1 00:00:01,862 --> 00:00:04,379 We're Starting The Reconnaissance Run Now. 2 00:00:04,379 --> 00:00:07,103 Cruise: It's A Massive Expanse Of Nothingness. 3 00:00:07,103 --> 00:00:09,931 I Mean, We're In The Middle Of Absolutely Nowhere. 4 00:00:09,931 --> 00:00:11,344 Yeah, If You Want To Find A Lost City, 5 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:12,655 It's Not Gonna Be On A Paved Road. 6 00:00:12,655 --> 00:00:15,172 Gates: We're Looking For Old Structures, 7 00:00:15,172 --> 00:00:16,275 Like, Old Buildings. 8 00:00:16,275 --> 00:00:17,482 Is That A Ruin? 9 00:00:17,482 --> 00:00:18,551 It Certainly Looks Like It. 10 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,655 Ooh, Ooh, Ooh. Look At That. 11 00:00:20,655 --> 00:00:23,068 Makes It A Little Hard To Search For A Lost City 12 00:00:23,068 --> 00:00:25,413 When You Could Actually Be Eaten While Looking. 13 00:00:26,413 --> 00:00:27,862 Whoo-Hoo! 14 00:00:27,862 --> 00:00:29,517 Holy [Bleep] 15 00:00:29,517 --> 00:00:30,620 Look At This! 16 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:31,620 That's Manmade. 17 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:32,862 Watch That Rock! 18 00:00:32,862 --> 00:00:35,275 Okay, Let's Go Find A Lost City. 19 00:00:43,103 --> 00:00:46,379 In This Age Of Gps Satellites And Turn-By-Turn Directions, 20 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:48,724 It Seems Like Any Location In The World 21 00:00:48,724 --> 00:00:51,068 Can Be Found With The Push Of A Button. 22 00:00:51,068 --> 00:00:52,551 But If The Tale 23 00:00:52,551 --> 00:00:56,034 Of A Swashbuckling 19Th-Century Explorer Is To Be Believed, 24 00:00:56,034 --> 00:00:59,034 There's An Entire City Out There That's Lost. 25 00:01:00,517 --> 00:01:03,413 In 1885, A Hugely Popular 26 00:01:03,413 --> 00:01:06,068 Acrobatic Daredevil And Circus Pioneer 27 00:01:06,068 --> 00:01:09,931 Named G.A. Farini Undertakes A Daring Expedition 28 00:01:09,931 --> 00:01:14,068 Into The Vast Dunes Of Africa's Kalahari Desert. 29 00:01:14,068 --> 00:01:15,965 When He Returns To Civilization, 30 00:01:15,965 --> 00:01:18,206 Farini Made A Remarkable Claim, 31 00:01:18,206 --> 00:01:21,275 That He Came Across The Ruins Of A Lost City, 32 00:01:21,275 --> 00:01:24,000 Half Buried In The Scorching Sands. 33 00:01:26,103 --> 00:01:28,034 Many Believe He Had Stumbled Upon 34 00:01:28,034 --> 00:01:30,689 A Never-Before-Described Civilization. 35 00:01:30,689 --> 00:01:34,551 To Others, He Was Branded A Liar, A Circus Showman 36 00:01:34,551 --> 00:01:36,620 Full Of Tall Tales. 37 00:01:38,034 --> 00:01:39,551 But The Promise Of A Lost City 38 00:01:39,551 --> 00:01:42,344 Lured Explorers Into The Unforgiving Desert. 39 00:01:42,344 --> 00:01:44,689 Many Followed In Farini's Footsteps. 40 00:01:44,689 --> 00:01:46,482 All Came Up Empty-Handed, 41 00:01:46,482 --> 00:01:49,551 And Some -- Well, Some Were Never Heard From Again. 42 00:01:51,965 --> 00:01:56,103 But Now A Modern Explorer Is Launching A Bold New Expedition, 43 00:01:56,103 --> 00:01:58,724 And He's Bringing Some 21St-Century Technology 44 00:01:58,724 --> 00:01:59,965 To The Table. 45 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:03,793 The Heart Of Africa Has Been 46 00:02:03,793 --> 00:02:05,896 The Setting For Many A Fabled Expedition. 47 00:02:05,896 --> 00:02:09,241 And Now I Get To Join The Ranks Of Stanley And Livingston 48 00:02:09,241 --> 00:02:10,586 As I Go In Pursuit 49 00:02:10,586 --> 00:02:14,172 Of The Long-Lost Ruins Of The Kalahari Desert. 50 00:02:18,655 --> 00:02:22,448 My Name Is Josh Gates. 51 00:02:22,448 --> 00:02:26,551 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 52 00:02:26,551 --> 00:02:30,620 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 53 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:32,103 Good Lord! 54 00:02:32,103 --> 00:02:33,827 [ Screaming, Laughing ] 55 00:02:33,827 --> 00:02:36,517 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 56 00:02:36,517 --> 00:02:39,689 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 57 00:02:39,689 --> 00:02:41,034 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 58 00:02:41,034 --> 00:02:42,896 This Is... 59 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:45,896 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 60 00:02:45,896 --> 00:02:48,896 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 61 00:02:49,689 --> 00:02:51,275 [ Gulls Crying ] 62 00:02:51,275 --> 00:02:53,000 [ Dolphins Squeaking ] 63 00:02:55,379 --> 00:02:58,793 My Quest For The Truth Behind The Lost City Of The Kalahari 64 00:02:58,793 --> 00:03:02,517 Begins By Following The Trail Of The Man Who Claimed To Find It. 65 00:03:02,517 --> 00:03:04,517 So I'm Traveling To The Starting Point 66 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:06,482 Of His Expedition The Same Way He Did. 67 00:03:06,482 --> 00:03:08,448 Welcome To South Africa. 68 00:03:08,448 --> 00:03:10,724 To The South Is The Cape Of Good Hope 69 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:13,068 And The Southern Tip Of The Continent, 70 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,448 And Dead Ahead Is The City Of Cape Town. 71 00:03:15,448 --> 00:03:19,448 It Was Originally Sighted By Portuguese Explorers In 1486, 72 00:03:19,448 --> 00:03:23,206 And It's Where A Very Unlikely Explorer, A Man Named Farini, 73 00:03:23,206 --> 00:03:28,448 Arrived By Ship, From England, On January 29, 1885. 74 00:03:31,206 --> 00:03:32,862 I Sail Into The Same Port 75 00:03:32,862 --> 00:03:36,137 That's Been Welcoming Explorers For Over A Century. 76 00:03:38,413 --> 00:03:41,137 But Once Ashore, I Find A Modern Cape Town 77 00:03:41,137 --> 00:03:42,965 That Bears Little Resemblance 78 00:03:42,965 --> 00:03:45,689 To The Far-Flung Outpost That Farini Saw. 79 00:03:49,103 --> 00:03:52,000 The Cape Town Of Today Is Magnetic And Multicultural, 80 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,896 Warmly Embracing Traditions From Around The Continent 81 00:03:54,896 --> 00:03:56,413 And Around The World. 82 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:58,000 And Where Are You From?Palestine. 83 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,068 So You Are A -- You're A Palestinian 84 00:04:00,068 --> 00:04:02,206 In South Africa Making Mexican Food. 85 00:04:02,206 --> 00:04:03,310 Absolutely. 86 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:04,344 I Love This Town. 87 00:04:07,068 --> 00:04:08,724 While Strolling The Streets, 88 00:04:08,724 --> 00:04:11,827 Farini May Have Encountered Traditional Tribal Beats, 89 00:04:11,827 --> 00:04:14,310 But I Doubt He Got A Taste Of Dixie Jazz. 90 00:04:14,310 --> 00:04:15,586 [ Jazz Music Plays ] 91 00:04:15,586 --> 00:04:17,379 Or Whatever You Call This Catchy Tune. 92 00:04:17,379 --> 00:04:20,000 [ Singing In Native Language ] 93 00:04:24,068 --> 00:04:26,379 [ Saxophone Playing ] 94 00:04:40,241 --> 00:04:42,620 Nice Work, Boys. Nice Work. 95 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:46,206 I Take The Applause And Leave The Saxophone. 96 00:04:46,206 --> 00:04:48,965 My Next Gig Is Only A Quick Stroll Away, 97 00:04:48,965 --> 00:04:51,137 At The National Library Of South Africa. 98 00:04:51,137 --> 00:04:53,551 I'm Here To Meet Historian Michael Main, 99 00:04:53,551 --> 00:04:55,172 Who Can Hopefully Shed Light 100 00:04:55,172 --> 00:04:57,931 On Whether The Lost City Is Real Or Just Legend. 101 00:04:57,931 --> 00:05:00,275 The Story Of The Lost City... 102 00:05:00,275 --> 00:05:03,655 It Seems To Me, Has Everything To Do With This Guy Farini. 103 00:05:03,655 --> 00:05:05,655 The Man Who Trekked Through Africa 104 00:05:05,655 --> 00:05:07,896 And Found The Lost City And All Of That. 105 00:05:07,896 --> 00:05:09,448 I Think, To Understand That, 106 00:05:09,448 --> 00:05:11,620 You've Got To Go Back And Try And Understand The Man Himself. 107 00:05:11,620 --> 00:05:13,103 Right. 108 00:05:13,103 --> 00:05:16,379 Most Of His Life Moved Into The World Of Theater. 109 00:05:16,379 --> 00:05:19,068 Born In 1838 As William Leonard Hunt, 110 00:05:19,068 --> 00:05:22,000 He Reinvented Himself As The Great Farini, 111 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,448 A Self-Taught High-Wire Daredevil 112 00:05:24,448 --> 00:05:27,413 Who Enthralled Audiences Around The Globe. 113 00:05:27,413 --> 00:05:30,551 Farini The Showman Says, In His Later Life, 114 00:05:30,551 --> 00:05:35,482 That Showmanship Is All About Deception. 115 00:05:35,482 --> 00:05:36,862 And Deceive He Did. 116 00:05:36,862 --> 00:05:38,724 Farini Even Devised An Act 117 00:05:38,724 --> 00:05:41,862 Where His Adopted Son Lulu Passed Himself Off 118 00:05:41,862 --> 00:05:43,344 As A Female Acrobat, 119 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:46,482 To The Utter Amazement Of Unsuspecting Fans. 120 00:05:46,482 --> 00:05:48,862 He Was The Quintessential Showman, 121 00:05:48,862 --> 00:05:50,655 And A Wonderful Example Of This, 122 00:05:50,655 --> 00:05:52,931 He Decided To Walk Across Niagara 123 00:05:52,931 --> 00:05:55,620 Wearing A Washing Machine On His Back. 124 00:05:55,620 --> 00:06:00,896 I Mean, This Is Obviously Brave But Also Seems Kind Of Crazy. 125 00:06:00,896 --> 00:06:02,689 I Mean, Was He A Madman? 126 00:06:02,689 --> 00:06:04,068 He Wasn't A Madman At All. 127 00:06:04,068 --> 00:06:06,344 He Was So Gifted In So Many Fields -- 128 00:06:06,344 --> 00:06:09,206 He Helped Invent The Parachute -- 129 00:06:09,206 --> 00:06:11,206 He Helped Invent -- He Helped Invent The Parachute? 130 00:06:11,206 --> 00:06:12,448 Yeah. Wow. 131 00:06:12,448 --> 00:06:14,034 He Invented Flip-Up Theater Seats. 132 00:06:14,034 --> 00:06:15,034 Wait A Minute. 133 00:06:15,034 --> 00:06:16,344 So Every Time I Go To The Movies, 134 00:06:16,344 --> 00:06:17,379 I Have Farini To Thank. 135 00:06:17,379 --> 00:06:18,413 Thank You, Farini. 136 00:06:18,413 --> 00:06:19,448 Wow. 137 00:06:19,448 --> 00:06:20,689 He's An Extraordinary Man. 138 00:06:20,689 --> 00:06:22,241 So, Here's The Question -- 139 00:06:22,241 --> 00:06:25,172 How Does This Guy End Up In The Deserts Of Africa? 140 00:06:25,172 --> 00:06:26,689 He Was Always Looking For New Acts. 141 00:06:26,689 --> 00:06:27,758 Right. 142 00:06:27,758 --> 00:06:31,068 And He'd Heard About Pygmies In Africa. 143 00:06:31,068 --> 00:06:33,689 Farini Was Fascinated By These People. 144 00:06:33,689 --> 00:06:36,068 He And His Son, Lulu, Set Off 145 00:06:36,068 --> 00:06:39,344 On A Journey Of Discovery Into The Kalahari. 146 00:06:40,379 --> 00:06:41,862 Somewhere Along The Way, 147 00:06:41,862 --> 00:06:45,275 Farini's Expedition Encounters A Fantastic Set Of Ruins -- 148 00:06:45,275 --> 00:06:47,137 That Is, If You Believe The Word 149 00:06:47,137 --> 00:06:49,310 Of A Professional Circus Showman, 150 00:06:49,310 --> 00:06:51,655 Which Many, Not Surprisingly, Do Not. 151 00:06:51,655 --> 00:06:55,655 In Terms Of Seeing If We Can Verify This Story, 152 00:06:55,655 --> 00:06:57,068 How Do We Do That? 153 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:58,931 All Right, There Are Really Three Things You Can Use. 154 00:06:58,931 --> 00:07:02,068 Let's Start With This. This Is His Book. 155 00:07:02,068 --> 00:07:03,413 Farini's Book. 156 00:07:03,413 --> 00:07:05,310 This Is Farini's Book, "Through The Kalahari." 157 00:07:05,310 --> 00:07:06,620 Uh-Huh.Okay. 158 00:07:06,620 --> 00:07:09,103 The Second Source -- Guard This With Your Life. 159 00:07:09,103 --> 00:07:12,655 This Is An Original Transcript Of The Lecture 160 00:07:12,655 --> 00:07:14,137 That Was Given At 161 00:07:14,137 --> 00:07:17,655 The Royal Geographical Society In July 1886. 162 00:07:17,655 --> 00:07:18,862 After The Expedition, 163 00:07:18,862 --> 00:07:20,448 Farini Submits A Presentation 164 00:07:20,448 --> 00:07:22,896 To The Royal Geographical Society In London. 165 00:07:22,896 --> 00:07:25,310 It Contains The First-Ever Mention 166 00:07:25,310 --> 00:07:27,724 Of The Lost City Of The Kalahari. 167 00:07:27,724 --> 00:07:29,862 The Report Also Contains Something Else -- 168 00:07:29,862 --> 00:07:31,655 A Hand-Drawn Map. 169 00:07:33,275 --> 00:07:35,172 The Map Illustrates That Farini 170 00:07:35,172 --> 00:07:38,034 Undertook A 1,000-Mile Journey From Cape Town, 171 00:07:38,034 --> 00:07:40,344 Far North Into What Is Now Botswana, 172 00:07:40,344 --> 00:07:43,517 To Lake Ngami, Where He Turned Around And Came Back. 173 00:07:43,517 --> 00:07:46,172 He Even Marks The Location Of The Lost City. 174 00:07:46,172 --> 00:07:47,275 The Only Problem? 175 00:07:47,275 --> 00:07:49,827 The Map Is Rife With Geographical Errors, 176 00:07:49,827 --> 00:07:53,206 And There's Nothing At The Spot Where He Marked The Ruins. 177 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:56,586 But There Is Physical Evidence Of Farini's Journey. 178 00:07:56,586 --> 00:08:00,862 His Son, Lulu, Took These Very Fine Photographs. 179 00:08:00,862 --> 00:08:03,448 If You Look At This One, You Can See The Two Of Them There. 180 00:08:03,448 --> 00:08:05,482 This Is Extraordinary, Because This Really Is, 181 00:08:05,482 --> 00:08:08,620 More Than Anything Else, A Visual Record. 182 00:08:08,620 --> 00:08:09,655 And It's Unimpeachable. 183 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:11,172 You Could Go There And Verify It. 184 00:08:11,172 --> 00:08:12,413 Right. 185 00:08:12,413 --> 00:08:14,758 They Didn't Take Any Photographs Of The Lost City. 186 00:08:14,758 --> 00:08:16,586 What We Do Have Is Sketches That Lulu Did. 187 00:08:16,586 --> 00:08:17,655 There's One There. 188 00:08:17,655 --> 00:08:20,310 So, This Is What Farini Claimed To See. 189 00:08:20,310 --> 00:08:21,482 Exactly. 190 00:08:21,482 --> 00:08:23,931 Now, Why Do You Think That So Many People 191 00:08:23,931 --> 00:08:25,586 Have Gone To Look For This Place? 192 00:08:25,586 --> 00:08:27,551 'Cause We Love A Mystery Like This. 193 00:08:27,551 --> 00:08:28,827 We Love This. 194 00:08:28,827 --> 00:08:30,344 Right.That's What We're About. 195 00:08:30,344 --> 00:08:31,241 I Mean, It Is Cool. 196 00:08:31,241 --> 00:08:32,586 We're Driven By Curiosity. 197 00:08:32,586 --> 00:08:33,655 I Like A Challenge. 198 00:08:33,655 --> 00:08:34,724 You'll Enjoy It. 199 00:08:34,724 --> 00:08:36,034 Hey, Thank You Very Much. 200 00:08:36,034 --> 00:08:37,068 I Really Appreciate It. 201 00:08:39,827 --> 00:08:43,241 Armed With Original Copies Of Farini's Own Materials, 202 00:08:43,241 --> 00:08:46,655 I Begin My Quest To Determine If The Lost City Is Real 203 00:08:46,655 --> 00:08:50,137 Or Whether Farini's Theatrical Nature Duped The World. 204 00:08:50,137 --> 00:08:53,793 The Trail Begins At Cape Town's Iconic 3,000-Foot Edifice, 205 00:08:53,793 --> 00:08:55,241 Table Mountain. 206 00:08:55,241 --> 00:08:57,551 After Farini Arrives In Cape Town, 207 00:08:57,551 --> 00:08:59,517 His Son, Lulu, The Photographer, 208 00:08:59,517 --> 00:09:02,689 Comes Up Here And Snaps What Really Are The First 209 00:09:02,689 --> 00:09:05,862 Of The Photos From Their Now Legendary Expedition. 210 00:09:08,517 --> 00:09:11,034 These Photos Are A Way For Us To Track Farini 211 00:09:11,034 --> 00:09:13,103 Because We Actually See What He Saw. 212 00:09:13,103 --> 00:09:16,068 And This Is Where It All Starts, Right Here. 213 00:09:16,068 --> 00:09:19,000 Using Farini's Photos And Writings As A Guide, 214 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,482 I Can Literally Walk In His Footsteps. 215 00:09:21,482 --> 00:09:24,379 By Doing That, I Can See Where He Really Went 216 00:09:24,379 --> 00:09:27,896 And Hopefully Figure Out If He Actually Made A Discovery. 217 00:09:27,896 --> 00:09:32,137 And I'm Not The Only One Using This Approach. 218 00:09:32,137 --> 00:09:34,379 My Plan Is To Meet With An Explorer 219 00:09:34,379 --> 00:09:36,241 About Halfway Up Farini's Route, 220 00:09:36,241 --> 00:09:38,793 Who May Be The On The Cusp Of Determining 221 00:09:38,793 --> 00:09:41,344 Whether The Lost City Is Fact Or Fiction. 222 00:09:41,344 --> 00:09:44,724 To Reach Him, I'm Going To Need Something A Bit More Rugged 223 00:09:44,724 --> 00:09:47,344 Than The Open-Top Ox Carts That Farini Used. 224 00:09:47,344 --> 00:09:49,689 If You're Gonna Go Into The Kalahari Desert, 225 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:51,793 You Need The Right Vehicle For The Job. 226 00:09:51,793 --> 00:09:53,275 This Is A Custom Land Cruiser 227 00:09:53,275 --> 00:09:55,793 That Has Been Outfitted For Serious Expeditions. 228 00:09:55,793 --> 00:09:59,517 Comes With Everything You Might Need Along The Way, 229 00:09:59,517 --> 00:10:02,275 Including A Full Mobile Refrigerator 230 00:10:02,275 --> 00:10:05,068 As Well As An Entire Mobile Kitchen. 231 00:10:05,068 --> 00:10:09,241 A Stove, Cutlery, Glassware. 232 00:10:09,241 --> 00:10:14,448 It's Also Got Propane Tanks That Fuel A Full Hot Shower. 233 00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:18,379 This Is Really Your All-In-One Lost-City Vehicle. 234 00:10:21,862 --> 00:10:23,724 Okay, Here We Go. 235 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:27,586 I'm On The Wrong Side Of The Car. 236 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:37,620 Important Note To Self -- 237 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:39,275 The Steering Wheel Is On The Right, 238 00:10:39,275 --> 00:10:41,551 So Remember To Drive On The Left Side Of The Road. 239 00:10:41,551 --> 00:10:44,655 And With That, I'm Embarking On An Adventure 240 00:10:44,655 --> 00:10:46,448 To Find A Daring Explorer 241 00:10:46,448 --> 00:10:49,724 And, Hopefully, The Lost City Of The Kalahari. 242 00:10:49,724 --> 00:10:52,034 All Right, Goodbye, Cape Town. 243 00:10:52,034 --> 00:10:53,586 Desert, Here We Come. 244 00:11:03,241 --> 00:11:05,275 Gates: Cape Town, South Africa. 245 00:11:05,275 --> 00:11:07,517 I'm Setting Off To Meet An Explorer 246 00:11:07,517 --> 00:11:10,896 Determined To Figure Out If The Lost City Of The Kalahari 247 00:11:10,896 --> 00:11:13,862 Is The Stuff Of Legend Or An Undiscovered Reality. 248 00:11:13,862 --> 00:11:16,034 Okay, Tricked-Out 4X4 -- Check. 249 00:11:16,034 --> 00:11:17,551 Food, Water, Fuel -- Check. 250 00:11:17,551 --> 00:11:19,103 Now We're Gonna Drive North, 251 00:11:19,103 --> 00:11:21,586 And Then We're Just Gonna Keep Driving North. 252 00:11:21,586 --> 00:11:25,379 The Plan -- To Drive Through The Last Vestige Of Civilization 253 00:11:25,379 --> 00:11:26,965 In The City Of Upington, 254 00:11:26,965 --> 00:11:29,275 Then Into The Vast Kalahari Desert 255 00:11:29,275 --> 00:11:31,241 To Meet Adventurer Adam Cruise. 256 00:11:31,241 --> 00:11:33,965 The Further I Get From Cape Town, 257 00:11:33,965 --> 00:11:36,551 The Rougher The Journey -- Literally. 258 00:11:36,551 --> 00:11:38,965 Okay, There Goes The Paved Road. 259 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:41,931 It Is Gonna Be Dirt Roads From Here. 260 00:11:43,862 --> 00:11:46,448 This Is An Area Known As The Karoo. 261 00:11:46,448 --> 00:11:49,137 It's A Word That Has A Lot Of Different Interpretations. 262 00:11:49,137 --> 00:11:51,862 The Definition I Like Best Is "Empty." 263 00:11:54,448 --> 00:11:57,172 Out Here, There Aren't Exactly Drive-Through Starbucks. 264 00:11:57,172 --> 00:11:59,724 About The Closest Thing I Find Is This. 265 00:11:59,724 --> 00:12:01,793 ♪♪ 266 00:12:01,793 --> 00:12:03,655 An Eclectic Mom-And-Pop Operation 267 00:12:03,655 --> 00:12:06,034 That Looks Like It's Right Out Of "Mad Max," 268 00:12:06,034 --> 00:12:08,000 Except Without Guys In Bondage Gear 269 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,620 Chasing Me With A Flamethrower. 270 00:12:09,620 --> 00:12:11,137 Gates: How's It Going, Boys? 271 00:12:11,137 --> 00:12:12,965 -Good. -Good, Thank You. 272 00:12:12,965 --> 00:12:15,793 I'm Headed North, Up Into The Kalahari. 273 00:12:15,793 --> 00:12:17,448 Never Been There. Give Me A Preview. 274 00:12:17,448 --> 00:12:18,379 What's It Like? 275 00:12:18,379 --> 00:12:19,517 It's Actually Less Than This. 276 00:12:19,517 --> 00:12:21,379 Less Than This.Yeah. 277 00:12:21,379 --> 00:12:23,206 [ Animal Chirps ] 278 00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:25,034 There's Nothing Out Here. How Can It Be Less Than This? 279 00:12:25,034 --> 00:12:27,137 There's Nothing, Less, And Then [Bleep] 280 00:12:27,137 --> 00:12:29,310 [ Laughter ] 281 00:12:29,310 --> 00:12:31,655 That's The Kalahari. That's The Kalahari. 282 00:12:31,655 --> 00:12:32,931 All Right, Got It. 283 00:12:36,793 --> 00:12:38,206 I Get Back On The Road, 284 00:12:38,206 --> 00:12:39,827 And After A Few More Hours, 285 00:12:39,827 --> 00:12:42,482 I Eventually Arrive In The Town Of Upington. 286 00:12:42,482 --> 00:12:46,000 I Duck Into The Local Library To Take A Peek In Their Archives. 287 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,896 The Newspapers From Farini's Day 288 00:12:47,896 --> 00:12:50,000 Have Been Preserved On Microfilm. 289 00:12:52,793 --> 00:12:56,620 I Scan The 130-Year-Old Papers For Any Clues To The Mystery. 290 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:59,103 Baking Powder's On Sale For 5 Cents, 291 00:12:59,103 --> 00:13:01,172 So That's A Pretty Good Bargain. 292 00:13:01,172 --> 00:13:04,034 Eventually, I Find Just What I'm Looking For. 293 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,344 Here It Is. 294 00:13:05,344 --> 00:13:08,689 So, This Is From The Cape Argus Newspaper. 295 00:13:08,689 --> 00:13:10,862 This Is Wednesday, July 22, 1885. 296 00:13:10,862 --> 00:13:14,310 This Is Just After Farini Comes Out Of The Kalahari Desert, 297 00:13:14,310 --> 00:13:15,620 After His Expedition. 298 00:13:15,620 --> 00:13:17,000 "Mr. Farini And His Son, 299 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,655 Having Just Arrived After Their Journey To The Kalahari, 300 00:13:19,655 --> 00:13:21,206 He Gives A Striking Description 301 00:13:21,206 --> 00:13:23,379 Of Magnificent Falls On The Orange River." 302 00:13:23,379 --> 00:13:25,655 Talks A Little Bit About The Natives. 303 00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:27,758 The Really Strange Part About This 304 00:13:27,758 --> 00:13:30,862 Is That He Actually Makes No Mention Of This Lost City. 305 00:13:30,862 --> 00:13:32,689 You Know, If You Think About This, 306 00:13:32,689 --> 00:13:34,413 He's Just Come Out Of The Desert, 307 00:13:34,413 --> 00:13:36,965 He's Met This Reporter, And He's Giving This Account. 308 00:13:36,965 --> 00:13:39,068 The Reporter Says He's All Too Happy 309 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:41,344 To Talk About This Incredible Expedition, 310 00:13:41,344 --> 00:13:43,000 And Yet He Doesn't Tell The Guy 311 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,724 That He's Found This Crazy Lost City Trapped In The Sand? 312 00:13:45,724 --> 00:13:47,965 That Doesn't Come Up At All In This Interview? 313 00:13:47,965 --> 00:13:50,586 That's Really Weird. 314 00:13:50,586 --> 00:13:53,000 The Fact That Farini Didn't Shout His Find 315 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:54,793 From The Rooftops Is Suspicious. 316 00:13:54,793 --> 00:13:57,965 But Then Again, He Was Planning A Book And A Presentation, 317 00:13:57,965 --> 00:14:00,965 And Maybe He Was Keeping His Incredible Find A Secret. 318 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:04,413 To Find Out, I Press On To The North 319 00:14:04,413 --> 00:14:07,344 And Enter The Great Untamed Kalahari Desert. 320 00:14:09,241 --> 00:14:11,931 Out Here, There Are No Towns And No People, 321 00:14:11,931 --> 00:14:14,241 But That Doesn't Mean It's Deserted. 322 00:14:14,241 --> 00:14:17,206 Everywhere I Look, There's Wildlife. 323 00:14:17,206 --> 00:14:20,586 Looks Like A Couple Of Gemsbok Coming Across The Road. 324 00:14:20,586 --> 00:14:23,241 Some Pretty Serious Horns There. I'm Gonna Let Those Guys Go. 325 00:14:23,241 --> 00:14:25,103 I'm Pretty Sure This Ostrich Wants To Race Me. 326 00:14:25,103 --> 00:14:26,275 [ Engine Revving ] 327 00:14:26,275 --> 00:14:29,068 You Want A Piece Of This? Bring It. 328 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:32,344 Most Of The Residents Are Exotic But Relatively Harmless. 329 00:14:32,344 --> 00:14:34,103 Others, Not So Much. 330 00:14:34,103 --> 00:14:35,758 Ooh, Ooh, Ooh. 331 00:14:35,758 --> 00:14:37,034 Look At That. 332 00:14:37,034 --> 00:14:38,551 [ Lion Growling ] 333 00:14:38,551 --> 00:14:42,482 That Is 30 Feet From The Car. 334 00:14:42,482 --> 00:14:44,724 Full-Grown Male African Lion. 335 00:14:44,724 --> 00:14:45,862 Literally, That Thing Is Just 336 00:14:45,862 --> 00:14:47,275 Living Out Here In The Wilderness. 337 00:14:47,275 --> 00:14:50,000 Makes It A Little Hard To Search For A Lost City 338 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,655 When You Could Actually Be Eaten While Looking. 339 00:14:52,655 --> 00:14:54,448 Hoping To Avoid Becoming Dinner, 340 00:14:54,448 --> 00:14:57,137 I Carry On And Arrive At My Rendezvous Point -- 341 00:14:57,137 --> 00:14:59,482 A Fenced-In Lodge Where I'm Set To Meet 342 00:14:59,482 --> 00:15:01,620 With Veteran Explorer Adam Cruise. 343 00:15:01,620 --> 00:15:02,758 Adam. 344 00:15:02,758 --> 00:15:04,241 Josh. How Are You, Man? 345 00:15:04,241 --> 00:15:05,586 I'm Very Well. And You? 346 00:15:05,586 --> 00:15:07,137 Nice To Meet You.Yes. My Pleasure. 347 00:15:07,137 --> 00:15:08,620 So, Are You Gonna Show Me The Way To The Lost City? 348 00:15:08,620 --> 00:15:09,793 Well, At Least I'm Gonna Try. 349 00:15:09,793 --> 00:15:11,034 Yes, All Right, Good. You Ready? 350 00:15:11,034 --> 00:15:12,448 Yeah, I'm Ready.Let's Do It. Come On. 351 00:15:12,448 --> 00:15:13,413 Okay. 352 00:15:15,551 --> 00:15:17,758 Adam Has Criss-Crossed The Kalahari 353 00:15:17,758 --> 00:15:20,655 And Is A Seasoned Expert On Farini's Expedition. 354 00:15:20,655 --> 00:15:23,137 He's Even Authored A Book On The Subject. 355 00:15:23,137 --> 00:15:25,758 Adam, What Drew You To The Farini Story, 356 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,172 The Lost-City Legend? 357 00:15:27,172 --> 00:15:29,517 Well, It Started When I Was Very Young. 358 00:15:29,517 --> 00:15:32,482 I Mean, Like All Boys, I Loved The Stories Of Tarzan 359 00:15:32,482 --> 00:15:35,482 And King Solomon's Mines And All Those Great Stories. 360 00:15:35,482 --> 00:15:37,413 And Then, As I Got Older, I Started Realizing 361 00:15:37,413 --> 00:15:39,068 That Some Of These Stories Were Real. 362 00:15:39,068 --> 00:15:42,206 And Then I Read A Book By A South African Author -- 363 00:15:42,206 --> 00:15:43,862 Famous South African Author -- 364 00:15:43,862 --> 00:15:45,689 Who Went On This Harebrained Scheme 365 00:15:45,689 --> 00:15:47,862 Into The Desert To Look For This Lost City. 366 00:15:47,862 --> 00:15:49,689 And That Was The First Time I Heard About It. 367 00:15:49,689 --> 00:15:50,724 And Then I Got Hooked. 368 00:15:50,724 --> 00:15:52,034 And Then I Discovered That 369 00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:53,965 A Lot Of People Have Gone Out To Try And Find It. 370 00:15:53,965 --> 00:15:56,379 I Read Somewhere That There Had Been More Than 30 371 00:15:56,379 --> 00:15:58,068 Kind Of Full-Scale Expeditions. 372 00:15:58,068 --> 00:16:00,827 Definitely More Than 30 Documented Expeditions. 373 00:16:00,827 --> 00:16:03,620 I Reckon There Are Probably Hundreds Of People 374 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:06,379 Going Out There, Looking On Their Own Capacity, 375 00:16:06,379 --> 00:16:08,517 Trying To Find This Thing. 376 00:16:08,517 --> 00:16:12,137 The Area That This Lost City Is Situated In Is Vast. 377 00:16:12,137 --> 00:16:14,896 It's A Massive Expanse Of Nothingness. 378 00:16:14,896 --> 00:16:18,965 I Mean, We're In The Middle Of Absolutely Nowhere. 379 00:16:18,965 --> 00:16:21,793 Despite Farini's Career As A Circus Showman, 380 00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:25,551 Adam Has Become Convinced That He Didn't Invent The Lost City. 381 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:28,931 After All, In Farini's 400-Page Book On The Kalahari, 382 00:16:28,931 --> 00:16:32,551 The Mention Of The Lost City Takes Up Less Than Two Pages. 383 00:16:32,551 --> 00:16:34,413 It's Not A Big Sort Of Description. 384 00:16:34,413 --> 00:16:35,724 There's No Fanfare To It. 385 00:16:35,724 --> 00:16:37,862 He Drops It In In A Couple Of Paragraphs, 386 00:16:37,862 --> 00:16:39,724 And He Continues On With His Story. 387 00:16:39,724 --> 00:16:41,586 Right. It's Not Like He Leveraged It 388 00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:43,758 Into Some Big, You Know, Moneymaking Scheme. 389 00:16:43,758 --> 00:16:45,724 The Book Isn't Really About The Lost City. 390 00:16:45,724 --> 00:16:47,448 The Book Is Just About The Kalahari. 391 00:16:47,448 --> 00:16:49,586 Certainly. That's Exactly What It Is. 392 00:16:49,586 --> 00:16:51,862 So It's Very Plausible And Very Possible 393 00:16:51,862 --> 00:16:54,103 That This Lost City Is Still Out There. 394 00:16:54,103 --> 00:16:56,379 I'm Starting To Think That Adam Might Be Right, 395 00:16:56,379 --> 00:16:58,413 Especially When I See Where He's Led Us. 396 00:16:58,413 --> 00:17:00,137 Okay, Josh, Just Pull Over Up Here. 397 00:17:00,137 --> 00:17:01,827 This Is It?Yeah, This Is It. 398 00:17:01,827 --> 00:17:04,275 Let's Do It. 399 00:17:05,310 --> 00:17:06,896 Is That A Ruin? 400 00:17:17,206 --> 00:17:19,724 Gates: In The Deserts Of South Africa, 401 00:17:19,724 --> 00:17:21,448 Near The Border Of Botswana, 402 00:17:21,448 --> 00:17:23,275 I'm Gazing At Towers Of Rocks 403 00:17:23,275 --> 00:17:26,793 That Look A Lot Like The Fabled Lost City Of The Kalahari. 404 00:17:26,793 --> 00:17:30,172 Looks Like A -- Like A Toppled Fortress. 405 00:17:30,172 --> 00:17:32,827 "Chinese Wall After An Earthquake." 406 00:17:32,827 --> 00:17:34,482 That Was Farini's Description, Right? 407 00:17:34,482 --> 00:17:35,896 That Was Farini's Description. 408 00:17:35,896 --> 00:17:37,620 Gates: In Farini's Writings, 409 00:17:37,620 --> 00:17:40,241 He Describe The Lost City As A Tumbled-Town Wall 410 00:17:40,241 --> 00:17:42,689 Made Of Tightly Fitted, Squared-Off Blocks. 411 00:17:42,689 --> 00:17:44,620 We Hike In Through A Dry Riverbed 412 00:17:44,620 --> 00:17:47,275 And Try To Make Sense Of The Stones Ahead Of Us. 413 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:52,034 So, Look At These. This Is What I Want To Show You. 414 00:17:52,034 --> 00:17:54,172 A Lot Of Experts Have Thought That, 415 00:17:54,172 --> 00:17:56,034 Based On These Square Blocks, 416 00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:58,172 That Farini Mistook These As Manmade 417 00:17:58,172 --> 00:17:59,793 And, Hence, A Lost City. 418 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:01,586 So, What Do You Think? Case Closed? 419 00:18:01,586 --> 00:18:03,137 Okay, What Do You Think, Josh? 420 00:18:03,137 --> 00:18:06,000 Does This Look Natural Or Does This Look Manmade To You? 421 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,517 From A Quarter Of A Mile Out, It Fooled Me, Sure. 422 00:18:08,517 --> 00:18:10,586 Because It Does -- It Comes Out Of Nowhere. 423 00:18:10,586 --> 00:18:13,620 You're Looking At This Flat Horizon When You See This -- 424 00:18:13,620 --> 00:18:14,965 What Looks Like Blocks. 425 00:18:14,965 --> 00:18:17,068 But Once You're Up On Top Of It, No. 426 00:18:17,068 --> 00:18:18,413 To Me, It Looks Natural. 427 00:18:18,413 --> 00:18:20,448 There's Lots Of Rounded Stones Here, 428 00:18:20,448 --> 00:18:22,103 And They All Look Very Weathered, 429 00:18:22,103 --> 00:18:24,206 And, Really, Even The Lines Are Quite Straight. 430 00:18:24,206 --> 00:18:25,793 They're Not Perfectly Straight. 431 00:18:25,793 --> 00:18:27,793 And There's No Real Evidence Of Tool Marks. 432 00:18:27,793 --> 00:18:30,586 So, No, I Think It Looks Pretty Natural. 433 00:18:30,586 --> 00:18:32,793 Farini Might've Been A Circus Guy And Entertainer, 434 00:18:32,793 --> 00:18:34,206 But He Certainly Was No Fool. 435 00:18:34,206 --> 00:18:36,068 I Mean, He Was An Accomplished Botanist, 436 00:18:36,068 --> 00:18:39,827 He Was An Inventor, He Could Speak A Dozen Languages. 437 00:18:39,827 --> 00:18:41,965 If You And I Can Think This Was Natural, 438 00:18:41,965 --> 00:18:44,482 Farini Would've Thought This Is Natural, As Well. 439 00:18:44,482 --> 00:18:47,586 I Think The Lost City Is Somewhere Else. 440 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:48,862 So The Question Is, Where? 441 00:18:48,862 --> 00:18:50,448 Well, I Think The Problem Is, 442 00:18:50,448 --> 00:18:52,344 Everybody Who's Looking For This City 443 00:18:52,344 --> 00:18:54,344 Has Based Their Search On Farini's Map. 444 00:18:54,344 --> 00:18:57,448 But We Know That Farini's Map Is Very Unreliable. 445 00:18:57,448 --> 00:18:58,827 It Is Flawed. 446 00:18:58,827 --> 00:19:01,068 So We've Got To Try A Different Plan Of Attack. 447 00:19:01,068 --> 00:19:03,034 We've Got To Figure Out Where They Were, 448 00:19:03,034 --> 00:19:04,103 What Route They Took. 449 00:19:04,103 --> 00:19:05,965 And Where Do You Think That Will Lead Us? 450 00:19:05,965 --> 00:19:07,758 Well, I Think It's Not To The North, 451 00:19:07,758 --> 00:19:08,965 I Don't Think It's Here. 452 00:19:08,965 --> 00:19:10,241 I Think It's To The South. 453 00:19:10,241 --> 00:19:11,310 To The South. 454 00:19:11,310 --> 00:19:12,655 To The South. 455 00:19:12,655 --> 00:19:13,827 Okay. 456 00:19:13,827 --> 00:19:16,931 ♪♪ 457 00:19:16,931 --> 00:19:18,965 Gates: According To Farini's Map, 458 00:19:18,965 --> 00:19:21,000 His Route Took Him From Cape Town 459 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,586 To The Remote Shores Of Lake Ngami And Back, 460 00:19:23,586 --> 00:19:25,965 Except That's Almost Certainly Not True. 461 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:27,482 So You Don't Think He Went All The Way 462 00:19:27,482 --> 00:19:28,482 To Where He Said He Went. 463 00:19:28,482 --> 00:19:29,896 No, The Timeframe Doesn't Match. 464 00:19:29,896 --> 00:19:31,965 I Mean, There's No Ways He Could've Covered That Distance 465 00:19:31,965 --> 00:19:33,275 In The Time He Was In The Area. 466 00:19:33,275 --> 00:19:35,482 Farini's Steamship Tickets Confirm 467 00:19:35,482 --> 00:19:37,862 That His Journey Lasted Eight Months, 468 00:19:37,862 --> 00:19:40,172 Which Means He Would've Had To Cover 469 00:19:40,172 --> 00:19:43,310 More Than 40 Miles A Day In An Ox Cart In The Desert. 470 00:19:43,310 --> 00:19:44,758 It's All But Impossible. 471 00:19:44,758 --> 00:19:47,965 But We Know That Farini Made At Least Part Of The Journey. 472 00:19:47,965 --> 00:19:49,310 The Best-Case Scenario, 473 00:19:49,310 --> 00:19:51,965 He Probably Went As Far As Southern Botswana. 474 00:19:51,965 --> 00:19:54,137 And All The Photos That Lulu Took 475 00:19:54,137 --> 00:19:56,862 Are Clearly Of The Area Up Until That Point. 476 00:19:56,862 --> 00:19:58,310 Right. 477 00:19:58,310 --> 00:20:00,448 Adam Believes That Instead Of Traveling 478 00:20:00,448 --> 00:20:01,827 All The Way To Lake Ngami, 479 00:20:01,827 --> 00:20:03,793 Farini Traveled Only Part Of The Way 480 00:20:03,793 --> 00:20:05,068 And Turned Back Earlier, 481 00:20:05,068 --> 00:20:06,551 Then Embellished His Journey 482 00:20:06,551 --> 00:20:08,517 To Make It Seem Even More Far-Flung. 483 00:20:08,517 --> 00:20:09,724 But Consequently, 484 00:20:09,724 --> 00:20:12,241 Every Expedition That Has Sought The Lost City 485 00:20:12,241 --> 00:20:14,965 Has Looked In The Heart Of The Kalahari Desert, 486 00:20:14,965 --> 00:20:17,586 In An Area That Farini Probably Never Reached. 487 00:20:17,586 --> 00:20:19,758 Let's Rule Out All The Areas To The North. 488 00:20:19,758 --> 00:20:21,724 We're Not Sure Whether Farini Went All The Way Up There. 489 00:20:21,724 --> 00:20:23,068 That's Right. 490 00:20:23,068 --> 00:20:25,482 Adam Believes That Farini Saw His Lost City 491 00:20:25,482 --> 00:20:28,517 Much Farther To The South, So That's Where We're Headed. 492 00:20:28,517 --> 00:20:30,655 But With The Sun Setting Low On The Horizon, 493 00:20:30,655 --> 00:20:32,896 We're Gonna Need To Hunker Down For The Night. 494 00:20:32,896 --> 00:20:35,931 Yeah, Right Here. Good A Spot As Any, Right? 495 00:20:35,931 --> 00:20:37,034 Yep. 496 00:20:37,034 --> 00:20:39,655 Okay, Here We Are. Home, Sweet Home. 497 00:20:39,655 --> 00:20:41,034 [ Harmonica Plays ] 498 00:20:41,034 --> 00:20:43,172 I Try To Forget That We're Camping 499 00:20:43,172 --> 00:20:45,551 In What Amounts To A Zoo With No Cages. 500 00:20:45,551 --> 00:20:47,103 We Build A Fire For Safety, 501 00:20:47,103 --> 00:20:49,172 And I Cook -- Or At Least Heat Up 502 00:20:49,172 --> 00:20:51,517 Some Fancy 21St-Century Instant Meals. 503 00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:53,586 Cuban Black Beans And Coconut. 504 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:54,689 Oh, Very Nice. 505 00:20:54,689 --> 00:20:56,310 A Classic African Dish. 506 00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:57,448 Perfect For The Kalahari. 507 00:20:57,448 --> 00:20:58,620 [ Laughs ] 508 00:20:58,620 --> 00:20:59,862 How Does Our Setup Here 509 00:20:59,862 --> 00:21:01,689 Compare To Farini, Do You Think? 510 00:21:01,689 --> 00:21:05,103 Well, He Would've Had Something Pretty Similar For 1885. 511 00:21:05,103 --> 00:21:08,689 So, He Had The Latest Vehicle Of The Day. 512 00:21:08,689 --> 00:21:11,137 It Was Backwagon Towed By A Whole Team Of Oxen. 513 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:13,275 But He Had All The Latest Things On It. 514 00:21:13,275 --> 00:21:15,931 He Had An Awning That Came Over The Side For Shade. 515 00:21:15,931 --> 00:21:18,551 He Would've Had Servants Walking Along Next To It, 516 00:21:18,551 --> 00:21:20,793 Making Sure That When We'd Stop Like This, 517 00:21:20,793 --> 00:21:22,137 They Would Be All Around. 518 00:21:22,137 --> 00:21:23,482 What Kind Of Guy Do You Think Farini Was? 519 00:21:23,482 --> 00:21:25,034 Farini Was Larger Than Life. 520 00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:27,034 He Loved The Scenery. He Loved The -- 521 00:21:27,034 --> 00:21:29,689 Especially, He Loved The Local Tribes He Came Across. 522 00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:32,000 And He Always Went Out Of His Way 523 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:35,103 To Meet Them And Greet Them, Which, For His Age, 524 00:21:35,103 --> 00:21:36,448 Was Beyond His Age, 525 00:21:36,448 --> 00:21:37,931 Because Most Europeans In Those Days 526 00:21:37,931 --> 00:21:39,448 Didn't Treat The Local People Like That. 527 00:21:39,448 --> 00:21:40,793 Right. 528 00:21:40,793 --> 00:21:43,310 As Much As I Feel Like We're Looking For The Lost City, 529 00:21:43,310 --> 00:21:45,413 I Feel Like I'm Looking For Farini, As Well. 530 00:21:45,413 --> 00:21:47,241 This Is A Guy That Needs Rediscovery. 531 00:21:47,241 --> 00:21:49,310 I Think His History Needs To Be Written. 532 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:51,689 Well, Here's To -- Here's To Farini. 533 00:21:51,689 --> 00:21:53,551 Here's To Farini. Cheers. 534 00:21:53,551 --> 00:21:56,448 Cheers. 535 00:21:56,448 --> 00:21:57,931 Ahh. 536 00:21:57,931 --> 00:22:00,344 God, I'm Gonna Be Pissed If I Get Eaten By A Lion Tonight. 537 00:22:03,275 --> 00:22:06,344 ♪♪ 538 00:22:10,517 --> 00:22:12,517 Daybreak, And I'm Happy To Report 539 00:22:12,517 --> 00:22:15,275 That Nothing Has Turned Me Into A Midnight Snack. 540 00:22:15,275 --> 00:22:16,172 Adam, Good Morning. 541 00:22:16,172 --> 00:22:17,172 Good Morning, Morning. 542 00:22:17,172 --> 00:22:18,448 How Do You Take Your Eggs? 543 00:22:18,448 --> 00:22:20,206 Uh, Overeasy. 544 00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:22,724 Uh, Scrambled Is The Only Thing I Have Available Right Now. 545 00:22:22,724 --> 00:22:25,448 In Fact, I'm Starting To Get Pretty Comfortable 546 00:22:25,448 --> 00:22:26,931 Out Here In The Kalahari. 547 00:22:33,413 --> 00:22:36,068 ♪♪ 548 00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:39,448 With My 4X4 Camper Transformer Tucked Back Into Highway Mode, 549 00:22:39,448 --> 00:22:42,103 We Make Our Way To Adam's Targeted Search Area 550 00:22:42,103 --> 00:22:43,000 To The South. 551 00:22:48,793 --> 00:22:52,448 Now, Josh, This Is The Augrabies Falls. 552 00:22:55,068 --> 00:22:58,482 Unbelievable. Look At That. 553 00:22:58,482 --> 00:23:00,655 That Is Stunning. Amazing. 554 00:23:02,344 --> 00:23:06,724 These -- These I Recognize From Farini's Photos, Yeah? 555 00:23:06,724 --> 00:23:08,206 Yeah. 556 00:23:12,413 --> 00:23:13,931 Those Are The Falls. 557 00:23:13,931 --> 00:23:14,931 That Is Them. 558 00:23:14,931 --> 00:23:15,793 That's It, Right? 559 00:23:15,793 --> 00:23:16,896 Beyond Doubt. 560 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,448 And The Other One He's In, Right? 561 00:23:18,448 --> 00:23:20,206 That's Farini. That's Farini. 562 00:23:20,206 --> 00:23:21,344 So That's Over Here Somewhere, Yeah? 563 00:23:21,344 --> 00:23:22,620 Yes, Uh... 564 00:23:22,620 --> 00:23:24,103 That's Under That Lip Right There, Yeah? 565 00:23:24,103 --> 00:23:25,689 Yeah, That's It. You're Right. Spot On. 566 00:23:25,689 --> 00:23:27,137 So, We've Placed The Man Right There. 567 00:23:27,137 --> 00:23:28,758 So The Question Becomes, 568 00:23:28,758 --> 00:23:31,000 Why Look For The Lost City Here? 569 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,241 As You Said, Josh, Farini Was Here. 570 00:23:33,241 --> 00:23:36,724 We Can Place The Man Right Here, So It's Guaranteed. 571 00:23:36,724 --> 00:23:39,379 And There's Questions About The Rest Of His Journey. 572 00:23:39,379 --> 00:23:43,310 Nobody Searched The One Place We Knew, 100%, Where He Was. 573 00:23:43,310 --> 00:23:44,344 Right. 574 00:23:44,344 --> 00:23:46,482 Okay. So How Do We Search It? 575 00:23:46,482 --> 00:23:48,310 Well, That's Gonna Be Pretty Hard. 576 00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:50,344 This Is More Terrain 577 00:23:50,344 --> 00:23:52,827 Than We Could Cover On Foot In A Lifetime. 578 00:23:52,827 --> 00:23:55,448 Thankfully, Adam Has Come Up With A Shortcut. 579 00:23:56,137 --> 00:23:58,724 He Directs Me To A Nearby Dusty Airstrip. 580 00:23:58,724 --> 00:24:01,793 He's Reached Out To An Aerial Reconnaissance Team 581 00:24:01,793 --> 00:24:04,724 Equipped With A Special Technology Called Lidar. 582 00:24:04,724 --> 00:24:06,620 Looks Like A Legit Operation Here. 583 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:08,827 Yeah. These Are The Boys. 584 00:24:08,827 --> 00:24:12,620 Lidar Is A Laser-Scanning Device That Pierces Through Vegetation, 585 00:24:12,620 --> 00:24:15,413 Revealing Long-Forgotten Features Underneath. 586 00:24:15,413 --> 00:24:17,689 How Much Ground Could We Cover In What Time Using The Lidar? 587 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:20,344 We Will Cover About 2,500 Acres In One Hour. 588 00:24:20,344 --> 00:24:22,965 2,500 Acres In One Hour.One Hour. 589 00:24:22,965 --> 00:24:24,103 That's Crazy. 590 00:24:24,103 --> 00:24:25,793 Gates: No Expedition Before Ours 591 00:24:25,793 --> 00:24:28,551 Has Attempted To Locate Farini's City Using This Technology. 592 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:33,275 Adam And The Scanning Equipment Will Operate From The Plane 593 00:24:33,275 --> 00:24:35,034 While A Pilot And I Will Perform 594 00:24:35,034 --> 00:24:37,034 Some Forward Reconnaissance In... 595 00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:38,517 This. 596 00:24:38,517 --> 00:24:41,206 Oh, No. No, No. 597 00:24:41,206 --> 00:24:43,000 What Is This? 598 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:44,965 It's Called A Gyrocopter. 599 00:24:44,965 --> 00:24:48,413 This Does Not Look Like Something That Flies. 600 00:24:48,413 --> 00:24:50,862 Initial Glance Doesn't Instill A Lot Of Confidence, 601 00:24:50,862 --> 00:24:52,172 But Believe Me, Once We Get Up There, 602 00:24:52,172 --> 00:24:53,344 I'm Sure I'll Change Your Mind. 603 00:24:53,344 --> 00:24:55,551 Okay. Here We Go. 604 00:24:59,172 --> 00:25:01,241 Even Though I'm Worried That My Foot 605 00:25:01,241 --> 00:25:03,413 Is Gonna Punch A Hole Through The Floor, 606 00:25:03,413 --> 00:25:05,655 I Cross My Fingers And Hope For The Best. 607 00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:14,689 Whoo-Hoo! 608 00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:32,275 Our Plan Is Simple. 609 00:25:32,275 --> 00:25:34,137 I'm Looking For Unusual Formations 610 00:25:34,137 --> 00:25:36,103 Around The Canyons And Dry Riverbeds 611 00:25:36,103 --> 00:25:37,620 Where We Know Farini Traveled. 612 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,241 If I See Anything, 613 00:25:39,241 --> 00:25:42,655 That's Where Adam's Lidar-Equipped Plane Comes In. 614 00:25:42,655 --> 00:25:44,758 The Lidar Will Scan The Landscape 615 00:25:44,758 --> 00:25:46,448 With Millions Of Laser Pulses 616 00:25:46,448 --> 00:25:49,620 And Then Analyze The Data To Look For Anything Manmade, 617 00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,275 Like A Lost City. 618 00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:56,689 ♪♪ 619 00:26:45,206 --> 00:26:48,448 Gates: I'm Soaring Above The Kalahari Desert In South Africa, 620 00:26:48,448 --> 00:26:51,068 Scanning For Evidence Of A Legendary Lost City, 621 00:26:51,068 --> 00:26:54,000 And We've Just Spotted Some Odd Rock Formations Below. 622 00:27:03,793 --> 00:27:06,793 Adam's Associates Will Use The Lidar Laser Scanners 623 00:27:06,793 --> 00:27:10,103 On His Plane And Sweep Back And Forth Over The Target Area 624 00:27:10,103 --> 00:27:11,241 Like A Paintbrush. 625 00:27:20,965 --> 00:27:24,758 Meanwhile, My Kamikaze Pilot And I Survey The Entire Area 626 00:27:24,758 --> 00:27:28,172 And Target Additional Spots For The Lidar To Scan. 627 00:27:28,172 --> 00:27:30,586 And After Adam's Team Finishes Up Their Runs, 628 00:27:30,586 --> 00:27:33,034 It's Time For Us To See If We've Got Any Hits. 629 00:27:44,965 --> 00:27:48,413 ♪♪ 630 00:27:48,413 --> 00:27:49,655 Back At The Airport, 631 00:27:49,655 --> 00:27:51,655 The Team Has Already Started Analyzing The Data 632 00:27:51,655 --> 00:27:52,862 From Our Lidar Flight. 633 00:27:52,862 --> 00:27:54,793 They Invite Adam And I Over To Take A Look. 634 00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,206 Did The Lidar Turn Anything Up? 635 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:57,482 It Did. 636 00:27:57,482 --> 00:27:58,655 What You Can See, 637 00:27:58,655 --> 00:28:00,103 That's The Canyon That You Guys Flew Through. 638 00:28:00,103 --> 00:28:02,206 These Are All The Mountains Sitting Here. 639 00:28:02,206 --> 00:28:04,448 We Remove All The Vegetation, And Basically, 640 00:28:04,448 --> 00:28:07,344 What We're Left With Is What Is Actually On The Ground Itself. 641 00:28:07,344 --> 00:28:08,896 Gates: The First Thing We Notice 642 00:28:08,896 --> 00:28:10,586 Is That There's A Small Village In The Area, 643 00:28:10,586 --> 00:28:12,000 An Indigenous Community. 644 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,137 So, The Community Is Basically Sitting Here In The North. 645 00:28:15,137 --> 00:28:17,758 But Then There Was Something Really Interesting 646 00:28:17,758 --> 00:28:19,000 I Found Just Up Here. 647 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,827 Ah. Now We're Talking. 648 00:28:20,827 --> 00:28:24,586 Look At This, Josh -- An Elliptical Shape, Okay? 649 00:28:24,586 --> 00:28:26,000 Gates: That Is Wild. 650 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,517 Farini Mentioned An Elliptical Wall, A Circular Wall. 651 00:28:29,517 --> 00:28:31,689 That Fits This Shape Over Here. 652 00:28:31,689 --> 00:28:33,965 It Totally Does.This Is Perfect. 653 00:28:33,965 --> 00:28:35,724 Can You Back It Up A Bit?Sure, Sure. 654 00:28:35,724 --> 00:28:37,448 Okay, Whoa! Stop Right There. Look At This. 655 00:28:37,448 --> 00:28:40,517 Farini Spoke About The Ruins Being At The Base Of A Mountain. 656 00:28:40,517 --> 00:28:41,586 Right. All Right? 657 00:28:41,586 --> 00:28:43,448 That's A Mountain, Right?That's It, Yeah. 658 00:28:43,448 --> 00:28:45,344 This Is Pretty Much What We're Looking For. 659 00:28:45,344 --> 00:28:46,482 I Don't Know If That's A Lost City, 660 00:28:46,482 --> 00:28:47,413 But It Doesn't Look Natural. 661 00:28:47,413 --> 00:28:48,448 I Think We Should Go Look, Josh. 662 00:28:48,448 --> 00:28:49,655 Yeah. 663 00:28:49,655 --> 00:28:51,758 ♪♪ 664 00:28:51,758 --> 00:28:53,344 Gates: Without Passable Roads 665 00:28:53,344 --> 00:28:55,275 On The Other Side Of Augrabies Falls, 666 00:28:55,275 --> 00:28:57,655 The Only Way To Get To The Elliptical Formation 667 00:28:57,655 --> 00:28:59,000 Is To Use The River Itself. 668 00:29:01,137 --> 00:29:02,517 Okay, Here We Go. 669 00:29:02,517 --> 00:29:05,689 The Plan Is To Raft Downstream Toward The Coordinates 670 00:29:05,689 --> 00:29:07,379 And Then Hike In From There. 671 00:29:07,379 --> 00:29:10,655 But First, We'll Need To Get Through A Few Bumps In The Road. 672 00:29:13,068 --> 00:29:15,344 Cruise: This One's Quite Big. 673 00:29:15,344 --> 00:29:16,758 Okay. Here We Go! 674 00:29:16,758 --> 00:29:18,206 Hang On! 675 00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:26,137 To The Left? 676 00:29:26,137 --> 00:29:27,482 Yeah, Keep It To The Left. 677 00:29:29,931 --> 00:29:31,413 Whoa-Ho! 678 00:29:31,413 --> 00:29:33,172 Whoo-Hoo! 679 00:29:36,482 --> 00:29:37,862 Watch The Rock. 680 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,655 Paddle Forward. 681 00:29:43,068 --> 00:29:45,275 Watch That Rock! 682 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,655 Whoo! 683 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,172 We're Alive. 684 00:29:52,172 --> 00:29:54,655 Adam And I Survive The Rapids, And Downstream, 685 00:29:54,655 --> 00:29:56,965 We Find Ourselves In Pristine Wilderness. 686 00:30:00,379 --> 00:30:03,413 A Dinosaur Could Push Through Those Bushes 687 00:30:03,413 --> 00:30:04,586 And I Wouldn't Be Surprised. 688 00:30:04,586 --> 00:30:05,896 [ Laughs ] 689 00:30:05,896 --> 00:30:07,793 It's Like "The Lost World." 690 00:30:07,793 --> 00:30:12,482 Here, In The Midst Of A Desert, Is A Lush And Primordial World. 691 00:30:12,482 --> 00:30:14,827 Eventually, We Approach The Closest Point 692 00:30:14,827 --> 00:30:17,689 To The Gps Coordinates And Pull Over To Make A Plan. 693 00:30:19,965 --> 00:30:22,551 It Looks Like We're A Couple Kilometers From The Lidar Point. 694 00:30:22,551 --> 00:30:23,931 I Think We Go Straight Up There. 695 00:30:23,931 --> 00:30:25,413 Yeah, Through The Riverbed.Okay. 696 00:30:25,413 --> 00:30:27,068 From The Water To The Desert. 697 00:30:27,068 --> 00:30:28,620 Here We Go. 698 00:30:31,551 --> 00:30:33,758 Although It's Only A Bit More Than A Mile 699 00:30:33,758 --> 00:30:36,551 To Reach The Crescent Anomaly, It's Slow Going On Foot, 700 00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:39,172 Sandy In Some Places And Rocky In Others. 701 00:30:39,172 --> 00:30:42,068 The Terrain Here Looks Like Something From Mars. 702 00:30:51,448 --> 00:30:54,206 So, I Think That Peak That We Saw On The Lidar 703 00:30:54,206 --> 00:30:55,310 Is Right There, Yeah? 704 00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:56,551 Yeah, I Agree. 705 00:30:56,551 --> 00:30:57,931 So We're Just Somewhere Inside Of That. 706 00:30:57,931 --> 00:30:59,482 Yeah, We Got To Go A Little Bit To That Side. 707 00:30:59,482 --> 00:31:03,103 Gates: The Lidar Revealed A Semicircular Rock Formation. 708 00:31:03,103 --> 00:31:06,620 We Hike Down Over The Ridge To Approach The Coordinates, 709 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:09,137 And Suddenly, We See What We Came For. 710 00:31:09,137 --> 00:31:11,758 Look At That! 711 00:31:11,758 --> 00:31:13,482 Wow! 712 00:31:13,482 --> 00:31:15,137 Huge Crescent! 713 00:31:15,137 --> 00:31:18,034 This Is It. 714 00:31:18,034 --> 00:31:20,310 This Is What We Saw On The Lidar. 715 00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:22,517 It Does Look Like Blocks, Too. 716 00:31:22,517 --> 00:31:24,551 It's Really Wild. 717 00:31:24,551 --> 00:31:27,517 Yeah, It's This Huge Half-Moon Shape. 718 00:31:27,517 --> 00:31:31,482 It's Amazing. Oh, And Lookit Here, Josh. 719 00:31:31,482 --> 00:31:33,586 Look At This! 720 00:31:35,517 --> 00:31:37,793 That's Manmade. 721 00:31:37,793 --> 00:31:40,172 This Is A Wall. 722 00:31:40,172 --> 00:31:41,931 That Isa Wall. 723 00:31:41,931 --> 00:31:43,275 Signs Of Civilization, Right Here. 724 00:31:43,275 --> 00:31:44,310 Absolutely. 725 00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:45,724 Hey. 726 00:31:45,724 --> 00:31:46,827 Awesome Work. Very Good. 727 00:31:46,827 --> 00:31:48,310 It's Not Clear What This Is, 728 00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:51,172 But It's Something That's Been Constructed Deliberately, 729 00:31:51,172 --> 00:31:52,413 And It's Obviously Old. 730 00:31:52,413 --> 00:31:54,034 This Could Be A Hut. Yeah. 731 00:31:54,034 --> 00:31:55,689 It Could Be A Cattle Enclosure. 732 00:31:55,689 --> 00:31:56,896 It's Clearly Very Old. 733 00:31:56,896 --> 00:31:58,379 Couple Centuries, At Least? 734 00:31:58,379 --> 00:32:00,172 At Least A Couple Of Centuries -- Maybe More. 735 00:32:00,172 --> 00:32:01,517 Who Knows? 736 00:32:01,517 --> 00:32:03,103 This Enclosure Is A Clear Sign 737 00:32:03,103 --> 00:32:05,896 That A Society Of Some Kind Was Living In These Deserts 738 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:07,137 Hundreds Of Years Ago. 739 00:32:07,137 --> 00:32:09,137 But We'll Need To Continue Exploring 740 00:32:09,137 --> 00:32:11,103 If We Have Any Hope Of Figuring Out 741 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:12,275 What Exactly This Is 742 00:32:12,275 --> 00:32:14,724 And Whether It's Related To Farini's Lost City. 743 00:32:17,655 --> 00:32:18,896 Oh, Look At That. 744 00:32:18,896 --> 00:32:19,896 Hey, That's A Wall. 745 00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,689 Big Wall. Look At That. 746 00:32:22,689 --> 00:32:25,344 We've Just Come Across The Largest Ruin Of The Site -- 747 00:32:25,344 --> 00:32:27,724 A Wall That Stretches For More Than Half A Mile. 748 00:32:27,724 --> 00:32:29,379 Just Goes On And On. 749 00:32:29,379 --> 00:32:32,137 What's Really Crazy Is That So Much Of It 750 00:32:32,137 --> 00:32:34,931 Actually Matches Farini's Description. 751 00:32:34,931 --> 00:32:37,724 This Is Very Good. 752 00:32:37,724 --> 00:32:40,241 Let's See How Far We Are From That Community We Spotted. 753 00:32:40,241 --> 00:32:42,206 We Got To Be Fairly Close To Them, Right? 754 00:32:42,206 --> 00:32:45,965 We Are About...3 1/2 Klicks. 755 00:32:45,965 --> 00:32:48,034 And That's Gonna Be In That Direction Over There. 756 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:49,379 Let's Make Our Way Over There, 757 00:32:49,379 --> 00:32:51,413 See If They Know Of Any Other Structures In The Area 758 00:32:51,413 --> 00:32:52,965 Or See If They've Seen Anything Else. 759 00:32:52,965 --> 00:32:54,103 Good Idea. 760 00:32:54,103 --> 00:32:56,724 Yeah? This Is So Cool. 761 00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:59,517 ♪♪ 762 00:32:59,517 --> 00:33:02,413 The Lidar Scan Revealed A Small Indigenous Community 763 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:05,137 Living A Few Kilometers From The Rock Formations. 764 00:33:05,137 --> 00:33:07,827 We Trudge Across The Sweltering Sands For An Hour, 765 00:33:07,827 --> 00:33:09,482 But Finally, We Catch A Break. 766 00:33:09,482 --> 00:33:11,793 Oh, There's People. 767 00:33:11,793 --> 00:33:12,862 What? Where? 768 00:33:12,862 --> 00:33:14,379 Yeah. See The Guy? Oh, No. 769 00:33:14,379 --> 00:33:15,827 Unkies. 770 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:17,034 ♪♪ 771 00:33:17,034 --> 00:33:18,344 Hey! 772 00:33:18,344 --> 00:33:19,241 Hey! 773 00:33:22,172 --> 00:33:23,482 Hey! 774 00:33:31,482 --> 00:33:33,137 Gates: I'm In Southern Africa, 775 00:33:33,137 --> 00:33:35,068 Trekking Through The Kalahari Desert, 776 00:33:35,068 --> 00:33:36,655 Hot On The Trail Of A Lost City. 777 00:33:36,655 --> 00:33:38,413 We've Just Spotted The Last Thing 778 00:33:38,413 --> 00:33:39,758 I Expected To See Out Here. 779 00:33:39,758 --> 00:33:40,896 Oh, There's People. 780 00:33:40,896 --> 00:33:41,896 What? Where? 781 00:33:41,896 --> 00:33:43,517 Yeah. See The Guy? Oh, No. 782 00:33:43,517 --> 00:33:44,931 Unkies. 783 00:33:44,931 --> 00:33:46,448 ♪♪ 784 00:33:46,448 --> 00:33:48,758 Hey! Hey! 785 00:33:50,724 --> 00:33:51,758 Hey! 786 00:33:57,172 --> 00:33:58,068 Hey. 787 00:33:58,068 --> 00:33:59,103 How Are You? 788 00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:00,172 How You Guys Doing? 789 00:34:00,172 --> 00:34:01,206 Oh, Fine. And You Guys? 790 00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:02,517 Where You Coming From? 791 00:34:02,517 --> 00:34:04,586 We're Coming From The Community At Mfasma. 792 00:34:04,586 --> 00:34:06,172 You're The First People I've Seen Out Here. 793 00:34:06,172 --> 00:34:07,586 First People. 794 00:34:07,586 --> 00:34:09,793 It's Very Quiet Out Here.Yeah. 795 00:34:09,793 --> 00:34:11,896 Well, We're Looking For Old Structures, 796 00:34:11,896 --> 00:34:13,034 Like Old Buildings. 797 00:34:13,034 --> 00:34:13,931 You Understand? 798 00:34:13,931 --> 00:34:15,103 Yes, Yeah. Like, Manmade. 799 00:34:15,103 --> 00:34:17,103 Anything Like That Around Here? 800 00:34:17,103 --> 00:34:19,172 I Will Ask My Friend. He Knows Better. 801 00:34:19,172 --> 00:34:22,103 [ Conversing In Native Language ] 802 00:34:24,517 --> 00:34:26,620 Old Structures, Yeah.Old Structures? 803 00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:29,655 He Said Maybe 30 Kilometers From Here, Yeah. 804 00:34:29,655 --> 00:34:31,379 What Language Are You Speaking? 805 00:34:31,379 --> 00:34:33,448 We Speak Damara-Nama. 806 00:34:33,448 --> 00:34:34,551 Do You Know This Language? 807 00:34:34,551 --> 00:34:35,793 I Don't Know It. 808 00:34:35,793 --> 00:34:37,103 I Know Of It, But I Don't Understand It. 809 00:34:37,103 --> 00:34:38,413 It's, Like, One Of The Click Languages. 810 00:34:38,413 --> 00:34:39,965 It's Got A Click. You Heard Him When He Speaks. 811 00:34:39,965 --> 00:34:41,379 It's Very Good, Eh?It's Very Cool-Sounding. 812 00:34:41,379 --> 00:34:42,206 Yeah. 813 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:43,310 Man: You Want A Ride? 814 00:34:43,310 --> 00:34:45,137 Yeah, I'd Love A Ride. Are You Kidding? 815 00:34:45,137 --> 00:34:47,689 In This Heat? We'll Be Happy To Take A Ride. 816 00:34:47,689 --> 00:34:49,862 -Just Climb Up, Hey? -Yes. 817 00:34:49,862 --> 00:34:50,793 Gates: And We're In. 818 00:34:50,793 --> 00:34:52,172 Yes. 819 00:34:52,172 --> 00:34:54,827 [ Donkey Brays ] 820 00:34:54,827 --> 00:34:57,448 This Is What We Call The Kalahari Ferrari. 821 00:34:57,448 --> 00:34:58,931 [ Laughs ] 822 00:34:58,931 --> 00:35:00,724 I Love It. 823 00:35:00,724 --> 00:35:03,413 We're Not Exactly Tearing Across The Desert, 824 00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:05,172 But It Certainly Beats Walking. 825 00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:08,620 We've Only Been Riding For A Few Minutes 826 00:35:08,620 --> 00:35:10,655 When Something Catches Adam's Eye. 827 00:35:10,655 --> 00:35:13,310 Hey, Josh, Look At This Tree Here. 828 00:35:13,310 --> 00:35:15,517 I'm Sorry. Don't You Want To Just Stop Here For A Second? 829 00:35:15,517 --> 00:35:16,896 -Yes. -Just For A Second. 830 00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:18,586 Josh, I Just Want To Show You Something. 831 00:35:18,586 --> 00:35:20,413 There's Something Interesting About Farini. 832 00:35:20,413 --> 00:35:23,068 Lulu Took A Picture Of Farini And Somebody 833 00:35:23,068 --> 00:35:25,827 Standing Underneath A Tree Exactly Like This. 834 00:35:25,827 --> 00:35:27,206 -Really? -Yeah. 835 00:35:27,206 --> 00:35:28,448 Do We Have The Photos? 836 00:35:28,448 --> 00:35:30,482 I've Got The Photos In My Backpack. 837 00:35:30,482 --> 00:35:32,931 All Right, Let's Have A Look. 838 00:35:32,931 --> 00:35:34,482 Here We Go. Look At This. 839 00:35:34,482 --> 00:35:37,620 That's Almost A Dead Match. 840 00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:40,413 Yeah, Look At That. 841 00:35:40,413 --> 00:35:41,586 It's Proof That Farini 842 00:35:41,586 --> 00:35:43,586 At Least Passed Through An Area Like This. 843 00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:44,827 At Least He Got This Far. 844 00:35:44,827 --> 00:35:46,517 Well, Another Clue Checked Off. 845 00:35:46,517 --> 00:35:49,586 [ Donkey Brays ] 846 00:35:49,586 --> 00:35:52,413 Gates: The Fact That Farini Passed Through This Area, 847 00:35:52,413 --> 00:35:55,413 Combined With The Fact That We've Already See Stone Walls 848 00:35:55,413 --> 00:35:58,379 And Structures Might Mean That We're On The Right Track. 849 00:35:58,379 --> 00:36:00,827 The Question Now Is, What Else Is Out Here? 850 00:36:05,344 --> 00:36:08,034 Stop, Stop. 851 00:36:08,034 --> 00:36:09,068 Gates: Is This It? 852 00:36:09,068 --> 00:36:10,137 Yes. 853 00:36:10,137 --> 00:36:11,137 Where? Where Is It? 854 00:36:11,137 --> 00:36:12,724 Right There.By The Hill? 855 00:36:12,724 --> 00:36:13,896 Yes. 856 00:36:15,137 --> 00:36:17,275 I Can Show You It. -That'd Be Great. 857 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:18,241 Okay, Let's Go. Come On. 858 00:36:18,241 --> 00:36:20,137 Let's Go. 859 00:36:20,137 --> 00:36:22,586 Gates: Our New Friend Lionel Agrees To Take Us 860 00:36:22,586 --> 00:36:24,793 To What He Claims Are Manmade Structures. 861 00:36:24,793 --> 00:36:26,689 Adam And I Are Incredibly Curious 862 00:36:26,689 --> 00:36:28,206 To See What's Hiding Out Here. 863 00:36:28,206 --> 00:36:30,551 That Is, If The Heat Doesn't Kill Us First. 864 00:36:32,896 --> 00:36:35,655 We're Coming Up On 5:00 P.M., 865 00:36:35,655 --> 00:36:37,862 And It's As Hot As It's Been All Day. 866 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:38,896 Cruise: Yeah. 867 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,896 Hasn't Cooled Off One Degree. 868 00:36:40,896 --> 00:36:43,413 It's Not Far From Here. 869 00:36:43,413 --> 00:36:44,724 Not Far. 870 00:36:46,724 --> 00:36:48,344 Something Up Here. 871 00:36:48,344 --> 00:36:50,000 Yeah, Look At This. 872 00:36:51,517 --> 00:36:54,482 That Is Really Weird. 873 00:36:54,482 --> 00:36:56,448 Definitely Not Natural. 874 00:36:56,448 --> 00:36:57,482 No. 875 00:36:57,482 --> 00:36:59,586 This Is Totally Lined Up Here. 876 00:36:59,586 --> 00:37:02,689 Yeah, And It's Almost Like It Was... 877 00:37:02,689 --> 00:37:03,689 It's Like A Piece Of Road. 878 00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:05,310 Like A Floor Or A Pavement Or Something. 879 00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:07,241 Yeah, I Was Gonna Say It Looks Like A Piece Of Road. 880 00:37:07,241 --> 00:37:08,344 Yeah. 881 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:09,724 These Are Really Fine Stones. 882 00:37:09,724 --> 00:37:11,689 Yeah, They're Very Flat, They're Very Smooth. 883 00:37:11,689 --> 00:37:13,689 Yeah. And It Almost Looks Like 884 00:37:13,689 --> 00:37:15,758 It Was Built As A Platform Or Something, Right? 885 00:37:15,758 --> 00:37:17,758 It's Kind Of What Farini Described. 886 00:37:17,758 --> 00:37:20,310 Gates: Yet Another Strange Structure -- 887 00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:23,344 More Evidence Of A Lost Culture In The Kalahari. 888 00:37:23,344 --> 00:37:25,413 Anything Else That You Think Is Manmade Here? 889 00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:27,517 Manmade, Yes. 890 00:37:27,517 --> 00:37:28,793 It's Artwork. 891 00:37:28,793 --> 00:37:30,206 -Artwork? -Artwork. 892 00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:32,206 Artwork? Where? 893 00:37:32,206 --> 00:37:35,068 It's Somewhere 500 Meters From Here. 894 00:37:35,068 --> 00:37:36,758 That I Want To See. 895 00:37:36,758 --> 00:37:38,344 -Let's Go Look. -Here We Go. 896 00:37:40,551 --> 00:37:42,310 ♪♪ 897 00:37:42,310 --> 00:37:45,137 Gates: As We Continue Through The Blistering Desert, 898 00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:47,241 Lionel Guides Us Onto A Jagged Hill. 899 00:37:47,241 --> 00:37:48,931 Really Strange Rocks. 900 00:37:48,931 --> 00:37:50,310 Cruise: They Are Funny, Hey? 901 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:51,137 Yeah. 902 00:37:53,068 --> 00:37:55,379 Gates: The Environment Looks More And More 903 00:37:55,379 --> 00:37:58,310 Like Farini's Descriptions, And As We Crest The Ridge, 904 00:37:58,310 --> 00:38:01,551 I Can't Help But Feel As Though We're On The Cusp Of Answers. 905 00:38:04,551 --> 00:38:07,310 ♪♪ 906 00:38:07,310 --> 00:38:10,103 Oh, Look At This. Josh, Look At This. 907 00:38:10,103 --> 00:38:11,103 Oh, Wow! 908 00:38:17,758 --> 00:38:19,689 Want To Know More About Tonight's Expedition? 909 00:38:19,689 --> 00:38:21,448 Then Set A Course For Travelchannel.Com, 910 00:38:21,448 --> 00:38:23,827 Where You Can Go Behind The Scenes With Exclusive Photos, 911 00:38:23,827 --> 00:38:25,482 Never-Before-Aired Footage, And More. 912 00:38:29,551 --> 00:38:32,344 Atop A Rocky Outcropping In The Kalahari Desert, 913 00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:33,896 Explorer Adam Cruise And I 914 00:38:33,896 --> 00:38:36,241 Are Searching For Signs Of A Lost City, 915 00:38:36,241 --> 00:38:38,000 And We've Just Hit The Jackpot. 916 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 Oh, Look At This. Josh, Look At This. 917 00:38:44,931 --> 00:38:46,689 These Are Wild. These Are Etchings. 918 00:38:46,689 --> 00:38:47,827 Now, These Are Etchings, 919 00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:49,448 And These Are Really, Really Old. 920 00:38:49,448 --> 00:38:51,000 How Old Do You Think These Are? 921 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,689 More Than A Thousand. 922 00:38:52,689 --> 00:38:54,137 More Than A Thousand Years. 923 00:38:54,137 --> 00:38:56,344 You Can Make Out The Kinds Of Animals, As Well. 924 00:38:56,344 --> 00:38:57,206 Right. 925 00:38:57,206 --> 00:38:58,034 This Is A Giraffe. 926 00:38:58,034 --> 00:38:59,586 Yes, Yeah. 927 00:38:59,586 --> 00:39:01,103 I Think This Is A Human. 928 00:39:01,103 --> 00:39:02,448 Yeah, It's A Human, Right. 929 00:39:02,448 --> 00:39:04,896 This Is Typical Of The Hunter-Gatherer Society 930 00:39:04,896 --> 00:39:06,310 In Southern Africa. 931 00:39:08,758 --> 00:39:10,517 Gates: It Goes Without Saying 932 00:39:10,517 --> 00:39:13,103 That 1,000-Year-Old Art Carved With Such Skill 933 00:39:13,103 --> 00:39:15,965 Is Extremely Rare In This World, But Finding It Here, 934 00:39:15,965 --> 00:39:17,931 In This Remote, Harsh Environment 935 00:39:17,931 --> 00:39:19,620 Is Nothing Short Of Incredible. 936 00:39:19,620 --> 00:39:21,827 And This Site Is Even More Remarkable 937 00:39:21,827 --> 00:39:23,206 Than We First Realized. 938 00:39:23,206 --> 00:39:25,137 This Is Very Interesting. 939 00:39:25,137 --> 00:39:27,793 Oh, Wow. Okay. 940 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:29,172 Totally Different-Looking. 941 00:39:29,172 --> 00:39:31,689 We've Got This Kind Of Star With A Circle Around It Now. 942 00:39:31,689 --> 00:39:32,689 Almost Like A Diamond. 943 00:39:32,689 --> 00:39:34,206 They're Not Just Drawing What They See 944 00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:35,482 In The Environment Anymore. 945 00:39:35,482 --> 00:39:37,551 They're Actually Doing Something That's More Imaginative. 946 00:39:37,551 --> 00:39:39,482 Correct. That's Exactly What It Is. 947 00:39:39,482 --> 00:39:42,241 And This Also Tells Us Something Else. 948 00:39:42,241 --> 00:39:46,172 It Means That The Societies Are No Longer Hunter-Gatherers. 949 00:39:46,172 --> 00:39:48,896 They're Starting To Become More Sedentary. 950 00:39:48,896 --> 00:39:50,517 They're Starting To Stay In One Place. 951 00:39:50,517 --> 00:39:51,586 Right. 952 00:39:51,586 --> 00:39:53,448 And This Is A Sign Of Those Walls 953 00:39:53,448 --> 00:39:55,413 That We Probably Saw Earlier Today. 954 00:39:55,413 --> 00:39:56,551 A Sign Of Civilization. 955 00:39:56,551 --> 00:39:57,689 Absolutely. 956 00:39:57,689 --> 00:39:59,172 I Have To Say, I'm Pretty -- 957 00:39:59,172 --> 00:40:01,586 I'm Pretty Stunned That We've Arrived Here, You Know? 958 00:40:01,586 --> 00:40:06,172 We've Gone From Following This Eccentric Explorer, 959 00:40:06,172 --> 00:40:09,206 And, Really, By Following Him, We've Come To This, 960 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:12,448 Which Is A Really Significant Discovery, Actually. 961 00:40:12,448 --> 00:40:15,068 Gates: The Rock Walls, The Circular Huts, 962 00:40:15,068 --> 00:40:18,896 The Paving Stones -- All Of Them Are Clear Signs Of Civilization. 963 00:40:18,896 --> 00:40:20,862 Explorers Have Scoured The Deserts 964 00:40:20,862 --> 00:40:23,206 For Signs Of Some Soaring, Vanished Empire, 965 00:40:23,206 --> 00:40:24,862 But It Turns Out, The Lost City 966 00:40:24,862 --> 00:40:26,931 May Have Been Right In Front Of Them. 967 00:40:26,931 --> 00:40:29,034 You Know, 30 Different Expeditions 968 00:40:29,034 --> 00:40:31,034 May Have Just Been Walking Over 969 00:40:31,034 --> 00:40:33,275 What Farini Found In The First Place, 970 00:40:33,275 --> 00:40:34,655 Which Is Extraordinary. 971 00:40:34,655 --> 00:40:36,482 They Were Looking At It All The Time, 972 00:40:36,482 --> 00:40:38,724 But What They Were Looking For Was Something -- 973 00:40:38,724 --> 00:40:40,344 Some Grand European Civilization 974 00:40:40,344 --> 00:40:41,724 Or Mediterranean Civilization. 975 00:40:41,724 --> 00:40:42,551 Some Greek Temple. 976 00:40:42,551 --> 00:40:43,896 Correct. 977 00:40:43,896 --> 00:40:45,655 Instead Of An African Civilization. 978 00:40:45,655 --> 00:40:46,827 And That's What This Is. 979 00:40:46,827 --> 00:40:47,896 Yes. 980 00:40:47,896 --> 00:40:49,000 This Isa Lost City. 981 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,413 This Is A Lost Civilization. 982 00:40:50,413 --> 00:40:52,724 That's Correct, And That Is What Farini Saw. 983 00:40:52,724 --> 00:40:53,862 Right. 984 00:40:53,862 --> 00:40:55,758 ♪♪ 985 00:40:55,758 --> 00:40:57,862 Gates: Analysis Of The Early Rock Art 986 00:40:57,862 --> 00:40:59,620 And Stone Structures We Examined 987 00:40:59,620 --> 00:41:02,620 Confirms That They Were Made More Than A Millennia Ago, 988 00:41:02,620 --> 00:41:03,724 Built By The Hands 989 00:41:03,724 --> 00:41:05,931 Of A Little-Known African Civilization. 990 00:41:05,931 --> 00:41:07,379 As For The Great Farini, 991 00:41:07,379 --> 00:41:09,482 He May Have Exaggerated His Route, 992 00:41:09,482 --> 00:41:11,965 But There's Little Doubt That He Saw These 993 00:41:11,965 --> 00:41:13,586 Or Similar Stone Structures. 994 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,068 His Discovery Isreal, 995 00:41:17,068 --> 00:41:19,137 And He Deserves Credit For Voyaging 996 00:41:19,137 --> 00:41:21,965 Into One Of The Most Punishing Environments On Earth 997 00:41:21,965 --> 00:41:24,793 And For Cataloging The Wondrous Things He Saw There. 998 00:41:24,793 --> 00:41:27,448 To Me, Farini, Like The Lost City, 999 00:41:27,448 --> 00:41:29,344 Is In Need Of Rediscovery. 1000 00:41:29,344 --> 00:41:33,103 He Was A Brilliant Showman And An Intrepid Explorer. 1001 00:41:33,103 --> 00:41:35,655 His Journey, I Hope, Will Inspire Others 1002 00:41:35,655 --> 00:41:38,275 To Forge Their Own Paths Into The Kalahari 1003 00:41:38,275 --> 00:41:41,413 And To Dig Up The Secrets Still Hiding In The Sands.