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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,372 --> 00:00:06,442 NARRATOR: Human corpses preserved for thousands of years... 2 00:00:06,530 --> 00:00:09,471 RAMY ROMANY: The ancient Egyptians were convinced that the dead 3 00:00:09,476 --> 00:00:11,578 could and would reawaken one day. 4 00:00:11,805 --> 00:00:15,189 NARRATOR: Strange relics placed on the bodies of the dead... 5 00:00:15,575 --> 00:00:20,370 ED BARNHART: One of them had images of winged beings. 6 00:00:20,490 --> 00:00:24,482 NARRATOR: And monks buried... while still alive. 7 00:00:25,202 --> 00:00:28,334 WILLIAM HENRY: These funerary rites would be all about humans 8 00:00:28,370 --> 00:00:32,458 becoming, not just like the gods, but gods themselves. 9 00:00:32,578 --> 00:00:36,916 NARRATOR: Mysterious burial rituals and elaborate mummification processes 10 00:00:36,985 --> 00:00:40,242 have been found on every continent on the planet. 11 00:00:40,362 --> 00:00:41,362 But why? 12 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:44,651 Were the ancients simply trying to cheat death? 13 00:00:44,771 --> 00:00:49,144 Or could there be another... more otherworldly... explanation? 14 00:00:49,193 --> 00:00:52,821 DAVID WILCOCK: It is possible the mummies were being preserved 15 00:00:52,833 --> 00:00:56,327 so that they may be reunited with the gods 16 00:00:56,818 --> 00:00:59,131 that actually started their culture. 17 00:00:59,477 --> 00:01:01,839 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world 18 00:01:01,881 --> 00:01:06,714 believe we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 19 00:01:06,782 --> 00:01:09,519 What if it were true? 20 00:01:09,749 --> 00:01:13,970 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 21 00:01:14,164 --> 00:01:15,472 And if so, 22 00:01:15,497 --> 00:01:20,228 might the ultimate proof be hidden in the secrets of the mummies? 23 00:01:20,468 --> 00:01:24,659 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 24 00:01:51,426 --> 00:01:56,015 NARRATOR: Vatican City. April 2, 2005. 25 00:01:57,197 --> 00:01:59,952 Pope John Paul II dies, 26 00:02:00,939 --> 00:02:04,846 bringing his historic 26-year papacy to a close. 27 00:02:06,166 --> 00:02:08,897 His corpse is chemically preserved 28 00:02:08,933 --> 00:02:12,629 and transported to St. Peter's Basilica for public viewing. 29 00:02:13,670 --> 00:02:16,639 In a funeral service watched by millions, 30 00:02:17,093 --> 00:02:18,983 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger 31 00:02:19,098 --> 00:02:21,430 speaks of the beloved pontiff's soul 32 00:02:21,582 --> 00:02:24,476 being guided to the "eternal glory" of Heaven. 33 00:02:26,184 --> 00:02:31,775 His body is then interred in a large, underground tomb beneath the church. 34 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,985 HENRY: We can see that a great deal of care 35 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,339 was taken to preserve Pope John Paul's body. 36 00:02:42,944 --> 00:02:44,909 And the idea is that death, in fact, 37 00:02:44,947 --> 00:02:47,688 is just the beginning of this journey. 38 00:02:50,619 --> 00:02:52,290 KEN JEREMIAH: Many modern funerals, 39 00:02:52,345 --> 00:02:54,780 those that take place in Europe and the Americas, 40 00:02:54,786 --> 00:03:00,594 many of the initial ideas actually have their roots in Ancient Egypt. 41 00:03:02,126 --> 00:03:05,117 In ancient Egypt, bodies were mummified 42 00:03:05,237 --> 00:03:09,218 and put into sarcophagi that resemble human beings. 43 00:03:09,253 --> 00:03:10,852 And this is still done today, 44 00:03:10,861 --> 00:03:15,120 in many religious traditions, including the Roman Catholic Church. 45 00:03:19,218 --> 00:03:21,928 NARRATOR: Mummification is any process 46 00:03:21,943 --> 00:03:24,320 used to prevent the decaying of the body 47 00:03:24,321 --> 00:03:26,646 that naturally occurs after death. 48 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:31,280 The preserved body of Pope John Paul II is, 49 00:03:31,326 --> 00:03:33,346 essentially, a mummy. 50 00:03:33,392 --> 00:03:38,214 And, in fact, modern-day mummies can be found all over the world. 51 00:03:41,098 --> 00:03:46,247 When Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, 52 00:03:46,292 --> 00:03:49,200 Russian scientists preserved his body 53 00:03:49,223 --> 00:03:52,039 by removing the organs and replacing them 54 00:03:52,062 --> 00:03:56,832 with a secret system to simulate the movement of bodily fluids. 55 00:03:59,065 --> 00:04:02,730 The process has kept him looking astonishingly lifelike 56 00:04:02,745 --> 00:04:06,531 to this day, and was also used to preserve the bodies 57 00:04:06,554 --> 00:04:09,582 of Joseph Stalin and Ho Chi Minh. 58 00:04:11,104 --> 00:04:13,882 North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, 59 00:04:13,913 --> 00:04:16,775 President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, 60 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:22,583 and Chinese emperor Mao Zedong also remain preserved in remarkable condition. 61 00:04:22,703 --> 00:04:26,845 But it is not just world leaders who are being mummified. 62 00:04:27,852 --> 00:04:31,971 Any body that is embalmed at a funeral home is, in effect, 63 00:04:32,016 --> 00:04:34,969 undergoing a type of mummification. 64 00:04:35,089 --> 00:04:36,930 But why do so many people 65 00:04:36,952 --> 00:04:41,025 go to such great lengths to preserve the body after death. 66 00:04:43,396 --> 00:04:46,206 JONATHAN YOUNG: Our ancestors believed in an afterlife 67 00:04:46,248 --> 00:04:49,820 and that the proper ceremonial rites at time of death 68 00:04:49,835 --> 00:04:52,667 allowed the departed to travel to the reward, 69 00:04:52,682 --> 00:04:54,068 to the next life, 70 00:04:54,854 --> 00:04:57,928 which was often imagined to be in the heavens, the stars, 71 00:04:57,966 --> 00:04:59,512 and that this travel 72 00:04:59,538 --> 00:05:03,485 allowed the person to come into their full reward. 73 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:04,964 JEREMIAH: All over the world, 74 00:05:04,977 --> 00:05:07,060 people continue to preserve bodies 75 00:05:07,084 --> 00:05:10,064 and it's because there is this idea of living forever; 76 00:05:10,082 --> 00:05:12,759 that death is not the end, it's a beginning... 77 00:05:12,789 --> 00:05:14,588 it's a transitory state. 78 00:05:16,622 --> 00:05:20,154 For some reason, everyone has this idea that we need the body 79 00:05:20,202 --> 00:05:21,541 to live forever. 80 00:05:21,661 --> 00:05:25,630 If people truly believed there was a spiritual essence that infused the body, 81 00:05:25,666 --> 00:05:27,755 that left at the moment of death, 82 00:05:27,875 --> 00:05:29,996 they can't justify mummification. 83 00:05:33,467 --> 00:05:36,985 NARRATOR: What can explain the fact that, for thousands of years, 84 00:05:36,986 --> 00:05:39,196 in cultures throughout the world, 85 00:05:39,316 --> 00:05:41,146 people have held a belief 86 00:05:41,207 --> 00:05:43,042 that the preservation of the body 87 00:05:43,066 --> 00:05:46,682 is necessary to transition into the afterlife? 88 00:05:47,772 --> 00:05:51,582 Ancient astronaut theorists believe clues can be found 89 00:05:51,612 --> 00:05:55,369 hidden beneath the desert sands of Upper Egypt. 90 00:06:01,588 --> 00:06:03,507 The Valley of the Kings. 91 00:06:03,992 --> 00:06:07,444 Located on the western bank of the Nile River 92 00:06:07,929 --> 00:06:11,974 lies one of the most expansive burial grounds in all of Egypt. 93 00:06:12,786 --> 00:06:18,770 The tombs were constructed between 1539 and 1075 BC, 94 00:06:19,006 --> 00:06:21,392 for pharaohs and other nobility. 95 00:06:24,833 --> 00:06:25,869 To date, 96 00:06:25,930 --> 00:06:30,330 63 tombs have been discovered in the Valley of the Kings. 97 00:06:31,578 --> 00:06:36,265 One of the best preserved is that of Pharaoh Ramses VI, 98 00:06:36,385 --> 00:06:42,207 who ruled from approximately 1145 to 1137 BC. 99 00:06:48,523 --> 00:06:50,448 ROMANY: More than 4,000 years ago, 100 00:06:50,459 --> 00:06:54,245 King Ramses would have started digging this to become his tomb. 101 00:06:54,434 --> 00:06:57,735 Or, as he called it, his "House of Eternity." 102 00:06:59,999 --> 00:07:01,513 For Ancient Egyptians, 103 00:07:01,544 --> 00:07:04,784 a tomb wasn't just a place where they would end up dead. 104 00:07:05,897 --> 00:07:11,174 A tomb was a place where they would start their eternal life. 105 00:07:15,584 --> 00:07:17,807 NARRATOR: The Egyptians believed that, in death, 106 00:07:17,852 --> 00:07:20,745 the soul would split into several parts, 107 00:07:20,865 --> 00:07:24,098 and begin the journey to the afterlife. 108 00:07:25,075 --> 00:07:27,739 But to make this transition, it was essential 109 00:07:27,777 --> 00:07:31,002 to reunite the soul with the physical body. 110 00:07:33,130 --> 00:07:37,180 And while the Egyptians were not the first to mummify their dead, 111 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:40,791 no other ancient culture went to such great lengths 112 00:07:40,821 --> 00:07:45,512 to preserve the body, and ensure entrance into the next life. 113 00:07:48,232 --> 00:07:55,050 TORI RANDALL: Ancient Egyptians would put a body that needed to be mummified in a dry room. 114 00:07:55,444 --> 00:07:59,077 They would first take out the internal organs, 115 00:07:59,099 --> 00:08:01,744 and they'd pack that body with natron salt 116 00:08:01,768 --> 00:08:03,755 to start the drying process. 117 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:07,857 And then they would remove the brain. 118 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:14,022 Then they would rinse the body with sweet-smelling oils 119 00:08:14,071 --> 00:08:17,602 and cover the entire body in natron salt 120 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:21,999 and it would stay that way for about 35 to 70 days. 121 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,135 Once the body was all dried out, they would wrap the entire body, 122 00:08:27,255 --> 00:08:31,506 putting amulets and other special jeweled objects 123 00:08:31,521 --> 00:08:33,707 in the linen and then... 124 00:08:33,750 --> 00:08:35,246 once it was completely wrapped... 125 00:08:35,276 --> 00:08:36,984 and be done. 126 00:08:41,736 --> 00:08:44,373 NARRATOR: The Egyptians understood the most important 127 00:08:44,374 --> 00:08:46,190 factor in mummification... 128 00:08:46,310 --> 00:08:47,930 the removal of fluids, 129 00:08:47,959 --> 00:08:51,040 which ensures that bacteria cannot survive 130 00:08:51,050 --> 00:08:53,691 and the body will not decay. 131 00:08:54,951 --> 00:08:56,652 Although archeologists 132 00:08:56,696 --> 00:09:00,089 have discovered much about how these mummies were prepared, 133 00:09:00,121 --> 00:09:04,847 the Egyptians left behind no texts or instructionson mummification. 134 00:09:05,341 --> 00:09:07,740 Just how the Egyptians came to create 135 00:09:07,764 --> 00:09:11,083 this complex practice remains a mystery. 136 00:09:12,066 --> 00:09:14,683 But they did leave behind extensive records 137 00:09:14,697 --> 00:09:17,348 regarding their thoughts on the afterlife. 138 00:09:20,933 --> 00:09:23,351 ROMANY: This right here is a very good depiction 139 00:09:23,410 --> 00:09:27,848 of the journey of the afterlife with King Ramses. 140 00:09:27,877 --> 00:09:30,532 You see him here on a solar barge 141 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,152 being protected by all the different gods behind him, 142 00:09:34,172 --> 00:09:36,211 goddess Isis and god Osiris. 143 00:09:37,692 --> 00:09:40,445 This right here is god Anubis, 144 00:09:40,508 --> 00:09:43,788 and god Anubis is the god of the mummification. 145 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:50,819 YOUNG: The most important story in Egyptian mythology is the god Osiris, 146 00:09:50,838 --> 00:09:53,759 how his brother, Seth, coveted his 147 00:09:53,832 --> 00:09:56,642 brother's power and killed him. 148 00:09:57,751 --> 00:09:58,870 Then... 149 00:09:59,045 --> 00:10:01,352 his wife, Isis, in grief, 150 00:10:01,415 --> 00:10:03,218 got help from Anubis, 151 00:10:03,338 --> 00:10:06,823 who then helped Isis breathe life back into him, 152 00:10:07,288 --> 00:10:09,536 to survive into the next life 153 00:10:09,769 --> 00:10:14,860 with the help of Anubis the inventor of embalming and mummification. 154 00:10:16,284 --> 00:10:18,595 DAVID CHILDRESS: The mummification process in Egypt 155 00:10:18,715 --> 00:10:21,047 is often related to, uh, 156 00:10:21,167 --> 00:10:24,133 the star Sirius which we call the Dog Star. 157 00:10:24,967 --> 00:10:27,269 And the mummification rights were overseen 158 00:10:27,389 --> 00:10:29,502 by the Egyptian god Anubis, 159 00:10:29,622 --> 00:10:32,201 who was a jackal-headed god. 160 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:35,035 And so you have to wonder if Anubis 161 00:10:35,326 --> 00:10:39,997 wasn't some real, physical, extraterrestrial god. 162 00:10:41,068 --> 00:10:43,273 HENRY: The ancient Egyptian temple walls are... 163 00:10:43,311 --> 00:10:47,101 are covered with images of transformation, 164 00:10:48,424 --> 00:10:52,252 and what it reveals is that their core sacred science 165 00:10:52,372 --> 00:10:57,102 was about human transformation or ascension into celestial beings. 166 00:10:58,896 --> 00:11:01,992 So you wonder is it possible it's because 167 00:11:02,021 --> 00:11:06,252 those who originally taught these concepts came from the stars? 168 00:11:12,226 --> 00:11:15,013 NARRATOR: Could it be that the ancient Egyptians' beliefs 169 00:11:15,027 --> 00:11:17,435 about the afterlife were influenced 170 00:11:17,459 --> 00:11:19,722 by extraterrestrial visitors? 171 00:11:20,687 --> 00:11:22,566 Was it from these visitors 172 00:11:22,586 --> 00:11:25,440 that they learned the process of mummification? 173 00:11:25,721 --> 00:11:26,923 And if so, 174 00:11:27,107 --> 00:11:29,685 what was their ultimate agenda? 175 00:11:31,197 --> 00:11:33,249 Perhaps the answers can be found 176 00:11:33,369 --> 00:11:36,219 in ancient mummies that predate the Egyptians 177 00:11:36,339 --> 00:11:38,453 by thousands of years. 178 00:11:45,448 --> 00:11:49,375 NARRATOR: Arica, Chile. 1983. 179 00:11:51,245 --> 00:11:54,017 Workers digging a trench in this coastal city 180 00:11:54,225 --> 00:11:56,730 just seven miles from the Peruvian border 181 00:11:56,754 --> 00:11:58,949 make a remarkable discovery. 182 00:12:01,159 --> 00:12:04,735 They unearth a cemetery containing 96 mummies 183 00:12:05,045 --> 00:12:07,736 from the prehistoric Chinchorro culture. 184 00:12:10,506 --> 00:12:12,028 Scientists determine 185 00:12:12,338 --> 00:12:16,210 that some of the remains date back over 7,000 years, 186 00:12:16,330 --> 00:12:19,958 making these the oldest known mummies in the world. 187 00:12:22,336 --> 00:12:24,100 JEREMIAH: The Chinchorro were fishermen 188 00:12:24,289 --> 00:12:27,516 who lived along the ocean in Chile and Peru, 189 00:12:28,858 --> 00:12:33,277 and in fact, 4,000 years before the ancient Egyptians started doing it, 190 00:12:33,355 --> 00:12:37,066 the Chinchorro were mummifying their dead in South America. 191 00:12:39,538 --> 00:12:42,832 BARNHART: The Chinchorros would open up the cavity of the body. 192 00:12:42,852 --> 00:12:45,498 They would take out all the They would put 193 00:12:45,774 --> 00:12:50,479 sand and grass and other things inside the body. 194 00:12:50,498 --> 00:12:52,678 They would carefully cover it with mud 195 00:12:52,687 --> 00:12:55,406 and then they'd make mud masks over their face. 196 00:12:55,526 --> 00:12:59,960 It was a very elaborate system, embalming these things. 197 00:13:04,452 --> 00:13:07,058 NARRATOR: The Chinchorro method of mummification 198 00:13:07,257 --> 00:13:11,274 is strikingly similar to the process used by the Egyptians 199 00:13:11,347 --> 00:13:13,087 thousands of years later. 200 00:13:14,635 --> 00:13:18,342 But why was this strange burial ritual continued, 201 00:13:18,394 --> 00:13:20,003 not just in Egypt, 202 00:13:20,027 --> 00:13:23,579 but in civilizations across the ancient world? 203 00:13:27,358 --> 00:13:30,086 El Castillo de Huarmey, Peru. 204 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,640 January, 2013. 205 00:13:35,039 --> 00:13:36,666 Researchers announce 206 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,370 that they've discovered an archaeological rarity... 207 00:13:39,617 --> 00:13:43,038 an untouched, 1,300-year-old royal tomb 208 00:13:43,324 --> 00:13:44,986 from the Wari Empire. 209 00:13:47,330 --> 00:13:49,099 A predecessor to the Inca, 210 00:13:49,298 --> 00:13:52,927 the Wari civilization thrived in central Peru 211 00:13:52,956 --> 00:13:55,723 between 600 and 1100 AD 212 00:13:55,843 --> 00:13:58,087 before mysteriously disappearing. 213 00:14:00,438 --> 00:14:04,133 Inside the tomb was a treasure trove of gold, 214 00:14:04,253 --> 00:14:08,871 textiles, artifacts and 63 mummified women, 215 00:14:08,991 --> 00:14:12,022 including three Wari queens. 216 00:14:13,754 --> 00:14:18,127 BARNHART: From the three "royaled" women, one of them had 217 00:14:18,136 --> 00:14:22,349 earrings that had images of winged beings. 218 00:14:24,658 --> 00:14:27,895 These winged, anthropomorphic birds 219 00:14:27,904 --> 00:14:31,259 that we see in religious art happen from the very 220 00:14:31,274 --> 00:14:34,590 earliest art we know of in South America. 221 00:14:36,301 --> 00:14:40,048 CHILDRESS: And that's something also that you see, uh, at Tiahuanaco, 222 00:14:40,079 --> 00:14:42,076 where winged beings are running 223 00:14:42,077 --> 00:14:46,415 towards Viracocha in the center of the famous Door of the Sun. 224 00:14:47,786 --> 00:14:50,785 So why are these winged beings, then, 225 00:14:50,815 --> 00:14:54,198 on jewelry with the Wari people? 226 00:14:54,251 --> 00:14:56,561 And we find that with Egyptians, too. 227 00:14:58,136 --> 00:15:00,241 WILCOCK: The Egyptian god Thoth 228 00:15:00,256 --> 00:15:03,749 is depicted in Egyptian iconography as a half-bird, 229 00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,778 half-man deity. 230 00:15:05,898 --> 00:15:07,249 And it was Thoth 231 00:15:07,298 --> 00:15:11,610 who gave the knowledge of mummification to Isis. 232 00:15:12,422 --> 00:15:16,316 What's interesting is that there are other cultures around the world 233 00:15:16,334 --> 00:15:18,875 that also have half-bird, 234 00:15:18,899 --> 00:15:23,096 half-human beings that are treated as gods. 235 00:15:24,302 --> 00:15:25,877 This suggests 236 00:15:25,997 --> 00:15:29,433 that there was some global culture 237 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:32,989 of extraterrestrial visitors here who were 238 00:15:33,109 --> 00:15:36,169 teaching this mummification as a technology. 239 00:15:45,502 --> 00:15:46,701 NARRATOR: Is it possible 240 00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:49,223 that the Wari images of winged gods 241 00:15:49,343 --> 00:15:51,883 really represent extraterrestrials 242 00:15:51,901 --> 00:15:53,869 who came down from the sky? 243 00:15:55,971 --> 00:15:58,024 Did they visit not just Peru, 244 00:15:58,144 --> 00:16:00,938 but ancient cultures across the world? 245 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:06,013 And does the fact that these images are found on Wari mummies 246 00:16:06,037 --> 00:16:09,454 suggest that this was a science brought to planet earth 247 00:16:09,466 --> 00:16:11,701 by otherworldly beings? 248 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,719 Utcubamba Valley, Peru. 249 00:16:24,366 --> 00:16:28,691 Perched on a mountain cliff in this isolated region of the Amazon, 250 00:16:28,757 --> 00:16:31,768 stand six massive, clay sarcophagi 251 00:16:31,804 --> 00:16:35,947 known by locals as simply the "ancient wise men." 252 00:16:37,945 --> 00:16:41,658 Researchers estimate these eight-foot clay coffins 253 00:16:41,778 --> 00:16:46,346 were constructed between 1100 and 1300 AD. 254 00:16:47,188 --> 00:16:50,192 They were built to house the mummified remains 255 00:16:50,210 --> 00:16:53,203 of elite members of the Chachapoya tribe, 256 00:16:53,481 --> 00:16:57,141 a pre-Columbian civilization of fierce warriors. 257 00:16:57,171 --> 00:16:58,752 (Shouting) 258 00:17:00,774 --> 00:17:02,215 CHILDRESS: So we don't know much about 259 00:17:02,246 --> 00:17:04,777 the Chachapoyas people, who they were. 260 00:17:05,467 --> 00:17:09,187 They seemed to be very different from the other tribes in Peru 261 00:17:09,217 --> 00:17:13,402 and just exactly where they had come from and where they went 262 00:17:13,438 --> 00:17:15,958 is today, a complete mystery. 263 00:17:17,696 --> 00:17:22,094 BARNHART: I don't know of any other culture in South America that created 264 00:17:22,269 --> 00:17:25,025 sarcophaguses or coffins. 265 00:17:25,879 --> 00:17:27,672 These coffins were big. 266 00:17:27,690 --> 00:17:30,270 And they were made in the form of humans. 267 00:17:30,283 --> 00:17:34,055 Not unlike the sarcophaguses in Egypt. 268 00:17:36,430 --> 00:17:40,143 WILCOCK: The Chachapoya mummies were buried in a fetal position, 269 00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:42,015 and this is interesting. 270 00:17:47,145 --> 00:17:50,610 The fetal position suggests the possibility 271 00:17:50,730 --> 00:17:54,683 that the mummification rite was going to lead to a new birth. 272 00:17:56,086 --> 00:17:59,025 It's like the idea that there's a new incubation, 273 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:01,400 and this may explain why 274 00:18:01,428 --> 00:18:04,470 we see mummification not just with the Chachapoya, 275 00:18:04,493 --> 00:18:06,507 but we also see it in Egypt, 276 00:18:06,627 --> 00:18:11,291 and this mummification technology on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean 277 00:18:11,411 --> 00:18:16,058 does suggest that these people are after some sort of goal 278 00:18:16,270 --> 00:18:19,177 that we don't yet understand in modern times. 279 00:18:22,912 --> 00:18:26,514 NARRATOR: Could mummification have been an attempt by the ancients 280 00:18:26,536 --> 00:18:29,492 to not only preserve the body after death, 281 00:18:29,528 --> 00:18:32,751 but to enable the dead to be reborn? 282 00:18:33,448 --> 00:18:39,051 A technique used by extraterrestrials to achieve power over death? 283 00:18:40,662 --> 00:18:43,248 Perhaps further clues can be found 284 00:18:43,266 --> 00:18:44,901 by examining mummies 285 00:18:45,021 --> 00:18:47,493 made not from the bodies of the dead, 286 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:51,872 but from the bodies of people buried alive. 287 00:18:57,434 --> 00:18:59,298 NARRATOR: Mount Yudono, Japan. 288 00:19:00,298 --> 00:19:03,353 In the 1,200-year-old Dainichibo temple, 289 00:19:03,362 --> 00:19:05,688 at the base of this holy mountain, 290 00:19:06,161 --> 00:19:08,995 sitting on an alter within a glass case, 291 00:19:09,292 --> 00:19:11,927 is the mummy of the revered Buddhist monk 292 00:19:11,976 --> 00:19:14,799 Daijuku Bosatsu Shinnyokai-Shonin. 293 00:19:15,768 --> 00:19:18,548 Shonin is what is known in Japan 294 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:21,818 as a Sokushinbutsu, or a Living Buddha. 295 00:19:22,745 --> 00:19:27,287 He died in 1783 at the age of 96, 296 00:19:27,407 --> 00:19:28,686 but shockingly, 297 00:19:28,806 --> 00:19:32,216 this is not when the mummification process was started. 298 00:19:32,336 --> 00:19:35,815 It began 6 years before his death. 299 00:19:40,831 --> 00:19:43,357 This ritual of self-mummification 300 00:19:43,411 --> 00:19:45,356 was commonly practiced by monks 301 00:19:45,398 --> 00:19:49,171 in the Shingon sect of Buddhism in northern Japan 302 00:19:49,226 --> 00:19:51,927 between the 11th and 19th centuries. 303 00:19:56,675 --> 00:19:58,832 DOMINIC STEAVU: They would willingly embark 304 00:19:58,844 --> 00:20:02,563 on a process of self-mortification, which 305 00:20:02,605 --> 00:20:04,648 was tantamount to suicide. 306 00:20:05,366 --> 00:20:08,188 The first phase would last about 1,000 days, 307 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:11,089 and they would begin the self-mummification process 308 00:20:11,101 --> 00:20:14,670 by embarking on a very rigorous low-calorie diet. 309 00:20:14,975 --> 00:20:17,266 In the second phase of the process, 310 00:20:17,296 --> 00:20:21,865 the practitioner would be imbibing the urushi tea. 311 00:20:22,195 --> 00:20:25,020 Now, the urushi tea is highly toxic. 312 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:27,980 However, it was believed to 313 00:20:28,029 --> 00:20:32,016 lacquer, basically, the tissues and organs from the inside out 314 00:20:32,059 --> 00:20:35,249 in order to favor the mummification process. 315 00:20:36,916 --> 00:20:38,641 And because of its toxicity, 316 00:20:38,664 --> 00:20:40,177 the flesh was so 317 00:20:40,297 --> 00:20:44,014 poisonous that even maggots would not consume it. 318 00:20:45,289 --> 00:20:47,446 YOUNG: When they were nearly dead, 319 00:20:47,566 --> 00:20:49,515 they would go into a small chamber, 320 00:20:49,534 --> 00:20:52,351 just big enough to sit in the lotus position. 321 00:20:54,182 --> 00:20:56,459 It would be sealed up, except for a reed 322 00:20:56,469 --> 00:20:58,398 that allowed a little air in, 323 00:20:58,518 --> 00:21:01,146 and inside, the monk had a bell. 324 00:21:02,430 --> 00:21:04,876 One day the bell would not ring 325 00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:09,052 and the followers would withdraw the reed and seal up the chamber. 326 00:21:13,263 --> 00:21:16,796 After 1,000 days, they would open it to see what had happened. 327 00:21:18,298 --> 00:21:20,532 JEREMIAH: If the bodies had mummified, 328 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:22,576 they were considered Living Buddhas, 329 00:21:23,478 --> 00:21:26,181 and they were redressed in sacerdotal robes 330 00:21:26,301 --> 00:21:29,865 and displayed in special temple halls called ***. 331 00:21:31,125 --> 00:21:32,996 If they had not mummified, 332 00:21:33,010 --> 00:21:36,198 an exorcism was performed and they were simply buried. 333 00:21:44,411 --> 00:21:46,950 NARRATOR: Although hundreds of monks tried to attain 334 00:21:46,970 --> 00:21:48,307 Sokushinbutsu, 335 00:21:49,024 --> 00:21:51,755 only 24 are known to have succeeded. 336 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:55,086 But why would these devout followers of Buddha 337 00:21:55,135 --> 00:21:59,699 have endured such pain in order to mummify their own bodies? 338 00:22:01,157 --> 00:22:03,270 One of the central beliefs of Buddhism 339 00:22:03,318 --> 00:22:04,670 is reincarnation, 340 00:22:05,203 --> 00:22:07,378 but according to the Shingon sect, 341 00:22:08,619 --> 00:22:12,646 those who successfully complete the self-mummification process 342 00:22:12,670 --> 00:22:14,434 become higher beings. 343 00:22:16,261 --> 00:22:18,742 JEREMIAH: The idea was they didn't think they were dying. 344 00:22:20,336 --> 00:22:23,117 They perceived this as a state of suspended animation. 345 00:22:23,237 --> 00:22:25,487 It wasn't death for them. It wasn't life. 346 00:22:25,521 --> 00:22:26,940 It was somewhere in between. 347 00:22:27,948 --> 00:22:29,828 They needed the body preserved 348 00:22:29,906 --> 00:22:32,740 to enter this other dimension of reality 349 00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:36,871 and to continue life, although it's not life as we would interpret it. 350 00:22:38,751 --> 00:22:40,501 DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: They do not have to be reborn 351 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,849 because when you become a Living Buddha, 352 00:22:42,969 --> 00:22:47,413 you have already attained your nirvana so that, you know, 353 00:22:47,577 --> 00:22:51,934 your... your body remains kind of immortal in a sense. 354 00:22:52,253 --> 00:22:54,932 STEAVU: They were trying to emulate these 355 00:22:55,052 --> 00:22:58,223 high-ranking or highly-achieving, spiritually speaking, 356 00:22:58,241 --> 00:23:01,280 beings such as Buddhas or Bodhisattvas. 357 00:23:07,729 --> 00:23:10,065 NARRATOR: But what did it mean to a Shingon monk 358 00:23:10,099 --> 00:23:12,023 to become a Living Buddha, 359 00:23:12,203 --> 00:23:14,630 and transition to a higher realm? 360 00:23:16,399 --> 00:23:18,715 Perhaps the answer can be found 361 00:23:18,739 --> 00:23:22,800 by examining the life of the original Buddha himself. 362 00:23:26,816 --> 00:23:29,612 STEAVU: The historical Buddha was known as Siddhartha Gautama, 363 00:23:31,462 --> 00:23:33,144 and he was born 364 00:23:33,168 --> 00:23:36,424 around the mid-6th century BCE. 365 00:23:36,544 --> 00:23:38,978 He founded the Buddhist tradition, 366 00:23:39,098 --> 00:23:43,125 in which he expounds on the path to enlightenment. 367 00:23:48,611 --> 00:23:50,273 It's very important that 368 00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:53,840 the historical Buddha was understood as a human. 369 00:23:54,072 --> 00:23:56,587 That gives every human practitioner 370 00:23:56,612 --> 00:24:00,488 access to the same level of ability and enlightenment. 371 00:24:01,283 --> 00:24:05,669 However, he also took on some magical powers 372 00:24:05,732 --> 00:24:08,048 that, in some ways, 373 00:24:08,057 --> 00:24:12,240 brought him much closer to a divine being or semi-divine being 374 00:24:12,264 --> 00:24:15,254 than to a normal mortal human. 375 00:24:15,763 --> 00:24:19,499 He was known to teleport across the Ganges River, 376 00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:23,637 appearing from one side of the river to the other in the blink of an eye. 377 00:24:24,899 --> 00:24:29,425 CHILDRESS: When you look at the life of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, 378 00:24:29,545 --> 00:24:34,034 he would appear to be somebody that we would maybe call a star child: 379 00:24:34,154 --> 00:24:37,688 part human, part extraterrestrial. 380 00:24:42,665 --> 00:24:45,447 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the first Buddha 381 00:24:45,515 --> 00:24:48,590 had extraterrestrial origins? 382 00:24:49,262 --> 00:24:52,004 Might the Shingon monks have believed 383 00:24:52,035 --> 00:24:54,763 that through the process of self-mummification 384 00:24:55,635 --> 00:25:00,099 they too could be transformed into more advanced beings? 385 00:25:00,135 --> 00:25:02,528 Ancient astronaut theorists believe 386 00:25:02,564 --> 00:25:04,975 that further answers can be found 387 00:25:05,095 --> 00:25:08,343 by examining the story of an Egyptian pharaoh 388 00:25:08,561 --> 00:25:11,602 with extraterrestrial origins. 389 00:25:17,603 --> 00:25:21,432 NARRATOR: Amarna, Egypt. 1891. 390 00:25:22,122 --> 00:25:25,386 Italian archaeologist Alessandro Barsanti 391 00:25:25,506 --> 00:25:29,013 explores the tomb constructed for the Pharaoh Akhenaton, 392 00:25:30,546 --> 00:25:33,217 but finds no evidence of his mummy. 393 00:25:38,299 --> 00:25:42,781 GIORGIO TSOUKALOS: What's really interesting is that the Egyptologists were certain 394 00:25:42,817 --> 00:25:46,548 that they would find Akhenaton behind 395 00:25:46,668 --> 00:25:50,121 that tomb, and they didn't. 396 00:25:54,299 --> 00:25:56,976 NARRATOR: Just what happened to this revolutionary leader 397 00:25:56,982 --> 00:26:00,980 after his death is as mysterious as the pharaoh himself. 398 00:26:04,172 --> 00:26:06,719 Was he never actually buried in his tomb, 399 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:09,683 or could he have been removed? 400 00:26:10,985 --> 00:26:14,813 Akhenaton ruled from 1353 B.C. 401 00:26:14,831 --> 00:26:17,490 until his death 17 years later. 402 00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:21,736 His reign was dominated by controversy 403 00:26:21,856 --> 00:26:24,910 when he abandoned the pantheon of old Egyptian gods 404 00:26:25,205 --> 00:26:27,780 and instead demanded that his subjects 405 00:26:27,804 --> 00:26:29,966 worship the sun god Aten. 406 00:26:32,946 --> 00:26:36,307 WILCOCK: The Aten was something that he saw in the sky 407 00:26:36,325 --> 00:26:37,943 between two mountains 408 00:26:38,924 --> 00:26:42,364 that inspired him to create the sacred city of Amarna. 409 00:26:43,581 --> 00:26:46,901 Now, the typical view is the Aten must be the sun, 410 00:26:47,155 --> 00:26:50,092 but it is entirely possible 411 00:26:50,117 --> 00:26:52,049 that what Akhenaten was seeing 412 00:26:52,097 --> 00:26:55,561 was, in fact, an extraterrestrial flying craft. 413 00:27:02,295 --> 00:27:05,839 NARRATOR: Did Akhenaten uproot the entire Kingdom of Egypt 414 00:27:05,893 --> 00:27:08,734 because of an extraterrestrial encounter? 415 00:27:10,351 --> 00:27:14,445 Or could there be an even more profound explanation? 416 00:27:15,765 --> 00:27:18,999 TSOUKALOS: If you compare images of Akhenaten 417 00:27:19,030 --> 00:27:21,701 to other depictions of pharaohs 418 00:27:21,737 --> 00:27:24,942 you'll notice that Akhenaten looks very different. 419 00:27:26,129 --> 00:27:29,691 He had this very bizarre elongated skull 420 00:27:29,745 --> 00:27:34,082 and he had this weird potbelly and weird arms. 421 00:27:35,409 --> 00:27:39,424 So was he really a human? 422 00:27:41,006 --> 00:27:45,172 Perhaps Akhenaten was not of this earth. 423 00:27:48,528 --> 00:27:52,693 NARRATOR: While archaeologists have yet to uncover the remains of Akhenaten, 424 00:27:53,183 --> 00:27:55,456 ancient astronaut theorists believe 425 00:27:55,528 --> 00:27:58,786 that depictions of him having an elongated skull 426 00:27:58,839 --> 00:28:01,702 could be more than just artistic license. 427 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,881 Because there are other mummies that do, in fact, 428 00:28:04,949 --> 00:28:07,304 have unusual skulls. 429 00:28:12,484 --> 00:28:14,966 Some elongated skulls can be explained 430 00:28:15,086 --> 00:28:19,066 by the fact that numerous ancient cultures practiced head-binding... 431 00:28:19,836 --> 00:28:21,864 a form of body modification 432 00:28:21,984 --> 00:28:24,369 where the heads of infants were tightly bound 433 00:28:24,548 --> 00:28:27,716 to force their skulls to become conical in shape. 434 00:28:28,821 --> 00:28:33,493 But several misshapen skulls appear to defy explanation. 435 00:28:36,496 --> 00:28:38,140 In Peru and Malta, 436 00:28:38,203 --> 00:28:40,476 elongated skulls have been discovered 437 00:28:40,596 --> 00:28:43,737 that are mysteriously missing a sagittal suture... 438 00:28:44,430 --> 00:28:48,902 the fibrous jagged joint found in all human skulls. 439 00:28:49,740 --> 00:28:52,725 TSOUKALOS: When you compare some of these elongated skulls, 440 00:28:52,793 --> 00:28:56,969 some have sutures like we have as humans, 441 00:28:56,994 --> 00:28:59,068 and then there are other skulls 442 00:28:59,233 --> 00:29:02,033 that do not have the same sutures. 443 00:29:02,363 --> 00:29:04,117 So, is it possible that 444 00:29:04,151 --> 00:29:08,275 some of them are of actual extraterrestrial origin? 445 00:29:09,584 --> 00:29:11,590 It would not surprise me 446 00:29:11,775 --> 00:29:14,745 in the least bit, in the least bit. 447 00:29:19,788 --> 00:29:23,189 NARRATOR: Could the elongated skulls found on certain mummies 448 00:29:23,203 --> 00:29:26,687 actually be of extraterrestrial origin? 449 00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:29,909 Might they be proof 450 00:29:30,029 --> 00:29:34,782 that humans learned the process of mummification from alien visitors? 451 00:29:36,527 --> 00:29:39,536 For years, researcher Brien Foerster 452 00:29:39,599 --> 00:29:41,881 has been studying elongated skulls 453 00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:43,858 found in Paracas, Peru, 454 00:29:44,134 --> 00:29:48,474 and recent DNA tests have yielded startling results. 455 00:29:50,083 --> 00:29:53,218 BRIEN FOERSTER: Initial results, though ambiguous, 456 00:29:53,261 --> 00:29:57,418 seem to indicate that partial segments of their DNA 457 00:29:57,486 --> 00:30:00,373 are not to be found in what is called GenBank, 458 00:30:00,392 --> 00:30:05,189 which is the record of human DNA that's been decoded so far. 459 00:30:05,713 --> 00:30:09,425 Astonishingly, the geneticist who's been studying them 460 00:30:09,502 --> 00:30:14,919 has said that their DNA, at least in some aspects, 461 00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:16,358 are not human. 462 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:24,900 NARRATOR: Might the DNA of the mummified Paracas skulls 463 00:30:24,978 --> 00:30:30,119 contain the truth about ancient man's contact with extraterrestrials? 464 00:30:31,452 --> 00:30:34,127 Could it be that the mummy of Akhenaten 465 00:30:34,247 --> 00:30:37,824 has never been found because it was deliberately hidden 466 00:30:37,858 --> 00:30:43,347 or destroyed to keep us from discovering its alien origins? 467 00:30:43,968 --> 00:30:46,478 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 468 00:30:46,598 --> 00:30:49,599 that the most compelling evidence of a connection 469 00:30:49,628 --> 00:30:52,854 between mummification and extraterrestrials 470 00:30:52,974 --> 00:30:55,297 can be found with the Inca, 471 00:30:56,111 --> 00:31:01,266 who treated the dead as though they were still very much alive. 472 00:31:08,012 --> 00:31:10,081 NARRATOR: Cuzco, Peru. 473 00:31:11,287 --> 00:31:15,962 This sacred city was once the capital of the Inca Empire, 474 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,869 and by the 13th century was the center 475 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:23,157 of one of the largest and most sophisticated 476 00:31:23,163 --> 00:31:26,337 Pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas. 477 00:31:30,545 --> 00:31:35,191 The Inca were renowned for their proficiency in architecture 478 00:31:35,373 --> 00:31:38,588 and widely regarded as the most important 479 00:31:38,624 --> 00:31:43,936 of their many temple complexes was the one known as Qurikancha. 480 00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:48,527 Historical accounts describe it as a magnificent palace of gold 481 00:31:48,921 --> 00:31:52,343 that housed the most holy objects of worship for the Inca... 482 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,207 the mummies of their dead kings. 483 00:31:59,889 --> 00:32:03,112 BARNHART: That's where the king did his most important rituals 484 00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:05,389 and where the mummies of 485 00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:09,399 the previous Sapa Incas, or kings, were kept. 486 00:32:10,089 --> 00:32:14,964 And those mummies were communicated with on a regular basis. 487 00:32:16,442 --> 00:32:17,751 NARRATOR: Even today, 488 00:32:17,871 --> 00:32:19,695 descendants of the Inca 489 00:32:19,731 --> 00:32:22,295 recreate the centuries-old practice 490 00:32:22,301 --> 00:32:25,281 of using the mummies in sacred ceremonies. 491 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,453 FOERSTER: Four times a year they were brought out 492 00:32:29,466 --> 00:32:32,249 and the living descendants would then consult with them 493 00:32:32,269 --> 00:32:33,974 about the affairs of state, 494 00:32:33,998 --> 00:32:36,890 as well as what they should do in the future. 495 00:32:38,453 --> 00:32:42,426 JEREMIAH: It was believed that these mummies could communicate with deities 496 00:32:42,546 --> 00:32:46,432 or otherworldly beings in this twilight realm 497 00:32:47,473 --> 00:32:50,950 or in this state between life and death. 498 00:32:51,859 --> 00:32:53,237 They even had 499 00:32:53,268 --> 00:32:56,576 people specially trained to take care of the royal mummies. 500 00:32:56,622 --> 00:33:01,980 And some of the duties that these caretakers had were interpreting 501 00:33:02,023 --> 00:33:03,670 what the mummy wished to say, 502 00:33:03,790 --> 00:33:06,353 arranging meetings with the living and the dead 503 00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:11,689 and strangely even taking the mummy outside so he could urinate. 504 00:33:17,746 --> 00:33:19,185 NARRATOR: But why would the Inca... 505 00:33:19,228 --> 00:33:22,868 the most advanced civilization in South America at the time... 506 00:33:23,343 --> 00:33:27,540 treat corpses as though they were living, thinking beings? 507 00:33:28,451 --> 00:33:30,845 Perhaps the answer can be found 508 00:33:30,908 --> 00:33:34,261 by examining the Incan creation story. 509 00:33:34,872 --> 00:33:38,000 WILCOCK: The Incan creation myth describes 510 00:33:38,054 --> 00:33:41,295 how the world was created by the Ayar brothers. 511 00:33:41,949 --> 00:33:45,868 And the word "ayar" actually means mummy, 512 00:33:46,528 --> 00:33:49,658 so written right into the myth from the very beginning 513 00:33:49,778 --> 00:33:53,674 is the idea that mummification is of central importance 514 00:33:53,723 --> 00:33:57,605 to whomever and whatever these gods are. 515 00:33:57,811 --> 00:33:59,198 Is it possible 516 00:33:59,258 --> 00:34:02,256 that those mythical gods were actually 517 00:34:02,311 --> 00:34:06,338 extraterrestrial flesh and blood beings of some kind? 518 00:34:09,724 --> 00:34:11,680 NARRATOR: But if the Ayar brothers 519 00:34:11,711 --> 00:34:14,194 really were extraterrestrials, 520 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:17,064 why would the Inca have used the same term 521 00:34:17,082 --> 00:34:21,401 for these alien visitors as they did for their mummified dead? 522 00:34:22,267 --> 00:34:24,854 Ancient astronaut theorists suggest 523 00:34:24,974 --> 00:34:28,991 that the Inca may have witnessed these other-worldly space travelers 524 00:34:28,991 --> 00:34:32,255 emerging from a state of suspended animation. 525 00:34:34,405 --> 00:34:37,792 TSOUKALOS: What if they were trying to mimic 526 00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,681 whatever it is they saw? 527 00:34:41,783 --> 00:34:47,004 And so, if someone with no technological knowledge, 528 00:34:47,628 --> 00:34:51,752 witnesses someone who is in suspended animation, 529 00:34:52,685 --> 00:34:55,725 and then they come alive. 530 00:34:56,107 --> 00:34:58,892 They have just witnessed the resurrection of someone, 531 00:34:59,012 --> 00:35:01,776 someone coming back from the dead, 532 00:35:01,842 --> 00:35:04,865 when in reality, that was never the case. 533 00:35:08,929 --> 00:35:11,116 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Inca 534 00:35:11,236 --> 00:35:15,023 witnessed alien visitors coming out of hibernation 535 00:35:15,241 --> 00:35:18,784 and that this is why they mummified their dead? 536 00:35:19,814 --> 00:35:22,747 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, 537 00:35:22,783 --> 00:35:25,733 and claim that this might also explain 538 00:35:25,782 --> 00:35:31,288 mummification in other cultures, most notably the Egyptians. 539 00:35:31,408 --> 00:35:32,821 WILCOCK: It's possible 540 00:35:33,033 --> 00:35:36,055 that the extraterrestrials who visited Egypt 541 00:35:36,132 --> 00:35:39,713 would have needed to have some sort of hyperbaric isolation chambers 542 00:35:39,781 --> 00:35:42,232 to get from their home world to here. 543 00:35:42,513 --> 00:35:45,799 Now, if that is true, then it's also possible 544 00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:47,951 that the mummification ritual 545 00:35:48,071 --> 00:35:50,960 actually originated from this 546 00:35:51,042 --> 00:35:53,246 long-term hyperbaric storage 547 00:35:53,275 --> 00:35:55,887 that they were doing with their bodies inside 548 00:35:55,930 --> 00:35:58,188 sarcophagus-like chambers. 549 00:35:58,919 --> 00:36:01,376 CHILDRESS: One idea, certainly, is that 550 00:36:02,248 --> 00:36:04,255 human beings and these societies 551 00:36:04,274 --> 00:36:06,774 were seeing extraterrestrials who were 552 00:36:06,794 --> 00:36:09,056 wrapped in certain body suits 553 00:36:09,231 --> 00:36:10,287 and then they would 554 00:36:10,407 --> 00:36:12,176 come back alive. 555 00:36:12,380 --> 00:36:15,660 They were put in a special suspended animation 556 00:36:15,685 --> 00:36:18,864 that was similar to mummification. 557 00:36:19,145 --> 00:36:21,538 And perhaps this is why 558 00:36:21,592 --> 00:36:25,381 the Egyptians were doing mummification. 559 00:36:27,906 --> 00:36:29,413 NARRATOR: Could mummification 560 00:36:29,524 --> 00:36:32,237 really have been an attempt by ancient people 561 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:35,672 to imitate extraterrestrial space travelers? 562 00:36:35,745 --> 00:36:36,952 Perhaps. 563 00:36:37,252 --> 00:36:39,947 But ancient astronaut theorists propose 564 00:36:40,067 --> 00:36:43,833 that there may be an even more profound explanation: 565 00:36:44,608 --> 00:36:48,994 that early humans were not simply imitating alien visitors, 566 00:36:49,741 --> 00:36:53,903 but intended to join them in the future. 567 00:36:58,817 --> 00:37:00,576 NARRATOR: Ju�rez, Mexico. 568 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,141 2008. 569 00:37:04,035 --> 00:37:07,315 Just eight miles southwest of El Paso, Texas, 570 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:11,196 in this notoriously violent border town, 571 00:37:13,369 --> 00:37:16,177 Dr. Alejandro Hern�ndez C�rdenas 572 00:37:16,297 --> 00:37:18,841 develops a groundbreaking new technique 573 00:37:18,878 --> 00:37:20,501 in forensic science. 574 00:37:20,774 --> 00:37:23,214 By using a secret chemical formula, 575 00:37:23,311 --> 00:37:25,437 he is able to rehydrate the flesh 576 00:37:25,443 --> 00:37:28,351 of unrecognizable homicide victims, 577 00:37:28,471 --> 00:37:31,034 including bodies that were mummified 578 00:37:31,064 --> 00:37:34,892 after years of being dried out in the hot desert climat. 579 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:39,820 KIRSTEN FISHER: Out of sort of compassion or concern for the 580 00:37:39,849 --> 00:37:42,490 huge number of unidentified bodies in Ju�rez, 581 00:37:43,192 --> 00:37:45,702 he figured out a solution that you can place 582 00:37:45,712 --> 00:37:47,742 a mummified corpse in. 583 00:37:48,455 --> 00:37:51,440 The corpse becomes recognizable in terms of 584 00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,120 identifying scars or tattoos. 585 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:03,666 NARRATOR: The naturally mummified corpses 586 00:38:03,695 --> 00:38:06,899 are put in a tank that Dr. C�rdenas refers to 587 00:38:06,976 --> 00:38:08,289 as "The Jacuzzi," 588 00:38:09,162 --> 00:38:12,336 which holds 60 gallons of his secret formula. 589 00:38:14,289 --> 00:38:16,392 Over the course of a few days, 590 00:38:16,512 --> 00:38:20,994 the shriveled remains are rehydrated to look almost lifelike. 591 00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:26,294 But as astounding as his formula is, 592 00:38:26,414 --> 00:38:29,283 it's not the first time science has attempted 593 00:38:29,322 --> 00:38:32,816 to in some way restore a mummified body. 594 00:38:36,818 --> 00:38:38,621 In 1968, 595 00:38:38,699 --> 00:38:42,348 Robert Connolly, a researcher from the University of Liverpool, 596 00:38:42,468 --> 00:38:45,449 attempted to virtually regenerate the blood 597 00:38:45,522 --> 00:38:47,953 of a completely mummified body... 598 00:38:48,346 --> 00:38:53,005 only this mummy was 3,300 years old. 599 00:38:53,357 --> 00:38:57,365 It was the mummy of Egypt's most famous pharaoh... 600 00:38:57,705 --> 00:39:00,036 King Tutankhamen. 601 00:39:01,267 --> 00:39:04,343 Connelly's method was to combine antigens 602 00:39:04,373 --> 00:39:06,760 taken from a skin sample of King Tut 603 00:39:06,821 --> 00:39:08,947 with his own blood cells. 604 00:39:10,370 --> 00:39:12,012 FISHER: Connolly is actually Type O, 605 00:39:12,042 --> 00:39:14,837 which means you don't have any antigens on your blood cells. 606 00:39:14,846 --> 00:39:18,156 He was actually able to put the antigens from King Tut 607 00:39:18,185 --> 00:39:20,965 on his sort of "clean slate" of a blood cell... 608 00:39:22,821 --> 00:39:26,761 so, then, recreating whatever blood type the mummy had. 609 00:39:26,829 --> 00:39:29,426 You mix those red blood cells with different blood types, 610 00:39:29,503 --> 00:39:31,038 and if it's not the correct blood type, 611 00:39:31,111 --> 00:39:32,963 what you get is sort of clumping of the blood cells, 612 00:39:32,982 --> 00:39:34,824 because there's an immune response against them. 613 00:39:34,868 --> 00:39:36,099 But if it's the correct blood type, 614 00:39:36,099 --> 00:39:38,919 then you don't see any sort of immunological response. 615 00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:41,753 And so in that way they were able to figure out which blood type 616 00:39:41,787 --> 00:39:43,338 King Tut possessed. 617 00:39:46,738 --> 00:39:48,641 NARRATOR: Since Connelly's experiment, 618 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:50,849 scientists have gone even further 619 00:39:51,001 --> 00:39:52,757 and discovered what they believe 620 00:39:52,784 --> 00:39:55,206 is King Tut's true DNA. 621 00:39:57,327 --> 00:40:00,763 Could the next step be an actual resurrection? 622 00:40:02,444 --> 00:40:04,455 Was the preservation of the body 623 00:40:04,523 --> 00:40:08,681 not just a ritualistic attempt to imitate alien visitors, 624 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,956 but an actual form of suspended animation? 625 00:40:13,290 --> 00:40:14,439 But if so, 626 00:40:14,647 --> 00:40:17,056 how could they have foreseen such incredible 627 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,694 scientific advancements thousands of years ago? 628 00:40:22,070 --> 00:40:23,611 WILCOCK: It is possible 629 00:40:23,916 --> 00:40:26,528 that the ancient astronauts 630 00:40:26,648 --> 00:40:28,409 taught the Egyptians 631 00:40:28,569 --> 00:40:30,303 that mummification 632 00:40:30,342 --> 00:40:32,717 was a way of preserving their 633 00:40:32,741 --> 00:40:35,537 genetic information in the DNA. 634 00:40:38,207 --> 00:40:42,799 CHILDRESS: One of the startling discoveries in the study of mummies, 635 00:40:42,919 --> 00:40:44,723 in Egypt and elsewhere, 636 00:40:44,824 --> 00:40:49,820 is that quite a bit of DNA is actually preserved for 637 00:40:49,835 --> 00:40:51,491 is that quite a bit thousands of years 638 00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:53,744 in the mummification process. 639 00:40:54,583 --> 00:40:56,435 This makes it possible 640 00:40:56,555 --> 00:41:01,134 to clone ancient mummies and, in a sense, 641 00:41:01,173 --> 00:41:03,189 bring them back to life. 642 00:41:04,022 --> 00:41:05,534 WILCOCK: It is possible 643 00:41:05,664 --> 00:41:07,810 that, at some point in the future, 644 00:41:08,057 --> 00:41:10,844 if your body had been successfully mummified, 645 00:41:10,887 --> 00:41:14,482 that these ancient extraterrestrials were well aware that a clone 646 00:41:14,502 --> 00:41:16,072 of who you were before 647 00:41:16,149 --> 00:41:18,886 could then be reborn many years later. 648 00:41:19,104 --> 00:41:20,538 And is it possible 649 00:41:20,596 --> 00:41:23,058 that with the magnificence of the DNA 650 00:41:23,087 --> 00:41:25,449 and with all of the information that it contains, 651 00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:30,022 that you might also come back with the memories 652 00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:32,245 of what you lived, 653 00:41:32,445 --> 00:41:34,595 and who you were, and what you knew 654 00:41:34,649 --> 00:41:36,127 the last time? 655 00:41:36,496 --> 00:41:38,629 And that may be the purpose 656 00:41:38,690 --> 00:41:41,567 which will actually be used in the future... 657 00:41:41,687 --> 00:41:43,106 not yet present, 658 00:41:43,513 --> 00:41:47,188 but with a technology that we are very rapidly acquiring. 659 00:41:48,859 --> 00:41:52,641 HENRY: When the extraterrestrials taught the art of mummification, 660 00:41:52,761 --> 00:41:54,914 did they have it in the back of their mind that, 661 00:41:54,967 --> 00:41:57,714 maybe 5,000 years into the future, 662 00:41:57,834 --> 00:42:00,127 medical science would advance to the level 663 00:42:00,127 --> 00:42:01,939 where we would be able to extract 664 00:42:01,992 --> 00:42:04,695 the DNA from those mummies? 665 00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:08,644 And maybe this is part of the purpose of the mummification, 666 00:42:08,654 --> 00:42:10,752 is to create this time capsule. 667 00:42:15,443 --> 00:42:16,946 NARRATOR: Could our ancestors 668 00:42:16,984 --> 00:42:19,805 really have been taught the process of mummification 669 00:42:19,858 --> 00:42:22,198 by extraterrestrial beings? 670 00:42:22,969 --> 00:42:24,442 Was it their intention 671 00:42:24,515 --> 00:42:27,142 that we would eventually develop the technology 672 00:42:27,214 --> 00:42:29,972 to retrieve the DNA of the ancient mummies 673 00:42:29,981 --> 00:42:31,963 and restore them, to life. 674 00:42:33,451 --> 00:42:36,167 And if we do, might we discover 675 00:42:36,201 --> 00:42:38,280 that these human time capsules 676 00:42:38,323 --> 00:42:41,323 hold the secrets to our very origins? 677 00:42:42,398 --> 00:42:43,702 Perhaps one day, 678 00:42:43,803 --> 00:42:46,687 we will truly be able to reanimate the dead, 679 00:42:47,365 --> 00:42:49,162 and from these ancient mummies, 680 00:42:49,242 --> 00:42:50,786 we will learn the truth 681 00:42:50,951 --> 00:42:52,845 about our alien ancestors. 682 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:57,148 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 683 00:42:57,198 --> 00:43:01,748 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 55766

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