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>> On December 7, 2001, a news
article on the BBC boasted

"Lost city found
beneath Cuban waters."

This exciting news
came from a team

of explorers headed by Pauline
Zelitsky, a marine engineer,

and her husband, Paul Weinzweig.

Their company
worked side-by-side

with the Cuban government
to try to uncover

hundreds of treasure-laden ships
from the Spanish colonial era.

What they uncovered using
their advanced sonar equipment

was far more mysterious.

>> According to
what they reported,

Weinzweig and Zelitsky had
made a deal with Fidel Castro

in order to do side-scan sonar
readings of the sea floor

around Cuba looking for sunken
Spanish treasure galleons

in order to have gold
that might be found.

The gold would then be split
50/50 between them and Cuba.

And nobody else had gotten
these rights before.

So it was very exciting.

When they used the sonar on
the seabed, what they found

was not sunken gold.

They found incredible
architectural monuments

down there.

And these monuments
were specifically

located off the Western tip
of Cuba about a half a mile

below sea level in very,
very harsh ocean currents

that make it almost impossible
to have anything go down

there except for some of
the best submersibles.

What they saw on
these side-scan sonar

readings were pyramid-like
buildings, long roads,

all kinds of clearly
megalithic stone architecture.

And what we hear from
the original reports

was that they had signed an
exclusive deal with "National

Geographic Magazine;" that this
whole story was going to go

public in the summer of 2003.

Well, that obviously
did not happen.

In the meantime,
Pauline Zelitsky

was leaking information about
what those discoveries were

revealing.

According to Zelitsky's reports,
she was using a submersible

and saw that there were
sphinxes down there;

that there were bizarre
inscriptions on the stones.

And remember, we're
dealing with something

that could not possibly
have been above sea level

for at least 11,000 years.

She had submersible footage
of a pyramid down there

that has kind of a
change in its slope angle

as it goes halfway up, similar
to the bent pyramid of Djoser

in Egypt.

So we're seeing a
direct relationship

between these monuments
and what we see in Egypt.

That to me is astonishing,
because it suggests

that the Egyptian pyramids
as well may have been built

at the same time
and are, therefore,

far older than the assumptions
of conventional archeology.

There it is right down there.

It's very obviously artificial.

And then the whole story
somehow got suppressed.

>> Zelitsky estimated that it
would have taken over 11,000

years for such a structure
to have sunken to the depth

at which these structures
were said to be found.

Strangely, after they
released their findings,

the news outlets and
networks went dark.

What might they
have stumbled upon?

>> When we talk about
submerged cities,

we're lending credibility to
the emerging evidence of cyclic

civilization.

The question is, how far back
to those civilizations go?

First, they appear to
occur in 5,000-year cycles.

If a historic context of
civilizations going back

50,000, 60,000, 70,000 years
along these 5,000-year cycles

shows up in the mythology, maybe
the mythology is based on much

more fact than we've been
led to believe in the past,

or we've been willing
to embrace in the past.

>> If this structure underneath
the ocean floor sank possibly

11,000 years or more ago, could
this be a link to the infamous

Atlantis?

>> Atlantis is almost a
catch-all term for trying

to find the origins of
civilization itself.

This probably goes back
to the 19th century

when the US Congressman by
the name of Ignatius Donnelly

wrote a book that was to become
the seminal work on Atlantis.

It was entitled "Atlantis,
The Antediluvian World."

And in here, what
he proposed was

that all of the civilizations
of the ancient world

and the new world, the
Americas, had a mother

civilization as its source.

All of the information that's
been left to us on Atlantis

by Plato, the great philosopher
who wrote around 350 BC,

suggests that we should be
looking for Atlantis somewhere

in the area of the
Bahamas and the Caribbean.

But because of Ignatius
Donnelly's ideas

to do with a mother
civilization,

Atlantis, therefore,
becomes this concept more

than an actual drowned city.

I believe that Atlantis existed.

I believe that a
high culture probably

peopled those massive islands of
the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

And they may well have
been drowned and destroyed

in the great cataclysm, the
so-called Younger Dryas event.

>> And I think I need to
explain the Younger Dryas.

Let's, first of all, consider
the world during the Ice Age.

Everybody's heard
of the Ice Age.

What was the Ice Age?

The last ice age set in
about 125,000 years ago.

And it saw the buildup
of giant ice caps

primarily on top
of North America

and on top of northern Europe.

Exactly why the Ice Age
happened is still a subject

that scientists argue about.

But it's not in dispute
that an ice cap 2 miles deep

sat on top of North America and
a huge area of northern Europe,

that same two-mile deep ice cap.

It reaches its maximum extent
about 21,000 years ago.

The temperatures are
warming almost actually

to modern levels.

And the ice is
beginning to disappear.

Then suddenly, 12,800 years
ago, really suddenly, literally

overnight, everything changes.

And the Earth is plunged back
into a massive deep freeze.

This is a time of--
a huge extinction

of species are wiped out.

The new evidence that is
providing coherent sense

to this is called the Younger
Dryas impact hypothesis.

And it has been put
forward by a group--

a large group of mainstream,
credentialed scientists.

And what they've
said is that they

have found evidence
which suggests

the Earth was hit by several
fragments of a comet.

For a long time the
comet was out there,

it was probably a very
spectacular, visual presence.

But it wasn't hitting the
Earth but 12,800 years ago,

by which time that comet
had begun to fragment

and broken up into
lots of fragments.

And the estimates are that
four of those fragments--

four large fragments hit
the North American ice cap.

It's literally
beyond imagination.

That instant of impact would
have created so much heat

that it would have melted large
areas of the North American ice

cap and sent the
water flooding south.

Then within a matter of days or
weeks of that release of water,

the freezing
temperature has begun.

And there's no more
release of water.

The world goes dry at that
point and into a very deep,

dark frozen period accompanied
by animal extinctions.

The Younger Dryas
lasts for 1,200 years.

It lasts from 12,800 years
ago to 11,600 years ago.

And then something else
really weird happens.

The Earth has been
in a deep freeze.

Suddenly, 11,600 years ago,
you get a second massive pulse

of meltwater into
the world ocean.

One very strong suggestion
is that the Earth

intersected again
with the debris

stream of the same comet.

And that there were further
impacts 11,600 years ago.

But those impacts
were not on ice.

Those impacts were
entirely oceanic.

You get big comet
impacts in an ocean

and what you're
going to get-- as

well as extraordinary tidal
waves, what you're going to get

is a massive amount of
water vapor thrown up

into the upper atmosphere.

And that water vapor
creates a greenhouse effect,

which accounts for the very
radical warming of the Earth.

It has to be rather intriguing
that that's the exact date,

11,600 years ago, that
Gobekli Tepe is founded.

And it has to be even
more intriguing that

11,600 years ago
is the exact date

that Plato gives us for the
destruction and disappearance

beneath the flood of
the ocean of the lost

civilization of Atlantis.

>> If what Graham Hancock
is telling us is true about

the Younger Dryas, where can
we see evidence elsewhere

on the planet?

>> The flood also did sink
many other areas of megalithic

architecture, such as the
gorgeous pyramid that we see

in the Azores off the
coast of Portugal,

such as what we see
around the coast of India,

such as what we see in
Japan, where you have sunken

architecture down there--

all kinds of stuff
that's coming up that

defies the conventional view.

>> As a matter of fact,
just a couple of years ago,

a little further away from
Malta in the Sicily channel was

discovered a giant--

absolutely, nobody is
disputing-- man-made megalith

lying on the bottom
of the ocean.

And that bit of
ocean was covered

by the rising sea levels
more than 9,000 years ago,

which makes it already
3,000 to 4,000 years older

than the established date
for the monumental temples

on the island of Malta itself.

>> Some experts, like Jack
Cary, have done some alternative

research that might coincide
with the science behind

the Younger Dryas.

>> As far as the sunken pyramids
go in the oceans of the world,

a lot of that can be tied to
research being done by Dr.

Courtney Brown and his group
of very skilled remote viewers.

They're beginning to, not only
target what they described

as being Atlantis, but
through their remote viewings

they're beginning
to ascertain that it

was this very
science that caused

the downfall of the society;
that they used it in such a way

that it literally caused a
destruction of the landmass,

and that that may
have actually been

part of some sort of conflict
or war that was going on.

The fact that
there's just so many

of them all around the
world is what's fascinating.

Humanity has not come together
in any way, shape, or form

the way we would want or
hope or expect or love

for it to do ever since
the Tower of Babel,

ever since we were spread
all over the Earth.

>> A conflict?

What kind of conflict
could Dr. Courtney Brown

and his researchers
be picking up on?

Ancient texts from the
Greek philosopher Plato

explain in great detail
the destruction of Atlantis

by Zeus as payback
for human arrogance.

The legend describes the
founder of the great city

to be half-god and half-human
and ruled by Poseidon.

As punishment for their
immoral bankruptcy,

Zeus sent a ball of fire to
destroy the aquatic cities.

The curator of the Joseph
Campbell collection

draws some parallels
from Plato's story

and a similar tale between
two warring Sumerian gods.

>> It is very possible
that the Greek story--

the one we find in Plato about
a lost continent Atlantis ruled

over by Poseidon, the
god of the oceans--

that this has earlier roots.

After all, storytellers
in those times

borrowed from other
stories, and we can follow.

It's called syncretic-- the
way information, images,

and narratives move
from one culture

to another,
particularly if they're

relatively geographically close
by, which in this case is true.

Sure Enki, the great god
of the Sumerian traditions,

could have been the
Poseidon figure.

And the destroyer
god could have come

from the Sumerian tradition.

This is not only
possible, it is likely.

Zeus is the name we are familiar
with from the Greek tradition

that comes and punishes the
people of Atlantis, who have

achieved so much, because--

because they started
taking it for granted.

>> What could the people
of Atlantis have taken

for granted?

How could they have
become immorally bankrupt?

Could this be another
interpretation

of a god figure striking
down upon humans

for knowing too much?

>> What I can tell you is
that there is a recollection

in Sumerian myth and tradition
of a time before the flood,

when a high civilization
existed and when cities existed.

And then the flood came.

And everything was
reset and started again.

So what's of interest
to me in that

is the recollection of
the memory of something

before the flood,
something major,

something important
before the flood.

>> Could there be a connection
between the Greek version

of Atlantis and
the Sumerian gods?

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>> (INTERPRETER) I
think it is interesting,

because we thought for a long
time that Plato had been taught

by Egyptian priests.

But thanks to the Edfu Texts,
we wonder if he actually

had the copies in hand.

We will never know.

But there are very
similar elements

between the Plato
version of the Atlantis

and the Egyptian Edfu Texts
of Atlantis I translated.

And we can understand
in a few words

that Osiris, who is considered
to be the Sumerian god Enki,

fled Mesopotamia to help
start a new civilization.

According to the
doctrine of Enlil,

"and he flees to
Atlantis and settles down

on some islands in
the Atlantic Ocean."

This ancient
territory is mentioned

in some funerary texts,
such as the "Egyptian Book

of the Dead."

They call it La Mem Ptah,
which can be roughly translated

by "the water crown of Ptah."

Ptah is one of Osiris' names.

It is the Egyptian
name for Enki.

Like all the other gods, he
had many different names.

We understand that Ptah
settles on some islands.

And we can identify similar data
to that of Plato's writings.

In the Edfu versions
of the Atlantis,

there are always attacks
from the forces of Seth.

Seth is, of course, Enlil.

We understand that
he went all the way

to Egypt, even all the way to
Morocco, Azores, and the Canary

Islands.

Seth doesn't stop
attacking Osiris' island.

Another interesting
element to this story.

There is a technology
that Egyptians gods

used for protection--
the Djed pillars.

They place them around the city.

Apparently, some are
even on the water.

The text called them floaters.

They can protect the city.

And we can understand
in parts of the text

that, thanks to the energy
coming from these Djed pillars,

Egyptians can control
water and create

water walls, very thick ones
in order to protect the city.

Many mythologies and
legends have similarities.

We understand that
Osiris could actually

be Poseidon or Neptune.

And Enlil, in some
ways could be Zeus.

>> What is interesting to note
is Poseidon is always pictured

with a pitchfork that was later
connected with the biblical

pitchfork of Satan by
the Catholic Church.

If Enki is connected
to this interpretation,

could the destruction
of Atlantis

be the story of Yahweh's
wrath on advanced humanity?

Anton Parks suggests
there is a connection

between the scientific
version of the cataclysm

and the Egyptian texts.

>> [SPEAKING FRENCH]

>> (INTERPRETER) The Egyptian
Atlantis must have lasted long

enough in history that it
is part of Egyptian culture.

Funerary texts mention
it quite often.

Indeed, the Egyptian
Atlantis, La Mem Ptah,

corresponds to the West.

It also means "the
West" in Egyptian.

And West is also where
you bury the dead.

We see that the idea
remains that when

you go towards the West,
there were many deaths.

In Egyptian history,
Osiris' death

happens at the same time as
another very singular element,

which takes place in the sky.

It is the fall of the Eye of
Sound found in the Edfu Text.

This is the destruction
of a planet, which was

in between Mars and Jupiter.

This is where we find
the asteroid belt.

And I believe that a
planet used to be there.

The death of Osiris is at
this point in the story.

>> In 1950, Immanuel Velikovsky
published a book called "Worlds

in Collision."

In this book, he discusses that
Venus was ejected from Jupiter

as a comet.

And this passed
near Earth causing

catastrophes mentioned in
mythologies around the world.

Could Anton's translations
of the Sumerian text

explain this very
moment in human history

and how it relates to the flood?

>> [SPEAKING FRENCH]

>> (INTERPRETER) In the
Edfu Text that I translated,

they mentioned the fall
of the Eye of Sound.

Let me explain.

In my opinion, Venus was
located close to Mulge.

It was one of its satellites.

And when Mulge exploded,
its satellite, Venus,

is ejected into
the Solar System.

And at some point, it
comes very close to Earth.

Then there is Osiris' death.

According to the texts,
this was the work

of Enlil, who
prepared his attack

both on Earth and in the sky.

He really wanted to make
history and impact significantly

the gods' history.

He was not going to be
defeated by earthly technology.

Venus was ejected
into the Solar System,

turns inside it for
thousands of years,

before eventually placing
itself where it is today.

Enlil must have really
wanted to finally put

an end to the lengthy war he
was waging against Enki Osiris.

And he came close with
the death of Osiris.

>> [SPEAKING FRENCH]

>> (INTERPRETER) But
then a second event,

the story tells us, and
luckily for history in general,

Osiris comes back as Horus,
and the battle can start again.

There are many elements
that explain these events

and describe how Horus
arrives to destroy

the evil of the world in order
to avenge his father's death.

This explains a similar
catastrophic event

that happened at the same
time, such as the destruction

of Atlantis.

This arrival is most likely a
comet, who is actually Horus,

according to Sumerian text.

And this is also when the
so-called flood happened,

about 10,000 years ago.

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>> Could these ancient Sumerian
texts be explaining a battle

for the power over Earth
and the destruction,

not only on the
planet, but in the sky?

Ancient texts
suggest that whoever

survives this cataclysm survived
to tell the story in Egypt.

>> Plato tells us where
the story came from.

It came from an ancestor
in his family line, Solon,

a famous Greek lawmaker who
visited Egypt around 600 BC.

And in that visit, he
encountered Egyptian priests,

who told him the
story that there

had been a high civilization
in remote antiquity

that had been destroyed
in a cataclysm

and submerged beneath the sea,
that there were survivors.

Some of those
survivors came to Egypt

and founded what would become
the great civilization of Egypt

in due course.

>> And with the great
civilizations of Egypt came

the Great Pyramid.

Could this ancient
knowledge that was now

buried beneath the ocean
floor have made a resurgence

on the Earth's surface?

>> Well, the Great Pyramid,
I mean, is a monument,

but it's a dramatic monument.

But in fact, it's not
a four-sided pyramid.

It has a very slight
concavity on each side,

making it an
eight-sided pyramid.

Now, the minute you do this, you
not only complicate the design

tremendously, but it produces
rather bizarre geometry.

So this geometry, when we
analyze it, produces numbers--

numbers keep
popping out, numbers

that shouldn't be there, things
like universal constants.

>> Up next, could the ancient
builders of the Great Pyramid

have left behind a code that
not even Enlil could destroy?