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It was the cradle
of western civilization
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and a culture that credited
everything to the Gods.
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The Greeks very much believed
the Gods were physically
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part of our lives.
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The Greek Gods
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were said to possess
incredible technology.
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The lightning rod of Zeus,
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could wipe out whole cities
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in one fell swoop.
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The trident of Poseidon
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could cause earthquakes.
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The Gods imparted
advanced knowledge.
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And they even
coupled with humans.
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They're creating these demigods
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and genetically
manipulating humans.
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Were the Greek Gods the product
of our ancestors' imaginations?
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Or were they
otherworldly visitors
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directing the course
of humanity?
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The Greeks clearly said
that the Gods were real.
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And you have
to ask the question,
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are our ancestors talking
about extraterrestrials?
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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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Greece.
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Located in southeastern Europe
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with thousands of islands
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throughout the Aegean
and Ionian seas,
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this popular tourist destination
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is visited by roughly
30 million people each year.
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They come not only to experience
Greece's Mediterranean climate
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and idyllic beaches,
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but also to walk
amongst the ruins
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of a great empire that thrived
more than 2,000 years ago.
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The Greek empire, which lasted
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from the ninth century
to the second century BC,
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made enormous advances
in science and mathematics...
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...founded the Olympic Games...
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...invented democracy
as a system of governance,
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and established the foundation
of western civilization.
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We owe virtually
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almost every aspect
of our society
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to the ancient Greek culture,
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what they brought together
at that time.
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Certainly,
we in the western world
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are the heirs of ancient Greece,
there's no doubt about that.
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Thinking about
what happened in Greece,
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you've got some
of the greatest minds ever.
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These are the people that
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created or opened the gateway
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to the western mind,
to the way we think today.
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People today know
the names of Aristotle,
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Plato and Socrates.
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In mathematics and sciences,
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people know
the names of Archimedes
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and also Pythagoras
of the Pythagorean theorem.
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So it's amazing that
the ancient Greeks
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could illuminate the artistic
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and scientific world
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for thousands of years to come.
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You have the Greek playwrights...
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Sophocles, Euripides.
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You have the architects...
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The architects of the Parthenon,
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Ictinus and Callicrates.
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And then you have
Hippocrates, with medicine.
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The list is never-ending.
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Perhaps just
as extraordinary as the fact
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that the towering
intellectual figures
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of ancient Greece
are still known today
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is that every one of them
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credited their accomplishments
to the Gods.
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The prevalence of Gods
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in the lives of human beings
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in classical
mythological stories
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tells us that the Greeks
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very much believed the Gods
were a part of our lives.
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If you were to build a temple,
right,
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you needed
the inspiration of these Gods
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because you were doing something
that was bigger than human.
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So they are the foundation.
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They are the inspiration
for human beings
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creating works of art
of all stripes
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that are far bigger than
human beings themselves.
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Greek Gods like Zeus,
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Apollo and Athena remain
household names even today...
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...and the myths about their
origins, battles, and adventures
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continue to be retold
to modern audiences.
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The ancient Greek Gods,
in many ways,
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are still alive with us today.
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No matter where you are
in the world,
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everybody knows
who Apollo is, who Zeus is,
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who Aphrodite is.
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You'll see it in advertising,
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everywhere you look,
you'll see that
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there is this influence
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of these characters
from Greek mythology.
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When I was growing up,
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I followed avidly
the American space program
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where you had
the Mercury program,
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the Gemini program,
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the Apollo program.
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It's all based
on the Greek Gods.
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According to Greek mythology,
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before the time of Zeus
and the other iconic Greek Gods
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that we're familiar with today,
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there was another race
of powerful beings
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called the Titans.
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For the ancient Greeks,
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the Titans were
the first generation of Gods.
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They were the six male,
six female Gods
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who were born
of the Earth, Gaia,
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and heaven coming together.
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The word "titan" exists
in our language now
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and refers to something
that's big and great.
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And that's what the Titans were.
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They were
this generation of Gods
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that were larger than life.
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Ultimately, the Titans
find themselves in a war
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with the next
generation of Gods,
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who we know as the Olympians.
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The Olympians are represented
by 12 powerful Gods
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led by Zeus,
who is the God of thunder,
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and the son of the Titan king Cronus.
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Ultimately,
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the Titans and the Olympians
are not able to coexist,
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and an epic war is waged
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called the Titanomachy.
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Joining the Gods
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in this ten-year-long battle
are a number of strange beings,
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including humanoid creatures
with hundreds of arms,
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and one-eyed giants
called the Cyclops.
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In the end, the Olympians
emerge victorious
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and establish an earthly base
atop mount Olympus.
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There is an actual
mount Olympus in Greece.
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Because it is so high,
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it's ringed in clouds,
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and so that's where
the Gods live
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that you are not allowed to see.
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We're told it was
shrouded by a mist
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so that human eyes
couldn't see it.
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And it was a technology center.
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You had Hephaestus there,
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the Greek God of smithcraft,
alchemy and technology
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that was creating
these extraordinary weapons,
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the thunderbolt of Zeus,
and all these magical weapons,
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the breastplate of Athena.
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He also made robots, assistants.
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You couldn't describe
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a better scenario
if you were talking about
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extraterrestrials
coming to Earth
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and establishing a mountain
compound or sanctuary.
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It sounds very much like some
kind of a military compound.
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Zeus reigned over
all the Gods and humans,
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and each of the Olympians
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had domain over
certain aspects of existence.
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Poseidon ruled the sea.
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Athena was
the goddess of wisdom.
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Apollo's domain was light,
music and poetry,
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as well as healing and prophecy.
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Aphrodite was the goddess
of beauty and passion.
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And Ares the God of war.
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The Greek Gods
are purely anthropomorphic.
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They're seen to control
natural forces...
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...but they're men and women
up in the infinite ether.
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And the olympian Gods
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would often come down
and interact with humans.
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The Greek Pantheon of Gods
were not Gods
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as we think of them today.
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They descended from the sky
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and they interacted with humans.
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So you have to ask the question,
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are we really talking about
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bona fide Gods
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in ancient Greece?
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Or was it something else?
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Is it possible that
the Pantheon of Greek Gods
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didn't consist of a figment
of our ancestors' imagination,
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but physical beings
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that actually mingled
amongst man back in the day?
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Is it possible that the Gods,
who played such a vital role
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in the lives of the ancient
Greeks, truly existed?
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While it may sound
like a fantastical notion,
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ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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it is a very real possibility,
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and point to an important site
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within the Greek empire
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where it was discovered
that at least some aspects
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of the ancient myths
are based in real history.
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Hisarlik, Turkey. 1870.
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German businessman
and amateur archaeologist
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Heinrich Schliemann
begins excavations
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in this small village
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which was an important site
within the Greek empire
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more than 2,000 years ago.
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For years, he has been
obsessed with finding
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the legendary city of Troy
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that is at the center
of the Trojan War
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described in Homer's epic, the Iliad.
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The story of the Trojan War
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is one of the most
important stories
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of the Greek mythological cycle.
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Our main source is Homer,
but it relies upon much earlier
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oral compositions that
probably were going around
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in Greek culture
for hundreds of years.
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According to the legend,
the Trojan War began
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when Helen, wife to king Menelaus
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of the Greek city-state of Sparta,
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fell in love
with Trojan prince Paris
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and secretly ran off
with him to Troy.
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Her actions sparked
a bloody ten-year war
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between the trojans
and the Greeks.
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The Greeks were able
to defeat the trojans
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by sneaking this wooden horse
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which was full
of Greek soldiers,
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into the city of Troy
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where they were able
to wreak havoc
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and ultimately, you know,
win the war.
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One of the aspects of
the stories of the Trojan War
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that is quite interesting
is that the Gods take sides.
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Some are more on
the side of the trojans,
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some are more on
the side of the Greeks.
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At the time of
Heinrich Schliemann's
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1870 excavation,
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mainstream scholars
had long maintained
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that the ancient Greek story
was a work of fiction
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and that Troy never existed.
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Heinrich Schliemann was
this extraordinary character
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who, I guess, he must've been
quite rebellious as a child
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because he wouldn't accept
the given facts.
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When Heinrich Schliemann
was growing up,
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all of Greek mythology
was mythology.
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And Heinrich Schliemann
refused to believe that.
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In modern times,
most scholars thought that
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Homer and his writing
about the Trojan War
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was just a good story.
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Academic scholars just
did not take Troy seriously.
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However, Heinrich Schliemann
took Homer seriously.
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Details from the Iliad
had convinced Schliemann
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that the remnants of Troy
would be found
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in the Turkish village of Hisarlik
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beneath a 65-foot-tall
earthen mound.
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In may 1873, Schliemann
uncovered a hoard of gold,
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valuable artifacts
and jewelry that matched up
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with the riches
mentioned in the Iliad,
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and declared that
the search was over...
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He had discovered
the city of Troy.
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Lo and behold, he found Troy.
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He found a site which matched
everything described in Homer.
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So he brought to life
the concept that we can
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look at some of these
ancient myths
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and realize that there's
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a genuine historical
basis to it.
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For hundreds of years,
people thought that
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the Greeks had achievements
in architecture and sciences,
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but when it comes to history,
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the story of the Trojan War,
the Trojan horse,
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"nope. It's all myth."
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But then archaeologists
found it.
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They found the ruins of Troy.
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And we know there was
the Trojan War
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just like the way
the ancients called it.
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When it comes to places
like Troy in Turkey,
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it does really suggest that
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these myths and legends
and epic tales
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may have some reality to them.
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Heinrich Schliemann
opened a whole new chapter
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in the history books for us.
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What had
previously been mythology
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was now tangible archaeology.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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the discovery of Troy is
highly significant
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because it opens the possibility
that other aspects
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of Greek mythology are
also based in history.
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Are these stories a true history
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that we've misinterpreted
as just fantasy?
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The ancient Greek Gods were
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physical beings that actually
mingled amongst man
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in the ancient mythologies.
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The ancient astronaut theory
proposes that these encounters
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actually happened in real life.
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They were here,
not spiritual beings,
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they were here with their body.
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You can touch them.
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They were talking,
they were building,
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they were doing something,
they were not spiritual beings.
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Is it possible,
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as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest,
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that Greek mythology
is based on actual events
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and encounters
with otherworldly beings?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining just how
the Greek Gods were described.
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The Gods in the Greek
mythology are all very,
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very human in their attributes.
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The Greek Gods are, are jealous.
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They're angry.
They're passionate.
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They hate each other.
They love each other.
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They kill,
they attack each other,
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they attack humans, especially.
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They have children
out of wedlock.
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They wage wars with each other.
They trick each other.
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There's nothing
entirely divine about them
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other than they have
specific powers.
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In the Greek myths,
the powers of the Gods
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often come in the forms
of magical devices, weapons,
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and flying machines.
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They have airships,
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they have superpowers
and weapons.
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It would seem that the Gods
are using technology.
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In my opinion,
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it was the technology
of extraterrestrials.
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And it is not just a fiction.
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It's not just fantasy.
It's not just the imagination.
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It is a true story.
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The old Greek Gods
were extraterrestrials.
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Could it be that
the Greek Gods were Alien beings
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who came to Earth
thousands of years ago?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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and suggest the stories
about them
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reveal even more profound truths
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about the origins
of the human race.
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The Greek island of Crete.
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1900.
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A team of British
archaeologists,
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led by sir Arthur Evans,
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begins excavating the ruins
of an ancient palace.
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In their efforts to
unearth the sprawling complex,
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they come across a structure
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eerily matching
one of the most fearsome places
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in all of Greek mythology...
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The labyrinth of King Minos.
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According to the legend,
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the elaborate maze
of the labyrinth
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was constructed by order
of King Minos
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to entrap a monstrous creature
known as the Minotaur.
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This legend of the Minotaur
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is one of the most important
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and prevalent legends
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of the ancient Greek mythology.
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One day, King Minos of Crete
angers the God Poseidon.
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Poseidon, being angry at Minos,
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casts a spell
over his wife Pasiphae,
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that she might fall in love
with this great white bull.
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And through
the mating of the bull,
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the Minotaur is born.
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The Minotaur is half human
and half bull as a result.
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And he is ferocious,
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and he feeds
on the flesh of humans.
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The legend of King Minos
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and the labyrinth
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is something that was seen
to be a fable
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until the explorations
of the palace in Crete.
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What Arthur Evans uncovered
was an entire palace
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that seemed to be dedicated over
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to a bull cult.
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There were frescos showing
people leaping over bulls.
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There were bulls' horns,
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bulls' heads everywhere.
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The palace is
an elaborate structure,
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with moving walls and mazes
actually built into the palace.
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It became very clear
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upon looking at the structure
of this palace,
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that this was
the original labyrinth.
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If the structure found in Crete
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really is the fabled
labyrinth of King Minos,
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then is it possible
that the story of the Minotaur
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is based on actual events?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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but suggest that what is
described in the legend
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is not literally
a bull mating with a human.
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The story of the Minotaur
is an astounding story
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of the creation
of a hybrid being.
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And what's interesting
about this is that Daedalus,
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this genius engineer,
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crafts this
cow-shaped container,
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that Minos's wife is to enter
into this container
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and mate with this sacred bull.
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This sounds like some kind of
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genetics lab
that's been created here
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for the specific purpose
to mate a human
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with a sacred bull.
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The Minotaur is
the result of that mating.
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So when we peel back
the layers of this story,
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we can easily interpret this
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as an example
of ancient gene splicing.
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There are plenty of myths
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that talk about these hybrids
in the tales of Greece.
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There was a centaur,
half horse, half man...
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If we look at the mermaid...
A woman and part fish...
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With genetics,
with experimentation,
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maybe these beings
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really did walk the Earth,
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and our ancestors were depicting
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what they saw around them.
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In the Greek
mythological tradition,
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there are many
instances of the Gods
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creating hybrid animals
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and even more that involve
their manipulation of humans,
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00:21:10,511 --> 00:21:13,980
including the creation
of the human race.
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According to Greek mythology,
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the titan Prometheus formed
figurines of humans out of mud,
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00:21:20,929 --> 00:21:25,641
and the olympian Athena
breathed life into them.
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It is also said that Prometheus
brought us civilization.
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That he gave us writing,
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he gave us language,
he gave us arithmetic.
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The Greek myths go on to speak
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of mortals
and immortals comingling
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to create hybrids who were
half human and half God.
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These sexual interactions
would produce
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what they called the demigods,
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somebody who was
half man, half God,
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or half woman, half God.
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And these demigods became
very, very powerful
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in their own right.
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Much like the myths
of ancient Greece,
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stories of humans mixed
with the bloodlines of Gods
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appear in many cultures
throughout the ancient world...
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...from the deities known
as the Anunnaki
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depicted
in early Sumerian writings,
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00:22:41,952 --> 00:22:44,569
to the biblical book of Enoch,
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00:22:44,571 --> 00:22:48,123
which tells of fallen angels,
called the watchers,
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who mated with humans
to create the Nephilim.
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We are told that the sons of God
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came down to Earth
and mated with Earth women.
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Now, this is in all mythology,
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00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:06,132
whether it's Greek,
whether it's Sumerian,
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00:23:06,134 --> 00:23:08,210
uh, whether it's Hindu.
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00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:11,430
And so,
we have to ask ourselves,
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00:23:11,465 --> 00:23:15,284
these are new human beings
that are being created.
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How is this happening?
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According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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the parallels in these accounts
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may be evidence of
extraterrestrials
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intentionally mingling
their DNA with mankind.
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The Greek Gods can be placed
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in the same category
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as the Anunnaki,
the guardians of the sky,
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and the so-called watchers.
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They're all the same.
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Meaning extraterrestrials
observed humankind
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00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:50,302
and also guided our development.
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00:23:50,337 --> 00:23:52,271
We have the curious stories
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of the Greek Gods
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creating these heroes
or demigods.
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And so we can kind of see here
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00:23:59,863 --> 00:24:04,549
how the Gods
or the extraterrestrials are
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genetically manipulating humans.
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00:24:08,872 --> 00:24:11,157
Could the Greek stories
of the demigods
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serve as evidence
of an extraterrestrial agenda
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to genetically evolve and guide
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00:24:17,198 --> 00:24:19,748
the development of humankind?
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00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,460
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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00:24:23,462 --> 00:24:26,705
and they suggest even more
compelling evidence
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00:24:26,707 --> 00:24:29,008
that there was
an otherworldly presence
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00:24:29,043 --> 00:24:30,283
in ancient Greece
463
00:24:30,361 --> 00:24:35,047
can be found by examining
the country's oldest structures,
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00:24:35,123 --> 00:24:36,640
which were said
to have been built
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00:24:36,642 --> 00:24:39,810
by a race of giants.
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00:24:43,131 --> 00:24:47,026
The ancient Greek story
of King Minos first appears
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00:24:47,061 --> 00:24:49,195
in Homer's epic poem the Iliad,
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00:24:49,230 --> 00:24:53,415
and takes place around 2500 BC,
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00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:58,387
roughly 1,300 years before
the rise of the Greek empire.
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According to Greek mythology,
this is "the golden age,"
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the time when humans shared
the Earth with the Gods...
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00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:11,692
As well as many other strange
creatures like the Minotaur.
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You're talking about
tons of giants,
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tons of monsters,
tons of scary beings.
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00:25:18,117 --> 00:25:19,391
Cyclopes,
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you've got hybrids of monsters,
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00:25:22,170 --> 00:25:25,146
but they're all
existing together
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somehow in the same place.
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00:25:29,186 --> 00:25:30,903
In the ancient texts,
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Greece was home
to an advanced society
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00:25:33,591 --> 00:25:36,199
during this
so-called golden age,
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00:25:36,277 --> 00:25:39,428
and ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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remnants of that civilization
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00:25:41,356 --> 00:25:44,933
may be located
near the city of Argos,
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00:25:44,968 --> 00:25:46,543
where there are ruins
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00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:48,620
of a mysterious
Megalithic structure
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00:25:48,622 --> 00:25:52,424
that is unlike
any other structure in Greece.
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00:25:53,127 --> 00:25:55,594
Outside of Argos there's
a really beautifully built
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00:25:55,629 --> 00:25:57,887
pyramidal building
at Hellinikon,
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00:25:57,889 --> 00:26:00,098
which is a total mystery.
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00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,934
Really, really,
very, very mysterious.
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00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,605
The architecture looks
archaic...
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00:26:07,408 --> 00:26:09,641
...and it's unique
in that sense.
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00:26:09,718 --> 00:26:13,045
It's a place where you can
actually go into the pyramid.
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00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,906
The pyramid of Hellinikon
is quite small.
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00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,834
It's maybe only 23 feet
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00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,987
by 30 feet
by maybe 12 feet tall.
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00:26:22,064 --> 00:26:24,957
But it's incredibly interesting.
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00:26:24,992 --> 00:26:27,976
We don't really know
what its purpose was,
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00:26:28,011 --> 00:26:31,905
and even more controversial
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00:26:31,982 --> 00:26:33,682
is the dating of it.
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00:26:34,485 --> 00:26:39,680
In 1995, scientists working
at the academy of Athens
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00:26:39,757 --> 00:26:41,448
dated samples from the site
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00:26:41,525 --> 00:26:44,426
using a new
and experimental method called
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00:26:44,461 --> 00:26:46,662
optical thermoluminescence.
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00:26:46,697 --> 00:26:50,024
The results were staggering.
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00:26:50,851 --> 00:26:52,851
The pyramid at Hellinikon,
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00:26:52,928 --> 00:26:54,519
according to their results...
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00:26:55,363 --> 00:26:59,116
...is one of the oldest
pyramids on Earth.
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00:27:00,043 --> 00:27:01,877
The pyramid of Hellinikon
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00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:07,299
dates to 2720 BC.
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00:27:07,901 --> 00:27:10,352
The Hellinikon pyramid
is thought to be
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originally built
by the Mycenaeans, but...
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00:27:13,215 --> 00:27:16,825
If the dating is correct
of 2720 BC,
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00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:19,628
then this is
over a thousand years older.
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00:27:19,705 --> 00:27:22,455
So we have to question
who really built this.
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00:27:23,317 --> 00:27:27,068
The dating of the pyramid
of Hellinikon places it
518
00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:29,905
in the same era
as the so-called golden age
519
00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:35,427
when Gods and strange creatures
were said to exist on Earth.
520
00:27:35,504 --> 00:27:38,914
Curiously,
just eight miles to the north
521
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,033
is another structure
that does not match
522
00:27:41,068 --> 00:27:43,919
the construction style
of the Greek empire,
523
00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:46,722
but features masonry
strikingly similar
524
00:27:46,757 --> 00:27:49,333
to that of the pyramid
of Hellinikon.
525
00:27:50,644 --> 00:27:54,513
Standing within the ancient site
of Mycenae is an incredible
526
00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:58,676
Megalithic structure
called the treasury of Atreus.
527
00:27:59,904 --> 00:28:01,670
The treasury of Atreus
at Mycenae was
528
00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:04,348
this massive structure...
529
00:28:05,526 --> 00:28:08,994
...built into the hillside
with huge blocks,
530
00:28:09,029 --> 00:28:12,080
conglomerate stone
being brought into place,
531
00:28:12,115 --> 00:28:17,169
including the lintel
that goes over the threshold
532
00:28:17,171 --> 00:28:20,989
going into the tomb
which weighs 250 tons.
533
00:28:20,991 --> 00:28:23,942
What's telling about Mycenae
is that we have
534
00:28:24,019 --> 00:28:26,628
multiple
construction styles there.
535
00:28:26,705 --> 00:28:30,449
And the oldest one is
the most sophisticated.
536
00:28:30,525 --> 00:28:34,119
And the same
masonry style exists
537
00:28:34,196 --> 00:28:36,671
at the pyramid of Hellinikon,
538
00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:40,901
about a ten-minute drive
from present-day Mycenae.
539
00:28:40,978 --> 00:28:45,797
So, clearly, the two were part
of the same kingdom at the time.
540
00:28:45,874 --> 00:28:48,951
For ancient astronaut theorists,
541
00:28:48,986 --> 00:28:51,770
the notion that these
Megalithic structures could both
542
00:28:51,805 --> 00:28:57,109
date back more than
4,700 years is extraordinary.
543
00:28:57,144 --> 00:28:59,945
But even more intriguing
is the fact
544
00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:02,572
that the Greek stories say
they were built
545
00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:05,166
by a race of
giant humanoid beings
546
00:29:05,168 --> 00:29:08,303
who lived during the golden age.
547
00:29:09,006 --> 00:29:10,755
According to the ancient Greeks,
548
00:29:10,832 --> 00:29:12,565
the treasury of Atreus
at Mycenae
549
00:29:12,643 --> 00:29:14,460
was created by the Cyclopes.
550
00:29:16,146 --> 00:29:20,165
Huge, giant builders
that had a single, circular eye
551
00:29:20,242 --> 00:29:23,018
in the middle of their forehead,
and they were credited
552
00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:26,154
with lifting these
huge blocks into place.
553
00:29:26,932 --> 00:29:31,526
In Greek mythology, the Cyclops
were related to the Titans,
554
00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:35,898
the first generation of Gods,
and were master craftsman.
555
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,869
They created Zeus's thunderbolt,
Poseidon's trident,
556
00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:43,763
and Hades' cap of invisibility.
557
00:29:43,841 --> 00:29:46,174
And they were credited
with building
558
00:29:46,209 --> 00:29:48,618
the ancient megaliths of Greece.
559
00:29:49,305 --> 00:29:52,848
The Cyclops were
thought to be master masons
560
00:29:52,883 --> 00:29:54,533
and advanced metallurgists,
561
00:29:54,609 --> 00:29:57,168
and also were able
to quarry stone
562
00:29:57,170 --> 00:30:00,205
in a profoundly brilliant way.
563
00:30:00,883 --> 00:30:03,383
If you look around
the site of Mycenae,
564
00:30:03,385 --> 00:30:06,612
you see amazing construction
all over the site.
565
00:30:06,647 --> 00:30:09,807
So, is there some reality
to these stories?
566
00:30:10,801 --> 00:30:12,342
Is there actual giants
567
00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,202
who were involved
in the construction
568
00:30:14,237 --> 00:30:16,154
of sites like Mycenae?
569
00:30:16,807 --> 00:30:20,842
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
570
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,270
the pyramid of Hellinikon
571
00:30:23,272 --> 00:30:26,198
and the treasury of Atreus
provide further evidence
572
00:30:26,233 --> 00:30:31,394
that the golden age of the Gods
was more than just a myth.
573
00:30:31,472 --> 00:30:33,321
This idea is not something
574
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:35,707
that was just
pulled out of thin air.
575
00:30:36,410 --> 00:30:40,745
In fact, it also connects
to other stories of Gods
576
00:30:40,822 --> 00:30:42,655
around the world.
577
00:30:42,733 --> 00:30:46,635
Many of the ancient Egyptian
texts that have been translated
578
00:30:46,670 --> 00:30:51,873
speak of a so-called
golden age of ancient Egypt
579
00:30:52,025 --> 00:30:57,479
at a time when human beings
mingled side by side
580
00:30:57,514 --> 00:31:00,899
with the so-called Gods.
581
00:31:01,710 --> 00:31:04,853
Now, this is something
that has been recorded orally
582
00:31:04,930 --> 00:31:06,605
and also in a written language
583
00:31:06,681 --> 00:31:10,609
for thousands of years,
around the world.
584
00:31:10,685 --> 00:31:12,961
And you have
to ask the question,
585
00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:18,016
are our ancestors
all talking about the same
586
00:31:18,051 --> 00:31:20,777
visiting extraterrestrials?
587
00:31:21,538 --> 00:31:23,939
Is it possible
that the structures
588
00:31:23,974 --> 00:31:25,591
like the treasury of Atreus
589
00:31:25,626 --> 00:31:30,429
and the pyramid of Hellinikon
were built during a time
590
00:31:30,464 --> 00:31:32,313
when humans shared the Earth
591
00:31:32,390 --> 00:31:35,392
with visitors
from another world?
592
00:31:36,236 --> 00:31:37,853
Perhaps further clues
can be found
593
00:31:37,888 --> 00:31:41,807
by examining another
mysterious Megalithic site,
594
00:31:41,842 --> 00:31:43,108
where the Greeks claimed
595
00:31:43,143 --> 00:31:46,695
they could speak directly
to the Gods.
596
00:31:55,572 --> 00:31:58,156
Located on the slopes
of mount Parnassus,
597
00:31:58,233 --> 00:32:00,125
this site was a religious center
598
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,237
throughout the entire timeline
of the Greek empire.
599
00:32:04,314 --> 00:32:08,667
When Homer wrote the Iliad
in the eighth century BC,
600
00:32:08,743 --> 00:32:12,471
when Socrates established
western philosophy
601
00:32:12,506 --> 00:32:15,173
in the fifth century BC,
602
00:32:15,208 --> 00:32:17,934
and when Alexander the Great
conquered Egypt
603
00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:19,511
in the fourth century BC,
604
00:32:19,587 --> 00:32:23,364
Delphi was the place
where people went
605
00:32:23,366 --> 00:32:26,526
to communicate directly
with the Gods.
606
00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:30,489
Delphi is this extraordinarily
powerful place.
607
00:32:30,598 --> 00:32:32,874
I mean, you can feel it
when you go there today.
608
00:32:33,652 --> 00:32:38,196
Delphi became hugely important
throughout classical antiquity.
609
00:32:38,273 --> 00:32:40,849
Everybody,
especially the ruling elite,
610
00:32:40,884 --> 00:32:43,626
would go and they would
pose a question.
611
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:44,853
Nobody would go to war,
612
00:32:44,888 --> 00:32:46,629
nobody would even start
a trade excursion,
613
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:48,373
nobody would do anything,
614
00:32:48,450 --> 00:32:50,783
without going
and consulting the oracle.
615
00:32:50,785 --> 00:32:52,344
And the oracle would
616
00:32:52,379 --> 00:32:55,847
channel basically an answer
then from the Gods.
617
00:32:56,717 --> 00:33:01,236
The oracle was a high priestess
known as the Pythia,
618
00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:04,239
who held court
at the temple of Apollo,
619
00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:07,192
which lies
mostly in ruins today.
620
00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:10,696
According to ancient texts,
621
00:33:10,731 --> 00:33:13,048
those seeking counsel
from the Gods
622
00:33:13,083 --> 00:33:14,700
were put in a meditative state
623
00:33:14,735 --> 00:33:18,478
before entering the innermost
sanctuary of the temple,
624
00:33:18,555 --> 00:33:19,996
where they would offer gifts
625
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:23,125
and present their questions
to the oracle.
626
00:33:24,194 --> 00:33:26,911
The way the oracle at Delphi
functioned was...
627
00:33:27,589 --> 00:33:31,674
...the Pythia, the priestess
sat over a crevice which was
628
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:33,768
within the temple of Apollo.
629
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:37,489
She would inhale whatever fumes
were coming up from the crevice,
630
00:33:37,491 --> 00:33:40,058
and she would then get
an answer from Apollo,
631
00:33:40,093 --> 00:33:42,001
a divine answer from above.
632
00:33:43,046 --> 00:33:45,438
There was a crack
in the stone there,
633
00:33:45,515 --> 00:33:48,150
and there was a kind of vapor
of gas that was coming,
634
00:33:48,185 --> 00:33:50,676
which put her
into an altered state.
635
00:33:51,346 --> 00:33:55,774
Although we do not know
what the altered state was like,
636
00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:58,793
maybe she was
tapping into something.
637
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:02,130
Current research
on the Pythia at Delphi
638
00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:04,465
is asking the question,
was there perhaps
639
00:34:04,542 --> 00:34:06,960
some kind of psychedelic
connection there?
640
00:34:08,338 --> 00:34:11,214
According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
641
00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:14,234
the notion that chemically
altering the mind
642
00:34:14,311 --> 00:34:17,378
might facilitate a connection
with otherworldly beings
643
00:34:17,413 --> 00:34:21,800
is supported by experiments
with a powerful hallucinogen
644
00:34:21,876 --> 00:34:25,437
called Dimethyltryptamine, or DMT.
645
00:34:26,406 --> 00:34:29,149
Between 1990 and 1995,
646
00:34:29,226 --> 00:34:32,568
scientists at the university
of New Mexico
647
00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:36,264
administered DMT
to 60 volunteers
648
00:34:36,341 --> 00:34:37,682
and were surprised to find
649
00:34:37,759 --> 00:34:41,069
that many of them had
very similar visions,
650
00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:42,487
including encounters
651
00:34:42,564 --> 00:34:46,174
with strange beings
who reportedly said,
652
00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:49,352
"now we can
communicate with you."
653
00:34:50,096 --> 00:34:53,832
Recent research suggests
that hallucinogenic experiences
654
00:34:53,908 --> 00:34:56,267
actually open portals
of communication
655
00:34:56,269 --> 00:34:58,470
with otherworldly beings.
656
00:34:58,505 --> 00:35:02,140
And perhaps this is what was
going on back at Delphi as well.
657
00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:05,593
In the Greek
mythological tradition,
658
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:08,163
Zeus not only chose
the exact location
659
00:35:08,198 --> 00:35:11,983
where the Pythia would receive
messages from the Gods...
660
00:35:11,985 --> 00:35:14,318
He also placed
a mysterious object
661
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,364
at the oracle
called the Omphalos.
662
00:35:18,508 --> 00:35:21,927
Just what the Omphalos was
remains a mystery,
663
00:35:21,962 --> 00:35:26,873
since it reportedly
disappeared in 395 AD.
664
00:35:27,768 --> 00:35:29,684
But a Roman replica of the stone
665
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,720
has been preserved
at the museum of Delphi,
666
00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:36,374
supporting the notion
that it truly existed.
667
00:35:36,451 --> 00:35:39,361
It's a fascinating stone,
it's very beautiful.
668
00:35:39,396 --> 00:35:44,065
And it, it appears to be covered
in a type of crisscross pattern.
669
00:35:44,734 --> 00:35:46,868
It's possible
that the Omphalos stone was
670
00:35:46,903 --> 00:35:48,703
some type
of communication device
671
00:35:48,738 --> 00:35:52,040
between the people on the ground
and the people in the sky.
672
00:35:52,642 --> 00:35:57,153
The ancient Greeks built
their famous temple at Delphi
673
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:59,731
around this Omphalos stone,
674
00:35:59,766 --> 00:36:02,917
and it was the power center
of the world.
675
00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:08,056
And this Omphalos stone was
also supposed to be a vehicle
676
00:36:08,091 --> 00:36:11,226
for communicating with the Gods.
677
00:36:11,261 --> 00:36:13,819
So you have to wonder,
was it really
678
00:36:13,897 --> 00:36:17,399
some special stone
that could help people
679
00:36:17,434 --> 00:36:19,901
communicate
with extraterrestrials?
680
00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:23,571
Is it possible
that the ancient Greeks
681
00:36:23,606 --> 00:36:25,273
were given specific instructions
682
00:36:25,350 --> 00:36:28,076
on where to build
the temple of Apollo
683
00:36:28,111 --> 00:36:30,836
by an otherworldly visitor?
684
00:36:30,914 --> 00:36:34,006
One who utilized both
the vapors from the Earth
685
00:36:34,084 --> 00:36:36,267
and some mysterious
technological device
686
00:36:36,344 --> 00:36:40,197
to facilitate
a means of communication?
687
00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:43,241
Ancient astronaut theorists say yes
688
00:36:43,276 --> 00:36:46,794
and suggest that Delphi's
otherworldly connection
689
00:36:46,871 --> 00:36:51,866
was established long before
the rise of the Greek empire,
690
00:36:51,868 --> 00:36:54,536
during the so-called golden age
691
00:36:54,571 --> 00:36:58,447
when the Gods were said
to be present on Earth.
692
00:36:59,125 --> 00:37:02,627
As evidence,
they point to mysterious ruins
693
00:37:02,704 --> 00:37:05,947
that feature the same type
of Cyclopean masonry
694
00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:10,068
found at Mycenae
and the pyramid of Hellinikon.
695
00:37:10,954 --> 00:37:15,148
Officially, Delphi is dated
to about the sixth century BC,
696
00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:17,883
but there are earlier
constructions at the site.
697
00:37:18,737 --> 00:37:23,698
And these are the gigantic
Cyclopean and polygonal walls
698
00:37:23,733 --> 00:37:26,150
that are not just
in the main part of the site.
699
00:37:26,227 --> 00:37:28,069
If you actually
look around carefully,
700
00:37:28,146 --> 00:37:30,613
you find them half buried down
701
00:37:30,615 --> 00:37:33,183
near the entrance
at the lowest levels,
702
00:37:33,259 --> 00:37:34,650
and it really does suggest
703
00:37:34,728 --> 00:37:37,003
that the site could be
much, much older.
704
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:38,463
And this was used for
not hundreds,
705
00:37:38,498 --> 00:37:40,590
possibly thousands of years.
706
00:37:40,667 --> 00:37:44,819
According to the ancient Greeks,
figures like Zeus,
707
00:37:44,854 --> 00:37:48,831
Athena and Apollo
continued to guide them
708
00:37:48,909 --> 00:37:51,442
well beyond the golden age.
709
00:37:51,519 --> 00:37:54,454
And ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
710
00:37:54,531 --> 00:37:56,280
these otherworldly beings
711
00:37:56,315 --> 00:38:00,001
inspired an extraordinary
moment in history
712
00:38:00,036 --> 00:38:04,906
that would shape the world
for centuries to come.
713
00:38:08,929 --> 00:38:10,536
Starting with
the harnessing of fire
714
00:38:10,647 --> 00:38:12,788
hundreds of thousands
of years ago,
715
00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,815
there have been moments
in human history
716
00:38:14,817 --> 00:38:18,461
of sudden and
significant advancement...
717
00:38:19,398 --> 00:38:21,047
...like the renaissance,
718
00:38:21,124 --> 00:38:23,341
the industrial revolution,
719
00:38:23,376 --> 00:38:27,053
and the founding
of the United States.
720
00:38:28,331 --> 00:38:30,240
But some scholars believe
721
00:38:30,316 --> 00:38:32,183
the most significant
period of all
722
00:38:32,218 --> 00:38:36,688
occurred in Athens
around 2,500 years ago.
723
00:38:37,574 --> 00:38:39,965
In the span of
a single lifetime,
724
00:38:40,043 --> 00:38:43,194
dozens of history's
most brilliant minds emerged
725
00:38:43,229 --> 00:38:45,746
and achieved
monumental advancements
726
00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:49,684
that would reverberate
through the ages.
727
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:53,496
It was a time known as
the Greek miracle.
728
00:38:55,125 --> 00:38:57,733
It goes almost without saying
729
00:38:57,811 --> 00:39:00,711
that without ancient Greece,
730
00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:03,489
and without the so-called
Greek miracle,
731
00:39:03,567 --> 00:39:06,675
civilization today
would not be the same.
732
00:39:07,220 --> 00:39:11,330
Some of the most profound
philosophers lived at this time.
733
00:39:11,332 --> 00:39:15,894
Plato, for instance, he created
these remarkable 3D geometries.
734
00:39:16,946 --> 00:39:18,680
The dodecahedron.
735
00:39:18,715 --> 00:39:22,266
Pythagoras related
the harmony of the cosmos
736
00:39:22,343 --> 00:39:23,509
and all within it
737
00:39:23,587 --> 00:39:26,437
to mathematical formulas
and geometry.
738
00:39:26,590 --> 00:39:29,716
And different philosophers
came up with different ideas
739
00:39:29,792 --> 00:39:32,944
looking at this much more
kind of practical way
740
00:39:33,020 --> 00:39:36,431
of understanding life
and the cosmos.
741
00:39:37,133 --> 00:39:40,301
You had Socrates,
Hippocrates, Aristotle,
742
00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:43,588
Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus,
743
00:39:43,623 --> 00:39:46,107
and the list goes on.
744
00:39:46,142 --> 00:39:49,385
They all lived at the same time.
745
00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:50,978
So my question is...
746
00:39:51,722 --> 00:39:56,559
...is it possible that
they had a direct connection
747
00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:59,562
with the physical
extraterrestrials
748
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:04,216
that were monitoring Earth
at that time?
749
00:40:04,218 --> 00:40:07,662
And my answer to that
is a resounding yes.
750
00:40:07,738 --> 00:40:10,998
Whether the Greek miracle
happened by chance
751
00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:16,121
or by extraterrestrial design,
one thing is certain...
752
00:40:16,156 --> 00:40:18,781
The accomplishments
of the ancient Greeks
753
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:22,293
helped to shape the world
for centuries to come.
754
00:40:22,328 --> 00:40:24,845
We see and we experience
755
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,714
the gifts of the ancient Greeks
756
00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,424
every day in our modern lives
757
00:40:28,426 --> 00:40:29,426
in the 21st century.
758
00:40:29,486 --> 00:40:33,004
They gave us everything
from democracy
759
00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:35,690
to the most extraordinary
architecture and art.
760
00:40:35,725 --> 00:40:39,477
We see it in our nation's
capital, in Washington, D.C.
761
00:40:39,512 --> 00:40:43,148
The extraordinary
Greek temple architecture.
762
00:40:43,183 --> 00:40:46,233
You go to Paris,
you go to London,
763
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:49,654
all the architecture comes
from ancient Greece.
764
00:40:49,689 --> 00:40:52,131
And then you learned about
the mathematics
765
00:40:52,133 --> 00:40:54,450
that made these monuments
possible.
766
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,210
All of that
coming from ancient Greece.
767
00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:59,847
Anybody who does science
will be still using terms
768
00:40:59,849 --> 00:41:04,002
that were coined in archaic
and classical Greece.
769
00:41:04,037 --> 00:41:05,803
We're still using
770
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:07,839
ancient Greek words
and concepts.
771
00:41:07,874 --> 00:41:10,132
So the western world is very,
772
00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:13,794
very much indebted to,
to ancient Greece.
773
00:41:14,539 --> 00:41:16,380
If it's true that
almost everything
774
00:41:16,457 --> 00:41:18,457
of the western world
that we have today
775
00:41:18,459 --> 00:41:21,669
has its birthplace
in ancient Greece,
776
00:41:21,746 --> 00:41:23,888
then perhaps it would mean
777
00:41:23,965 --> 00:41:27,859
that modern civilization itself
can be traced back
778
00:41:27,894 --> 00:41:30,211
to these extraterrestrials,
779
00:41:30,246 --> 00:41:32,030
these Gods of Olympus.
780
00:41:33,174 --> 00:41:35,057
Could it be that the incredible
781
00:41:35,059 --> 00:41:38,060
mythological tales
of ancient Greece
782
00:41:38,138 --> 00:41:42,181
tell the story
of humankind's true origins?
783
00:41:42,851 --> 00:41:46,293
And that the world
we live in today is the product
784
00:41:46,295 --> 00:41:48,671
of extraterrestrial visitation
785
00:41:48,673 --> 00:41:52,600
that took place
thousands of years ago?
786
00:41:52,677 --> 00:41:55,428
Perhaps we will
receive the answer
787
00:41:55,505 --> 00:41:59,307
when visitors descend
from the sky once again,
788
00:41:59,342 --> 00:42:03,377
and we come face-to-face
with our Alien ancestors.
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