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Sacred tattoos.
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These are primeval symbols
that speak to something in us
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that's very deep-seated
and very universal.
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Severe body modifications.
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The tribespeople
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sharpen the edges of their teeth
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to look like serpents.
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Extreme adornments.
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Girls in the Kayan culture
stretched out their necks
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with brass rings to emulate
their sacred ancestor.
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Could these metamorphic
alterations of the flesh
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represent more
than mere self-expression
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or even acts
of religious tribute?
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Might they contain a message
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critical to the future
of mankind?
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The reason why they did this
to their bodies
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is in order to gain
the strength of the gods
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that they tried to imitate.
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We now have technology
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that is equal to what we see
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the gods using
in these ancient stories.
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Maybe now we're gonna be able
to turn ourselves into a species
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just like the gods.
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There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Tattooed and pierced
Italian fashion model
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Cristian Mignemi makes a bold
and permanent decision
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to transform the sclera,
or whites of his eyes,
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into black.
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He claims he wants to appear
more otherworldly.
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Cristian Mignemi
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is a very forward-thinking
person in fashion,
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by choosing to go to the extreme
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of coloring his eyes
completely black,
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looking almost alien-like.
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This is a trend happening
across the board.
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Body modifications,
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tattooing, piercing,
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all types of adornments
to change
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the physical appearance
of our bodies.
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It's almost as if humanity,
in a fashion sense,
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is gearing themselves
to look more alien.
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People feel liberated
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by the idea that they can appear
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extrahuman in some way.
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They can look
like something extraterrestrial
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or they can look
like something primeval.
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There's something
self-dramatizing
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and empowering about it.
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Today, tattoos and piercings
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account for a nearly
$1 billion industry.
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Trending modification practices
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like ear elongation
and branding the skin
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are all on the rise.
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But what could motivate someone
to alter their body
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in such a way?
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The way we adorn our bodies
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is essentially telling a story
and sending messages.
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The fact that
more and more people
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are expressing themselves
through body art,
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it tells a bigger story
on a cultural level.
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Now that we're so connected
through the Internet,
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it's easy to find inspiration
from others
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and what other people are doing
in body art practices.
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Symbols communicate things
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that we're not quite able
to put into words.
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It goes beyond just wanting
to make a statement
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about one's individuality.
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It demonstrates
what you believe in.
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While tattoos, piercings
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and body modification
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are modern forms
of personal expression,
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they also hearken back
to humanity's ancient past
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and mirror the practices
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of many so-called
primitive tribes that exist
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around the world today.
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A lot of what we do
finds inspiration
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in ancient roots
from all over the world.
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These are things
that we've seen on, say,
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like, National Geographic
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and books and on TV
over the years.
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And they've inspired newer forms
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of body modification
and body art expression.
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Rites of passage,
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like skin stretching,
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have been seen
throughout history
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in different parts of the world.
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The revered Buddha,
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the Dayak of Borneo,
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the ancient Rapa Nui
of Easter Island
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and the modern Fulani tribe
of West Africa
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all have colorful histories
of ritual ear stretching.
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The contemporary Mursi women
of Ethiopia,
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tribes of the Amazon
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and the earlier Botocudo people
of coastal Brazil
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all share a history
of skin stretching
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for decorative lip plates.
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But are these practices being
adopted by mainstream society
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simply as a fashion trend,
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a bold form of self-expression?
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Or could it be motivated
by a profound link
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to our ancient past?
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When people have tattoos,
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it's something meaningful.
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And so my question is not,
today,
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why do we tattoo ourselves?
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I ask the question,
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when did we first tattoo
ourselves, and then why?
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September 9, 1991.
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11,000 feet high
in the Otztal Alps.
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Two German climbers
near the Austrian-Italian border
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happen upon a frozen corpse.
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Scientists call him
the Tyrolean Iceman, or Otzi,
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and place his time of death
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between 3400 and 3100 BC.
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What we find so amazing
about Otzi,
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he's very well preserved.
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So well preserved
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that scientists and
anthropologists can even tell
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that he had
a lot of medical conditions.
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And that leads us
to Otzi's tattoos.
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In 2015,
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more than two decades
after the initial discovery,
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scientists were able
to make a more detailed scan
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of the Iceman's epidermis.
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The results were extraordinary.
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Under examination,
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it was found
that Otzi the Iceman
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had, in fact, 61 different
tattoos over his body,
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and almost all of these
took the form of parallel lines,
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either two together,
three together.
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In one case, seven together.
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These tattoos, it's amazing.
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They are actually located
on acupuncture points
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throughout the body.
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Most of them are on the joints,
the lower back,
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the thoracic area, the chest.
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And what that tells us is he had
some knowledge of healing.
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Acupuncture is a traditional
form of Chinese medicine
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involving the pricking
of the skin with needles
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along the body's
neurohormonal meridians
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to alleviate pain and treat
various medical conditions.
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Traditional historians place the
origin of acupuncture in China
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at approximately 100 BC.
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Acupuncture did not exist
as a formal system
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of therapeutic treatment
in China, uh,
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at the time
that Otzi received his tattoos
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on the other side of the globe.
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So, where did Otzi
get these tattoos
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that were made
with the knowledge
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of acupuncture points
on the body?
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We think
acupuncture's from China,
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but here's something even older
and from the Alps.
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The fact
that we find these tattoos
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at specific meridian points
tells us
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that this civilization knew
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of the meridians in the body,
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understood how energy runs
in the body,
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which is quite an advanced
process for that time.
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So, where did this knowledge
come from?
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Is it possible that it came
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from some kind of higher source,
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downloaded
into the healers of the time?
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Is it possible that acupuncture
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is really coming
from extraterrestrials?
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Could the Tyrolean Iceman
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point to the possibility
that tattooing originated
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as a result of contact
with extraterrestrial visitors?
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While it may sound far-fetched,
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ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that some of
the most popular tattoos
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found in both the ancient
and modern world
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contain symbolism
connected to the cosmos.
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Some of the earliest yearnings
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of our ancient ancestors
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was to recognize
and connect themselves
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to the cosmos, to the movement
of celestial objects,
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to the cycles of the seasons.
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In modern tattoo art,
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we're not only seeing
a proliferation
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of celestial images,
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whether the Sun, the stars,
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the phases of the Moon,
astrological symbols,
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but we're also starting to see
E.T. images.
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These are primeval symbols
that speak to something in us
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that's very deep-seated
and very universal.
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Tattooing or body modification
can be a way
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of remembering one's ancestors,
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remembering one's connection
with the cosmos.
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A yearning to connect
with the cosmos
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is perhaps as old
as civilization itself.
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And ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that tattoos represent
far more than merely
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a symbolic representation
of this.
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They believe that the desire
to alter the flesh
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through tattooing
and other means
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may be embedded deep
in the subconscious mind
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and that perhaps the origin
of this human need
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can be found encoded
in the well-preserved skin
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of Egypt's mummies.
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Deir el-Medina, Egypt.
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2014.
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Using modern imaging equipment,
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Dr. Anne Austin scans
the body of a female mummy
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dating back as far as 1300 BC.
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What she finds is unexpected
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and contradicts
long-held beliefs
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regarding female roles
in ancient Egyptian society.
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One particular torso
was a human female
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who had the image of Hathor
tattooed onto her body.
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In ancient Egypt,
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having the tattoo of Hathor
on your body
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would clearly be an indication
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of your status
as a priestess of Hathor
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and as a person who's not just
a representative of Hathor
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but maybe in direct contact
with the goddess, as well.
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Prior to finding these mummies,
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it was believed
that women in Egypt
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were only tattooed if they were
prostitutes or dancers.
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We see that, no,
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these were most likely,
you know, priestesses.
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The tattoos relate to a deity,
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to a sky god, Hathor.
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The symbol for Hathor
would sometimes be
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the head of a cow, horns,
a disc in the center.
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The Egyptian tattoos
are very symbolic
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of their close association
with the cosmos.
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They were very in tune
with their gods.
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They felt,
through these symbols,
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they were communicating
with the gods.
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The Egyptian goddess Hathor
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is an earlier incarnation
of Isis,
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considered the primeval goddess
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from whom all others
were derived.
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In the Temple of Hathor
in Dendera,
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the goddess is depicted sailing
in a ship of eternity
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along the night waters...
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not of the Nile
but of the Milky Way.
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Dendera is one
of the most important
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ancient Egyptian sites.
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It clearly depicts travel
through the sky
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with the so-called sun barges.
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And our ancestors knew
that ships do not fly
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across the sky
or across the Sun.
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So why would they
describe barges
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that came down from the sky?
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What is depicted in Dendera
are the extraterrestrials
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as they're traveling
across the sky.
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Is it possible
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that the mummy found
at Deir el-Medina was tattooed
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with symbols representing
extraterrestrial visitors
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to Earth?
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My idea is
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that the ancient Egyptians
worshipped those symbols
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because not only
did they have to illustrate
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that they were
of the ruling class
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but also that they had
a direct connection,
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or so they thought,
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to Hathor.
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The reason why they put that
on their bodies
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is in order to gain
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the strength of the gods
that they tried to imitate.
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And these gods were
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flesh-and-blood
extraterrestrials.
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Do the tattoos
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found on the mummies
at Deir el-Medina
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reveal attempts to connect
with the power of a god
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or an extraterrestrial being?
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And did the ancient Egyptians
permanently mark their flesh
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in order to honor divine beings
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or leave a lasting commemoration
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of contact
with otherworldly visitors?
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Humanity has always used
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symbols and sigils
and cryptography
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to convey messages.
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The Egyptians realized
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there was a lot of power
in symbols,
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and they knew
how to use these symbols
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when they would tattoo.
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We have to wonder,
was it to communicate
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with the gods
through their tattoos?
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To emulate the gods?
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To embody the gods?
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The cow and disc
representing Hathor
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was not the only tattoo
discovered on the mummies
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at Deir el-Medina.
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One of the bodies also bore
another powerful symbol.
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She had the Eye of Horus.
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And they say the Eye of Horus
is composed of six parts
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which relate to our six senses.
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Not the five we think we have.
We have six.
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Sight, hearing, smell,
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taste, touch and thought.
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But what is thought?
Is that extrasensory thought?
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Is that the way
we communicate nonverbally?
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So, the Eye of Horus
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also has a very magical type
of element to it.
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The all-seeing eye
or the Eye of Horus
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as it was depicted
in ancient Egypt
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was one of the holiest
of symbols.
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It served
to remind the individual
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that human life is incomplete
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without some sort
of higher vision
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or without the awareness
of providence of a higher world.
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That was a central idea, uh,
to the ancient Egyptians.
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The Eye of Horus
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is the eye of God
that sees everything.
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We're talking
about an Egyptian god
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who's quite possibly
an extraterrestrial.
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Many of the symbols found
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on ancient mummies,
like the Eye of Horus,
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have been used as tattoo designs
for centuries
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and are still popular
with tattoo enthusiasts today.
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But why do they endure?
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Is it possible
that a simple but iconic image
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of an eye devised
more than 3,000 years ago
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still speaks to humans today
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because we intuitively
understand the power behind it?
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People adorn themselves
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with bodily art,
tattoos or body modification
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without knowing
why that pentagram
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or why that obelisk
or why that pyramid
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speaks so deeply to them.
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If you ask them,
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they might not be able
to give you a very clear answer,
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but their experience
of that symbol is answer enough.
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It inspires awe.
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It tells us that we come
from something larger.
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Could the tattoos
of our ancestors
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contain a record
of humanity's past
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and messages meant for us
to decode today?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining not just tattoos
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but far more extreme
body modifications.
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Tanna Island.
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Every year on February 15,
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residents of the Pacific
island chain of Vanuatu
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gather together here
for a military-style parade
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with "U.S.A." painted
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and sometimes even tattooed
on their chests.
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It is a tradition that began
more than 60 years ago
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and is inspired by events
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that took place
during World War II,
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when American forces descended
upon the remote island chain
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with modern machinery
and supplies.
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During the Second World War,
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when the Americans
reached the Pacific,
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um, and took over many
of the islands,
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supplies would be dropped
from aircraft
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or brought in on landing strips.
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And this brought many new things
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to these local populations,
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everything from canned foods
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to manufactured clothing
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to other items
they'd never seen before.
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The native people,
who had never encountered
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this type
of modern civilization,
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were awed by these visitors
from the sky,
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who brang with them food
and gifts.
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All the aboriginals
were fascinated.
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They'd light up a cigarette.
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Hold out a voice recorder,
record their voice.
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The aboriginals
thought this was all magic.
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They had never seen great ships
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and the goods, the-the weapons.
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Arthur C. Clarke's third law is:
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"Any sufficiently advanced
technology
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is indistinguishable
from magic."
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After the war
in the Pacific concluded,
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the U.S. soldiers left
the islands, and overnight,
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the bounty of technology
and modern luxuries was gone.
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In memory
of the American soldiers
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and in the hope that it would
bring about their return,
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the natives formed a cult
devoted to the people
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who had visited them
from the sky.
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The people would try
and recreate
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the circumstances
that brought this cargo to them.
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They started to create
replica items
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associated with the Americans
and their presence,
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even rifles.
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They would scrape away runways
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and make straw models
of the planes that landed
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to try and lure the soldiers
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to once again land and bring
all their amazing technology.
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Every religious experience
begins with the miraculous.
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Some individual or group
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will have an experience
where they feel
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they have witnessed something
or undergone something
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that is outside of the ordinary.
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And they will create
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monuments to that experience,
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whether it is the statue
of a deity,
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whether it is a pyramid,
whether it is a cathedral.
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We see this across history
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and all over the world
to this very day.
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Is it possible that,
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00:20:18,376 --> 00:20:20,113
much like the so-called
cargo cults
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in the South Pacific,
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00:20:21,388 --> 00:20:24,280
ancient people
also constructed monuments
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00:20:24,307 --> 00:20:26,373
and even entire religions
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00:20:26,435 --> 00:20:30,377
based on interactions
with visitors from the sky?
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00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:33,214
The term "cargo cult"
is very interesting
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00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:35,378
when applied
to the ancient astronaut theory,
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because we can see
that even in modern times
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how man has interacted
with things coming from the sky
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or other technology
they didn't understand.
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This has been playing out
for thousands of years
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here on Earth.
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If extraterrestrial visitation
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inspired the ancient people
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to build temples
in a certain fashion
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and attempt to reproduce
misunderstood technology,
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could it also
have motivated them
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00:21:03,472 --> 00:21:07,414
to tattoo and otherwise modify
their bodies
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00:21:07,476 --> 00:21:11,344
similar to how the people
of Vanuatu adorn their chests
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with the letters "U.S.A.,"
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00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:17,108
continuing to imitate
the soldiers who visited
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before most of the islanders
were even born?
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00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:24,265
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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00:21:24,326 --> 00:21:27,101
additional evidence
that cargo cult practices
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00:21:27,162 --> 00:21:29,362
include body modifications
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00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:32,123
can be found by examining
numerous other cultures
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00:21:32,283 --> 00:21:33,519
throughout the world
that also undergo
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00:21:33,543 --> 00:21:36,294
extreme body alterations.
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00:21:40,458 --> 00:21:45,211
In Brazil, the Kayapo worship
a god they call Bep Kororoti,
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00:21:45,305 --> 00:21:48,306
who they depict in ceremonies
with a straw suit
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00:21:48,466 --> 00:21:53,311
that is eerily reminiscent
of a modern-day spacesuit.
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00:21:53,471 --> 00:21:57,373
Their traditions include
intricate body painting,
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00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:01,377
face tattooing, lip stretching
and peculiar haircuts,
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00:22:01,404 --> 00:22:05,323
all to harness the power
of this otherworldly being.
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00:22:07,410 --> 00:22:10,236
And perhaps the most extreme
body modification of all
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00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:13,389
is practiced by
the Kayan people of Burma.
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00:22:13,416 --> 00:22:15,224
There is a tradition
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00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:18,319
amongst the Kayan people
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00:22:18,380 --> 00:22:20,563
of the women wearing
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00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:26,344
these spiraling brass rings
in their neck.
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00:22:26,504 --> 00:22:30,239
And they wear these
throughout their life,
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00:22:30,267 --> 00:22:32,350
and it can take many, many hours
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00:22:32,510 --> 00:22:36,354
to actually put these coils
in place.
447
00:22:36,514 --> 00:22:39,582
There is a tradition
that this female dragon
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00:22:39,609 --> 00:22:43,419
had begun the dynasty
of the Kayan people,
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00:22:43,446 --> 00:22:47,440
and that the reason they do this
is to resemble this dragon.
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00:22:47,534 --> 00:22:50,593
In Kayan foundational mythology,
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00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:53,371
dragons play
a very prominent role,
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00:22:53,531 --> 00:22:55,509
that act as messengers
between the world
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00:22:55,533 --> 00:22:57,436
of the divine
and the world of humans.
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They are very powerful,
magical creatures as well,
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00:23:00,547 --> 00:23:04,198
and they're associated
with ultimate knowledge.
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00:23:04,259 --> 00:23:06,442
Is it possible
that this creature
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00:23:06,469 --> 00:23:08,611
actually came from the sky world
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and was seen to be the influence
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00:23:12,550 --> 00:23:15,284
behind the foundation
of these people,
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00:23:15,312 --> 00:23:18,104
a memory which
they never forgot?
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00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:26,462
Could it be
that there are cultures
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00:23:26,489 --> 00:23:28,297
around the world today
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00:23:28,325 --> 00:23:30,299
keeping alive an ancient story
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00:23:30,327 --> 00:23:33,653
of alien visitation
by altering their flesh?
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00:23:33,747 --> 00:23:35,725
And is it possible
that the growing trend
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00:23:35,749 --> 00:23:38,474
of body modification
in the modern world
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00:23:38,501 --> 00:23:40,476
is due to a deep-seated memory
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00:23:40,503 --> 00:23:43,087
of our extraterrestrial origins?
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00:23:44,758 --> 00:23:47,500
Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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one of the most
peculiar practices
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00:23:50,421 --> 00:23:54,182
of the ancient world:
head binding.
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Viacha, Bolivia.
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00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:05,259
November 2018.
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00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,353
Just 30 miles east
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00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:11,023
of the mysterious ancient site
of Puma Punku,
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00:24:11,117 --> 00:24:15,178
archaeologists uncover
500-year-old tombs
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00:24:15,205 --> 00:24:17,956
believed to have been built
by a pre-Incan civilization
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00:24:18,116 --> 00:24:21,184
called the Pacajes.
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00:24:21,211 --> 00:24:25,296
The remains of more than 100
people are discovered within,
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and a number of the skulls
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00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:31,043
are found to have
a very bizarre abnormality.
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They appear
dramatically elongated.
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00:24:36,134 --> 00:24:37,286
According to archaeologists,
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00:24:37,310 --> 00:24:39,368
these specimens display evidence
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00:24:39,396 --> 00:24:44,298
of a body modification practice
called head binding.
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00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,986
The head can be changed
in its shape.
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00:24:48,146 --> 00:24:50,379
Generally, it's elongated.
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00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:54,066
And this is done when a child
is perhaps six months old
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00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,235
through to the age of three.
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00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:58,329
And their heads are bound up,
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00:24:58,489 --> 00:25:01,240
and this pushes
the skull upwards
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00:25:01,334 --> 00:25:04,060
and creates
these bizarre shapes.
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00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:06,004
Just by gazing upon them,
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00:25:06,164 --> 00:25:08,322
you can't help think alien,
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00:25:08,383 --> 00:25:10,967
because that's what
they truly look like.
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00:25:14,389 --> 00:25:18,257
Curiously, this extreme form
of body modification
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00:25:18,351 --> 00:25:21,335
was widespread throughout
the ancient world,
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00:25:21,396 --> 00:25:24,247
occurring on nearly
every continent
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00:25:24,274 --> 00:25:27,191
and practiced by many cultures
that are believed to have had
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00:25:27,351 --> 00:25:29,235
no contact with one another.
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00:25:31,522 --> 00:25:34,181
This is a process
that has been going on
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00:25:34,242 --> 00:25:37,276
at least for the last
10,000 years
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00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:40,112
and is found
in every part of the world,
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00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:44,208
from the Pacific islands
to Australia,
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00:25:44,368 --> 00:25:47,528
to the Near East,
to the Americas.
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00:25:47,589 --> 00:25:53,217
And the strangest
are those of Paracas in Peru.
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00:25:53,377 --> 00:25:56,220
Everywhere,
we find this same process.
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00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:59,115
It seems as if
it was mimicking people
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00:25:59,142 --> 00:26:00,466
who originally existed
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00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,352
that had long heads
in the first place.
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00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,624
In Vanuatu,
anthropologists asked
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the people who were still doing
head binding up until the 1960s,
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00:26:12,614 --> 00:26:15,406
and they asked them why
they did that, and they said,
514
00:26:15,566 --> 00:26:18,484
"This is what the gods look like
with these elongated heads."
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00:26:18,578 --> 00:26:21,245
And if that is the explanation
for head binding
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00:26:21,405 --> 00:26:24,156
around the world,
then who are these gods?
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They're apparently
extraterrestrials
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00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:29,253
who have
a naturally elongated head
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00:26:29,413 --> 00:26:32,164
that's just part of their DNA,
520
00:26:32,258 --> 00:26:34,300
and humans want to look
like them.
521
00:26:36,679 --> 00:26:40,247
If ancient people did
encounter extraterrestrials
522
00:26:40,308 --> 00:26:44,327
and perhaps even
coexisted with them,
523
00:26:44,354 --> 00:26:46,457
might there have been something
more profound at play
524
00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:49,190
than mere deification
and imitation?
525
00:26:50,610 --> 00:26:53,260
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe
526
00:26:53,321 --> 00:26:57,356
that it may, in fact,
be programmed into human DNA
527
00:26:57,450 --> 00:27:00,201
to want to become more like
our alien ancestors.
528
00:27:01,445 --> 00:27:03,195
And that ancient traditions
529
00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:05,514
of body modification
and tattooing
530
00:27:05,542 --> 00:27:08,442
represent practice runs,
531
00:27:08,503 --> 00:27:12,355
preparing for the day
when we could alter ourselves
532
00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:15,383
to actually become
like the aliens.
533
00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:19,262
Vancouver, British Columbia.
534
00:27:21,224 --> 00:27:24,625
August 13, 2019.
535
00:27:24,686 --> 00:27:27,553
Ancient astronaut theorist
William Henry
536
00:27:27,647 --> 00:27:31,482
visits self-described
transhumanist Russ Foxx...
537
00:27:31,642 --> 00:27:33,629
- Yeah, he's in his room right there.
- Oh, thank you.
538
00:27:33,653 --> 00:27:35,394
...to get a firsthand look
at technology
539
00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:38,472
that proposes to transform
the human race.
540
00:27:38,533 --> 00:27:40,307
Hi, William.
Hi. How are you?
541
00:27:40,368 --> 00:27:41,233
I'm William Henry.
Pleasure to meet you.
542
00:27:41,327 --> 00:27:42,513
Good to meet you. Grab a seat.
543
00:27:42,537 --> 00:27:44,348
-Thank you very much.
-This is Eric.
544
00:27:44,372 --> 00:27:45,558
- Hi, Eric. How are you?
- Hi. Nice to meet you.
545
00:27:45,582 --> 00:27:46,822
Pleasure to meet you as well.
546
00:27:48,418 --> 00:27:50,334
In his 2015 book,
547
00:27:50,494 --> 00:27:52,336
The Skingularity Is Near,
548
00:27:52,496 --> 00:27:54,488
William Henry proposed
549
00:27:54,549 --> 00:27:56,565
that humankind
is reaching a point
550
00:27:56,593 --> 00:27:59,493
where the body will be
radically transformed.
551
00:27:59,554 --> 00:28:01,315
Well, you came at a perfect
time... Eric is going to
552
00:28:01,339 --> 00:28:02,238
have an NFC chip
installed today.
553
00:28:02,265 --> 00:28:03,347
Fantastic.
554
00:28:03,507 --> 00:28:06,350
I will begin by cleaning
your hand.
555
00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:07,593
He is eager to investigate
556
00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:11,189
how this is already
beginning to happen.
557
00:28:11,349 --> 00:28:12,589
Russ prepares to implant Eric
558
00:28:12,683 --> 00:28:15,418
with a biocompatible
glass tube...
559
00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:16,672
So we are ready
to install the chip.
560
00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:19,438
...containing an NFC microchip.
561
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:21,440
So the implant itself
was pre-sterilized
562
00:28:21,534 --> 00:28:23,554
and loaded into a syringe,
so it will be
563
00:28:23,578 --> 00:28:25,538
literally injected
under the skin.
564
00:28:28,291 --> 00:28:29,415
You now have a chip.
565
00:28:32,536 --> 00:28:35,546
NFC stands for
"near-field communication,"
566
00:28:35,706 --> 00:28:40,534
and it allows phones, tablets,
laptops and other devices
567
00:28:40,595 --> 00:28:44,705
to easily share data with other
NFC-equipped devices.
568
00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:49,543
So, Russ, what-what technologies
have you got implanted?
569
00:28:49,604 --> 00:28:51,749
I personally have a number
of different chips
570
00:28:51,773 --> 00:28:56,459
in both of my hands, as well
as a magnetic vision implant,
571
00:28:56,486 --> 00:28:58,461
an RFID and an NFC
in either side
572
00:28:58,488 --> 00:28:59,965
-with different purposes.
-Mm-hmm.
573
00:28:59,989 --> 00:29:04,391
This NFC chip has all of
my business links and web URLs.
574
00:29:04,452 --> 00:29:06,492
And this is
a built-in business card.
575
00:29:06,570 --> 00:29:07,714
So I can actually
scan it with your phone
576
00:29:07,738 --> 00:29:09,163
and give you my contact info.
577
00:29:10,667 --> 00:29:13,400
Just like that,
and it brings up my contact info
578
00:29:13,461 --> 00:29:15,478
- and saves it in your phone.
- Wow.
579
00:29:15,505 --> 00:29:17,399
Look at that.
So I've got your phone number.
580
00:29:17,423 --> 00:29:18,651
I've got your contact details.
581
00:29:18,675 --> 00:29:20,407
So, all of these things,
582
00:29:20,468 --> 00:29:22,396
you use it
to start your motorcycle,
583
00:29:22,420 --> 00:29:23,577
get in your home...
584
00:29:23,638 --> 00:29:25,565
I replaced my keys
with these chips,
585
00:29:25,589 --> 00:29:27,409
so that way,
I don't have to deal
586
00:29:27,433 --> 00:29:28,494
with losing
or having keys stolen.
587
00:29:28,518 --> 00:29:29,569
So these chips interact
with a lot
588
00:29:29,593 --> 00:29:31,513
of different devices in my life.
589
00:29:31,595 --> 00:29:32,748
I could bring you to my house
and show you some of them.
590
00:29:32,772 --> 00:29:34,458
- I'd love that.
- Let's go for a trip.
591
00:29:34,482 --> 00:29:36,499
- Right on.
- Okay.
592
00:29:36,526 --> 00:29:39,777
Humanity has a long history
of interaction
593
00:29:39,937 --> 00:29:43,672
with extraterrestrial beings
who came here with technology.
594
00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:46,675
And humans have long tried
595
00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:49,603
to imitate or be like the gods.
596
00:29:49,664 --> 00:29:52,606
So I will wake up the bike
with my RFID chip.
597
00:29:52,667 --> 00:29:54,292
- I introduce it to the sensor.
- Okay.
598
00:29:54,452 --> 00:29:56,294
And the bike is awake.
599
00:29:56,454 --> 00:29:57,523
- Awesome. Okay.
- Just like that.
600
00:29:57,547 --> 00:29:58,629
And now today,
601
00:29:58,789 --> 00:30:00,464
we have transhuman technology
602
00:30:00,624 --> 00:30:03,450
where we're augmenting
the physical body
603
00:30:03,511 --> 00:30:05,751
in an effort to duplicate many
of the capacities
604
00:30:05,796 --> 00:30:08,213
that we attribute
to the ancient gods.
605
00:30:11,561 --> 00:30:12,701
So, to access my home,
606
00:30:12,729 --> 00:30:14,870
- I scan my chip...
- Ah.
607
00:30:14,897 --> 00:30:16,783
- ...and the door's unlocked. We can enter.
- Very nice.
608
00:30:16,807 --> 00:30:18,567
- After you.
- Thank you.
609
00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:19,817
What I'm hoping to see here
610
00:30:19,977 --> 00:30:22,394
by coming to Russ's home
is to see the future.
611
00:30:22,488 --> 00:30:24,466
Where is Russ going to go
with this?
612
00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:26,610
What has he got access to
in his own home,
613
00:30:26,659 --> 00:30:28,512
and-and how is that
gonna change him?
614
00:30:28,536 --> 00:30:29,796
- So this is my dining room table.
- Okay.
615
00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:32,496
Which doubles as
an RFID-operated safe.
616
00:30:32,656 --> 00:30:34,393
- Ah.
- What I do is I scan
617
00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:35,574
my RFID chip on top.
618
00:30:37,545 --> 00:30:39,585
A slip hinge...
and there's my drawer.
619
00:30:39,663 --> 00:30:41,488
Ah, very nice. Beautiful.
620
00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:42,915
So these devices in here
621
00:30:43,009 --> 00:30:45,738
- are implantable technology pieces I have.
- Mm-hmm.
622
00:30:45,762 --> 00:30:48,602
- And I will show you what they are.
- Fantastic.
623
00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:54,668
So, this first device,
this is called a North Sense.
624
00:30:54,729 --> 00:30:58,414
This device is mounted
to the body with piercings.
625
00:30:58,441 --> 00:30:59,748
This device will vibrate
626
00:30:59,776 --> 00:31:01,712
whenever it faces
magnetic north,
627
00:31:01,736 --> 00:31:03,830
essentially turning you
into a human compass.
628
00:31:03,854 --> 00:31:08,591
And here we have
some magnet implants.
629
00:31:08,618 --> 00:31:11,702
So, this is a small chip
that encases tritium gas,
630
00:31:11,862 --> 00:31:14,688
and it will glow
right through your skin.
631
00:31:14,749 --> 00:31:17,375
And because it is, uh,
radioactive material,
632
00:31:17,535 --> 00:31:19,602
it's not, um, battery powered.
633
00:31:19,629 --> 00:31:21,770
It will constantly glow,
and it has
634
00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:24,548
- a 12-year half-life.
- Wow.
635
00:31:24,708 --> 00:31:26,612
At what point do we become
more than human
636
00:31:26,636 --> 00:31:28,386
in the transhuman process?
637
00:31:28,546 --> 00:31:29,945
I think that we're-we're always
638
00:31:29,972 --> 00:31:32,615
going to be building on
to our existing humanity,
639
00:31:32,642 --> 00:31:35,559
but it's important to appreciate
our existing humanity.
640
00:31:35,719 --> 00:31:37,581
We don't want to lose touch
with that.
641
00:31:37,605 --> 00:31:39,805
When I look at Russ,
I see someone
642
00:31:39,899 --> 00:31:41,710
who's on the cutting edge
of our technology,
643
00:31:41,734 --> 00:31:43,567
but he's just the beginning
644
00:31:43,727 --> 00:31:45,798
of where we potentially
can go with this.
645
00:31:45,822 --> 00:31:48,739
We're talking about transforming
humans into super beings.
646
00:31:48,899 --> 00:31:51,575
With the emergence of technology
647
00:31:51,735 --> 00:31:53,806
that can be implanted
within the flesh,
648
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:57,489
is humankind on the brink
of possessing abilities
649
00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:59,750
similar to those described
by ancient people
650
00:31:59,910 --> 00:32:02,461
in reference to their gods?
651
00:32:03,581 --> 00:32:05,589
Has body modification
652
00:32:05,749 --> 00:32:07,869
all been a preparation
for this evolution?
653
00:32:09,637 --> 00:32:11,745
Perhaps further clues
can be found
654
00:32:11,806 --> 00:32:16,684
by examining plans to merge
tattoos with technology.
655
00:32:21,357 --> 00:32:23,274
Boulder, Colorado.
656
00:32:25,361 --> 00:32:27,403
2018.
657
00:32:29,532 --> 00:32:31,449
At the University of Colorado,
658
00:32:31,609 --> 00:32:34,526
Dr. Carson Bruns
and a team of scientists
659
00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:37,680
begins work on developing
a new technology
660
00:32:37,707 --> 00:32:41,517
that promises to transform
what it means to get ink...
661
00:32:41,544 --> 00:32:44,611
"smart tattoos."
662
00:32:44,672 --> 00:32:46,630
We're trying to engineer
new tattoo inks
663
00:32:46,790 --> 00:32:49,525
that will add new function
to your skin.
664
00:32:49,552 --> 00:32:52,695
The first one that we invented
is a UV-sensitive tattoo ink.
665
00:32:52,722 --> 00:32:56,532
It's basically invisible under
normal lighting conditions,
666
00:32:56,559 --> 00:32:59,384
but when you go outside
in intense sunshine
667
00:32:59,479 --> 00:33:02,313
and it gets exposed
to the UV lights...
668
00:33:02,473 --> 00:33:03,625
that high-energy part
of sunshine
669
00:33:03,649 --> 00:33:06,317
that causes skin cancer
and sunburn...
670
00:33:06,477 --> 00:33:08,557
it turns blue
and acts like an indicator
671
00:33:08,646 --> 00:33:11,563
that shows you that your skin
is dangerously exposed
672
00:33:11,657 --> 00:33:14,325
to high levels
of dangerous radiation.
673
00:33:16,746 --> 00:33:19,571
Dr. Bruns has also created
tattoo inks
674
00:33:19,665 --> 00:33:22,649
that change color as the body's
temperature changes,
675
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:26,486
essentially creating
a human onboard thermometer
676
00:33:26,547 --> 00:33:29,398
accessible at any time.
677
00:33:29,425 --> 00:33:30,733
We can use nanotechnology
678
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,344
to engineer tattoo particles
679
00:33:33,504 --> 00:33:35,571
so that they have
special properties,
680
00:33:35,598 --> 00:33:37,756
like a thermal battery
681
00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:40,743
or a thermal storage type
of mechanism.
682
00:33:40,770 --> 00:33:43,428
And so one thing that you can
imagine doing with a tattoo
683
00:33:43,523 --> 00:33:45,523
would be covering
your entire body
684
00:33:45,683 --> 00:33:48,584
with a sort of thermal
storage material
685
00:33:48,611 --> 00:33:52,437
that would keep your body
at a comfortable temperature
686
00:33:52,532 --> 00:33:54,384
when you went out
into the extreme heat
687
00:33:54,408 --> 00:33:56,242
or the extreme cold.
688
00:33:58,579 --> 00:34:00,612
Smart tattoos are even
being engineered
689
00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:03,541
to monitor and treat
health conditions.
690
00:34:03,701 --> 00:34:05,768
If we have a chronic condition
691
00:34:05,795 --> 00:34:08,620
that needs drugs,
we can envision a tattoo ink
692
00:34:08,714 --> 00:34:11,549
that slowly releases a drug
or a hormone
693
00:34:11,709 --> 00:34:13,717
into your body
that helps regulate
694
00:34:13,877 --> 00:34:16,779
either your blood chemistry
or your mood.
695
00:34:16,806 --> 00:34:21,466
I also envision tattoos that can
really strengthen our skin,
696
00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:25,712
make our skin stronger
to forces and-and damage.
697
00:34:25,773 --> 00:34:30,475
The military may have a lot
of use for full-body tattoos
698
00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:32,736
that can help protect soldiers,
for example,
699
00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:36,556
from certain types
of skin damage.
700
00:34:36,617 --> 00:34:39,577
Carson Bruns is doing
fascinating work
701
00:34:39,737 --> 00:34:41,804
on the human skin.
702
00:34:41,831 --> 00:34:44,807
He believes that we can change
the nature of skin altogether,
703
00:34:44,834 --> 00:34:49,420
using skin as a new platform
for technological development.
704
00:34:49,580 --> 00:34:52,497
Humans have always tried
to imitate the gods,
705
00:34:52,592 --> 00:34:55,408
and perhaps tattoos are
a reflection of this.
706
00:34:55,469 --> 00:34:57,577
In ancient times,
707
00:34:57,638 --> 00:35:00,431
they might have seen the gods
wearing something like tattoos,
708
00:35:00,591 --> 00:35:02,569
and they started tattooing
their own bodies
709
00:35:02,593 --> 00:35:04,827
in imitation
of what the gods were wearing.
710
00:35:04,854 --> 00:35:08,755
But today, we now have
technology that is equal
711
00:35:08,816 --> 00:35:12,668
to what we see the gods using
in these ancient stories.
712
00:35:12,695 --> 00:35:16,505
Maybe now we're going to be able
to turn ourselves into
713
00:35:16,532 --> 00:35:18,523
a species just like the gods.
714
00:35:18,618 --> 00:35:21,601
Is it possible
that ancient people
715
00:35:21,662 --> 00:35:24,513
came into contact
with more advanced beings
716
00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:26,606
that had smart tattoos
717
00:35:26,667 --> 00:35:29,627
much like those
that are being developed today?
718
00:35:29,787 --> 00:35:31,870
Could these
otherworldly visitors
719
00:35:31,964 --> 00:35:34,857
have had technology hidden
within their skin,
720
00:35:34,884 --> 00:35:37,784
appearing as artwork?
721
00:35:37,845 --> 00:35:40,863
Conducting tattoos that we're
working on are black right now,
722
00:35:40,890 --> 00:35:43,807
so it looks like an ordinary
black tattoo pigment.
723
00:35:43,967 --> 00:35:46,477
But you could even merge
the technology
724
00:35:46,637 --> 00:35:48,040
with the art
so that you could have
725
00:35:48,064 --> 00:35:50,706
a tattoo that looks
like a normal artistic tattoo
726
00:35:50,733 --> 00:35:52,724
but has this hidden function
727
00:35:52,818 --> 00:35:55,878
as some kind of electronic
or detecting device.
728
00:35:55,905 --> 00:35:59,715
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
729
00:35:59,742 --> 00:36:01,566
with such technology,
730
00:36:01,661 --> 00:36:03,722
extraterrestrials could truly
have appeared
731
00:36:03,746 --> 00:36:05,663
to be gods to ancient people.
732
00:36:05,823 --> 00:36:09,649
And they believe
humanity is very close
733
00:36:09,710 --> 00:36:12,461
to becoming
like these alien ancestors.
734
00:36:15,841 --> 00:36:17,508
Silicon Valley.
735
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:21,737
2018.
736
00:36:21,764 --> 00:36:25,924
Futurist Elon Musk introduces
a new technology venture
737
00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:29,578
aimed at what is known
as "self-directed evolution."
738
00:36:29,605 --> 00:36:32,839
He calls it "Neuralink."
739
00:36:32,900 --> 00:36:35,918
By means of a special
hypodermic needle,
740
00:36:35,945 --> 00:36:38,770
the company intends
to inject an ultra thin mesh,
741
00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:42,591
called a "neuro lace,"
within the neocortex,
742
00:36:42,618 --> 00:36:43,942
forming a body of electrodes
743
00:36:44,036 --> 00:36:46,412
that are able
to monitor brain function.
744
00:36:47,865 --> 00:36:50,766
A neural lace uses
microelectrodes
745
00:36:50,793 --> 00:36:52,617
they place inside of the brain
746
00:36:52,712 --> 00:36:55,771
that can actually read
and write onto neurons.
747
00:36:55,798 --> 00:36:57,943
It's a bidirectional
informational exchange.
748
00:36:57,967 --> 00:37:00,551
And it eventually will allow you
749
00:37:00,711 --> 00:37:02,886
to receive information
from the Internet.
750
00:37:03,046 --> 00:37:05,781
Through the use of Neuralinking,
751
00:37:05,808 --> 00:37:07,950
we can connect brains
752
00:37:07,977 --> 00:37:11,729
through the Internet
or through technology.
753
00:37:11,889 --> 00:37:14,732
When this is the case, we can
send thoughts to one another.
754
00:37:14,892 --> 00:37:16,975
Another thing you could do,
755
00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:20,796
if you were able
to read brain activity,
756
00:37:20,823 --> 00:37:24,649
would be to control devices
remotely with your mind.
757
00:37:24,744 --> 00:37:27,786
So, it would give us telekinesis
in principle, as well.
758
00:37:28,956 --> 00:37:30,655
The technology
759
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:32,824
that Elon Musk is developing
760
00:37:32,918 --> 00:37:34,721
could potentially also
be applied to the human body
761
00:37:34,745 --> 00:37:37,813
in the form of tattoos.
762
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,816
Nanotechnology is allowing us
to make electronics small enough
763
00:37:40,843 --> 00:37:45,763
so when tattooable electronics
come online,
764
00:37:45,923 --> 00:37:49,933
you can do things
like a scalp tattoo.
765
00:37:50,093 --> 00:37:53,829
If we're able
to read brain activity
766
00:37:53,856 --> 00:37:57,682
from this sort of seamless and
permanent interface in our skin,
767
00:37:57,777 --> 00:38:00,778
you could imagine
a new form of communication,
768
00:38:00,938 --> 00:38:03,530
almost sort of
a technological telepathy.
769
00:38:05,776 --> 00:38:07,692
Is humanity nearing a time
770
00:38:07,787 --> 00:38:09,953
when we will no longer be
a cargo cult...
771
00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:13,624
unknowingly mimicking
a far more advanced civilization
772
00:38:13,784 --> 00:38:16,868
that once visited Earth...
but will, in fact,
773
00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:20,872
become just like
these extraterrestrial visitors?
774
00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:24,951
Have we evolved
from imitation to replication?
775
00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:28,713
Perhaps further clues
can be found
776
00:38:28,808 --> 00:38:30,786
by examining new developments
in body modification
777
00:38:30,810 --> 00:38:33,685
designed to facilitate
space travel.
778
00:38:38,859 --> 00:38:40,892
In the 21st century,
779
00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:44,563
tattoos and body modifications
are no longer fringe
780
00:38:44,657 --> 00:38:46,824
and no longer merely decorative.
781
00:38:46,984 --> 00:38:49,809
Technology implanted
within the flesh
782
00:38:49,870 --> 00:38:53,646
can facilitate
superhuman abilities.
783
00:38:53,707 --> 00:38:56,892
But of greatest interest
to ancient astronaut theorists
784
00:38:56,919 --> 00:38:59,895
is the role that smart tattoos
could potentially play
785
00:38:59,922 --> 00:39:01,839
in space travel.
786
00:39:01,999 --> 00:39:04,824
The next generation
of space suits
787
00:39:04,885 --> 00:39:07,845
are gonna be embedded
with a lot more technologies,
788
00:39:08,005 --> 00:39:09,996
and it's possible
to make tattoos
789
00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:11,985
that can interact
with the space suit.
790
00:39:12,009 --> 00:39:14,593
You can imagine even
a space suit
791
00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:16,807
that would be able
to read out information
792
00:39:16,856 --> 00:39:17,999
that those tattoos are providing
793
00:39:18,023 --> 00:39:21,766
and send them back
to mission control.
794
00:39:21,861 --> 00:39:25,770
Scientists are even beginning
to develop technology
795
00:39:25,865 --> 00:39:28,848
that could make
space suits obsolete.
796
00:39:28,909 --> 00:39:32,852
We can use nanotechnology
to engineer tattoo particles
797
00:39:32,913 --> 00:39:34,930
so that they have
special properties
798
00:39:34,957 --> 00:39:36,932
covering your entire body.
799
00:39:36,959 --> 00:39:41,694
Super skin, E-skin, I-skin is
800
00:39:41,755 --> 00:39:44,940
skin that is enhanced
or laced with technology.
801
00:39:44,967 --> 00:39:48,886
Since 2002, the U.S. military
has been very interested
802
00:39:49,046 --> 00:39:51,796
in creating a new skin
for the military.
803
00:39:51,891 --> 00:39:55,708
This augmentation
will transform us from humans
804
00:39:55,769 --> 00:39:58,620
into the next level
of evolution,
805
00:39:58,647 --> 00:40:00,713
augmenting the body
806
00:40:00,774 --> 00:40:02,882
to make us smarter,
to make us stronger.
807
00:40:02,943 --> 00:40:04,976
We're gonna keep improving
the technologies,
808
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:07,720
and we're gonna keep
embedding them
809
00:40:07,781 --> 00:40:10,574
more and more intimately
with our bodies
810
00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:13,726
to improve our abilities
as humans
811
00:40:13,787 --> 00:40:16,914
and ultimately
give us more power.
812
00:40:17,074 --> 00:40:20,733
But if the first humans
to apply tattoos to their flesh
813
00:40:20,794 --> 00:40:22,920
and perform
other body modifications,
814
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,664
such as head binding,
were attempting
815
00:40:25,758 --> 00:40:27,740
to imitate extraterrestrials,
816
00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:29,909
are the technological
enhancements
817
00:40:29,970 --> 00:40:33,597
we're making to our bodies today
part of our destiny?
818
00:40:33,757 --> 00:40:36,558
And if so, where does it lead?
819
00:40:37,928 --> 00:40:39,844
Through nanotechnology,
820
00:40:39,939 --> 00:40:43,774
we can augment the skin
to make it more adaptable
821
00:40:43,934 --> 00:40:45,850
to living in space.
822
00:40:45,945 --> 00:40:48,006
To make us smarter,
to make us stronger,
823
00:40:48,030 --> 00:40:50,855
to make us more resilient.
824
00:40:50,950 --> 00:40:53,858
We're able to become
like the gods
825
00:40:53,953 --> 00:40:56,014
through the implantation
of this technology.
826
00:40:56,038 --> 00:40:58,789
When you take it
right back to its roots,
827
00:40:58,949 --> 00:41:01,107
tattooing is very transformative
828
00:41:01,168 --> 00:41:05,796
and has a lot of roots
in what we would call magic.
829
00:41:05,956 --> 00:41:08,632
And our ancient ancestors
were very much
830
00:41:08,792 --> 00:41:10,859
in tune with the cosmos.
831
00:41:10,886 --> 00:41:13,156
And what we're doing right now,
we're bringing this back
832
00:41:13,180 --> 00:41:16,031
to the magical modality
that it is.
833
00:41:16,058 --> 00:41:18,124
This adornment now...
834
00:41:18,185 --> 00:41:21,603
is this making us more
extraterrestrial-like?
835
00:41:22,973 --> 00:41:24,815
Any advanced alien species
836
00:41:24,975 --> 00:41:27,133
that makes it across the galaxy
837
00:41:27,194 --> 00:41:30,729
is going to have learned how
to self-direct their evolution.
838
00:41:30,823 --> 00:41:32,897
We are augmenting our bodies
839
00:41:32,992 --> 00:41:35,884
and moving forward
with our evolution.
840
00:41:35,911 --> 00:41:38,887
Is there a message
about humanity's future
841
00:41:38,914 --> 00:41:43,667
encoded in our very flesh
and our attempts to alter it?
842
00:41:43,827 --> 00:41:46,819
Could it be that tattoos,
piercings
843
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,748
and body modifications
are inspired
844
00:41:49,842 --> 00:41:52,992
by extraterrestrial visitors
from the past?
845
00:41:53,053 --> 00:41:56,905
Perhaps we are just now arriving
at a destiny
846
00:41:56,932 --> 00:42:00,851
that has been foretold
through human hieroglyphs.
847
00:42:01,011 --> 00:42:03,912
One in which
we will become the equals
848
00:42:03,939 --> 00:42:05,856
of our alien ancestors.
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