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Narrator: WHO WERE THE ORACLES?
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THE YOUNG WOMEN
OF THE UNDERWORLD
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WHO WERE CONSULTED
BY ANCIENT GREEK SOCIETY
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AND WHOSE VISIONS HELPED SHAPE
THE COURSE OF HISTORY.
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WHAT WAS THE TRUTH
BEHIND THEIR TRANCES
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AND APPARENT PSYCHIC POWERS?
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ORACLES HARNESSED NATURAL ENERGY
TO ACCESS THE REALM OF THE GODS
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AND PRODUCE THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
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Theakston: IT'S SO TIGHT
AND NARROW DOWN HERE,
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YOU REALLY GET THE SENSE THAT
YOU'RE DROPPING DOWN INTO HELL.
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Butler: ORACLES WERE
ABSOLUTELY BELIEVED.
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THIS GAVE THEM GREAT POWER.
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ORACLES ULTIMATELY HAD
A GREAT PART TO PLAY
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IN THE TAPESTRY OF HISTORY.
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NOBODY WOULD MAKE A DECISION
WITHOUT COVERING THEIR BUM FIRST
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AND CONSULTING THE ORACLE.
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WE ARE NOW STOOD
IN THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD?
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Gough: THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD,
THIS IS IT.
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Picknett: YOU WERE PAYING
FOR YOUR PILGRIMAGE,
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YOU WERE PAYING TO BE IN
THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING HOLY.
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Fanthorpe:
BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO KNOW
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WHETHER IT WAS ENTIRELY HONEST
OR NOT.
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Gough:
IF YOU CONSULTED THE GODS,
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NOBODY WOULD QUESTION
THE RESULT.
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YOU'RE ABSOLVED
FROM RESPONSIBILITY
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'CAUSE THE GODS TOLD YOU
IT WAS OKAY.
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Narrator: FOR CENTURIES, RULERS,
PHILOSOPHERS, AND WRITERS
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LIKE HOMER AND VIRGIL
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WOULD COME TO BAIA
ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF ITALY,
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AND DESCEND INTO A NETWORK
OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS
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TO VISIT THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
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IT WAS A SACRED LABYRINTH
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WHICH LED THE INITIATE DOWN
TO THE MYTHICAL RIVER STYX.
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ONCE THEY CROSSED THIS,
THEY'D ENTERED THE UNDERWORLD,
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IN WHICH THEY MET THE SIBYL,
OR HIGH PRIESTESS,
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WHO WAS OFTEN A YOUNG VIRGIN
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SITTING IN A SMALL,
TORCH-LIT CHAMBER.
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THROUGH HER,
THEY WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
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WITH THEIR DEAD RELATIVES
AS WELL AS THE GODS THEMSELVES.
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IN ESSENCE,
IT WAS AN ANCIENT, ELABORATE,
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AND VERY UNSETTLING VERSION
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OF A MODERN PSYCHIC CROSSED WITH
A SCARY HALLOWEEN EXPERIENCE,
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AND IT WAS A HUGELY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
IS ON A QUEST TO FIND OUT
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WHAT REALLY WENT ON
IN THESE UNDERGROUND CAVERNS,
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WHY PEOPLE WENT,
AND WHETHER THEY REALLY DID
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OFFER SOME SORT
OF SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE.
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Butler:
PEOPLE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD WERE
CERTAINLY VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.
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I DON'T THINK HUMANITY
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HAS PARTICULARLY CHANGED
IN THAT RESPECT,
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BUT THEY WERE MUCH MORE INTO
THEIR GODS AND THEIR GODDESSES.
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THEY REALLY THOUGHT THAT THESE
DEITIES WERE RULING THE WORLD,
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THAT EVERYTHING WAS SCRIBED,
IF YOU LIKE,
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AND THAT IF YOU WENT
TO THE RIGHT PLACES
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AND SPOKE TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE,
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THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE
TO TELL YOU
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WHAT WAS LIKELY TO HAPPEN
IN THE FUTURE.
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Fanthorpe: SO JUST AS THERE ARE
SOME HONEST MEDIUMS TODAY
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WHO WILL TELL YOU
WHAT THEY HAVE...
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WHAT THEY GENUINELY BELIEVE
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THEY'VE SEEN AND HEARD
FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD,
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SO THERE ARE
SOME CONFIDENCE TRICKSTERS
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WHO WILL PRETEND
TO BE SEERS AND MEDIUMS,
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AND WHO, FOR AN EXORBITANT FEE,
WILL TELL YOU
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WHAT THE NONEXISTENT SPIRITS
HAVE SAID TO THEM.
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Picknett: OF COURSE,
THE IDEA CROSSES ONE'S MIND
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THAT IT WAS ALL A BIG CON.
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I MEAN, IT HAVE STARTED OFF
AS A GOOD IDEA,
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AND, CERTAINLY,
THE PEOPLE BELIEVED
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THEY WERE GETTING SOMETHING
FOR THEIR MONEY.
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BUT, OF COURSE,
IT'S OPEN AS A SYSTEM,
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IT'S DESPERATELY OPEN TO ABUSE,
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ESPECIALLY
AS THE PRIESTESS HERSELF
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WOULD CHARACTERISTICALLY
UTTER GIBBERISH,
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AND THAT HAD TO BE INTERPRETED
BY SOMEBODY ELSE
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WHO WAS GIVEN A LITTLE BACKHAND,
A LITTLE DONATION.
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SO, IT WAS SELF-FULFILLING,
IT WAS SELF-GENERATING.
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Narrator: THE UNDERGROUND
LABYRINTH IN BAIA
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DATES BACK TO THE EARLIEST GREEK
SETTLEMENT IN SOUTHWEST ITALY,
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AROUND 750 B.C.
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IT WAS THEN REDISCOVERED
BY DR. ROBERT PAGET,
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AN AMATEUR ARCHEOLOGIST,
IN 1962.
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AND, TODAY,
THE ARCHEOLOGICAL PARK
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HAS BECOME A POPULAR DESTINATION
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FOR TOURISTS
ON THE ITALIAN COAST.
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HISTORIAN ANDREW GOUGH HAS
LONG BEEN FASCINATED
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WITH THE ANCIENT ORACLES,
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AND AGREED TO TAKE JAMIE
ON A TOUR OF THE SITE.
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Gough:
ORACLES HARNESSED NATURAL ENERGY
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TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT BY
WHICH THE PRIESTESS, THE SIBYL,
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COULD ACCESS
THE REALM OF THE GODS
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AND PRODUCE THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE FUTURE.
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THE FACT IS THESE ORACLE CENTERS
WERE ALSO PROFIT CENTERS.
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THEY WERE IN BUSINESS
TO MAKE MONEY,
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THEY REQUIRED A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND A LOT OF EFFORT,
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AND THEY WERE PAID HANDSOMELY
BY THEIR PATRONS.
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Picknett:
LIKE MOST SERVICES OFFERED
BY PRIEST AND PRIESTESSES
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OVER THE CENTURIES
IN WHATEVER RELIGION,
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THERE WAS
A LITTLE DONATION REQUIRED.
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AND AN OFFERING TO THE GODS,
OBVIOUSLY,
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SO THAT'S
THE SAME SORT OF THING.
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BUT, BASICALLY, YOU WERE PAYING
FOR YOUR PILGRIMAGE.
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YOU WERE PAYING TO BE IN
THE PRESENCE OF SOMETHING HOLY.
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Narrator: IN THE ANCIENT WORLD,
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD AT BAIA
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WAS A MAJOR ATTRACTION
FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL.
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IT WAS PART ROMAN BATHS
AND HEALTH SPA,
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PART UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH
AND PART LUXURY SEASIDE RESORT.
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IT QUICKLY GAINED A REPUTATION
FOR HEDONISM AND DEBAUCHERY,
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BUT AFTER THE FALL OF THE ROMAN
EMPIRE AND SEVERAL EARTHQUAKES
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IT FELL INTO RUIN
AND WAS SLOWLY LOST
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UNDER CENTURIES OF RUBBLE,
FARMING, AND DEVELOPMENT.
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ANDREW GOUGH HAD ARRANGED
SPECIAL ACCESS TO THE SITE.
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Gough:
THE ORACLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
WERE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL
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TO ALL MATTERS
OF GOVERNMENT AND STATE.
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IF YOU HAD TO MAKE A DECISION
ABOUT GOING TO WAR
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OR WHO'S GOING TO A BE
A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE,
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YOU WOULD CONSULT YOUR PEERS,
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BUT THEY ALL HAVE
THEIR OWN AGENDA.
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YOU WOULD GO
AND CONSULT THE GODS
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'CAUSE IF YOU WERE ON RECORD
AS HAVING CONSULTED THE GODS,
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NOBODY WOULD QUESTION
THE RESULT, GOOD OR BAD.
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YOU'RE ABSOLVED
FROM RESPONSIBILITY
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'CAUSE THE GODS TOLD YOU
IT WAS OKAY.
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SO, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
FUNDAMENTAL TO ANY RULER,
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TO ANY POWERFUL BUSINESSMAN,
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TO CONSULT THE ORACLES FIRST
BEFORE DOING ANYTHING.
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AND, OF COURSE,
THE SITE IS RESTRICTED ACCESS,
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AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
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HE SAYS
WITH THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM.
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HERE WE GO.
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OKAY, LEAD ON.
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THIS MY FRIEND, IS BAIA.
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OH, WOW.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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AH!
FANTASTIC, ISN'T IT?
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LOOK AT THAT! WOW!
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I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING.
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EVERYONE COMES TO NAPLES.
WHAT DO THEY DO?
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THEY GO TO POMPEII.
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I MEAN,
IT'S A HIDDEN GEM.
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SO THIS IS,
WHAT, 2,000 YEARS OLD?
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EXACTLY. YOU'RE LOOKING AT
BASICALLY 100 B.C. ONWARD.
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AND SO WHAT WAS IT?
WAS IT A TEMPLE COMPLEX OR WHAT?
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YOU KNOW, NOT AT ALL.
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IT WAS A SPA.
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I MEAN,
PEOPLE WOULD COME HERE
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TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS...
SWIMMING, SPORTS.
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THEY'D GET PAMPERED.
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[ CHUCKLES ]
IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF FUN.
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YEAH,
SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.
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AND WHAT ABOUT THIS HERE?
WHAT'S THIS?
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WELL, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
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THIS IS, PERHAPS,
THE BEST-PRESERVED
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ROMAN THERMAL BATH
IN THE WORLD.
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IT'S THE TEMPLE
OF MERCURY.
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OKAY, SO WHAT WOULD HAVE
GONE IN THERE?
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THAT WAS
JUST FOR SWIMMING?
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WELL, WE CAN
ONLY SPECULATE BECAUSE,
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IN ADDITION TO BEING A SPA,
I MEAN,
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IMAGINE WHAT THE ELITE OF ITALY
WOULD DO WHEN THEY WERE HERE.
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I MEAN, IMAGINE HOW DECADENT
IT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE BEEN.
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Narrator: WHAT WE CAN SEE TODAY
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IS THE RESULT OF YEARS
OF EXCAVATION AND RESTORATION
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AFTER THE SITE'S REDISCOVERY
IN THE 1960s,
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INCLUDING THE MAGNIFICENT
BATHS OF MERCURY,
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ONE OF THE BEST-PRESERVED
IN THE WORLD.
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SO, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE VISITED HERE?
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WELL, IT WAS
THE RICH AND FAMOUS...
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THE POWERFUL, AND THE ELITE.
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I MEAN, CAESAR AND HIS FAMILY
HAD A VILLA HERE.
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THE EMPEROR OCTAVIAN, NERO...
THEY ALL CAME HERE.
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RIGHT, SO THIS REALLY WAS
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A PLAYGROUND OF
THE RICH AND FAMOUS, RIGHT?
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SO MUCH SO,
THAT THEY CALLED IT LITTLE ROME,
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AND SOME EVEN SAY
THAT IT BECAME
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THE MONTE CARLO
OF THE SOUTH OF ITALY.
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THE REAL SECRET OF BAIA
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WAS CALLED
THE GREAT ANTRUM OF INITIATION,
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WHERE THE RICH AND FAMOUS
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WOULD DESCEND INTO
AN UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH
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TO MEET THE ORACLE
AND COMMUNE WITH THE DEAD.
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IT'S BEEN SEALED OFF
TO THE PUBLIC FOR DECADES,
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SO ANDREW GOUGH HAD ARRANGED FOR
SPECIAL PERMISSION TO ENTER IT.
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A LOCAL CAVING EXPERT
AND ARCHEOLOGIST,
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GRAZIANO FERRARI
AND HIS COLLEAGUE RAFFAELLA,
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HAD AGREED TO TAKE
ANDREW AND JAMIE DOWN THERE
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ONCE THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN
A FULL SAFETY BRIEFING.
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SINCE WE ARE GOING UNDERGROUND,
THAT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE.
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IT'S QUITE NARROW AND LOW.
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FIRST OF ALL, YOU NEED TO WEAR
A HELMET WITH THE LIGHT.
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YOU SEE, IN THIS WAY,
YOU SWITCH IT ON.
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UH-HUH.
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AND THIS WAY,
YOU SWITCH IT OFF.
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EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU.
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THE SECOND POINT IS THAT WE ARE
GOING INTO A VOLCANIC AREA,
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SO MAYBE WE CAN MEET
SOME DANGEROUS GAS.
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SO, WE BRING A GAS ANALYZER,
WHICH IS RUNNING,
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AND NOW I SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN THE AIR BECOMES DANGEROUS.
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[ BEEPING ]
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WHEN YOU HEAR
THIS BLINKING SOUND, BE CALM,
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LET'S TURN BACK AND GO UP.
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PLEASE HEAR MY COMMAND.
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NOTHING WILL HAPPEN,
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BUT IF ANYTHING,
I WILL TELL YOU HOW TO BEHAVE.
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BE CALM.
OKAY.
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AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
THE STYX RIVER.
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Narrator:
WHAT SECRETS DOES THIS ANCIENT
AND UNDERGROUND SITE HOLD?
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WILL THE TEAM MAKE IT
TO THE RIVER STYX
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AND THE CHAMBER OF THE ORACLE?
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A FASCINATING JOURNEY
INTO THE UNKNOWN
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WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.
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Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
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IS IN THE TOWN OF BAIA
IN SOUTHWEST ITALY
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IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH BEHIND
ONE OF THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS
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OF THE ANCIENT WORLD...
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
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FOR CENTURIES, RULERS,
PHILOSOPHERS, AND WRITERS
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LIKE HOMER AND VIRGIL
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WOULD DESCEND INTO
A SACRED UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH,
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LEADING DOWN
TO THE MYTHICAL RIVER STYX
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AND THE TORCH-LIT CHAMBER
OF THE ORACLE.
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CONSULTING THE ORACLES
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WAS AN IMPORTANT, INTEGRAL PART
OF LIFE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD,
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AND TODAY, JAMIE IS, HIMSELF,
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DESCENDING INTO
THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBERS
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WHERE THEY PERFORMED THEIR
STRANGE TRANCE-LIKE RITUALS
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CENTURIES AGO.
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THEY SOUGHT WITH THESE SACRED
SITES AND TEMPLES AND ORACLES
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THAT THEY HAD TO RECREATE
THAT EXPERIENCE
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OF TALKING DIRECTLY
TO YOUR ANCESTORS
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BY PHYSICALLY GOING TO HADES.
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OKAY.
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Gough:
GET EVERYTHING ON.
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Narrator: THE ENTRANCE
TO THE GREAT ANTRUM
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COULD ONLY BE REACHED
VIA A LADDER
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AS IT LAY ABOUT 20 FEET DOWN
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A VERY NARROW PASSAGE
IN THE ROCKS.
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IF THIS WAS THE WAY IN, WHAT LAY
IN STORE FOR THEM UNDERGROUND?
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THE PLAN WAS FOR THE TEAM
TO DESCEND AS FAR AS THEY COULD
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AND TRY TO REACH
THE ACTUAL RIVER STYX,
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WHICH, ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY,
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WAS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN
THIS WORLD AND THE AFTERLIFE.
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ACCORDING TO THE STORY,
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A BOATMAN WOULD FERRY YOU ACROSS
THE WATER INTO THE UNDERWORLD,
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WHERE YOU COULD THEN
MEET THE ORACLE.
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OKAY.
ARE YOU READY?
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YEAH.
PERFECT.
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OKAY.
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SO, ANDY,
IT SEEMS REALLY NARROW IN HERE.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE
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ACTUALLY COME DOWN HERE.
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Gough: WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S
DESIGNED FOR SINGLE FILE, RIGHT?
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SO, I MEAN, ONE PERSON CAN
BARELY, BARELY FIT.
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BUT IMAGINE THE EFFECT
THAT CREATES,
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ESPECIALLY AS RIGHT NOW,
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YOU CAN SENSE WE'RE STARTING
TO REALLY DESCEND QUICKLY.
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THE FLOOR IS, YOU KNOW,
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ANGLING DOWN FASTER AND FASTER
EVERY STEP WE TAKE.
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SO, THEY WOULD HAVE
COME DOWN HERE TO FIND, WHAT?
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AN ORACLE AT THE END,
OR...?
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WELL, I MEAN,
WE'RE DESCENDING, YOU KNOW,
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OVER 100 METERS
INTO THE EARTH.
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WHY WOULD YOU HAVE
THIS STRUCTURE
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IF IT WASN'T FOR A RITUAL,
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A RITUAL THAT
THE ORACLES OF THE DEAD,
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THAT HOMER,
THAT VIRGIL HAVE TOLD US
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IS ALL ABOUT
PAYING HOMAGE TO THE ANCESTORS,
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TO LEARN ABOUT EVENTS AND
OUR OWN FATE IN OUR OWN LIFE.
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Gough:
TODAY, THE SPIRIT REALM
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IS UNIVERSALLY AGREED
TO BE UP THERE.
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BUT THAT WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE.
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IN THE ANCIENT WORLD,
THE NETHERWORLD,
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WHERE YOU WENT AFTER YOU DIED,
THAT WAS DOWN IN THE EARTH.
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SO, THEY SOUGHT,
WITH THESE SACRED SITES
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AND TEMPLES
AND ORACLES OF THE DEAD,
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TO RECREATE THAT EXPERIENCE
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SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE
THE EXPERIENCE
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OF TALKING DIRECTLY
TO YOUR ANCESTORS
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BY PHYSICALLY GOING TO HADES,
AND THAT WAS QUITE POWERFUL.
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IT IS SO TIGHT
AND NARROW DOWN HERE
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THAT YOU REALLY GET THE SENSE
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THAT YOU'RE DROPPING DOWN
INTO HELL.
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IT'S AMAZING TO THINK
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THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CRAWLED
DOWN THESE NARROW TUNNELS.
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Gough:
THIS WHOLE AREA IS VOLCANIC.
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IMAGINE THE MIST, THE NOISE,
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THE VISUALS
WERE REALLY ATMOSPHERIC,
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AND TODAY, THEY ARE AS WELL.
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YOU'RE GOING
WAY DOWN INTO THE EARTH,
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AND IT'S
PHYSICALLY UNCOMFORTABLE,
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AND YOU'RE JUST
A LITTLE BIT SPOOKED OUT
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ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING
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AND WHAT YOU'RE THINKING
YOU'RE SEEING.
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AND IT'S VERY HOT.
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THE FURTHER YOU GO
AND THE MORE YOU DESCEND,
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IT IS BLOODY HOT,
AND YOU JUST FEEL DISORIENTATED.
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Theakston: WOW.
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OOH, HOO!
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OKAY, SO...
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Ferrari: YOU CAN FEEL...
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IT'S GETTING PRETTY TIGHT
DOWN HERE,
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AND YOU REALLY GET THE SENSE
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THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO FIND
SOMETHING PRETTY SPECIAL HERE.
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IT'S NOT EASY FOR YOU...
SO TALL.
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THAT'S THE HOT SPRING.
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RIGHT, OKAY.
Gough: RIVER STYX?
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YOU CAN APPROACH.
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SO, THAT'S THE WATER HERE?
YES.
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WOW.
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YOU CAN FEEL
THE TEMPERATURE IS RAISING
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BECAUSE
WE ARE NEAR WHERE THE...
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SO, THIS IS THE WATER HERE?
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YES, AND YOU CAN TOUCH
THE STYX.
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OKAY.
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AND HERE IT IS.
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THIS IS THE RIVER STYX.
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THIS IS WHERE THE BOATMAN
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WOULD TAKE THE VISITOR
ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE.
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AND I CAN JUST PUT MY FEET...
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AND IT'S, YEAH,
IT FEELS QUITE WARM.
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AND IT'S WARM.
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YOU REALLY GET A SENSE
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THAT THE TEMPERATURE
IS WARMING UP DOWN HERE.
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IT'S GETTING FAR MORE HUMID
THAN IT WAS FURTHER UP.
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AND THIS AS CLOSE AS I'M EVER
GONNA GET TO HELL...
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I HOPE.
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Narrator: HAVING FOUND
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
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THE MYTHICAL
AND SYMBOLIC RIVER STYX,
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THE TEAM STILL NEEDED TO FIND
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THE NEXT PART
OF THE INITIATORY JOURNEY,
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A SANCTUARY WHERE THE ORACLE
WOULD HAVE SAT.
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THE PROBLEM THEY FACED WAS
THAT MOST OF THE ACCESS TUNNELS
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HAD COLLAPSED AND THE ONES
THAT WERE LEFT
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WERE NOW FULL OF EARTH.
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ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WERE IN
AN OTHERWORLDLY ENVIRONMENT,
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DEEP UNDERGROUND, THAT WAS HOT,
HUMID, AND FULL OF MOSQUITOES.
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I GOTTA TELL YOU, THE WHOLE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE DESCENT
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CHANGES ONCE YOU GET BEYOND
THE RIVER STYX.
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THE TEMPERATURE...
IT DOUBLES.
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IT'S SO HOT.
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AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK
THAT THAT IS BY DESIGN.
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IF SO, IT'S VERY EFFECTIVE,
BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST BOILING.
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YOU'RE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE HERE
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COINCIDE WITH A NATURAL INCREASE
IN THE TEMPERATURE,
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WHICH CREATES QUITE AN, I THINK,
AN UNSETTLING AFFECT.
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Theakston: BUT IF YOU REALLY
BELIEVED IN HELL,
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WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE
COMING DOWN HERE?
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WELL, I THINK
IF YOU BELIEVED IN HELL,
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YOU WOULD BE DAMN SURE
YOU HAD JUST ENTERED.
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YOU HAD JUST MADE THE DECENT
TO THE ONE AND ONLY HADES.
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YOU'D HAVE NO DOUBT
IN YOUR MIND.
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Narrator:
DOES THE ORIGINAL ORACLE CHAMBER
STILL LIE BEYOND THE RIVER STYX?
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CAN THE TEAM REACH IT SAFELY,
OR WILL THE COLLAPSING TUNNELS
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AND VOLCANIC GASES
PROVE TOO DANGEROUS?
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THE PERILOUS DESCENT INTO
THE DARK LABYRINTH CONTINUES
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IN THE NEXT PART
OF "FORBIDDEN HISTORY."
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Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
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IS IN BAIA IN SOUTHWEST ITALY
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IN SEARCH
OF THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
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THE SITE HAD LAIN ABANDONED
FOR CENTURIES,
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LOST UNDER TONS
OF RUBBLE AND EARTH,
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AND WAS ONLY REDISCOVERED
IN 1962.
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BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS POSED
BY CAVE-INS AND POISONOUS GASES,
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TRAVELING INTO THE LABYRINTH
TODAY
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REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF CARE.
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BUT LOCAL CAVER AND ARCHEOLOGIST
GRAZIANO FERRARI
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HAS TAKEN THE TEAM
DEEP UNDERGROUND,
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ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER STYX.
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CAN THEY REACH
THE ORACLE CHAMBER ITSELF?
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THE DESCENT CONTINUES.
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WOW.
SO, IT ALL OPENS UP HERE.
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YEAH.
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WHY IS THIS...
WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
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THIS IS
ANOTHER VERY ODD PLACE.
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WE ARE IN VOLCANIC ERUPTION
DATED 9,000 YEAR...
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NO MORE, NO LESS.
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SO, IS THIS WHERE
THE ORACLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN?
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YES, THIS IS WHAT PAGET CALLS
THE SANCTUARY.
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Gough:
SO, THE DOMAIN OF THE SIBYL,
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YOU COULD PRETTY MUCH SUMMARIZE
THREE TYPES OF PLACES...
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ONE BEING A REALLY DARK CAVE,
USUALLY DEEP IN THE EARTH,
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THE SECOND BEING OVER A CLEFT
IN THE GROUND
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WHERE NATURAL GASES
ARE BEING EMITTED,
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AND THE THIRD WOULD BE
IN SORT OF A PIT
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WHERE THERE'S FLAMES
ALL AROUND HER
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AND EFFECT WOULD BE IDENTICAL
IN EACH.
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SHE IS OFF HER HEAD...
SHE IS COMMUNING WITH THE GODS.
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SHE'S WRITHING AND MOANING
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AND ANYBODY
WOULD RECOGNIZE THAT BEHAVIOR
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AS BEING THAT OF SOMEBODY WHO'S
NO LONGER CONSCIOUS,
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AND WHO'S ACTUALLY POSSESSED
BY THE GODS.
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Picknett: THEY WERE POSITIONED
OVER A FISSURE IN A ROCK,
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UP THROUGH WHICH CAME
VOLCANIC FUMES, ETHYLENE,
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WHICH, YOU KNOW,
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MUST HAVE CHANGED HER MENTALITY
FOR HOWEVER BRIEFLY
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AND ENABLED HER TO UTTER
THIS IMPRESSIVE GIBBERISH.
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BUT HAVING SAID THAT,
I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO SKEPTICAL
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BECAUSE IN THE MODERN DAY, THERE
ARE SHAMANS ALL OVER THE WORLD
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WHO TAKE DRUGS, AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT ACTUALLY WHAT HAPPENS
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IS THE DRUGS DO,
OBVIOUSLY, AFFECT THE BRAIN,
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AND THEY ALSO OPEN THE MIND
AS A KIND OF PORTAL
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SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH SPIRITS OR WITH GODS.
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SO, YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY
AND YOU TAKES YOUR CHOICE THERE,
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BUT IT CERTAINLY SEEMS
THAT IT IS POSSIBLE
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THAT THEY WERE ACTING
SHAMANICALLY.
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Butler: IT'S NOT UNLIKELY
THAT THE ORACLES THEMSELVES
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WERE TAKING DRUGS
OF ONE SORT OF ANOTHER.
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THIS WAS QUITE COMMON
IN ANCIENT RELIGION
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BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT
IT WOULD GET YOU INTO A STATE
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WHERE YOU COULD APPROACH
YOUR GOD OR YOUR GODDESS
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MORE DIRECTLY.
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AND IN TRIBAL SOCIETIES IN THE
WORLD, IT'S STILL USED TODAY.
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SO, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
YOU WERE TALKING THE ORACLE,
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BUT THE ORACLE BELIEVED HERSELF
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TO BE POSSESSED
BY SOMETHING ELSE.
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WELL, I'VE JUST BEEN
TO HELL AND BACK, AND...
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I DON'T THINK
I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN,
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NOT WITH THE HEAT
AND THE HUMIDITY AND THE BATS
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AND THE CLAUSTROPHOBIA.
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QUITE HAPPY TO BE OUT.
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SLOWLY.
YEAH.
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Narrator: THE DESCENT
INTO BAIA'S LABYRINTH
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WAS QUITE AN EXPERIENCE
FOR THE TEAM,
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BUT WAS THIS REALLY
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD
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THAT HOMER WROTE ABOUT?
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THE LOCAL ARCHEOLOGISTS SAY
THAT IT'S MOST LIKELY TO BE
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A STEAM VENT RISING FROM THE
THERMAL SPRINGS BELOW THE BATHS.
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AND IT CERTAINLY SEEMS
A LITTLE TOO TIGHT AND AWKWARD
429
00:23:48,233 --> 00:23:50,533
FOR A STREAM
OF IMPORTANT INITIATES
430
00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:52,633
TO USE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
431
00:23:57,867 --> 00:24:00,900
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
TODAY'S VERSION OF A SIBYL,
432
00:24:00,933 --> 00:24:05,400
A FORTUNETELLER, AND
THE ACTUAL SIBYL IS PROFOUND.
433
00:24:05,433 --> 00:24:07,467
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S NO SHOW.
434
00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,267
THEY DON'T CONVULSE
AND SPEAK TO THE GODS.
435
00:24:10,300 --> 00:24:14,600
AND, SECOND OF ALL,
A SIBYL'S PROPHESY
436
00:24:14,633 --> 00:24:18,767
IS NEVER, EVER DOUBTED
OR QUESTIONED FOR A SECOND.
437
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,500
AND, TODAY,
WHEN WE GO TO A FORTUNE TELLER,
438
00:24:20,533 --> 00:24:23,066
WE USUALLY GO, "THANKS FOR THAT.
439
00:24:23,067 --> 00:24:26,133
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS PRETTY...
THAT WAS RUBBISH, REALLY."
440
00:24:26,167 --> 00:24:30,967
Butler: THERE'S NO DOUBT
THAT ORACLES WERE BIG BUSINESS
441
00:24:31,067 --> 00:24:33,200
FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE RUNNING THEM.
442
00:24:33,233 --> 00:24:35,400
AND THAT WOULD,
THEREFORE, SUGGEST
443
00:24:35,433 --> 00:24:37,800
THAT WHAT YOU'RE
REALLY LOOKING AT
444
00:24:37,833 --> 00:24:39,867
IS A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED
SHOW,
445
00:24:39,900 --> 00:24:41,900
ESPECIALLY
AS MANY OF THE ANSWERS,
446
00:24:41,933 --> 00:24:45,933
AS WE SAID, WERE OBSCURE,
TO SAY THE LEAST.
447
00:24:45,967 --> 00:24:48,700
BUT I'VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH
IN THIS WORLD
448
00:24:48,733 --> 00:24:52,067
TO KNOW
THAT STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN.
449
00:24:54,067 --> 00:24:56,367
Cox: I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH
FOR MY BOOK ON THE OCCULT,
450
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,967
IN WHICH I SAT IN
WITH MEDIUMS AND PSYCHICS
451
00:24:59,067 --> 00:25:02,267
AND MODERN-DAY ORACLES,
IF YOU LIKE.
452
00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,433
AND I THINK
THAT THERE'S AN ELEMENT TO THIS
453
00:25:05,467 --> 00:25:07,867
THAT IS INTERESTING,
AND IT IS AN ELEMENT
454
00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:09,900
THAT NEEDS
FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
455
00:25:09,933 --> 00:25:13,600
PEOPLE DO SEEM TO HAVE
INTERESTING ABILITIES.
456
00:25:13,633 --> 00:25:18,533
HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THIS IS... IT'S PSYCHOLOGY.
457
00:25:18,567 --> 00:25:21,867
YOU'VE GOT GREAT
PSYCHOLOGICAL GAMES BEING PLAYED
458
00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:23,433
WHERE PEOPLE
ARE BEING MANIPULATED
459
00:25:23,467 --> 00:25:25,167
ON A SUBCONSCIOUS
AND CONSCIOUS LEVEL,
460
00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:30,900
TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, TO BELIEVE
OR TO BE PART OF SOME THINGS.
461
00:25:30,933 --> 00:25:32,400
AND YET THIS IS A WONDERFUL GAME
462
00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:34,900
THAT'S BEEN PLAYED
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
463
00:25:39,067 --> 00:25:41,933
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING,
ANDREW TOOK JAMIE
464
00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:43,833
TO ANOTHER ORACLE SITE
IN THE AREA
465
00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:45,667
ON THE EDGE OF LAKE AVERNO,
466
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,933
ABOUT A 30-MINUTE DRIVE
FROM NAPLES.
467
00:25:48,967 --> 00:25:52,333
IT'S KNOWN AS
THE GROTTO OF THE SIBYL.
468
00:25:52,367 --> 00:25:53,967
UNLIKE THE RICH AND FAMOUS
469
00:25:54,067 --> 00:25:56,467
WHO WOULD GO DOWN INTO
THE LABYRINTH IN BAIA,
470
00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,867
THE CLIENTS HERE
WERE ORDINARY PEOPLE
471
00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:00,500
WHO HAD COME TO SEE THE ORACLE
472
00:26:00,533 --> 00:26:02,733
TO ASK HER ABOUT
EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING
473
00:26:02,767 --> 00:26:04,066
TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES...
474
00:26:04,067 --> 00:26:08,200
LOVE, MARRIAGE,
AND, OF COURSE, MONEY.
475
00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:10,567
Gough: THE ANCIENT WRITERS KNEW
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD
476
00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,100
HAD TO BE
IN THE AREA AROUND NAPLES.
477
00:26:13,133 --> 00:26:14,967
THEY KNEW THAT
'CAUSE THERE WAS ONE LAKE,
478
00:26:15,067 --> 00:26:18,367
LAKE AVERNO THAT WAS MENTIONED
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
479
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,767
AND ON THE SHORES OF LAKE AVERNO
IS THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
480
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:24,567
WELL, BAIA IS A MILE AWAY,
481
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,667
BUT RIGHT 35 METERS
OFF THE EDGE OF THE LAKE,
482
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:31,067
AND I'VE BEEN THERE,
IS THE GROTTO OF THE SIBYL.
483
00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:37,243
Gough: SO, I THINK YOU'RE REALLY
GONNA LIKE THIS PLACE.
484
00:26:37,267 --> 00:26:39,800
YOU KNOW,
IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED.
485
00:26:39,833 --> 00:26:43,533
SIGNORE CARLOS DOES
THE BEST HE CAN TO MAINTAIN IT.
486
00:26:43,567 --> 00:26:49,867
BUT IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE
PIECE OF PROPERTY TO UPKEEP.
487
00:26:49,900 --> 00:26:51,066
AND LOOK AT THIS.
488
00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:53,100
I MEAN, WE'RE HERE ALREADY.
LOOK BEHIND US...
489
00:26:53,133 --> 00:26:55,867
IT'S LIKE 100 METERS
TO LAKE AVERNO,
490
00:26:55,900 --> 00:26:58,667
WHICH FITS PERFECTLY WITH WHAT
THE ANCIENT WRITERS HAD SAID.
491
00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,633
YEAH.
DARK IN THERE?
492
00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:03,066
YEAH, LET'S GET
OUR TORCHES READY.
493
00:27:03,067 --> 00:27:04,567
ALL SET?
YEAH.
494
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:06,833
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
495
00:27:06,867 --> 00:27:09,833
Narrator: WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN JAMIE AND THE TEAM
496
00:27:09,867 --> 00:27:11,167
ENTER THE GROTTO AT LAKE AVERNO?
497
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,967
WAS THIS REALLY
A SACRED UNDERGROUND SITE
498
00:27:14,067 --> 00:27:16,900
WHERE YOU COULD MEET AN ORACLE
AND TALK TO THE DEAD?
499
00:27:16,933 --> 00:27:19,900
OR WAS THIS ALL
JUST A CLEVER ANCIENT SHOW
500
00:27:19,933 --> 00:27:22,800
DESIGNED TO RELIEVE
GULLIBLE PEOPLE OF THEIR MONEY?
501
00:27:22,833 --> 00:27:27,133
ALL THIS COMING UP WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
502
00:27:29,667 --> 00:27:31,333
Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
503
00:27:31,367 --> 00:27:33,467
IS IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH
BEHIND ONE OF
504
00:27:33,500 --> 00:27:35,533
THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD...
505
00:27:35,567 --> 00:27:37,400
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
506
00:27:37,433 --> 00:27:40,600
FOR CENTURIES, THE GREAT
AND GOOD OF GREECE AND ROME
507
00:27:40,633 --> 00:27:44,633
WOULD VISIT HIGH PRIESTESSES
IN SACRED UNDERGROUND LABYRINTHS
508
00:27:44,667 --> 00:27:47,733
TO GET PROPHESIES FROM THE GODS.
509
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,066
MOST OF THE SITES ARE LONG SINCE
DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKES
510
00:27:50,067 --> 00:27:52,167
AND LOST UNDER THE RUBBLE.
511
00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:56,867
BUT A COUPLE STILL REMAIN
IN SOUTHWEST ITALY,
512
00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:00,367
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
VERY DANGEROUS TO ENTER.
513
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,066
HISTORIAN ANDREW GOUGH
HAS TAKEN JAMIE
514
00:28:03,067 --> 00:28:05,467
TO WHAT HE BELIEVES
IS A SECOND ORACLE SITE
515
00:28:05,500 --> 00:28:08,233
ON THE SHORES OF LAKE AVERNO,
NEAR NAPLES.
516
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,700
Gough: SO, I THINK YOU'RE REALLY
GONNA LIKE THIS PLACE.
517
00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:15,267
YOU KNOW,
IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED.
518
00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:19,066
SIGNORE CARLOS DOES
THE BEST HE CAN TO MAINTAIN IT.
519
00:28:19,067 --> 00:28:25,333
BUT IT'S A MASSIVE, MASSIVE
PIECE OF PROPERTY TO UPKEEP.
520
00:28:25,367 --> 00:28:26,500
AND LOOK AT THIS.
521
00:28:26,533 --> 00:28:28,567
I MEAN, WE'RE HERE ALREADY.
LOOK BEHIND US...
522
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,333
IT'S LIKE 100 METERS
TO LAKE AVERNO,
523
00:28:31,367 --> 00:28:34,133
WHICH FITS PERFECTLY WITH WHAT
THE ANCIENT WRITERS HAD SAID.
524
00:28:34,167 --> 00:28:36,066
YEAH.
DARK IN THERE?
525
00:28:36,067 --> 00:28:38,400
YEAH, LET'S GET
OUR TORCHES READY.
526
00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:39,967
ALL SET?
YEAH.
527
00:28:40,067 --> 00:28:42,067
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
528
00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:58,900
WE KNOW THE ANCIENT WRITERS SAID
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD,
529
00:28:58,933 --> 00:29:01,367
WHICH WAS GOVERNED
BY A SIBYL,
530
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,066
WAS CLOSE TO THE LAKE
THAT'S 100 METERS BEHIND US.
531
00:29:05,067 --> 00:29:06,800
AND JUST LOOK.
LOOK AT THE TUNNEL.
532
00:29:06,833 --> 00:29:10,700
IT HAS A PROPER
SORT OF PROCESSIONAL FEEL.
533
00:29:10,733 --> 00:29:13,967
IF YOU'RE GONNA GO
AND MEET THE SPIRITS,
534
00:29:14,067 --> 00:29:16,233
WHICH WILL LET YOU COMMUNE
WITH YOUR ANCESTORS,
535
00:29:16,267 --> 00:29:17,533
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE
536
00:29:17,567 --> 00:29:20,600
A NICE, RESPECTFUL SORT OF ABODE
LIKE THIS?
537
00:29:20,633 --> 00:29:22,567
THIS FEELS MUCH MORE LIKE
A PROPER TUNNEL,
538
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,500
AS OPPOSED TO A CAVE,
RIGHT?
539
00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:28,066
YES, BUT WHAT IS
REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS
540
00:29:28,067 --> 00:29:29,500
IS THIS LEADS
TO THE CAVES.
541
00:29:29,533 --> 00:29:30,867
AND NOT ONLY
JUST TO THE CAVES,
542
00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:34,067
BUT AS WE'LL SEE IN A MOMENT,
TO THE RIVER STYX.
543
00:29:36,633 --> 00:29:39,767
Narrator: IT MAY HAVE BEEN USED
BY THOSE OF MORE MODEST MEANS,
544
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,300
BUT THE PROCESS HERE
WAS EXACTLY THE SAME
545
00:29:42,333 --> 00:29:45,800
AS AT THE OTHER, MORE EXCLUSIVE
ORACLE SITE IN BAIA.
546
00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:48,400
HERE, THEY OPERATION
WAS MUCH BIGGER AND BUSIER,
547
00:29:48,433 --> 00:29:50,500
WITH MORE CLIENTS, MORE REVENUE,
548
00:29:50,533 --> 00:29:53,367
AND AN ORACLE
WHO WAS IN CONSTANT DEMAND.
549
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,066
ACCORDING TO
VIRGIL AND HOMER,
550
00:29:55,067 --> 00:29:58,133
THIS WAS WHERE THE RIVER STYX
WOULD HAVE BEEN?
551
00:29:58,167 --> 00:29:59,767
EXACTLY. EXACTLY.
552
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,833
AND YOU WOULD BE
DESCENDING GRADUALLY
553
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:04,467
WITH A PIECE OF MISTLETOE
554
00:30:04,500 --> 00:30:06,400
WHICH YOU HAD TO GIVE
THE FERRYMAN
555
00:30:06,433 --> 00:30:08,267
TO CROSS THE RIVER STYX.
556
00:30:08,300 --> 00:30:12,533
AND YOU ONLY COULD GO THROUGH,
OVER PAST THE RIVER STYX
557
00:30:12,567 --> 00:30:16,067
TO GET TO WHERE THE SIBYL,
TO WHERE THE ORACLE IS.
558
00:30:16,100 --> 00:30:21,167
AND... I BELIEVE
WE'LL FIND IT DOWN HERE.
559
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,133
ALL RIGHT, SO WHY ARE WE PEELING
OFF THE MAIN TUNNEL HERE?
560
00:30:24,167 --> 00:30:28,733
WELL, THIS WOULD BE
PART OF THE JOURNEY.
561
00:30:28,767 --> 00:30:31,800
WE'VE NOW MADE
THE PROCESSIONAL ENTRANCE
562
00:30:31,833 --> 00:30:33,967
INTO THE DOMAIN
OF THE SIBYL.
563
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,067
NOW WE HAVE TO APPROACH
THE SIBYL.
564
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,733
WE HAVE TO APPROACH
THE ORACLE,
565
00:30:37,767 --> 00:30:40,467
SO WE'RE DESCENDING QUITE
RAPIDLY NOW, AS YOU CAN TELL.
566
00:30:42,833 --> 00:30:44,400
OH, LOOK AT THIS!
567
00:30:44,433 --> 00:30:46,233
LOOK AT THAT!
568
00:30:46,267 --> 00:30:49,733
THAT IS
A PROPER SORT OF RIVER,
569
00:30:49,767 --> 00:30:52,933
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
TO THE ONE AT BAIA.
570
00:30:52,967 --> 00:30:56,500
THIS IS
A PROPER RIVER STYX.
571
00:30:56,533 --> 00:30:59,333
YOU CAN IMAGINE A FERRYMAN
IN A REAL PHYSICAL BOAT,
572
00:30:59,367 --> 00:31:01,333
PEOPLE STANDING UP.
573
00:31:01,367 --> 00:31:04,200
FERRYMAN, WHO WOULD PROBABLY
LOOK SCARY AS HELL, RIGHT,
574
00:31:04,233 --> 00:31:05,400
WOULD GREET YOU HERE,
575
00:31:05,433 --> 00:31:07,900
AND YOU'D HAVE TO PUT
YOUR MISTLETOE FORTH.
576
00:31:07,933 --> 00:31:09,409
AND HE WOULD SAY,
"YES, COME ON BOARD."
577
00:31:09,433 --> 00:31:10,767
AND YOU'D GO ACROSS.
578
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:15,333
AND YOU CAN JUST SEE WHERE THIS
CAN PHYSICALLY HAPPEN.
579
00:31:15,367 --> 00:31:16,867
AND, WELL,
THERE'S NO TELLING
580
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:19,133
HOW DEEP THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN ANCIENT TIMES,
581
00:31:19,167 --> 00:31:20,333
BUT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD,
582
00:31:20,367 --> 00:31:22,467
IT WOULD ALWAYS
HAVE BEEN FILED WITH WATER.
583
00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:25,167
AND THIS IS THE ONLY WAY
THAT YOU COULD PASS THROUGH
584
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,267
TO GET TO THE SIBYL,
TO GET TO THE ORACLE.
585
00:31:27,300 --> 00:31:28,543
Theakston: AND I REMEMBER
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
586
00:31:28,567 --> 00:31:29,676
AND I LEARNED ABOUT
THE RIVER STYX,
587
00:31:29,700 --> 00:31:31,900
I'D IMAGINED THE BOATMAN
WITH THE KIND OF CLOAK,
588
00:31:31,933 --> 00:31:36,300
A HOOD OVER HIS HEAD, AND A BONY
FINGER, BECKONING YOU ACROSS.
589
00:31:36,333 --> 00:31:38,333
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY!
YOU CAN JUST SEE IT, CAN'T YOU?
590
00:31:38,367 --> 00:31:39,367
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
591
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,200
AND IT'S ABOUT
THE RIGHT DISTANCE.
592
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:42,833
AND THERE IS
NO OTHER WAY FORWARD.
593
00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,800
THIS IS IT.
594
00:31:43,833 --> 00:31:45,400
SO, IF THIS IS
THE RIVER STYX,
595
00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:47,267
YOU CROSS THE RIVER
WITH THE BOATMAN,
596
00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:49,133
AND WHERE DO YOU GET TO?
597
00:31:49,167 --> 00:31:51,833
WELL, IF WE HAD A BOAT,
WE COULD FIND OUT.
598
00:31:51,867 --> 00:31:55,066
BUT SIGNORE CARLOS
AND HIS FAMILY
599
00:31:55,067 --> 00:31:57,167
HAVE KNOCKED A HOLE
IN ONE OF THE WALLS,
600
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:59,409
SO WE CAN CHEAT A LITTLE BIT
AND GO AROUND THE OTHER SIDE.
601
00:31:59,433 --> 00:32:02,500
BUT KEEP IN MIND,
THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY
602
00:32:02,533 --> 00:32:05,400
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY,
YOU COULD GET TO THE ORACLE.
603
00:32:05,433 --> 00:32:07,233
RIGHT, SO THE ORACLE IS
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
604
00:32:07,267 --> 00:32:08,200
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
605
00:32:08,233 --> 00:32:09,567
OKAY, LET'S GO
AND HAVE A LOOK.
606
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:29,100
THIS BIT OVER HERE
TAKES US TO MORE OF, WELL,
607
00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:31,800
WHAT YOU EXPECT
IN AN ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
608
00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:35,633
BUT THIS DOOR HERE
WAS CARVED OUT. I MEAN...
609
00:32:35,667 --> 00:32:38,667
BUT THIS IS STILL, LIKE,
2,000 YEARS OLD OR MORE.
610
00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:41,267
2,000-PLUS YEARS OLD,
PROBABLY OLDER.
611
00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:42,800
SO, WHAT
ARE WE GOING INTO NOW?
612
00:32:42,833 --> 00:32:45,300
THIS DOOR NEVER EXISTED,
BUT THE FAMILY...
613
00:32:45,333 --> 00:32:47,367
REMEMBER,
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY,
614
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,900
SO THE FAMILY
HAD GONE ACROSS THE RIVER STYX,
615
00:32:49,933 --> 00:32:51,066
THEY KNEW WHAT WAS THERE,
616
00:32:51,067 --> 00:32:52,567
AND JUST TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE,
617
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,133
THEY PUT
THAT NEW MODERN DOOR IN.
618
00:32:55,167 --> 00:33:00,300
SO, NOW WE'RE ENTERING A BIT
THAT HAS ALWAYS EXISTED HERE.
619
00:33:00,333 --> 00:33:02,067
I CAN FEEL
IT GETTING WARMER.
620
00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:05,267
IT IS GETTING WARMER,
ABSOLUTELY.
621
00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:07,900
AND LOOK AT THIS!
622
00:33:07,933 --> 00:33:13,200
A PROPER... SANCTUARY,
A CHAMBER.
623
00:33:13,233 --> 00:33:15,367
OH, WOW.
OH, WOW!
624
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,066
YOU KNOW, THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU'D EXPECT, RIGHT?
625
00:33:18,067 --> 00:33:19,300
THIS IS THE OTHER END.
626
00:33:19,333 --> 00:33:21,833
THIS IS REACHABLE
ONLY THROUGH THE RIVER STYX.
627
00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:23,376
SO, HANG ON...
NOW, JUST TALK ME THROUGH THIS.
628
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,433
SO, WE WERE
AT THE FAR END.
629
00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:27,066
THIS IS
THE RIVER STYX HERE.
630
00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:29,800
THE BOAT WOULD ARRIVE HERE,
AND THEN THE SUBJECT WOULD,
631
00:33:29,833 --> 00:33:32,233
WHAT, WALK UP THESE STAIRS
TO MEET THE SIBYL?
632
00:33:32,267 --> 00:33:33,400
EXACTLY.
633
00:33:33,433 --> 00:33:35,267
WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN
UP HERE.
634
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:38,066
EXACTLY. NOW, KEEP IN MIND,
MOST OF THE QUESTERS
635
00:33:38,067 --> 00:33:40,967
HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED FOR HOURS,
IF NOT DAYS.
636
00:33:41,067 --> 00:33:44,467
THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT
WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN,
637
00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:46,200
WHO HAS JUST PASSED AWAY.
638
00:33:46,233 --> 00:33:49,100
YOU KNOW, THIS IS
A REALLY DRAMATIC SETTING
639
00:33:49,133 --> 00:33:53,400
WHERE A PROPER CONSULTATION
AND PROPHESY BY A SIBYL...
640
00:33:53,433 --> 00:33:54,567
WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE.
641
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,967
YOU CAN IMAGINE
IT HAPPENING HERE, CAN'T YOU?
642
00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,367
I WANT TO GO DOWN
AND TOUCH THE RIVER STYX.
643
00:34:05,967 --> 00:34:08,066
THIS IS
ACTUALLY QUITE...
644
00:34:08,067 --> 00:34:10,833
I'M GETTING
QUITE FREAKED OUT BY THIS.
645
00:34:10,867 --> 00:34:11,933
THIS IS QUITE...
646
00:34:11,967 --> 00:34:14,300
WELL, IT...
IT JUST FEELS A BIT EERIE.
647
00:34:14,333 --> 00:34:19,167
THIS IS A RESPECTFUL ABODE
FOR WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
648
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,100
FOR A SIBYL TO ALLOW YOU
TO SPEAK TO YOUR ANCESTORS.
649
00:34:23,133 --> 00:34:27,066
SO WE ARE NOW STOOD
IN THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
650
00:34:27,067 --> 00:34:29,600
THE ORACLE OF THE DEAD.
THIS IS IT.
651
00:34:35,167 --> 00:34:38,367
Narrator: ANDREW BELIEVES
THAT 2,000 YEARS AGO,
652
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,066
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN ORACLE IN THIS CHAMBER,
653
00:34:41,067 --> 00:34:44,600
MOST LIKELY A YOUNG VIRGIN,
SURROUNDED BY FLAMES,
654
00:34:44,633 --> 00:34:46,367
WHO WOULD GO INTO A TRANCE
655
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:49,633
TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE REALM
OF THE DEAD AND THE GODS.
656
00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:52,667
THE INITIATE,
ONCE HE PAID THE PRIEST HIS FEE,
657
00:34:52,700 --> 00:34:57,933
WOULD WALK DOWN THE LONG TUNNEL,
CROSS THE SYMBOLIC RIVER STYX,
658
00:34:57,967 --> 00:35:01,733
AND THEN ENTER
THE SANCTUARY OF THE ORACLE.
659
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,600
Butler: THE ACTUAL PROCEDURE
OF CONSULTING THE ORACLE
660
00:35:07,633 --> 00:35:09,633
WHEN YOU'D GONE THROUGH
ALL THE RIGAMAROLE,
661
00:35:09,667 --> 00:35:12,667
AND YOU GOT TO SEE
THE YOUNG WOMAN,
662
00:35:12,700 --> 00:35:15,967
REALLY DEPENDED UPON
WHERE THE ORACLE WAS
663
00:35:16,067 --> 00:35:21,433
AND WHAT THE STIMULUS WAS
TO THE ORACLE HERSELF.
664
00:35:21,467 --> 00:35:27,133
A LOT OF WHAT THEY CAME OUT WITH
WOULD SEEM LIKE GIBBERISH,
665
00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:31,867
COUCHED IN ALLEGORY AND
VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
666
00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:34,100
BUT IT'S NOT UNLIKELY
667
00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:36,767
THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE
GIVING THESE ANSWERS
668
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,667
WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
669
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:46,767
Fanthorpe:
IF THE ORACLE COULD GET INTO
A TRANCE-LIKE CONDITION,
670
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,066
THEN IT WOULD BE
SO MUCH EASIER...
671
00:35:49,067 --> 00:35:52,233
IT WOULD FACILITATE THE GOD
672
00:35:52,267 --> 00:35:54,333
TO TAKE POSSESSION
OF THE ORACLE'S BODY
673
00:35:54,367 --> 00:35:57,067
AND GIVE THE MESSAGE.
674
00:35:57,100 --> 00:35:59,900
IF THEY WERE DISHONEST
AND SIMPLY WANTED THE FEE
675
00:36:00,067 --> 00:36:04,467
AND HAD NO MORE ORACULAR ABILITY
THAN ANYONE ELSE,
676
00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:09,400
THEN THEY WOULD PUT ON
A PRETENSE OF BEING IN A TRANCE
677
00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:13,800
OR A PRETENSE OF BEING
IN AN ABNORMAL STATE.
678
00:36:13,833 --> 00:36:18,600
Gough: SHE IS CONSUMING
HALLUCINOGENICS BY DESIGN.
679
00:36:18,633 --> 00:36:19,967
NOW, WE'D LIKE TO THINK
680
00:36:20,067 --> 00:36:21,809
THAT'S BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA BE
THE CONDUIT OF THE GODS
681
00:36:21,833 --> 00:36:23,533
AND THAT'S HOW
SHE'S GONNA COMMUNICATE,
682
00:36:23,567 --> 00:36:25,533
BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE
683
00:36:25,567 --> 00:36:27,900
THAT THIS IS HOW
SHE PUTS ON A BETTER SHOW.
684
00:36:27,933 --> 00:36:31,567
IF SHE'S GONNA LOSE HER HEAD,
SHE IS GONNA GO PLACES,
685
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:36,267
HER BODY IS GONNA CONTORT,
AND THE INITIATE'S GONNA KNOW...
686
00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:37,733
OR AT LEAST BELIEVE...
687
00:36:37,767 --> 00:36:40,533
THAT SHE IS NOW
IN COMMUNION WITH THE GODS,
688
00:36:40,567 --> 00:36:43,800
AND ANYTHING SHE TELLS ME,
I MUST BELIEVE.
689
00:36:45,833 --> 00:36:49,133
Narrator: SO WERE THE ORACLES
OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
690
00:36:49,167 --> 00:36:51,533
REALLY TALKING TO
THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD?
691
00:36:51,567 --> 00:36:54,633
DID THE ORACLES
REALLY LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
692
00:36:54,667 --> 00:36:56,733
AND MAKE REAL PROPHESIES?
693
00:36:56,767 --> 00:36:59,233
OR WERE THE TRANCES
AND CONVULSIONS
694
00:36:59,267 --> 00:37:01,767
DOWN IN THOSE
UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
695
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,767
ALL PART
OF A CHOREOGRAPHED SHOW?
696
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,300
THE EVIDENCE IS WEIGHED UP
697
00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:09,767
IN THE FINAL PART
OF "FORBIDDEN HISTORY."
698
00:37:11,667 --> 00:37:13,933
Narrator:
THE ORACLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
699
00:37:13,967 --> 00:37:15,700
WERE AN IMPORTANT PART
OF THE LIVES
700
00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:17,833
OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS
AT THE TIME.
701
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:20,633
PEOPLE REALLY BELIEVED
THAT THESE HIGH PRIESTESSES
702
00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:22,400
DEEP IN THEIR
UNDERGROUND LABYRINTHS
703
00:37:22,433 --> 00:37:24,767
WERE COMMUNICATING WITH THE GODS
704
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,700
AND COULD OFFER
TRUTHFUL PROPHESIES.
705
00:37:27,733 --> 00:37:30,667
BUT WAS IT ALL
A CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED SHOW
706
00:37:30,700 --> 00:37:32,967
DESIGNED
TO UNNERVE AND DISORIENT
707
00:37:33,067 --> 00:37:34,500
THE VISITOR AND INITIATE,
708
00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:37,800
AND ULTIMATELY
RELIEVE THEM OF THEIR MONEY?
709
00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:40,467
OR WAS THERE MORE TO IT?
710
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:41,733
CERTAINLY, THE JOURNEY DOWN
711
00:37:41,767 --> 00:37:44,133
THROUGH THE DARK, HUMID,
AND CRAMPED SITES
712
00:37:44,167 --> 00:37:49,066
LENT AN OTHERWORLDLY FEEL TO THE
WHOLE RITUALISTIC EXPERIENCE,
713
00:37:49,067 --> 00:37:53,400
AS JAMIE AND THE TEAM FOUND OUT
FOR THEMSELVES.
714
00:37:53,433 --> 00:37:56,400
Gough: THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE
OF THE DESCENT CHANGES
715
00:37:56,433 --> 00:37:58,233
ONCE YOU GET BEYOND
THE RIVER STYX.
716
00:37:58,267 --> 00:37:59,667
IF YOU BELIEVED IN HELL,
717
00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:02,333
YOU WOULD BE DAMN SURE
YOU HAD JUST ENTERED.
718
00:38:02,367 --> 00:38:06,066
YOU HAD JUST MADE THE DESCENT
TO THE ONE AND ONLY HADES.
719
00:38:06,067 --> 00:38:07,667
YOU'D HAVE NO DOUBT
IN YOUR MIND.
720
00:38:14,533 --> 00:38:17,400
Narrator: THE QUESTION IS
WAS IT ALL A BIG SHOW
721
00:38:17,433 --> 00:38:19,833
DESIGNED TO RELIEVE PEOPLE
OF THEIR MONEY,
722
00:38:19,867 --> 00:38:23,600
OR WAS THERE SOME REAL
SPIRITUAL CONNECTION BEING MADE?
723
00:38:23,633 --> 00:38:25,500
IT'S FAIR TO SAY WITH CERTAINLY
724
00:38:25,533 --> 00:38:28,300
THAT THE RULERS AND CITIZENS
OF ANCIENT ROME
725
00:38:28,333 --> 00:38:31,400
BELIEVED IN IT
WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS.
726
00:38:31,433 --> 00:38:32,967
Gough: IN THE ANCIENT WORLD,
727
00:38:33,067 --> 00:38:36,167
THE ORACLES WERE ABSOLUTELY
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE RULING ELITE
728
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,600
AND THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR NATIONS.
729
00:38:39,633 --> 00:38:43,700
NOBODY WOULD MAKE A DECISION
WITHOUT COVERING THEIR BUM FIRST
730
00:38:43,733 --> 00:38:45,600
AND CONSULTING THE ORACLE.
731
00:38:45,633 --> 00:38:47,267
IT'S NOT ENOUGH
TO TALK TO THE SENATE
732
00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:49,100
'CAUSE THEY ALL HAVE
THEIR OWN AGENDAS.
733
00:38:49,133 --> 00:38:50,500
YOU NEED TO SAY...
734
00:38:50,533 --> 00:38:53,300
YOU NEED TO TICK THE BOX
THAT YOU CONSULTED THE ORACLE.
735
00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:56,567
YOU CONSULTED THE GODS
BEFORE YOU WENT TO WAR.
736
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,333
"WHAT?!
YOU DIDN'T CONSULT THE ORACLE?
737
00:38:58,367 --> 00:39:00,867
YOU'RE OUT OF HERE.
YOU'RE ASSASSINATED."
738
00:39:00,900 --> 00:39:04,800
SO, IT WAS A CHECKLIST
THAT THEY HAD TO DO, AND PLUS,
739
00:39:04,833 --> 00:39:09,067
IT ABSOLVED THEM OF ANY BLAME
SHOULD IT GO WRONG.
740
00:39:09,100 --> 00:39:12,233
"I CONSULTED THE GODS.
THEY TOLD ME TO INVADE."
741
00:39:22,067 --> 00:39:23,800
Narrator: OUR NEXT PORT OF CALL
742
00:39:23,833 --> 00:39:26,633
IS THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO
AT DELPHI IN GREECE,
743
00:39:26,667 --> 00:39:29,133
WHICH BECAME ONE OF
THE MOST FAMOUS ORACLE SITES
744
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:31,167
IN THE ANCIENT WORLD.
745
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,367
KINGS, EMPERORS, AND THE RICH
AND POWERFUL OF THE DAY
746
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,733
FLOCKED THERE
TO HEAR THEIR PROPHESIES.
747
00:39:36,767 --> 00:39:38,967
AND TODAY, THE RUINS ARE VISITED
748
00:39:39,067 --> 00:39:41,467
BY MILLIONS OF TOURISTS
EVERY YEAR.
749
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:45,066
ANDY GOUGH AGREED
TO SHOW US AROUND.
750
00:39:45,067 --> 00:39:47,267
SO, THIS IS IT.
751
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:50,233
THIS IS DELPHI.
752
00:39:50,267 --> 00:39:52,633
RIGHT BELOW ME IS THE THEATER,
753
00:39:52,667 --> 00:39:55,067
AND JUST BEYOND IT,
THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO,
754
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,667
WHERE PRIESTESSES
WOULD GIVE PROPHESY.
755
00:39:57,700 --> 00:39:59,600
AND JUST BEYOND
THE WELL-PRESERVED TEMPLE
756
00:39:59,633 --> 00:40:01,667
IS THE NAVAL STONE.
757
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:04,700
FOR LEGEND HAS IT
THAT DELPHI WAS LOCATED
758
00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:07,867
AT THE PRECISE CENTER
OF THE EARTH.
759
00:40:07,900 --> 00:40:11,333
Narrator: BELIEVING
THAT THE SITE WAS SACRED,
760
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:14,967
THOUSANDS OF INITIATES WOULD
FLOCK TO DELPHI EVERY YEAR
761
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,433
IN THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE
TO SEE THE ORACLE,
762
00:40:17,467 --> 00:40:21,533
WHO SAT IN A TORCH-LIT CHAMBER
UNDERNEATH THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO.
763
00:40:25,367 --> 00:40:29,567
AND THIS IS WHERE SHE SAT...
JUST BEYOND THESE ROCKS HERE...
764
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,067
ABOUT TWO METERS IN THE GROUND.
765
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:35,000
THIS WAS THE CHAMBER
WHERE SHE GAVE PROPHESY.
766
00:40:35,033 --> 00:40:36,300
AND THIS WAS THE CHAMBER
767
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:38,567
WHERE SHE STOOD
OVER A CRACK IN THE GROUND
768
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,767
WHERE VOLCANIC FUMES ROSE
769
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:44,167
AND ENABLED HER TO COMMUNE
WITH THE GODS.
770
00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:52,000
Narrator:
THERE WOULD BE A PRIEST
IN THE CHAMBER WITH THE ORACLE
771
00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,500
WHO WOULD FRANTICALLY
WRITE DOWN WHAT SHE WAS SAYING,
772
00:40:54,533 --> 00:40:57,733
BUT IN MOST CASES,
IT WAS JUST GIBBERISH.
773
00:40:57,767 --> 00:41:00,233
NEVERTHELESS, IT WAS HIS JOB
774
00:41:00,267 --> 00:41:03,067
TO INTERPRET HER MOANS, GRUNTS,
AND UTTERANCES
775
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:05,967
AND TURN THEM INTO
COHESIVE PROPHESIES.
776
00:41:06,067 --> 00:41:08,933
IT WAS LITTLE WONDER
THAT SCHOLARS TODAY
777
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:11,267
QUESTION ITS CREDIBILITY,
BUT AT THE TIME,
778
00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,833
IT WAS THE BIGGEST SHOW
ON EARTH.
779
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:22,367
SO, DELPHI WAS THE ORACLE CENTER
OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS.
780
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,233
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT RESPECTFULLY
781
00:41:24,267 --> 00:41:28,367
WHERE PEASANTS AND FARMERS CAME
TO HAVE FUTURE TOLD.
782
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,400
ON THE CONTRARY.
783
00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:33,300
THE RICHEST PEOPLE
IN ALL THE WORLD
784
00:41:33,333 --> 00:41:35,233
WOULD COME HERE
AND MAKE OFFERINGS.
785
00:41:35,267 --> 00:41:40,567
THERE'S A VERY WELL-PRESERVED
ATHENIAN TREASURE TEMPLE...
786
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,567
A TREASURY WHERE PEOPLE
FROM ATHENS WOULD COME WITH,
787
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,133
YOU KNOW,
INCREDIBLE PRECIOUS METALS...
788
00:41:46,167 --> 00:41:48,767
GOLD AND SILVER,
AND GIVE GIFTS TO THE GODS
789
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,633
FOR THE PROPHESIES
THAT THEY WERE GONNA RECEIVE.
790
00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:03,700
Narrator:
IT'S STILL POSSIBLE TO GO DOWN
INTO THE UNDERGROUND CHAMBER
791
00:42:03,733 --> 00:42:06,066
BENEATH THE TEMPLE
WHERE THE ORACLE SAT.
792
00:42:06,067 --> 00:42:07,600
IT'S QUITE A TIGHT SQUEEZE,
793
00:42:07,633 --> 00:42:10,300
BUT ONCE YOU GET UNDER
THE MAIN STONE PLATFORM,
794
00:42:10,333 --> 00:42:14,333
YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE PASSAGE
THAT LED TO THE ORACLE CHAMBER.
795
00:42:14,367 --> 00:42:16,700
UNFORTUNATELY,
EARTHQUAKES HAVE COLLAPSED
796
00:42:16,733 --> 00:42:19,066
THE END OF THE PASSAGE,
BUT IT'S STILL POSSIBLE
797
00:42:19,067 --> 00:42:22,467
TO GET A SENSE
OF THIS SUBTERRANEAN LABYRINTH.
798
00:42:27,733 --> 00:42:29,500
Theakston: HOW WAS THAT?
799
00:42:29,533 --> 00:42:32,633
THAT WAS AMAZING.
THAT WAS SO COOL.
800
00:42:32,667 --> 00:42:34,733
SECRET PASSAGE INTO
THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO.
801
00:42:34,767 --> 00:42:38,600
Narrator: THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO
AND THE WHOLE DELPHI SITE
802
00:42:38,633 --> 00:42:40,467
GREW AND GREW OVER THE CENTURIES
803
00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:44,167
AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
CAME TO VISIT.
804
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,633
BUT DELPHI HAD ONE FATAL FLAW...
805
00:42:46,667 --> 00:42:49,567
IT WAS BUILT
ON A HUGE GEOLOGICAL FAULT LINE,
806
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,400
INCLUDING ONE WHICH WENT THROUGH
807
00:42:51,433 --> 00:42:53,900
THE CENTER OF THE TEMPLE
OF APOLLO ITSELF.
808
00:42:53,933 --> 00:42:57,667
THE RESULT WAS A SERIES
OF HUGE EARTHQUAKES AND FIRES
809
00:42:57,700 --> 00:43:00,933
WHICH, SLOWLY BUT SURELY,
DESTROYED THE SITE.
810
00:43:04,467 --> 00:43:06,600
Gough: AN EARTHQUAKE WAS
THE REAL KILLER.
811
00:43:06,633 --> 00:43:08,333
IN FACT, A BIG ONE
AT THE BEGINNING
812
00:43:08,367 --> 00:43:11,233
OF THE 1st CENTURY B.C.
DECIMATED THE AREA.
813
00:43:11,267 --> 00:43:12,700
I MEAN, LOOK AROUND ME.
814
00:43:12,733 --> 00:43:14,300
THE TEMPLES WERE IN RUINS.
815
00:43:14,333 --> 00:43:16,066
SO, EVERYONE LEFT.
816
00:43:16,067 --> 00:43:17,809
THERE WAS NO REASON TO STAY.
THE PRIESTS LEFT.
817
00:43:17,833 --> 00:43:21,600
AND WHAT THAT DID WAS IT MADE
THE PROPHESIES OF THE ORACLE,
818
00:43:21,633 --> 00:43:23,633
WELL, NO LONGER CREDIBLE.
819
00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:26,533
AND DELPHI
SLOWLY FADED INTO HISTORY.
820
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,167
PERSONALLY, I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT THERE WAS DIVINE CONTACT
821
00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,400
WITH THE SPIRIT REALM
THAT ALLOWED THESE SIBYLS
822
00:43:40,433 --> 00:43:43,567
TO GIVE PROPHESIES
OF ANY ACCURACY WHATSOEVER.
823
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,333
I BELIEVE IT WAS MORE
OF A CONSULTATIVE EFFORT,
824
00:43:46,367 --> 00:43:49,066
TYPICALLY FROM THE PRIEST,
825
00:43:49,067 --> 00:43:51,100
OCCASIONALLY
FROM THE SIBYL HERSELF,
826
00:43:51,133 --> 00:43:52,600
BUT IN ALL INSTANCES,
827
00:43:52,633 --> 00:43:56,066
IT'S PRETTY MUCH
THEM TELLING THE QUESTER,
828
00:43:56,067 --> 00:44:00,533
THE INITIATE, WHAT THEY THINK
THEY NEED TO HEAR.
829
00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:04,900
Narrator: THE DESIRE TO KNOW
WHAT OUR FUTURES HOLD,
830
00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:06,600
WHETHER IT'S FOR LOVE OR MONEY,
831
00:44:06,633 --> 00:44:08,567
FOR WORK OR EVEN DEATH,
832
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,367
HAS FASCINATED
HUMANITY FOR CENTURIES.
833
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,533
THE MOMENT PEOPLE...
MOSTLY WOMEN...
834
00:44:13,567 --> 00:44:17,800
SET THEMSELVES UP AS PROPHETS,
WE CAME FLOCKING, CASH IN HAND,
835
00:44:17,833 --> 00:44:20,900
AND THE BUSINESS
OF FORTUNE-TELLING BEGAN.
836
00:44:20,933 --> 00:44:23,100
SO, IS THERE SOMETHING TO IT?
837
00:44:23,133 --> 00:44:26,600
OR IS IT SIMPLY A CLEVER WAY OF
RELIEVING PEOPLE OF THEIR CASH?
838
00:44:26,633 --> 00:44:30,200
PERHAPS IT'S A BIT OF BOTH.
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