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An ancient desert covered with hundreds of
pyramids.

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A huge hill of earth hiding a sacred place
and deadly spring.

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And a controversial discovery hidden
deep in the Alaskan wilderness.

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For thousands of years, civilizations
all over the world built monumental

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stone and brick structures that
we call pyramids. In Africa, in Asia,

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Europe and the Americas, ancient
engineers have created surprisingly similar things

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constructions without any knowledge
of what other cultures made.

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How is this possible?

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Were the pyramids meant to be tombs or
temples?

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Or was there a bigger goal for some
of these incredible works?

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Well, that's what we're going to try to find
outside.

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Cairo, Egypt.

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Dominating the limestone sands of the desert
of the Giza plateau is the oldest of

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the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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It is called the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Built in 2600 BC, the monolith

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is flanked by two small but also
colossal pyramid structures.

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The Giza complex is a monument
achievement in ancient engineering and a

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wonder that baffled scientists
and researchers for centuries.

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The Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau is
an astonishing construction.

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There are 2.3 million blocks of limestone
in the structure itself.

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I mean it takes an hour to walk around
that, at least.

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But it's also the fact that you have
these giant, megalithic platforms

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blocks, perfectly created.

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Inevitably, people want to ask how
the earth, an ancient civilization

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a long time ago I could have achieved this.

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The right angles of the corner are
almost absolutely 90 degrees

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angles. The length of the sides is
almost perfectly equal on all four

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them.

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They are closer to perfect than they would be
required for modern buildings. It's

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an unprecedented achievement.

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We may never do it completely
understand what the great pyramids were like

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built with such remarkable
precision.

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But perhaps an even greater mystery lies
why were they built in the first place?

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The Great Pyramids of Giza are one of the
the great indescribable mysteries.

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We don't really know how they were used,
but what we see today in the Pyramids of

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Giza is in some way the bones of these
buildings from ancient Egyptian times.

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The pyramids of Giza were shrouded in white
limestone and probably

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polite.

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And so during the day you would
I saw this kind of white mirror

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-surfaces similar to these.

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What we are missing is a limestone
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But the pyramids themselves did not
a particular explanation of why they

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were constructed or the symbolic objectives of
that. So part of the mystery is trying to

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Find out what this thing is.

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In the end...

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There are more questions than answers
when it comes to the pyramids of

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Giza Plateau.

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Some of them served as tombs, but in
my own opinion, that was a secondary question

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work for many of them.

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If the Great Pyramids were not strictly
used as tombs, like most common

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Egyptologists then argue what was
their fundamental objective?

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The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.

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This massive building houses the largest
ancient egyptian collection

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antiques around the world.

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Among the many treasures is a
Cornerstone of the 3,800-year-old pyramid

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of King Amenemhat III that some believe
is linked to a myth

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Egyptian object known as Benben
Peter.

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At the Cairo Museum, there is a
pyramidion, which is made of a beautiful

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type of black basalt rock from a
pyramid which appears to be

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our best representation of what Ben
Ben Stone was like, according to the

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ancient Egyptians. This Ben Ben stone
possibly dates back to around 1850 BC, so

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it is not the original one, but it is
represents...

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what was the original in ancient times
Dynastic Egypt there was a literal

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ben ben pierre that ben ben pierre has
lost for a long time unfortunately but some

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people suggested that maybe it was a
pyramid shaped meteorite

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and by the ancient Egyptians, he
sacred power

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While some believe in the original Benben
the stone was a meteorite, legends of

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ancient Egypt suggests that it was a place of
divine creation.

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Egyptian mythology says that there were
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And then what crossed the waters
of chaos was an island shaped like

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pyramid called Benben.

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And it was here.

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that the sun god Ra came to Earth and
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When they built the first pyramids,
it seems like they were trying to recreate

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this Benben stone.

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It is interesting to note that in addition to numerous
first pyramids, they actually had a

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reconstruction of the Benben stone at the top of
them, a capstone, which was covered with

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electrum, which is a...

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alloy of gold and silver, so that it
shone in the sun.

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All this shows that the pyramids are
connected with the sun, and gaining the

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power of the sun, or the solar god, Ra.

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There are also these ideas that these
The Benben stars were actually a kind of

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energy collector.

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Some people suggest that they attract
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There are different ideas about this, but
this was suggested in Egyptian

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tradition according to which placing such a thing on
the top of a pyramid would be almost like

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connection with solar energy, but
also in connection with the cosmos.

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Could the Great Pyramids have been
type of old power plant?

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Perhaps clues can be found at 21
research of the century which presents a

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extraordinary plan.

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March 2025.

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After analyzing the satellite data, a team
Italian scientists make a

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extraordinary, but controversial
announcement.

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They claim to have identified a vast
underground complex extending

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under the great pyramids of Giza.

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One of the most fascinating...

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discoveries that could potentially
rewrite the history of Egypt and

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world are the discoveries that have been
made under the pyramids of Giza

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plateau now, it's the job of the
Kafre research project using satellites

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actually penetrate the ground
with a mixture of other technologies, what is

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they claim to have found a series of
well descending more than 600 meters in

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the ground And then there are these giants
square rooms and many other rooms

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and many other systems overall
Giza Plateau, under all

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pyramids and even under the Sphinx
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They now claim that there is a
a whole real underground city underneath

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Giza. But then the question becomes: why
did they do that?

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And we obviously can't say exactly
what is there until we are fully

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investigate.

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But it seems that this influenced
the positioning of the pyramids in fact

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on the surface.

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Could there be an entire city hidden
under the great pyramids of Giza?

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Only time will tell.

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And while the colossal creations of Egypt are
impressive, these remarkable

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structures represent only a fraction of
all the enigmatic pyramids found.

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on almost every continent on Earth.

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The pyramids have captured our imagination
just because of their simple

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monumentality. The largest of them are
among the largest human buildings

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have never built.

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They are monumental, serious
achievements.

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Very, very beautiful. It is, for me,
absolutely impressive.

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The pyramids were built by different
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at different times with the earliest
pyramids probably dating back to

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beginning of the third millennium BC.

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But I guess the bigger question is why
build pyramids?

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Was there a reason why different cultures
I've done this all over the world for

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several thousand years?

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We need to know. For what?

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Among the Nile's ever-changing fans
Valley represents a remarkable achievement.

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Hundreds of ancient pyramids that
extend for approximately 150 miles across the

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desert.

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These UNESCO World Heritage Sites
contain what is called Nubian

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Pyramids.

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What often surprises people is that
there are more pyramids in Sudan than

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there are some in Egypt.

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more than 200 known structures.

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Most of them are clustered around El
Kourou, Nouri and Méroé. Some are

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found in Jebel Barkal, near the sacred place
mountain.

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These pyramids served as tombs for
the dead, but also a declaration

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of authority and continuity in Antiquity
Sudan.

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There was often an offering chapel
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they had a distinct Nubian character
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What's really interesting about them is
the fact that they are like solid stone

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constructions. They don't have any
rooms inside them, but they have

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chambers deep below them where the
kings and queens would have been

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buried with stairs on the side
of them leading towards them.

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Construction of the Nubian pyramids
began around 750 BC. and continued for

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approximately 1,100 years old.

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These steep structures range from 20 to
100 feet tall and are made from a

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combination of sandstone, rubble and
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And the mysterious lost civilization
who created them is known as the Kingdom

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of Kush.

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Kush was a kingdom south of
Egypt. They seem to have been very

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influenced by the Egyptians.

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It flourished around the 8th
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century AD.

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At this very ancient time, in the 8th century
in the 7th century, Kush became

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powerful enough to invade Egypt and take
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A Kushite king took control of Egypt and
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pharaoh. He knew how to keep control
of Egypt, and in fact his successors

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were also.

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And this line of Nubian kings arrived
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and they remained in charge for
the best part of a century.

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But we don't understand everything
details exactly how this happened.

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As mighty as the kingdom of Kush once was
was, much of their history remains

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unknown, because researchers have not yet
decipher their confusing system of

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writing, called Meroitic.

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But some think that the key to
understand this mysterious kingdom

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could still be hiding under one of its
pyramids.

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Nuri, Sudan, 2018.

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A team of scientists begins a
unprecedented investigation into

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ancient necropolis composed of
around twenty Nubian pyramids, including the

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pyramid of king Nastassin, the last
The Kushite king will be buried here in 315

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BC.

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King Nastassin reigned for a very
interesting political period

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transition. The fact that he was the
last to be buried in Nuri And then the

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The Kushite capital moved deeper into the
desert. This makes his grave a

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interesting capsule on maybe what happened
happens during this period.

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Nuri's archaeological expedition has begun
work in 2018 to start excavations

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on this immense 170-acre site.

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We had the possibility that there was a
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This is how I came to work with the
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site.

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Over the centuries, the rise of groundwater
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The pyramid of King Nastassin completely
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To access the tomb, an experienced dive
a team was needed to explore the

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and an unpredictable environment.

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Nastassin's tomb remains
intact from looters.

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Due to the flooding, the water
acted as a protector of the tomb.

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No one will know how to swim and
hold their breath and swim to the end

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in room 3 and collect them
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So this protected them over the last
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What wonders could the flooded pyramid
of King Nastassin is still hiding underneath?

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In 2019, Justin Schneider became one of the
the first men for thousands of years

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to enter its unknown depth.

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The water in front of the tomb is a
brownish sand color of all

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the outer sediments and all the rock
fall in.

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You enter through the first bedroom, which
is a long corridor. The water goes all the way

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path to the top.

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Once in room two, you will be able to
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You can see the inside of this tomb.

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It was a little scary to see how
the ceiling had collapsed.

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This room was pretty chaotic, but you
I could still make out the size and shape

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of this room. And we found
shabtis, these little characters who have

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hieroglyphs on it.

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These little shakti figurines are
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They are five to six inches tall.

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They are made of clay. They are beautiful.
They are ornate. I just touch the stuff,

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touching the story is incredible.

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Although the team discovered a number of
small artifacts, the real price was

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it is believed to be inside the pyramid
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In the third burial chamber, while
it was difficult to see, there was a

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large rectangular slab which was approximately
in the middle of the room we

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would consider to be either a
sarcophagus or burial bed.

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They swim in this water,
this darkness, and then finally get

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to room three, the burial chamber.

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It was breathtaking to see what you know
is the funeral of a king.

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There is a pharaoh, there is a king
buried inside of that.

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It's a time capsule just waiting
to open.

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We can't openly go there and
start digging. We need to understand how

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remove that to be
preserved.

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Unfortunately, before the team could
adopt a plan to open King safely

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Sarcophagus of Nastassian, civil war.

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broke out in Sudan, and all the excavations
have since been stopped.

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I hope that the politician
the situation can be resolved.

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The Nubian pyramids are tempting
clues to understand a path in the Nile

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Valley which has generally been
neglected when studying antiquity

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world. There is so much more to do
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It's fascinating to imagine the kingdom
of Kush covered in over 200

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pyramids.

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But on the other side of the world, there is a
massive structure that stands alone.

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It is the largest pyramid in the world.

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And for centuries it was hidden
in sight.

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Cholula, Mexico.

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In the shadow of an active volcano
stands a huge hill covered with grass

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crowned by an impressive 16th century
Spanish Church.

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And buried beneath hides something little
as one would expect, the Great Pyramid of

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Cholula.

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This is an interesting question. The Pyramid
of Cholula, its name in Nahuatl means

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artificial mountain.

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So there is already an acknowledgment of receipt
that this thing is great, and this thing

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is really big.

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It is indeed unlike many
people's expectations, the highest

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pyramid of the world. This is not the
the highest.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is indeed
larger, but in volume. The Pyramid of

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Tallulah is the largest pyramid that
humans have ever built.

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Scientific archeology really began in
the end of the 1920s with

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Proyecto Cholula, a project that was
directed by Ignacio Marquina. And

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Marquina explored the pyramid through
eight kilometers of tunnels that the

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archaeologists dug. These tunnels
wall paintings discovered and archaeologists

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discovered that there was in fact
several construction phases.

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So the pyramid is a kind of layer cake
with platform that comes out of

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sides, all largely unexcavated.

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Today, while crossing the tunnel, you
absolutely have an idea of the weight of

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the pyramid above you because it is
massive.

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The pyramid is classified as a smaller
pyramid.

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This was later covered by just
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And then it was covered there,
like eight or nine layers for this. And

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over time it got bigger and bigger and
bigger.

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And then, when the Aztecs took over, they
I had no idea how it got so big. And that

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was just as much a mystery to the Aztecs
as was the case for us.

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Well, it is believed that the pyramid was
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and later built by the Mesoamericans
cultures like the Olmecs and the

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Toltecs, local legends.

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Describe the original builders as
of monumental stature.

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One of the most fascinating traditions
relating to the Pyramid of Cholula is

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that of the quinomethian giant.

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It was this very ancient time that was taking place
potentially thousands of years ago.

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These giants, who were said to be up to the task
12 feet tall, built the Cholula

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Pyramid because it is so vast, so big.

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No one could imagine how humans
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Although it is fascinating to think that
the giants built the first iteration of the

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Great Pyramid of Cholula, the legend
suggests that even centuries ago,

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the structure was only difficult to explain,
but also a place of profound antiquity

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reverence.

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It's been a temple every step of the way,
so I think one of the things that we see

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here... It is a recognition of
the holiness or sacredness of this place.

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That a temple followed by another temple
followed by another temple topped

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with a church.

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In Cholula we see this unintentionally
collaborative process that relies on

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the sacredness of this incredibly holy
place.

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The importance of Cholula for many
Mesoamerican cultures.

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led to another fundamental mystery.

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Why the largest pyramid of all time
built hidden under piles of earth?

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Some people suggest that wasn't the case
obviously just abandoned.

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But the Aztecs and the natives
people, knowing that the Spaniards were

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came to conquer them, they wanted
cover it. So there are some suggestions

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that they may have tried to plant plants
on it, hide it, disguise it. At the moment

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the Spanish came, apparently they
I thought it was a natural hill. They did it

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I don't recognize it as a pyramid.

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Was the Great Pyramid of Choluda
deliberately disguised to hide it?

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Spanish invaders?

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And if so, who were its guardians?
obliged to protect?

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According to legend, right at the base
of the Great Pyramid of Cholula, there was

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a natural spring, and it is considered the
brandies emerging from

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place of first creation.

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Cholula was said to have been built.

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Shortly after a great flood,
a flood that brought an end to a previous world

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age.

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So, did this really happen? Is this a
memory of some of the first to

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create the first steps of this
pyramid?

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Most likely.

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Could the Great Pyramid of Cholula be
built on top of a powerful sacred spring?

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It's a belief that still existed
existence in 1519.

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when the Spanish invaders led by Hernan
Cortès reaches the ancient city for the first time

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of Cholula.

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One of the myths of the time
the conquest was that the native allies

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who accompanied Cortés on the
the attack on Cholula were afraid

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enter the city because they believed
that anyone who attacked Cholula would be

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taken away, when the pyramid burst
with terrestrial waters.

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But we don't know that. Assign it to a
mystery.

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We don't know who built it. We don't do it
know the details of their mythology or

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their cosmology. But we see this
recognition of the sacred character in this

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location.

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It is significant that what was built
here, at every step, there was a temple.

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It is common knowledge that Cholula
The pyramid was built to be a sacred place

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religious site and successfully
has served this purpose for over a thousand

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years.

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But the same cannot be said of a
collection of rectangular pyramids

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structures found in isolated Canary Islands
Islands, whose very existence has

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has baffled scientists for decades.

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Tenerife, Canary Islands.

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More than 200 miles to the northwest
coast of Africa, this isolated island

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rises from the Atlantic Ocean.

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And here are six enigmatic structures
made of stacked volcanic stone

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known as the Pyramids of the Guimar Steppes.

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These are pyramids of which there are many
controversy about.

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People have suggested that these are
very ancient pyramids, a very ancient

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site.

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So there was a lot of mythology and
speculations about them.

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Modern legends have developed about
these pyramids.

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But these pyramids may only date back
the 19th century. They may be nothing

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more than the result of cleaning people
their fields and piling them up and

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make pyramids.

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So how old are these mysterious
structures?

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Well, some believe that the most convincing
the clue could be their connection with the

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summer solstice, the longest day of the
year.

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These pyramids are perfectly aligned
towards sunset at the time of

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the summer solstice.

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And this was confirmed by
archaeoastronomers under the direction

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by Juan Belmonte.

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who actually lived in the Canaries
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This is therefore a very particular phenomenon, and
that could be behind why these

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the pyramids were built in the first
place.

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Were the pyramids of Guimar built to mark
the summer solstice?

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If so, the theory that they were simply
stacked by 19th century farmers after

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clearing their fields seems too simple
an explanation.

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And what is more intriguing is that some claim that
the pyramids of Tenerife are striking

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similarities with other pyramids around
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There are other alignments with the stars,
exactly as found in Egyptian

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pyramids, and we also find in the
Central American pyramids.

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The natives who lived in Tenerife
before the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s

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had apparently lived in isolation
for thousands of years.

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How could they build the
the same kind of things as people either

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side of the Atlantic, unless there is
a link between them?

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Are the pyramids of Guimar linked to
other pyramids in the world?

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Well, according to a famous
explorer, the link could be more

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important than we imagined.

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Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian explorer
who was most famous for his Contiki

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trip, which aimed to show that people
could use fairly simple rafts to drive

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long-distance sea voyages.

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Heyerdahl visited Tenerife in the
1990s and was particularly intrigued by

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the idea that older browsers
I had a very good understanding of

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the stars to help them navigate.

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and that during their journey, ideas would be
geographically distributed.

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So map this theory onto the pyramids
of Weimar, thought Heyerdahl, well, yes

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there are pyramids here in the Canaries
The islands, which lie between Europe,

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Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, why
couldn't there have been this kind of cross

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-pollination of ideas across the world?

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share their knowledge throughout
ancient world, across vast oceans?

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It's a fascinating theory that could
suggest that the pyramids of Guamar

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were actually built in ancient times by
the first inhabitants of the Canary Islands

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Islands, a now extinct culture known as
the Guanches.

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The Guanche are an indigenous people of
Canary Islands.

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They are very mysterious on many levels.

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Modern studies suggest that they
are in fact an emanation from the North

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Africa which arrived at the islands in the
first millennium BC, living there

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until the Spanish finally conquered
the Canary Islands in the 15th century.

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The Guanches had...

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Much of what appears to have been
advanced knowledge of

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mummification and the rituals they
carried out.

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They lived in caves and stone huts. But
there is everything modern, should we

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let's say, hypotheses and legends and
suggestions that they were somehow

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descendants of Atlantis, a legend
decimated civilization

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by natural events.

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Ultimately, the Guanche are real
mystery.

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There's something that needs more
study.

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Absolutely fascinating.

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The first inhabitants of the
The Canary Islands have a certain connection with

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the mythical island of Atlantis?

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This is fantastic to consider. But more
and above all, were the Guanches

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once part of a network responsible for
the proliferation of pyramids around the

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of the world?

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The builders of these pyramids on
Tenerife was pretty sophisticated.

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They built these quite elaborate elements
black stone constructions. They were

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by aligning them with specific movements of
the sun and the stars too.

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It seems there is something in common
the architectural language is spreading

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across the world in ancient times.

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We find very similar styles of pyramids in
all these different places, often walk

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pyramids. It was almost like an old
the code being integrated into these

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permanent structures in all these
different parts of the world.

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This therefore enters into the argument that
does knowledge circulate? We

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I don't know. There are just a lot of
mysteries about the pyramids when it comes

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until then.

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Could astrological alignments be found
in the structures of the Canary Islands

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be proof of a universal pyramid code
widespread in the world?

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Maybe time will tell.

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This can also be the case for a
controversial claim that a powerful

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The pyramid lies hundreds of feet below the
Alaskan tundra.

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Alaska.

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With over 57 million acres of designated land
desert, which is more than any other

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The American States united,

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And with a civilization found in less than
1% of its total area, there is

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there have been many claims as to what is hidden
this distant frontier.

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But perhaps one of the strangest stories
revolves around a supposed dark pyramid,

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obscured under the frozen ice of Alaska
wasteland.

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The Dark Pyramid is a suspected pyramid
which is hidden under the

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ice and tundra in remote areas
Alaska.

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This pyramid is located near Mount Denali in the
in the heart of what we call Alaska

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Triangle. The Alaska Triangle is a very
abnormal zone which extends from

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Juneau south to Anchorage
in the middle and Yukiovic at the top, formerly

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Tumulus. And it looks a lot like its namesake,
the Bermuda Triangle, in which there is a

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lots of strange activities happening in
this area with the dark pyramid right next to it

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the heart of it.

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If a pyramid is hidden under the ice
in one of the most remote regions of

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Alaska, how would we know
in the first place?

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Well, according to the story, it was
detected in 1992.

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when China was testing mass weapons
destruction under the bed of a known dry lake

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like Lop Nur.

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In 1992, the Chinese government
launched underground nuclear tests.

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The United States knew about it. Our
geologists have set up a group of seismic

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equipment.

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be able to detect shock waves
of this explosion.

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And when that explosion happened and
the seismic equipment exploded, they

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discovered this strange pyramid shape
near Mount Denali in Alaska.

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To date, no public document has
confirmed the discovery of a buried body

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pyramid under Alaska.

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But some are convinced that the lack of
evidence...

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is purely intentional.

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Because they say that when the news of
Dark Pyramid came out, it was

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immediately concealed.

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This was broadcast on the local news,
Anchorage Channel 13, that it had been

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discovered. And there was a young
soldier, Doug Butchler, in the

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The army that saw this particular show.

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And he was so fascinated by it.

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Doug Mutchler worked at
counter-espionage for the army at Ft

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Richardson in Anchorage.

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That night there were 40
guys, and they watch Channel 13,

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and it shows a pyramid structure
underground in Alaska.

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He therefore addresses the general director of
Channel 13. The general director said: I

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I don't know what you're talking about.

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And Doug said he started arguing with
the general director. I was with 39 others

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guys, there are 40 of us. We looked at this. And the
the general manager said, well, you are

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deceived.

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Doug turns to leave and arrives
on the corner is a man who has grabbed

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with his arm and said, I know what you are
speak.

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Yes, we have this movie, but we have been
says we are not.

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to spread it or talk about it
more.

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It was the story of the dark pyramid
deliberately buried?

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And if yes, why?

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For some, the answer is simple. The darkness
the pyramid is not really a structure,

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but a top secret machine 550 feet high.

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There are different theories about
the dark pyramid.

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The first is that it was a sort of ancient
power plant hidden under

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the surface of Alaska.

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When we look at the Great Pyramid of
Giza, one of the suggested ideas of what

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it was a possible ancient power
plant.

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Now the Dark Pyramid is supposed to be
higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza,

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then how much more energy than the Great
Pyramid of Giza?

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Could this dark pyramid be exploited?

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Why a 550 foot solid black pyramid
be underground?

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What is he doing in the hinterland of
Alaska, and how long has it been around?

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I think there is no doubt that
the United States government did not

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I want someone to know something about this
dark pyramid. Did they know about

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pyramid before the Lop Nor bomb of 1992
test?

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Oh, I think so.

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March, 1972.

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Like NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft
photographs the red planet,

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It captures something unusual in a
region called Elysée.

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Formations that have appeared at least since
orbit to resemble pyramids.

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One of the images they took in the
The Elysée area on Mars actually showed

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what appeared to be three sided
pyramids.

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They were noticed by a scientist from
name of Mac Gibson.

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He actually had a scientific article
published in the Journal Icarus.

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titled Pyramidal Structures on Mars.

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At the beginning there were a lot of
scientific investigation.

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Real scientists were looking at Mars,
saying, oh, maybe there are structures

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here, structures that seem artificial.

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Could it really be artificial
pyramids on Mars?

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Well, that seems far-fetched. In 1976,
NASA's Viking 1 orbiter still photographed

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another strange formation that
researchers named...

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The DandM pyramid.

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The DandM pyramid looks like a five-sided pyramid
pyramid, which is unusual in itself.

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Other pyramids in Martian photographs
it looks like they have three sides. But

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people made assertions, it must have been
artificial structures from

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some, you know, civilization on Mars.

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And I'm not opposed to the possibility
that there is...

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sophisticated alien
civilizations, but we must be very

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be careful when you think you see something artificial
pyramids.

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Nature also forms pyramids and
pyramid-type structures. You can

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have symmetry in nature. As a geologist,
I see symmetry all the time. What are

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some of the most symmetrical things?

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A pyramid.

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Without visiting the red planet
ourselves to take a closer look, it's

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impossible to know if the alleged
the pyramids on Mars are simply natural

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artificial formations or constructions.

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But with so many mysterious pyramids
which continues to fascinate us here

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on Earth, it may simply be a part of
human nature to fall in love

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these iconic and impressive structures.

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Humans have always wanted to build the
the greatest thing that lasts for the

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the longest. So if you are an old
culture, it's a pyramid because you

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have a stable structure, which allows
you to build high enough.

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So I think the fact that you have
pyramids in Mesoamerica, the Canaries

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islands, and in Egypt, is only one
reflection of how different cultures

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propose similar solutions for
similar problems.

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How to build high? How do we build
big? A pyramid is your answer.

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Each of these things we call
the pyramids have a code.

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Whether we understand this code or not,
that's part of what the stock market is

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00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,300
I'm trying to understand it somehow.

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How were these places used? And it is
the stuff of which scholarship is made.

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But whether we know the code or not,
that's another question.

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Could the pyramids really exist on other
planets?

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Who knows?

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For now, these are the remarkable structures
we have here on Earth who continue to

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captivate us and challenge our
understanding of human history.

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The Giza plateau is perhaps the best known
pyramid complex, but it is only one

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example of this extraordinary
engineering.

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found all over the world. Will we someday
know how and why certain pyramids were

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built? The secrets that surround them
the mysterious structures are countless

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and could remain forever unexplained.

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