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Giorgio a. Tsoukalos:
An island of giant statues.
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A vast plateau covered
in enormous geoglyphs.
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A megalithic settlement
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That dates back
more than 12,000 years.
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On ancient aliens,
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We've trekked across deserts,
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Hacked through jungles,
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Flown to remote islands,
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And climbed rugged mountains
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In order to investigate
extraordinary sites
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That seem to defy
any conventional explanation.
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We're going to look back
at what I consider
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To be the top ten ancient sites
we've visited.
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And you can decide for yourself,
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Do these places hold the proof
that earth has been visited
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By extraterrestrials?
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When I think
of all the mysterious sites
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We've investigated
on ancient aliens,
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It's really tough to narrow them
down to the top ten
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And even tougher to rank them.
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Each of these sites offers
compelling evidence
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That extraterrestrials
visited our ancestors.
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And at one particular site
in peru,
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That evidence is imprinted right
on the vast desert floor.
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And what makes it
even more incredible
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Is that you can only see it
from high above the earth.
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At number ten on my list
of top ten mysterious sites,
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The nazca lines.
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Narrator:
Southern peru. 1927.
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While hiking in the foothills
of the arid nazca desert,
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Archaeologist
toribio mejía xesspe discovers
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What appears to be
a large network of ancient roads
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Carved into the earth.
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Years later,
as airplane travel to the region
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Becomes more frequent,
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Aerial flyovers reveal
nearly 100 other designs
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In the nearby landscape.
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Nick redfern:
The nazca lines consist
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Of these massive drawings
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Or carvings, if you like,
on the ground.
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Everything
from geometric symbols, lines
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To animals, even fish, birds.
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But the intriguing thing
about them is, you know,
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That, number one,
they're massive.
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And they can really only be seen
properly from the sky.
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Narrator:
According to
mainstream archaeologists,
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These mysterious earth drawings
were created by the nazca,
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An ancient people
that flourished in the region
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Between the first century
and eighth century ad.
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But what was their purpose?
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Erich von daniken:
Archaeology has still no answer.
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In my opinion,
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It has something to do
with the extraterrestrials.
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Our ancestor made these
gigantic signs in the ground
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Because they want to signalize
to the beings up there,
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"we are here. Come down here."
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If you leave nazca
and travel due west
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Some 2,400 miles out
into the pacific ocean,
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You'll eventually reach one
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Of the most remote islands
on earth.
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It was discovered by
dutch explorer jacob roggeveen
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On easter Sunday, 1722,
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And he was amazed
by the gigantic stone statues
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He found all over the island.
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They've become one of
archaeology's greatest riddles.
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Mysterious site number nine,
easter island.
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Narrator:
April 5, 1722.
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Dutch explorer jacob roggeveen
and his crew
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Are 2,400 miles
off the coast of chile
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When they spot a small landmass
completely isolated
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In the pacific ocean.
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As they draw closer,
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They are surprised to find
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That the remote island
is inhabited.
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But even more unexpected
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Are the giant stone figures
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Staring out at them
from the shore.
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Paul bahn:
The statues on easter island,
which we call moai,
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Are one of the great
archaeological wonders
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Of the world.
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We know they carved
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Something like
a thousand of them
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Over a period of probably
roughly about 500 years,
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Weighing tens of tons.
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No other culture in the world
has ever done this,
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Certainly not on this scale.
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In many ways, we still don't
know exactly how they did it.
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Narrator:
The moai were found
to have been carved
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From the volcanic bedrock
at the center of the island.
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But exactly how the native
people managed to move
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Such enormous statues out
to easter island's shoreline,
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In some cases more
than 11 miles from the quarry,
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Has been the subject
of endless debate.
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There have been many theories
over the years
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As to how they were moved.
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The first theory is thought
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That they must have been
dragged horizontally
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On sledges or rollers
or something of that kind.
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It was tried again recently
for a tv film,
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And, again,
they moved it a few meters,
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But it really doesn't prove
anything.
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You're talking
about several hundred statues.
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And it would depend on the size
and weight of the statue,
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The number of people
you had available to help,
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The distance
you were going to go,
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The kind of terrain.
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So, basically,
we don't really know.
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According with the oral
tradition and the legends...
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Tsoukalos:
So one has to wonder
if mana was some type
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Of extraterrestrial technology
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That allowed these stones
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To be levitated into place.
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Some have suggested
that sound technology was used
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In order to move
some of these rocks.
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Because scientists have proposed
that levitation technology
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Can be achieved with one thing,
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Sound frequencies.
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This mana is an energy
that no one understands today.
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Is it some kind
of extraterrestrial energy?
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We just don't know.
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You know, what's really curious
is that so many
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Of the world's most massive
megaliths are found on islands,
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Where, in ancient times,
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Resources and manpower
were extremely limited.
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And on one island nation in the
middle of the mediterranean sea,
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You'll find some of the oldest
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And most enormous structures
anywhere on earth.
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Number eight in our countdown
of mysterious sites,
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The islands of malta.
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Narrator:
The maltese islands lie in the
center of the mediterranean sea,
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Just south of Italy.
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Scholars believe the first
inhabitants migrated here
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From the nearby island of sicily
in 5200 bc.
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Today, stone structures
on two of the islands,
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Malta and gozo, are considered
by archaeologists
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To be among
the greatest achievements
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By ancient builders
anywhere in the world.
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There are engineering features
in these temples
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That are just astonishing.
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We're talking about walls
enclosing space,
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Paved walkways.
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They were ceilinged at one time.
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Definitely much more complex
than anything else
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That was appearing on earth
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In 2014, giorgio tsoukalos
traveled to malta
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To get an up close look
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At its incredible
megalithic structures.
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At the temple of hagar qim,
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He met with dr. Anthony bonanno,
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A professor of archaeology
and classical literature.
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-What does "hagar qim"
actually mean?
-So-- oh, well,
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"stones of worship"
or "standing stones."
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-Like this one.
-There you are, yes.
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-That's right.
-Check this out. This is huge.
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-Wow.
-Yes, uh, three meters high
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By six meters, 50 wide
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And about another meter thick.
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That makes about 20-odd tons.
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-Minimum?
-Minimum, yes.
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-That's right.
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So, this is one of the largest
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-Freestanding stones?
-It is.
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I mean, you know,
when I see stuff like this,
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-That's when I wonder,
you know, how...
-Yeah, h-how did they carry it?
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-Was...
-How did they--
they quarried it, in this case.
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-Yes,
they must have quarried it.
-And put upright.
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And then put it upright, yes.
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Narrator:
While visitors to these islands
are immediately struck
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By the massive megaliths,
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One of malta's most incredible
structures remained hidden
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For centuries.
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In 1902,
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Construction workers
accidentally discovered
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One of malta's
most curious features,
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A mysterious underground
sanctuary dating to 2500 bc.
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Called the hypogeum,
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The subterranean structure
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Was revealed
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All hewn from solid stone.
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Jeff williams:
How could people
from that far back,
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How could they know
how to construct such a thing?
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But if you look
at some of the chambers,
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It looks like
it's actually been carved
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With some type of a laser.
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So I don't-- I don't know
exactly how it was done,
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But I do know
that they had a technology
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That far exceeds what we have
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Tsoukalos:
If you look at the way some
of these walls have been cut,
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There had to have been
a type of plan
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Or construction plan beforehand.
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And one has to wonder
if that engineering knowledge
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Was imparted upon the builders,
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Which were our ancestors,
by extraterrestrials.
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Narrator:
Could the incredible stonework
found at the hypogeum
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Have been achieved using
extraterrestrial technology?
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Curiously, the first
archaeological investigations
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Performed at the site in 1907
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Turned up
more than 7,000 skeletons.
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And according to a national
geographic magazine article
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From may 1920,
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Many were found
to have unusually long skulls.
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In 2014,
I had the great privilege
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Of looking at five
of these elongated skulls,
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And they were very interesting
because one of those skulls
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That I looked at
had a missing sagittal suture.
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Narrator:
The sagittal suture
connects to the sides
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And roof of the cranium.
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This suture is open
when a person is born
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And closes around the age of 35.
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As you can see,
even from the inside,
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There's no sign
of the middle suture.
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-Right.
-Completely fused.
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Tsoukalos:
That's fascinating.
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Even if you have a suture
that ossifies or fuses together,
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You still have a fine line
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That you can discover or detect.
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And with the one skull that
I was able to look at in malta,
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That suture
was completely missing.
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Enormous megalithic structures
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Built more than 5,000 years ago.
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A mysterious underground
sanctuary hidden for centuries.
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Ancient skulls
of abnormal size and shape.
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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The evidence all points
to one conclusion,
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That the islands of malta
were once home
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To extraterrestrial beings.
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There aren't many places
on earthind-blowing.
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That can turn modern archaeology
on its head
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Like the next mysterious site
on our countdown.
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It's a place
that mainstream science says
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Can't possibly exist.
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But not only does it exist,
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It may even provide evidence
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Of the great flood described
in the bible.
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Number seven on our countdown
of the top ten mysterious sites,
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Gobekli tepe.
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Sanliurfa, turkey.
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October 1994.
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While plowing his field,
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Shepherd savak yildiz spots
a strangely shaped stone
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Protruding from the ground.
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After brushing away the dirt,
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He realizes that it may be part
of a much larger object.
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It wasn't until german
archaeologist klaus schmidt
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Visited the site
and began digging
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When they realized
what was really at this site.
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William henry:
What he discovered
was mind-blowing.
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After discovering
the first t-shaped pillar
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Buried at the site,
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He soon found more
of these massive structures.
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Klaus schmidt had
the sediment layers
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Of the site radiocarbon-dated.
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The results indicated
that the stone structures
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Could be as much
as 12,000 years old,
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More than 5,000 years older
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Than mankind's first known
civilization in mesopotamia.
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Some researchers propose,
the megalithic structures
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Provide evidence that
an advanced civilization existed
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On earth many thousands
of years ago,
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One that was assisted
by otherworldly visitors
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Before falling victim
to a deadly cataclysm.
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There is evidence
of a great cataclysm
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That took place
around 12,900 years ago.
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It's called the younger dryas
impact event...
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...Where comets and air bursts
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Impacted the land
and the ice sheets,
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Causing massive flooding.
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I mean, gobekli tepe
dates to the time
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Of the younger dryas events
that were taking place
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Over a few thousand-year period.
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Andrew collins: Gobekli tepe
could be the smoking gun
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Of a lost civilization,
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'cause it confirms that,
at the time of the last ice age,
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There was high culture
existing in the world.
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This is something that had
been speculated for many years.
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If you think gobekli tepe is one
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Of the most mysterious sites
on earth,
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There's another that I think
is even more baffling.
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It's a series of massive stones
in northern France
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That have been arranged
in a very deliberate
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And perplexing
geometric pattern.
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Even modern archaeology
can't explain their purpose.
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At number six on our countdown
of the top ten mysterious sites,
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The standing stones of carnac.
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On the northwest coast
of France,
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Just south of brittany,
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Lies one of the most important
prehistoric sites
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In europe.
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At the seaside village
of carnac,
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Over 3,000 megalithic stones
are placed in rows
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Over two miles long.
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The carnac stones were hewn
from local rock formations
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And erected between 4500
to 2500 bc,
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At the end of the stone age.
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They are the largest collection
of standing stones in the world.
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Archaeologists are baffled
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By the many megaliths
at carnac here.
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It's clearly
a massive construction project,
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With blocks of granite
weighing 50 to 100
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To even up to 350 tons.
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Narrator:
Although mainstream
archaeologists speculate
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That the carnac stones
are most likely tomb markers,
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Ancient astronaut theorists
believe
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These stones
are intentionally laid out
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In a unique geometric formation.
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Robert schoch:
The carnac stones were laid out
incredibly precisely
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Using standard units
of measurement
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That show
very sophisticated mathematics.
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It's been suggested
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That they were using
the pythagorean theorem
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Thousands of years ago.
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It may elude us now,
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Exactly what they were trying
to accomplish,
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But it seems
like they were encoding
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Some kind of information.
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Narrator:
The pythagorean theorem
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Wasn't established
until 2,000 years
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After the last carnac stones
were erected.
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So how could the builders
have possessed this knowledge?
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And why were the stones arranged
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In such precise
geometrical patterns?
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Childress:
The carnac stones are
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A perfect marker for any kind
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Of aerial vehicle
looking down on the earth.
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Von daniken:
The extraterrestrials
told our ancestor,
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"do this. Move stones.
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Put it exactly in this pattern.
We order you."
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It was on purpose.
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The idea was that generations
in the far future
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Will start to ask questions.
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That's the situation
we have today.
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Narrator:
Could the carnac stones
contain a mathematical message
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Left by extraterrestrials?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
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And suggest further evidence
can be found
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By examining a famous
megalithic site to the north.
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We're nearly halfway is,
we through our countdown
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Of my top ten
most mysterious sites
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That we've investigated
on ancient aliens.
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And the next site on my list
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Is one that some believe
has the power to heal,
349
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While others say it was once
a portal through space and time.
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But what's most amazing to me
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Is that ancient people
arranged these stones
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To be an exact replica
of our solar system.
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Number five, stonehenge.
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Narrator:
Wiltshire, England.
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The neolithic monument
known as stonehenge
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Has dominated the landscape here
for no less than 5,000 years.
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The iconic stone circle consists
of vertical standing stones
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Towering 13 feet tall
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And weighing 25 tons each,
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Topped by connecting
horizontal lintel stones
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And surrounding a smaller ring
of stones in the center.
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Newman:
Stonehenge is unlike any stone
circle anywhere on the planet.
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It's perfectly circular.
It has lintels above it.
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It's designed
with precision-engineered
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Astronomical alignments.
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How could the ancient
stone age people of britain
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Move these stones into place?
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Narrator:
However stonehenge
was constructed,
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It involved moving much more
than just the stone blocks
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That stand today.
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According to researchers,
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This is just 25%
of the original monument...
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...The center
of a much larger structure
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That was surrounded
by multiple concentric circles
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Constructed over a period
of more than a thousand years.
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John martineau: So,
stonehenge is very interesting
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In that it evolves
over a very long period of time.
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And the first thing
that goes up at stonehenge
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Is not there anymore.
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It's the 56 holes that today
are known as the aubrey circle.
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It used to be filled with 56
stones in a big stone circle
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Just inside the henge.
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Tsoukalos:
Stonehenge is a replica
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Of our solar system on earth.
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Each circle corresponds
with one of our planets
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Inside our solar system,
including pluto.
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So, now we have a structure
that's at least 4,000 years old,
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And our ancestors knew
about pluto?
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00:20:56,497 --> 00:20:58,739
Without telescopes?
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Someone told them about pluto
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And all of our planets
in our solar system,
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And that is the message.
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Because, in neolithic time,
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There is no way
that they knew about this.
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As amazing
as stonehenge looks today,
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Remember, what's still standing
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Is only a fraction
of the original structure.
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But 2,400 miles to the south
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Is an even more extraordinary
ancient site
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That remains
almost perfectly intact.
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00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,297
The number four site
on my countdown,
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Egypt's giza plateau.
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00:21:43,285 --> 00:21:44,710
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Narrator:
In April 2018,
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Ancient astronaut theorist
giorgio tsoukalos,
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00:21:50,535 --> 00:21:52,701
Egyptologist ramy romany,
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00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,962
And archaeoastronomer
dr. Giulio magli
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00:21:55,982 --> 00:21:58,316
Traveled to cairo to investigate
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00:21:58,467 --> 00:22:00,967
What is perhaps
the most impressive structure
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Ever constructed on earth,
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The great pyramid of giza.
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00:22:07,643 --> 00:22:08,576
(grunts)
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This is...
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-Look at the size of this thing.
-...Incredible.
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Romany:
Every single block
is bigger than this car.
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00:22:16,652 --> 00:22:19,337
Tsoukalos:
Yeah. It is insane.
It really is.
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Romany:
Are you ready for some climbing?
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Tsoukalos:
I have goose bumps
on my calves right now.
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Narrator:
Built from more than
two million limestone blocks
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Each weighing
thousands of pounds,
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The pyramid is aligned perfectly
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To the cardinal points
of the compass--
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North, south, east and west--
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Suggesting
that its builders possessed
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Extraordinary
geographical knowledge.
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According to
mainstream egyptologists,
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The great pyramid was built
sometime around 2500 bc
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As the burial tomb
of the pharaoh khufu.
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00:22:56,784 --> 00:22:59,543
But this claim
has yet to be proven.
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00:23:00,955 --> 00:23:03,272
Archaeologists
and egyptologists claim
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That they were tombs
for the pharaohs,
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00:23:05,551 --> 00:23:09,035
And yet no egyptian pharaoh
was ever found
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In a pyramid in egypt.
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00:23:12,450 --> 00:23:15,117
We have found the mummies
of many egyptian pharaohs,
436
00:23:15,136 --> 00:23:18,454
But they're found in vaults
deep underground
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At the valley of the kings
in luxor,
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Hundreds of miles away
from the pyramids.
439
00:23:23,978 --> 00:23:27,053
The pyramids have
no real explanation
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Of what their purpose was.
441
00:23:30,317 --> 00:23:33,077
Narrator:
But if the pyramids at giza
were not intended
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To house the remains
of dead pharaohs,
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Then why were
these towering monuments built?
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In his 1998 book
the giza power plant,
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00:23:45,316 --> 00:23:48,426
Noted machinist and engineer
christopher dunn
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Proposed that the shape,
positions of chambers,
447
00:23:51,989 --> 00:23:54,990
And proximity
to underground rivers indicate
448
00:23:55,009 --> 00:23:58,436
The pyramids of giza functioned
as ancient power plants.
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00:23:58,512 --> 00:24:01,830
This incredible hypothesis,
450
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Which has since been adopted
451
00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:05,592
By other scientists
and researchers,
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00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:08,279
May be impossible to ever prove.
453
00:24:09,507 --> 00:24:12,841
But ancient astronaut theorists
believe new information
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00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:15,861
About the great pyramid
may soon be revealed.
455
00:24:16,013 --> 00:24:18,864
In March 2016,
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00:24:19,016 --> 00:24:21,867
Archaeologists examining
the ancient structure
457
00:24:22,019 --> 00:24:24,962
With a new technology
known as muography
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00:24:25,113 --> 00:24:27,206
Made a shocking discovery,
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00:24:27,358 --> 00:24:30,301
A mysterious chamber
inside the structure
460
00:24:30,452 --> 00:24:33,286
That is as large
as the statue of liberty.
461
00:24:33,306 --> 00:24:37,457
This new room
is only the beginning of it.
462
00:24:37,477 --> 00:24:41,036
I'm sure, within the next months
or at least two years,
463
00:24:41,055 --> 00:24:44,206
They will discover more rooms
in the great pyramid.
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I personally think
that the great pyramid in egypt
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Holds some sort of time capsule.
466
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Narrator:
Perhaps what lies
within the great pyramid
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00:24:55,569 --> 00:25:00,164
Will reveal not only incredible
truths about ancient egypt
468
00:25:00,241 --> 00:25:02,833
But about the history
of humankind.
469
00:25:04,245 --> 00:25:06,170
Could there be clues that reveal
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That egypt was once home to an
extraterrestrial civilization?
471
00:25:18,259 --> 00:25:19,850
High in the mountains of peru
lies a city
472
00:25:20,002 --> 00:25:23,020
With monumental walls
so tightly joined
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That modern engineers admit
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That they couldn't replicate it
today.
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Which begs the question,
476
00:25:29,436 --> 00:25:31,862
How did ancient people
accomplish this
477
00:25:31,939 --> 00:25:34,757
Without the help
of modern technology?
478
00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:36,200
And at an altitude
of 12,000 feet?
479
00:25:37,778 --> 00:25:39,370
Number three on my countdown
480
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Of the world's
top ten mysterious sites,
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Sacsayhuamán.
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Narrator:
Cuzco, peru.
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On the northern outskirts
of what was once
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The capital city of the inca,
486
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At an elevation
of more than 12,000 feet,
487
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Looms the ancient fortress
of sacsayhuamán.
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Mainstream archaeologists
suggest
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The inca built this megalithic
site in the 15th century ad,
490
00:26:10,294 --> 00:26:13,070
But many researchers now believe
491
00:26:13,147 --> 00:26:15,147
That the foundation
of sacsayhuamán
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00:26:15,299 --> 00:26:18,634
Dates back centuries earlier.
493
00:26:18,652 --> 00:26:20,411
My feeling is
that we're looking
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At a two-phase, uh,
construction site
495
00:26:23,157 --> 00:26:25,916
In many of the so-called,
uh, inca stone monuments
496
00:26:26,068 --> 00:26:29,978
And that the inca structures
sit on top
497
00:26:29,997 --> 00:26:32,147
Of much more ancient
rock-cut structures
498
00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:33,315
And megalithic structures
499
00:26:33,334 --> 00:26:35,759
That we just don't know
who built them.
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And this actually fits
with the incas' own view.
501
00:26:39,173 --> 00:26:41,657
Narrator:
Like many inca sites,
502
00:26:41,675 --> 00:26:44,935
Sacsayhuamán features
astonishing stonework
503
00:26:45,087 --> 00:26:48,831
But not all of it credited
to the inca.
504
00:26:48,833 --> 00:26:51,108
According to
conventional archaeology,
505
00:26:51,185 --> 00:26:55,170
The killke culture built
the older sections of the site
506
00:26:55,172 --> 00:26:57,840
Approximately 1,000 years ago.
507
00:26:57,842 --> 00:27:00,600
But the inca themselves believed
508
00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:04,513
The site was constructed by an
earlier, unnamed race of people
509
00:27:04,531 --> 00:27:09,793
Led by a powerful god
who descended from the skies.
510
00:27:09,945 --> 00:27:12,463
Throughout time,
there has been witness
511
00:27:12,614 --> 00:27:14,690
To a god named viracocha
512
00:27:14,692 --> 00:27:16,467
That visited
the south american people
513
00:27:16,543 --> 00:27:20,045
And blessed them and gave them
all types of technology.
514
00:27:20,956 --> 00:27:22,973
Some of his
physical characteristics
515
00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:26,034
Make him stand out
from the indigenous population,
516
00:27:26,053 --> 00:27:27,870
Because he was
not at all similar
517
00:27:27,888 --> 00:27:30,130
To the indigenous people.
518
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:34,134
Viracocha was
the primary deity of the andes,
519
00:27:34,153 --> 00:27:36,228
Going back
many thousands of years.
520
00:27:36,380 --> 00:27:38,489
He was thought to be the founder
521
00:27:38,565 --> 00:27:43,452
Of all the ancient sites we see
in peru and bolivia today.
522
00:27:45,055 --> 00:27:48,740
Narrator:
But did viracocha
actually exist?
523
00:27:48,893 --> 00:27:52,728
Could he have been, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,
524
00:27:52,730 --> 00:27:55,673
A visitor from an alien world?
525
00:27:57,176 --> 00:27:59,343
If so, it might help to explain
526
00:27:59,420 --> 00:28:02,680
Just how the ancient site
was constructed.
527
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:05,683
It's amazing, all these, uh...
528
00:28:05,834 --> 00:28:07,685
The-the weight of the stones.
529
00:28:24,611 --> 00:28:28,521
Hancock:
The walls are put together
with blocks of stone
530
00:28:28,541 --> 00:28:30,541
Weighing 50 or 100 tons...
531
00:28:31,785 --> 00:28:34,545
...Cut and shaped like
the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
532
00:28:34,621 --> 00:28:36,380
So that they lock together
so tightly
533
00:28:36,457 --> 00:28:40,884
That you can't even get
a sheet of paper between them.
534
00:28:42,221 --> 00:28:44,112
Narrator:
According to local legend,
535
00:28:44,131 --> 00:28:48,225
A bird was responsible
for the seamless construction.
536
00:28:48,376 --> 00:28:50,619
Legends say
the winged creature carried
537
00:28:50,621 --> 00:28:52,896
A powerful chemical in its beak,
538
00:28:52,973 --> 00:28:56,400
A substance capable
of melting stone.
539
00:29:13,327 --> 00:29:17,421
Narrator:
But is it possible, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest,
540
00:29:17,498 --> 00:29:21,425
That the mythical bird might
actually have been a spacecraft,
541
00:29:21,502 --> 00:29:26,430
Piloted by alien visitors known
to the locals as space brothers?
542
00:30:00,299 --> 00:30:02,524
Many of the sites we've featured
on my countdown are famousweight
543
00:30:02,543 --> 00:30:04,951
Because they were constructed
with stone blocks
544
00:30:04,970 --> 00:30:08,788
Of the most extraordinary size
and weight.
545
00:30:08,808 --> 00:30:14,219
And no megalithic construction
on earth is more staggering
546
00:30:14,371 --> 00:30:16,796
Than my number two
most mysterious site,
547
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:18,649
The ruins of baalbek.
548
00:30:20,210 --> 00:30:22,110
♪ ♪
549
00:30:26,050 --> 00:30:27,307
Narrator:
Eastern lebanon.
550
00:30:27,326 --> 00:30:29,475
The bekaa valley.
551
00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:32,220
Here at this archaeological site
552
00:30:32,222 --> 00:30:34,814
Stand the ruins of heliopolis...
553
00:30:35,742 --> 00:30:39,244
...Built in the fourth century
bc by alexander the great
554
00:30:39,396 --> 00:30:41,154
To honor zeus.
555
00:30:41,173 --> 00:30:44,232
But beneath
the corinthian columns
556
00:30:44,251 --> 00:30:47,402
And remnants of both greek
and roman architecture
557
00:30:47,421 --> 00:30:52,240
Lie the ruins of a site
that is much, much older.
558
00:30:52,259 --> 00:30:54,000
According to archaeologists,
559
00:30:54,019 --> 00:30:56,854
It dates back
nearly 9,000 years.
560
00:30:57,931 --> 00:31:00,599
The ancient city of baalbek,
561
00:31:00,751 --> 00:31:04,769
Named after the early canaanite
deity baal.
562
00:31:06,423 --> 00:31:11,109
Hanan charaf:
Baal is the god of life, the god
of the sky, the god of the sun.
563
00:31:11,261 --> 00:31:15,855
He was the god that was
venerated on the site of baalbek
564
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,834
During the canaanite
and the phoenician times.
565
00:31:21,121 --> 00:31:22,954
Robert mullins: And so,
because it was already sacred
566
00:31:23,107 --> 00:31:24,773
To the god baal,
567
00:31:24,791 --> 00:31:27,217
Then later the greeks
and the romans
568
00:31:27,369 --> 00:31:30,804
Then would build temples
on this very same spot.
569
00:31:32,466 --> 00:31:34,725
Narrator:
Archaeological surveys
have revealed
570
00:31:34,801 --> 00:31:37,285
That the enormous
stone foundation that lies
571
00:31:37,304 --> 00:31:41,123
At the base of the site
dates back thousands of years.
572
00:31:41,141 --> 00:31:44,793
Baalbek, as we know from
the archaeological evidence,
573
00:31:44,811 --> 00:31:47,312
Must have existed
during neolithic period,
574
00:31:47,464 --> 00:31:52,492
Between 6,000 to 8,000 years
or even 9,000 years bc.
575
00:31:55,915 --> 00:31:59,474
Narrator:
But even more significant
to ancient astronaut theorists
576
00:31:59,493 --> 00:32:02,586
Is their belief
that the colossal stone platform
577
00:32:02,737 --> 00:32:06,089
May have been built using
extraterrestrial technology.
578
00:32:08,001 --> 00:32:10,410
As evidence, researchers point
579
00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:12,487
To the gigantic
megalithic stones
580
00:32:12,506 --> 00:32:15,323
Incorporated
into the foundation,
581
00:32:15,342 --> 00:32:19,603
Each weighing
between 800 to 1,600 tons
582
00:32:19,754 --> 00:32:22,064
And perfectly fitted together.
583
00:32:24,001 --> 00:32:28,111
In baalbek,
stone blocks were transported
584
00:32:28,188 --> 00:32:32,841
Which have a weight
of over 1,500 tons.
585
00:32:32,859 --> 00:32:35,177
And this not in a flat land.
586
00:32:35,195 --> 00:32:36,620
It's all mountain.
587
00:32:37,772 --> 00:32:43,368
We have absolutely no idea
how such heavy loads
588
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,537
Could have been transported
in the mountain.
589
00:32:45,689 --> 00:32:48,190
I have nothing
but a speculation to this.
590
00:32:48,192 --> 00:32:51,301
But for sure it does never fit
591
00:32:51,453 --> 00:32:55,788
Into the prehistoric knowledge
of our ancestors.
592
00:32:56,550 --> 00:32:59,125
This is the real mystery
of baalbek--
593
00:32:59,144 --> 00:33:01,369
How these stones
came to be there,
594
00:33:01,388 --> 00:33:03,463
Why they were placed there,
and specifically
595
00:33:03,482 --> 00:33:05,107
How they were transported
into place.
596
00:33:06,727 --> 00:33:09,135
Because some of the stones
are of such magnitude
597
00:33:09,154 --> 00:33:12,380
That modern machinery is
incapable of putting them there.
598
00:33:12,399 --> 00:33:15,808
But somehow our ancestors
were able to do this.
599
00:33:17,312 --> 00:33:21,164
Birnes:
It is one of the oldest, oldest
megalithic sites on the planet.
600
00:33:21,241 --> 00:33:23,667
And it has these huge stones
laid out
601
00:33:23,818 --> 00:33:26,169
In a precise geometrical shape
602
00:33:26,246 --> 00:33:29,506
At a time
when the prehistoric people
603
00:33:29,657 --> 00:33:31,082
Who would have lived there
604
00:33:31,235 --> 00:33:35,303
Would have no concept of how
to move stones of that nature.
605
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:40,242
Narrator:
But if the moving,
hoisting and setting
606
00:33:40,244 --> 00:33:43,854
Of such massive stones
was so incredibly difficult,
607
00:33:44,005 --> 00:33:48,007
Then who, or what,
helped to place them there?
608
00:33:48,027 --> 00:33:51,753
And, perhaps
more importantly, why?
609
00:33:51,772 --> 00:33:54,923
We know that the ancients
always went to power places,
610
00:33:54,941 --> 00:33:57,592
And baalbek
clearly is one of them.
611
00:33:57,611 --> 00:33:59,519
It is a place where the gods
were worshipped,
612
00:33:59,538 --> 00:34:01,371
Where the gods were said
to be present.
613
00:34:01,448 --> 00:34:03,265
And so,
when it comes to baalbek,
614
00:34:03,283 --> 00:34:05,934
This platform was built there
for a reason.
615
00:34:05,952 --> 00:34:07,360
For what purpose it was used
616
00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:10,438
Is a question we can't answer
at this moment in time.
617
00:34:10,457 --> 00:34:13,533
But what we do know is that
whatever was happening there
618
00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,610
Had a great
religious significance to them
619
00:34:15,629 --> 00:34:18,371
And was linked
with worshipping deities,
620
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:21,283
Deities which clearly are
of an otherworldly origin.
621
00:34:21,285 --> 00:34:23,209
Hopefully, at one point,
622
00:34:23,228 --> 00:34:25,562
Archaeology
will be so open-minded
623
00:34:25,713 --> 00:34:27,898
That they actually want
to explore this further.
624
00:34:29,976 --> 00:34:33,962
We're just moments away
from the top site on my list.
625
00:34:33,980 --> 00:34:35,647
And in my opinion,
626
00:34:35,799 --> 00:34:38,391
We've definitely saved
the best for last.
627
00:34:38,410 --> 00:34:40,368
Can you guess what it is?
628
00:34:46,476 --> 00:34:51,496
We've finally reached number one
on my top ten countdown
629
00:34:51,648 --> 00:34:54,666
Of ancient aliens'
most mysterious sites.
630
00:34:54,818 --> 00:34:56,409
Lying in ruins atop a vast
plateau in the andes mountains
631
00:34:56,428 --> 00:34:59,429
At an altitude
of over 12,000 feet,
632
00:34:59,581 --> 00:35:02,933
The megalithic stones found
at this incredible location
633
00:35:03,009 --> 00:35:05,994
Are among the largest
on planet earth.
634
00:35:06,012 --> 00:35:09,106
But even more impressive
is how they were cut
635
00:35:09,182 --> 00:35:11,591
With such exact precision.
636
00:35:11,610 --> 00:35:15,170
And, to me, they provide
the strongest evidence
637
00:35:15,188 --> 00:35:18,022
That extraterrestrials
visited our planet
638
00:35:18,175 --> 00:35:20,784
And changed the course
of human history.
639
00:35:22,696 --> 00:35:26,790
My number one most mysterious
site, puma punku.
640
00:35:28,185 --> 00:35:30,127
♪ ♪
641
00:35:32,038 --> 00:35:36,524
Narrator:
Bolivia, south america.
642
00:35:36,543 --> 00:35:41,972
Here lie the mysterious
ancient ruins of puma punku.
643
00:35:42,123 --> 00:35:45,142
Spread across a desert plateau
644
00:35:45,218 --> 00:35:47,960
Are dozens
of megalithic stone blocks
645
00:35:47,980 --> 00:35:49,813
Cut with extreme precision
646
00:35:49,964 --> 00:35:54,818
And some weighing
more than 100 tons.
647
00:35:54,895 --> 00:35:58,989
These are the mysterious ruins
of puma punku,
648
00:35:59,065 --> 00:36:03,827
Nearly 13,000 feet
in the altiplano of bolivia.
649
00:36:04,738 --> 00:36:09,499
What you have here are
massive blocks of granite
650
00:36:09,576 --> 00:36:15,413
Scattered like some kid's
toy blocks around the site.
651
00:36:15,565 --> 00:36:21,661
Archaeologists are baffled
by what puma punku was,
652
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,997
How it looked,
and what the purpose
653
00:36:25,017 --> 00:36:28,185
Of this enormous structure
would have been.
654
00:36:30,856 --> 00:36:34,599
Narrator:
What sets puma punku apart from
other ancient megalithic sites
655
00:36:34,751 --> 00:36:37,527
Is the incredible stonework,
656
00:36:37,604 --> 00:36:41,198
Which some researchers suggest
is far too sophisticated
657
00:36:41,274 --> 00:36:44,350
To have been accomplished
using primitive tools.
658
00:36:45,278 --> 00:36:48,371
One of the amazing things here
at puma punku
659
00:36:48,448 --> 00:36:51,541
Is the precision of the blocks.
660
00:36:51,693 --> 00:36:54,452
You can see with this block
of granite
661
00:36:54,604 --> 00:36:59,883
That it's really been cut
at very accurate right angles.
662
00:37:01,611 --> 00:37:05,722
Not only do these granite blocks
have precision corners
663
00:37:05,799 --> 00:37:10,060
But they also have
these difficult drill holes
664
00:37:10,136 --> 00:37:14,064
That are going
right through the rock.
665
00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:18,126
Narrator:
Mainstream scientists believe
666
00:37:18,128 --> 00:37:20,144
The site
was originally constructed
667
00:37:20,297 --> 00:37:22,722
About 2,000 years ago.
668
00:37:22,741 --> 00:37:27,744
But in 1945, archaeologist
arthur posnansky proposed
669
00:37:27,895 --> 00:37:30,989
That puma punku
was much, much older.
670
00:37:31,141 --> 00:37:33,917
By examining the structures
and what he believed
671
00:37:33,994 --> 00:37:36,661
Were their original alignment
with the stars,
672
00:37:36,813 --> 00:37:40,924
He dated the ruins to 15,000 bc.
673
00:37:42,410 --> 00:37:44,168
But how could
such primitive people,
674
00:37:44,321 --> 00:37:47,413
Living perhaps
over 10,000 years ago,
675
00:37:47,432 --> 00:37:50,767
Have produced
such flawless stonework?
676
00:37:50,844 --> 00:37:53,419
Von daniken:
The spanish conqueror
asked the inca,
677
00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:57,423
The people living there,
including the king of the inca,
678
00:37:57,442 --> 00:38:00,184
"what is this puma punku?"
679
00:38:00,337 --> 00:38:03,338
And they all said, "it's not us.
680
00:38:03,340 --> 00:38:05,931
"it's not our forefather
who make this.
681
00:38:05,951 --> 00:38:10,287
These were made by the gods
in one single night."
682
00:38:12,607 --> 00:38:15,625
Tsoukalos:
One of the earliest chronicles
that we have
683
00:38:15,777 --> 00:38:21,131
In regards to puma punku talks
about that these giant platforms
684
00:38:21,207 --> 00:38:27,119
Were moved through the air
by the sound of a trumpet.
685
00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:30,807
They basically floated
into place.
686
00:38:30,958 --> 00:38:33,310
And here's another
very interesting thing that,
687
00:38:33,461 --> 00:38:37,147
According to the myths,
this is exactly what happened
688
00:38:37,223 --> 00:38:40,483
With the moai on easter island.
689
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:44,303
Narrator:
Could it be that the local
traditions of easter island
690
00:38:44,323 --> 00:38:48,641
And puma punku tell nearly
identical stories of levitation
691
00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:51,661
Because the ancient people
at both sites witnessed
692
00:38:51,738 --> 00:38:54,998
The same
extraterrestrial technology?
693
00:38:55,149 --> 00:38:58,560
And if the stone blocks
of puma punku
694
00:38:58,578 --> 00:39:00,837
Were once part
of a megalithic structure,
695
00:39:00,914 --> 00:39:03,840
How did it end up in ruins?
696
00:39:04,826 --> 00:39:07,235
I honestly believe
that puma punku
697
00:39:07,237 --> 00:39:09,737
Is more than 12,000 years old.
698
00:39:10,682 --> 00:39:13,833
12,000 years ago,
there was a global cataclysm
699
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:17,187
That destroyed a lot
of ancient sites that we find,
700
00:39:17,263 --> 00:39:21,024
Whether in egypt
or the altiplano of bolivia.
701
00:39:22,009 --> 00:39:24,194
We had, at the end
of the last ice age,
702
00:39:24,345 --> 00:39:26,696
All kinds
of catastrophic flooding
703
00:39:26,848 --> 00:39:29,532
Due to the events
in the climate changes
704
00:39:29,609 --> 00:39:33,761
And the melting of the glaciers
and increased precipitation.
705
00:39:33,763 --> 00:39:37,857
There were incredible rises
in sea levels
706
00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:40,377
Since the end
of the last ice age.
707
00:39:40,453 --> 00:39:42,695
More than 12,000 years ago,
708
00:39:42,714 --> 00:39:47,442
Lake titicaca was 100 feet
higher than it is today.
709
00:39:47,444 --> 00:39:49,702
And I believe that puma punku
710
00:39:49,721 --> 00:39:52,947
Was literally on the shore
of the lake at that time,
711
00:39:52,949 --> 00:39:55,783
Whereas now
it's eight miles away.
712
00:39:55,802 --> 00:39:58,228
12,000 years ago,
713
00:39:58,304 --> 00:40:03,215
It was hit by a wave of mud
coming from lake titicaca
714
00:40:03,235 --> 00:40:04,901
As a tsunami.
715
00:40:07,797 --> 00:40:11,223
Narrator:
A megalithic structure built
more than 12,000 years ago
716
00:40:11,243 --> 00:40:15,745
With the help
of extraterrestrial technology
717
00:40:15,822 --> 00:40:18,748
Destroyed by a great cataclysm.
718
00:40:18,825 --> 00:40:22,493
If this incredible story
is true,
719
00:40:22,646 --> 00:40:24,921
One question still remains.
720
00:40:25,072 --> 00:40:28,741
What was puma punku?
721
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,761
Childress:
When you look at the complexity
of puma punku,
722
00:40:31,838 --> 00:40:34,747
The huge platforms,
the interlocking blocks
723
00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:37,175
That was made into
what they thought
724
00:40:37,327 --> 00:40:39,102
Were indestructible walls...
725
00:40:40,605 --> 00:40:42,439
...What you could have is
726
00:40:42,515 --> 00:40:48,336
A kind of perfectly made
granite spaceport
727
00:40:48,338 --> 00:40:51,448
That extraterrestrials
would want.
728
00:40:52,692 --> 00:40:56,286
Although the origins
of many of the incredible sites
729
00:40:56,362 --> 00:41:00,123
We've featured on ancient aliens
continue to be debated,
730
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,626
To me,
puma punku is so extraordinary
731
00:41:03,703 --> 00:41:07,464
That it is the one site
where I will say, yes,
732
00:41:07,615 --> 00:41:12,710
This was likely built directly
by the aliens themselves.
733
00:41:12,862 --> 00:41:14,971
But make no mistake,
734
00:41:15,048 --> 00:41:17,807
Each and every one of the sites
on our countdown
735
00:41:17,884 --> 00:41:21,961
Deserves to be investigated
with an open mind.
736
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:24,814
And it is only by asking
the questions
737
00:41:24,891 --> 00:41:27,558
That we can finally uncover
the truth
738
00:41:27,711 --> 00:41:31,379
Of our extraterrestrial
origins.
739
00:41:31,381 --> 00:41:33,323
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