
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are 24 niches
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that contain some of the
biggest stone sarcophagi
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ever discovered in Egypt.
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The boxes themselves
range in weight
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from 70 to 75 tons,
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and the lids alone
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weigh between 20 and 25 tons.
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What
compelled the ancient Egyptians
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to place 24 enormous
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and precisely-crafted
stone boxes
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deep beneath the earth?
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Archaeologists
suggest they were built
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to be the burial place
of sacred Apis bulls.
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The Apis bull is related
to the Egyptian god Ptah,
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who was the... a
major creator god.
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He was the god of
Memphis, the capital city.
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He was the god of all craftsmen.
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The Apis bull
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was one of the
most sacred animals
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in all of ancient Egypt.
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But when August Mariette
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opened the sarcophagus,
they were empty.
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There was nothing in there.
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The
absence of the Apis bulls
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has led ancient astronaut
theorists to suggest
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the boxes might have served
a more profound purpose
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as a type of an advanced,
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even extraterrestrial
technology.
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One of the ideas, too,
of the sarcophagi is that
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they're super high-tech
storage devices.
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You know, they're
hermetically sealed,
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they're, you know, in spaces
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that would be
difficult to get to.
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Perhaps something
dangerous and technical
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was kept in these boxes.
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We're coming up on the
halfway point in our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Extraordinary Discoveries,
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and this next one
truly blows my mind.
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In 2003, archaeologists
began to excavate
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an ancient lost city hidden
deep in the jungles of Guatemala.
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In total, they found
over 100,000 structures
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that, remarkably, revealed
a profound connection
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to the stars.
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The
Lost City of El Mirador.
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The El Mirador Basin,
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northern Guatemala, 2015.
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Archaeologist Dr. Richard Hansen
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begins an aerial survey
of the dense jungle
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using a sophisticated remote
sensing method called lidar.
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The results reveal an
extraordinary metropolis
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that had been lost to history.
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What's
amazing is we've found
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what seems to be
an entire civilization
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that the Mayans had
built a long time ago
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we never knew were there.
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There are pyramids there
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that rival the
pyramids in Egypt.
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Now
archaeologists realize
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that this area was, at one
time, densely populated.
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There were hundreds
of thousands,
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if not even millions
of people living there.
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And they built
huge pyramid cities.
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At the center
of the ancient metropolis
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are two gigantic pyramids,
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now known as El
Tigre and La Danta.
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La Danta, the bigger of
the two, is larger in volume
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than the Great Pyramid
of Giza in Egypt.
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La
Danta, it's not just a pyramid,
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it's a pyramid with
pyramids on top of it.
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I mean, this is a
massive structure
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that's rivaling or even bigger
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than any other known
Maya temple complex.
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For
ancient astronaut theorists,
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perhaps the greatest discovery
is in the layout of the site.
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Some
archaeologists have suggested
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that El Mirador
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is aligned with the Pleiades,
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and that pyramids and
other structures there
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are actually recreating
the Pleiades star system
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on the grounds in
the El Mirador Basin.
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The Maya themselves associate
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the celestial beings
that had contact
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with their own ancestors
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with the Pleiades constellation.
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What we
have discovered right there
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is a lost chapter
of human history
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that could be a
direct connection
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to the ancient astronaut theory.
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Our next extraordinary discovery
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was made in a
remote area of Peru,
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and this one really took
archaeologists by surprise
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because here they
found a massive complex
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that is older than the
pyramids of Egypt.
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At number four on our countdown:
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Caral.
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While conducting research
at the base of the Andes Mountains,
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Peruvian archaeologist
Dr. Ruth Shady Solis
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notices several
hills in the landscape
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that do not appear to
have been formed naturally.
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People had known it was there,
but most people had assumed
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00:22:36,746 --> 00:22:38,487
that these great
mounds were natural.
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00:22:39,836 --> 00:22:42,186
But Ruth Shady had
decided to excavate,
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00:22:42,317 --> 00:22:44,406
and it turned out,
she'd actually
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00:22:44,537 --> 00:22:46,190
hit the jackpot
because she'd found
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one of the most important
sites in South America.
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Dr. Shady and her team
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discovered the ruins of
an extraordinary lost city
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that has come to
be known as Caral.
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00:22:59,508 --> 00:23:03,120
When you visit Caral, you find
a huge archaeological complex.
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There's a large sunken
amphitheater to the south,
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there's a major
pyramid to the north,
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and then there are
more minor pyramids
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that surround a central area.
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There are also other
buildings, residential buildings,
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so it's a really huge complex.
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But the most
extraordinary discovery was still to come.
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Towards the bottom
of the great mound,
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00:23:29,973 --> 00:23:33,324
they found remains of
what seemed to be reed bags
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00:23:33,455 --> 00:23:35,544
or baskets in which
the earth and stones
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would have been carried to
make this enormous mound.
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00:23:38,460 --> 00:23:42,508
And of course, you can date
reeds by the radiocarbon method.
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00:23:42,638 --> 00:23:45,380
And to everyone's surprise,
the answer came far earlier
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than anybody had expected.
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00:23:48,775 --> 00:23:53,954
This site went back at
least to 2600 BC or earlier.
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00:23:55,521 --> 00:23:59,307
So that was putting it
back 4,600 or more years,
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which made it one
of the oldest sites,
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as far as civilization,
in the Americas.
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Caral
could be the mother culture
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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
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the origins of
civilization on the planet.
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At the time the
greater pyramid of Caral was created,
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ziggurats were being
built in Mesopotamia
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and the step pyramids
were rising in Egypt.
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This was the beginning
of a worldwide pyramid age.
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You have pyramids all over
the world start to spring up.
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And you have to wonder,
how did this happen?
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Did they all have the same
teacher that was assisting them
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00:24:42,524 --> 00:24:45,484
or instructing them in how to
build these massive structures?
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Scientific breakthroughs
and archaeological finds
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are always compelling.
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00:24:58,105 --> 00:25:00,499
But for ancient astronaut
theorists like me,
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what's really exciting
is when a story
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once thought to be fiction
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00:25:05,242 --> 00:25:09,072
is proven to be based
on historical fact.
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Like the discovery
of a sunken city that,
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00:25:12,162 --> 00:25:14,469
according to
ancient Hindu texts,
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was the home of the gods.
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Number three on our countdown
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of the Top Ten
Extraordinary Discoveries:
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Dwarka.
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Northwest India.
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April 1983.
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Marine archaeologist
Dr. S.R. Rao
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begins a seven-year
underwater exploration
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just off the coast of the
modern city of Dwarka.
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00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:47,371
And what he
discovers is stunning.
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Submerged 20 feet beneath
the surface of the ocean,
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he finds sandstone
walls, cobblestone streets,
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00:25:56,467 --> 00:26:00,254
and further evidence of
a prosperous ancient city.
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00:26:01,690 --> 00:26:04,824
At Dwarka, what
has been found so far
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00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:07,566
under the ocean is
incredibly tantalizing.
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00:26:08,871 --> 00:26:10,917
For instance,
there's this huge wall,
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estimated about 580 meters long.
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00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,923
Pottery has been found.
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00:26:18,925 --> 00:26:20,666
Stone anchors have been found,
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00:26:20,796 --> 00:26:23,364
so this seems to have
been a maritime city.
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The remains
that have been discovered
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00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:30,327
beneath the waters have
been radiocarbon-dated
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00:26:30,458 --> 00:26:34,593
to at least 9,500 years.
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00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:39,510
So this was many
thousands of years older
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than that of Sumeria,
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Egypt and China.
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00:26:45,691 --> 00:26:49,129
So what exactly was going
on in India at this time?
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Are these
ruins evidence of a city
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that is over 9,000 years old?
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00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,573
And if so, who built it?
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00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:02,664
Dr. S.R. Rao and other
researchers believe
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00:27:02,795 --> 00:27:05,406
that the ruins belong to
a legendary ancient city
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that was also called Dwarka.
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00:27:08,583 --> 00:27:12,369
According to the sacred
Hindu text the Mahabharata,
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ancient Dwarka was
once the home of the god
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00:27:15,329 --> 00:27:17,113
Lord Krishna.
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00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:20,116
In the Mahabharata,
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00:27:20,247 --> 00:27:23,380
Dwarka is described
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00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:25,078
as Krishna's kingdom.
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00:27:25,208 --> 00:27:27,080
There were magnificent palaces,
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all having wonderful windows,
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wonderful balconies,
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you know, high-rise buildings.
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So, it is beautifully
described in the Mahabharata
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as being a very important city.
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00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:44,793
The Mahabharatatells that
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the land came up out of the
sea, the ocean released this land.
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00:27:49,319 --> 00:27:54,368
It was a special place of
great magic and beauty.
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00:27:54,498 --> 00:27:55,935
According to the story,
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00:27:56,065 --> 00:27:59,503
Dwarka was destroyed
after another Hindu god
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00:27:59,634 --> 00:28:03,464
Lord Salva attacked
it from a flying chariot.
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00:28:03,594 --> 00:28:06,728
He
had a celestial chariot,
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00:28:06,859 --> 00:28:10,514
which is almost like a
plane that he could fly.
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00:28:10,645 --> 00:28:14,736
And this plane was like a
stealth, fighter plane.
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00:28:14,867 --> 00:28:17,347
So he came to Dwarka
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00:28:17,478 --> 00:28:21,090
and then he started
bombarding the city.
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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
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