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NARRATOR:
The Dome of the Rock.
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The Temple of Jupiter.
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Puma Punku.
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They are sites sacred
to millions of people,
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and they are all built
atop the ruins of structures
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that are far more ancient.
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WILLIAM HENRY: Some of the most
iconic temples sites around the world
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are built on the exact
same location as former temples.
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And the question is, why?
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NARRATOR: What compelled
early humans to build and rebuild
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in the same place,
again and again?
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It seems they were not only
doing it for practical purposes
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but also for religious
and spiritual reasons.
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NARRATOR:
Are there locations on Earth
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that hold special power?
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GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS:
The local population say,
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"It was not us who built this.
It was the gods."
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NARRATOR: And might we
find that they were once occupied
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by extraterrestrials?
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GEORGE NOORY:
There is no question in my mind
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that these are much older sites
than we think,
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and that they were spots for
extraterrestrial communication
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a long, long time ago.
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NARRATOR:
There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Cuzco, Peru.
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Nestled in a high river valley
of the Andes Mountains,
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among peaks towering
over 20,000 feet,
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this once great city served
as the capital
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of the Inca Empire
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from the 13th
to 16th centuries AD.
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In 1533, Spanish conquistadors
arrived in Cuzco
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and were astonished
by the incredible stonework
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found at a site just north
of the city called Sacsayhuamán.
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Above the city of Cuzco
we find the megalithic site
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and huge ceremonial Inca complex
called Sacsayhuamán.
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Its most prominent feature is
a zigzag wall of three levels.
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Some of the stones there weigh
as much as 125 tons
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and were moved from the quarry
at least three miles away.
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Sacsayhuamán is one of the most
beautiful ancient structures
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you will ever see in your life.
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There are massive,
gigantic megalithic blocks,
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and you find the most amazing
of masonry style
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where you can't even fit
a dollar bill
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in between the fittings
of any of the blocks.
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NARRATOR: Sacsayhuamán
served both as a fortress
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and a ceremonial center.
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A circular structure that lies
within the megalithic walls,
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called Muyuq Marka,
was the base of a tower
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where the Inca worshipped
the sun god Inti.
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However, many experts suggest
that while the Inca
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certainly utilized
this megalithic structure,
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they were not the ones
to build it.
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Standard belief is that the Inca
constructed Sacsayhuamán
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less than a thousand years ago.
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But in some of the earliest
Spanish chronicles
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it is said that the Spanish
were completely astounded
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by seeing this site,
and they asked the local Inca,
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"Did you build this?"
And the Inca replied,
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"No. This was here
when we arrived 500 years ago."
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NARRATOR: Many experts believe
Sacsayhuamán predates the Inca
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by thousands of years,
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and that the Inca built on top
of what came before.
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The Inca were
a Bronze Age civilization,
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and the stones at Sacsayhuamán
are metamorphosed limestone,
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which is much harder than bronze
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and could not be cut or shaped
using bronze tools.
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Inca built on top 'cause
you can tell a major difference
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between megalithic construction,
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where the stones fit
perfectly together,
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and the Inca, which is stones
piled on top of stones
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with mortar as filler.
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NARRATOR: But if Sacsayhuamán
really does predate the Inca--
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As the Inca themselves claimed--
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How could an even earlier
civilization have possessed
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far superior technology?
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The ancient Inca talk
about celestial beings
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who descended from the sky
a long time ago
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and imparted
the first knowledge of anything
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toward people of Earth.
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The ancient astronaut theory
suggests
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it was human beings
who built Sacsayhuamán
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but under the tutelage
of the extraterrestrials.
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NARRATOR: Is it possible that
the astonishing megalithic stonework
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at Sacsayhuamán was achieved
with the help of
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alien technology, as ancient
astronaut theorists suggest?
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And if so, might the Inca
have built on top of it--
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And established it
as a place of worship--
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Because they were somehow
aware of this?
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Sacsayhuamán is only
one of many places
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where ancient civilizations
have felt compelled
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to repeatedly build
their most sacred sites.
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In fact, there are locations
all around the world
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where successive cultures have
rebuilt over and over again.
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This has been going on since
the end of the last ice age
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with places like Gobekli Tepe
in Southeast Turkey,
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where the oldest
and most sophisticated monuments
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were built first on the bedrock.
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And then, eventually,
they would be covered over,
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and a new structure, new
enclosure built on top of them.
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Some of the most iconic
temple sites around the world,
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from Baalbek in Lebanon
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to the Temple of Horus
at Edfu in Egypt,
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are built on
the exact same location
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as former temples
that were reputed to be there.
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And the question is, why?
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NARRATOR: It is not uncommon for
people to repurpose an old structure
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or rebuild on its foundation
for practical purposes.
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But what ancient astronaut
theorists find intriguing
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is how the most sacred sites
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tend to remain sacred
over thousands of years.
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And of all the places
in the world
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where this phenomenon is found,
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perhaps there is none
more universally revered
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than the 35-acre platform in
Jerusalem known as Temple Mount.
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KATHLEEN McGOWAN:
The Temple Mount is arguably
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the most important
spiritual site in the world.
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All three of the primary
monotheistic religions have
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a connection to the events
of history that occurred
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- on top of the Temple Mount.
- (praying in Arabic)
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It's believed that,
"Is this the stone
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from which the world
originates?"
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It's a crucial element
in the Jewish tradition.
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When Isaac is offered up
for sacrifice by Abraham,
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this happens on the exposed
surface of Mount Moriah.
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That's the Temple Mount.
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For Muslims, this is where
the Prophet Muhammad
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ascends up to heaven.
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That stone is now covered over
by the Dome of the Rock,
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this very important
Islamic monument.
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NARRATOR:
The Dome of the Rock
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has stood at Temple Mount
for more than 1,300 years,
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but the very first temple
to occupy this sacred space
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was the legendary
Solomon's Temple,
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constructed upon order
of the Israelite king
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in the tenth century BC.
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According to the Hebrew Bible,
King Solomon received a message
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from the heavens to build
his temple on this spot.
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Its primary purpose was to house
the Ark of the Covenant,
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the golden box which carried
the two stone tablets
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inscribed with
the Ten Commandments,
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and which was said
to be God's earthly throne.
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Solomon has a communication
with the angel Michael,
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who comes and helps Solomon
to build this.
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And so, not only is this the
presence of God on this spot,
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it's God who's helping
in the building of this.
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And so that's part of what makes
that place so special.
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So literally divine.
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NARRATOR: Solomon's Temple was
destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC.
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But 70 years later, Jewish
exiles returning to Jerusalem
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built a new temple
on the exact same location.
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HUSSAIN: That's what
we call the Second Temple.
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And that temple survives
until the year 70 AD,
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when it's destroyed
by the Romans.
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Then, in the seventh century,
Muslims conquered Jerusalem.
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They build
the Dome of the Rock there.
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And, so, there's been
a long history
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of different people coming in,
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taking control, building,
rebuilding, uh, places there.
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McGOWAN: Solomon was
instructed to build the temple
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on this incredibly
important space.
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So why is this space important?
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Is it an energetic space?
Is it a portal?
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What we see over and over again
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with these profound religious
sites all over the world
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is, we see this reverence
for power places endures.
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From the earliest
human history to today,
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we're constantly building
on top of these places.
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NARRATOR: If a higher
power instructed King Solomon
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to build on Temple Mount,
could there be something special
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about this particular
location on Earth?
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And could the same be true
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for other places
around the world
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where successive cultures
built again and again?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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one of the most astonishing
megalithic sites in the world,
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and stories about
its connection to the stars.
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NARRATOR:
Baalbek, Lebanon.
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Here, in the fertile
Bekaa Valley,
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stands what many consider
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to be the greatest ruin
of Roman antiquity...
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the colossal
Temple of Jupiter.
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But the imposing remains
that tower over the site today
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are only the latest
in a long line of structures
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erected on this spot.
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Archaeologists say the area
has been continually inhabited
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for at least 10,000 years,
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and no one knows who built
the first place of worship here.
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But according to legend,
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both Egyptian
and Assyrian conquerors
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erected sanctuaries on the site,
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followed by the Canaanites
and Phoenicians,
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who built a great temple here to
their god Baal around 2500 BC.
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Baalbek is one of those places
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where you have different people
over millennia
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building their shrines,
their temples,
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to their particular,
you know, gods or goddesses.
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You've got this temple
that's built by the Phoenicians
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for one of their deities Baal.
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Then Alexander the Great
conquers this area
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and-- surprise, surprise--
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Builds a temple
to the Greek gods.
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NARRATOR:
In the first century BC,
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roughly 300 years
after Alexander the Great,
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the Romans conquer Lebanon and
decide to erect a temple here
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to their chief god Jupiter.
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The main Roman temple
once boasted 54 columns,
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each a staggering 65 feet
in height.
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But while visitors to the ruins
may first notice
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the towering Roman columns,
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the most impressive feature
at Baalbek
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is its massive foundation.
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TSOUKALOS:
To this day,
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Baalbek, Lebanon has remained
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one of the most enduring
mysteries on planet Earth,
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because the masonry
that we find there
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is unparalleled compared
to the rest of the world.
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In fact, there are three stone
blocks called the trilithons,
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each weighing approximately
800 metric tons,
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which is 1.6 million pounds.
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COLLINS: Each of these blocks
is approximately 62 feet in length
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by about 14 feet in depth
and 12 feet in breadth.
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And they're not even
on the ground.
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So whoever placed them there
in ancient times
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would have had
to have raised them
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up to a height of about 20 feet.
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HENRY: Each of the stones
were quarried two miles away
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and put perfectly into place
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with such precision that you
can't even put a credit card
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or a needle in between
those massive blocks.
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NARRATOR: How ancient
people carved and moved
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such massive stones
is a question
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that baffles archaeologists
to this day.
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And equally as mysterious
is who placed them there.
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The giant blocks
in the foundation
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are clearly of a different
building style
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than the temples that sit above.
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And in my opinion, that platform
is not just ancient,
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it is prehistoric.
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NARRATOR: But if the platform
at Baalbek was constructed
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thousands of years
before the Romans arrived
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in the Bekaa Valley,
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why did they choose this
as the site
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to build their most
magnificent temple?
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One pioneering Russian scholar
has proposed
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that humans may have
been drawn to this location
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because it was the site
of one of Earth's
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earliest
extraterrestrial events.
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Scientist and mathematician
Dr. Matest Agrest
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sends shockwaves
through the world of academia
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with an article in which
he poses a new theory
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called "paleocontact,"
a precursor
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to what is known today
as the ancient astronaut theory,
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suggesting that certain
biblical texts
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could be interpreted as evidence
of alien visitation.
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And according to Agrest,
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one place where such visitations
occurred was Baalbek.
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HENRY:
Dr. Matest Agrest
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went into the ancient record,
the Book of Enoch
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and other Hebrew texts, and
noticed that there were beings
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coming from the sky or the stars
that came to Earth,
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and he came up
with a theory that they
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were extraterrestrial beings
who came to Earth
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to assist humanity in developing
advanced technology
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to build stone constructions
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such as what we see
at Baalbek in Lebanon.
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NARRATOR:
Agrest wrote about the watchers,
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a group of fallen angels
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who, according
to the biblical account,
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descended to Earth
at Mount Hermon,
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very near the site of Baalbek.
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Agrest suggested
that the watchers were, in fact,
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visitors from another planet,
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who built the megalithic
platform at Baalbek
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as a launchpad.
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He thought it was
a giant stone platform
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that spaceships could land on
and take off from.
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And this makes a lot of sense,
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because it's
so incredibly solid,
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with these huge stone
blocks in it,
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that even huge vehicles,
such as rockets,
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could land and take off
from this huge platform.
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NARRATOR: Two
decades after the publication
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of Agrest's
controversial article,
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author and researcher
Zecharia Sitchin
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came to the same conclusion
about Baalbek
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based on a 5,000-year-old
Sumerian text.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh tells
of a hero of superhuman strength
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who embarks
on an impossible quest.
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In the course of his journeys,
Gilgamesh arrives at a site
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where he encounters
otherworldly gods,
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a site that sounds suspiciously
like Baalbek.
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In the Sumerian
Epic of Gilgamesh,
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which is one of the great
and important legends,
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um, of human history,
we have the hero arriving
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in a place known
as the Landing Place.
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A space which allows the ascent
and the descent of beings
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from the heavens to the Earth.
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HENRY: Zecharia Sitchin
in the 1970s proposed,
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based on his reading
of the Epic of Gilgamesh,
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that Gilgamesh himself had seen
some sort of a spacecraft
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take off from a landing site and
pinpointed that site as Baalbek.
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible that Baalbek
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was a landing pad
for alien visitors?
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And that it remained so
for thousands of years?
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Could that be why
so many ancient peoples,
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such as the Egyptians,
Assyrians, Canaanites,
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Phoenicians, Greeks, and Romans,
all chose to build and rebuild
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some of their greatest temples
on this spot?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found
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by examining new discoveries
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made at a mysterious
ancient site
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on the other side of the world.
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NARRATOR: While searching
for the southern capital
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of the Inca Empire, Spanish
conquistador Pedro Cieza de León
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comes upon something
far stranger--
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A vast, abandoned city
near the shore of Lake Titicaca
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that the locals call Tiahuanaco.
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The ruined city
contains temples,
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huge megalithic structures,
and vast ceremonial buildings.
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ED BARNHART:
Tiahuanaco was huge.
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It spanned for miles and miles,
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and had a population of perhaps
as many as 20,000 people.
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NARRATOR: Among
Tiahuanaco's most impressive ruins
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is a carved monolith called
the Gateway to the Sun
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and a terraced mound
called Puma Punku,
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containing stone blocks cut
with extraordinary precision.
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According to archaeologists,
the Tiahuanaco complex
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once served as the capital
of a sprawling empire
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that rose and fell
centuries before the Inca.
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TSOUKALOS: This is why we
have the term called the pre-Inca.
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But who were the pre-Inca?
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And this is where
it gets interesting,
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because pre-Inca construction
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is more sophisticated
than Inca construction.
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NARRATOR: While some mainstream
historians say the site dates back
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only to the Bronze Age,
others maintain it is far older.
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TSOUKALOS: Arthur Posnanski
spent an exorbitant amount of time
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at Tiahuanaco, and he calculated
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an actual origin date
of Tiahuanaco,
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which he based
to be around 12,500 BC,
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which is an incredible time,
because at that time,
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according to mainstream
archaeology,
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we were munching on bananas.
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HENRY: So, it opens up
the possibility that this site
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is vastly more ancient
than we're led to believe.
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And we're only just now
beginning to discover
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the complete history
of that site.
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NARRATOR: Some experts
believe that the builders of Tiahuanaco
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were the ancestors
of the local Aymara people
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who still live
in the area today.
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But many of the Aymara
themselves disagree.
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TSOUKALOS: The local population,
the ancient Aymara culture, say,
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"It was not us who built this.
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It was the gods. Los dioses."
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NARRATOR: Recently, the
mystery of who built Tiahuanaco
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only deepened
with a staggering discovery
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not within the city
but beneath it.
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2017.
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Researchers from UNESCO,
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working with local
archaeologists at Tiahuanaco,
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announce findings
that send shockwaves
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through the world
of archaeology.
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While analyzing
satellite imagery
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and ground-penetrating radar
of the Tiahuanaco site,
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they find dozens
of previously unknown structures
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buried virtually everywhere
they look.
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What this aerial technology
has found
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is 34 acres of terraced mounds,
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underground platforms,
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and elements
of a pyramid complex.
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Undated constructions
reveal that temples
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may have taken the form of
industrial-strength platforms,
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and this begs the question,
why are the bases,
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these platforms,
so industrial-strength?
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It's as though they were built
to support extreme weight.
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So, originally, there could have
been one large mega-platform,
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similar to what we find
at Baalbek.
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This could have belonged
to a much earlier civilization.
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NARRATOR: If Tiahuanaco
is yet another sacred site
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where successive cultures
built temples atop the ruins
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of far earlier structures,
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is it possible
that there is a connection
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to extraterrestrial visitation?
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As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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Tiahuanaco's most
mysterious ruins,
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at Puma Punku,
provide the best evidence
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that the site was
not only significant
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to the native people
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but also
to otherworldly visitors.
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Puma Punku is, to me, the most
important place on Earth
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as far as an extraterrestrial
visitation would be concerned.
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The construction style
at Puma Punku
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does not exist
anywhere else on Earth.
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HENRY: These stones, some
of them weighing a hundred tons,
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are made of andesite
and other hard materials
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that today we would use
a diamond-tip drill
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in order to shape or mold
such stones.
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How did they do it
with hammers and chisels?
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NARRATOR: Like the
foundation stones beneath Baalbek
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and the megalithic blocks
of Sacsayhuamán,
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the buried platforms
beneath Puma Punku
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raise a provocative question:
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Why were the largest, heaviest
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and most sophisticated parts
of these sites
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those that date back
farthest in time?
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According to ancient astronaut
theorists,
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more than 12,000 years ago,
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human civilizations
existed on Earth
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that possessed
incredible technology
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given to them
by extraterrestrial beings.
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The ancient Egyptians
referred to
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a-a time called
the "First Time,"
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when the gods, extraterrestrial
beings, walked among men.
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Pre-10,000 BC.
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CHILDRESS:
We have authentic legends
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about these lost lands
and lost worlds.
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And that extraterrestrials
were here at the same time.
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We have these
all over the world.
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We have the stories
of Atlantis and Lemuria.
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Many cultures around the world
have, also, these same legends
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and lores and myths
of cataclysms.
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The Scandinavians have this.
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Also, we have the flood of Noah.
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We have-- the Greeks
also have tales of a flood.
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COLLINS:
What we now know
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from incredible amount
of evidence
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coming from every part
of the world,
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is around 10,800 BC,
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the Earth suffered a terrible,
uh, catastrophe
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in the form of a comet impact
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known as
the Younger Dryas event.
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And this devastated every
continent of the world
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with fires and floods.
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CHILDRESS: So, now it looks like
we're looking at a-a secret history
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of planet Earth,
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one where there's
extraterrestrial intervention.
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And there were civilizations
and activities going on then,
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and they were destroyed
in a cataclysmic flood.
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HENRY: From Baalbek in Lebanon
to the Temple Mount to Puma Punku,
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some of these sites
are thought to be the locations
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where pre-flood temples
once existed.
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So, after the cataclysm, people
are regaining civilization,
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and they go back
to the exact same location
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as previous temples and-and
rebuild the temple there.
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NARRATOR: Could it be
that the most ancient structures
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found at sacred sites
all over the world
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belonged to civilizations
that have been lost to history?
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Civilizations
where extraterrestrials
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once lived among humans
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before falling victim
to a cataclysmic event?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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a site in Peru where the Inca
claimed to have had
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a direct line of communication
with the gods.
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NARRATOR:
Cuzco, Peru.
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In the heart
of the ancient Incan capital
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stands the Convent
of Santo Domingo,
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a Spanish church constructed
roughly 400 years ago.
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But still visible beneath
the church are the remnants
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of an older and far more
impressive structure:
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the Incan temple of Coricancha.
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TOK THOMPSON: Coricancha
is probably the premier site
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for the ancient
Incan civilization.
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This was the crowning jewel
of their empire.
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Um, it, uh, reflected
the Incan, uh, political power.
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As well as the religious power.
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BARNHART: It had gold plating
all along its walls, inside and out.
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So it glowed in the Sun.
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And it was a very
imposing structure.
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It had a base that was
a curved wall
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with a big garden at the bottom.
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And inside,
it had a number of temples.
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(men yelling, swords clanging)
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NARRATOR:
After the Spanish conquistadors
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sacked Cuzco
in November of 1533,
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they demolished the Coricancha
and built a convent and church
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on its monumental foundation.
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All that's left
of the original structure
486
00:27:53,830 --> 00:27:55,914
is the impressive stonework
of the base
487
00:27:55,998 --> 00:27:58,834
and some underground rooms.
488
00:27:58,927 --> 00:28:02,763
But some experts believe
the surviving stonework
489
00:28:02,847 --> 00:28:06,767
of the Coricancha is too
monumental and sophisticated
490
00:28:06,926 --> 00:28:10,095
to have been achieved with the
Bronze Age tools of the Inca,
491
00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:14,191
and was built instead by an
earlier, unknown civilization.
492
00:28:16,436 --> 00:28:18,603
NEWMAN:
So, with the Coricancha, we have
493
00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:21,440
good evidence that when the Inca
arrived in this area,
494
00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:24,201
there was already an earlier
megalithic temple there.
495
00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:25,452
They were actually
building on something
496
00:28:25,611 --> 00:28:26,954
that was already there,
497
00:28:27,038 --> 00:28:28,622
like, possibly
an ancient platform,
498
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,365
possibly an underground temple,
499
00:28:30,450 --> 00:28:32,501
because there's evidence
of tunnels in this area.
500
00:28:34,129 --> 00:28:36,455
NARRATOR:
For ancient astronaut theorists,
501
00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:40,542
this raises the same question
posed by Baalbek and Tiahuanaco:
502
00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:42,886
why did ancient people
repeatedly build
503
00:28:43,045 --> 00:28:46,640
temple after temple
on the same sacred spot?
504
00:28:46,799 --> 00:28:50,477
And some believe that
in the case of the Coricancha,
505
00:28:50,562 --> 00:28:54,389
Inca legends may provide
a pivotal clue.
506
00:28:54,474 --> 00:28:57,559
Because tradition states
that a special spot
507
00:28:57,643 --> 00:29:00,070
within the Coricancha
allowed communication
508
00:29:00,155 --> 00:29:02,573
directly with the heavens,
509
00:29:02,657 --> 00:29:05,901
but only when it was activated
by the most sacred relic
510
00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:09,654
in the Inca world,
a mysterious golden disc
511
00:29:09,739 --> 00:29:13,408
called the Inti Punchaco.
512
00:29:13,493 --> 00:29:18,005
The most legendary relic
of any Peruvian era
513
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:20,999
was said to have been kept
in the original Coricancha.
514
00:29:21,083 --> 00:29:24,920
This was the Inti Punchaco.
515
00:29:25,004 --> 00:29:29,674
This sun disc,
this golden artifact,
516
00:29:29,759 --> 00:29:32,686
allowed whoever possessed it
517
00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:36,848
to commune directly
with the gods.
518
00:29:36,941 --> 00:29:40,769
NARRATOR: According to
the Inca, within the Coricancha,
519
00:29:40,853 --> 00:29:43,947
the Inti Punchaco disc
allowed direct contact
520
00:29:44,106 --> 00:29:46,441
with their creator god
Viracocha.
521
00:29:46,526 --> 00:29:49,787
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
522
00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:51,863
that the specific placement
of it
523
00:29:51,956 --> 00:29:54,291
was important because it
may have been receiving a signal
524
00:29:54,375 --> 00:29:56,701
from beyond Earth.
525
00:29:56,795 --> 00:30:00,464
And they believe the exact spot
where it was activated
526
00:30:00,623 --> 00:30:03,458
still exists in a chamber
of the Coricancha
527
00:30:03,543 --> 00:30:07,879
that was spared destruction
by the Spanish.
528
00:30:07,964 --> 00:30:11,391
In the Coricancha
is this special niche,
529
00:30:11,551 --> 00:30:15,646
and today they've covered it
with a Plexiglas sheet,
530
00:30:15,805 --> 00:30:18,816
but it has blocks
that are perfectly cut
531
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:22,978
and articulated in unusual ways,
little notches and things,
532
00:30:23,071 --> 00:30:25,897
plus drilled holes that go
through it,
533
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:29,743
which seem to be for
electric cables or something.
534
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:33,914
So it would appear
that some device
535
00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:38,326
was placed into this niche
in the wall
536
00:30:38,419 --> 00:30:42,747
that was like a monitor
of some kind.
537
00:30:42,832 --> 00:30:45,676
And they've chosen this spot.
538
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,004
And all for reasons
that we do not understand.
539
00:30:49,088 --> 00:30:52,173
NEWMAN: So, could it
be that at the Coricancha,
540
00:30:52,258 --> 00:30:56,011
there was a sacred kind of
part of the site there
541
00:30:56,095 --> 00:30:58,689
where they were connecting
with the gods?
542
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:02,434
Actually something in the land,
like a-a magnetic hot spot
543
00:31:02,518 --> 00:31:05,604
or a vortex that the Inca
544
00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,690
and then later the Spanish
became aware of.
545
00:31:08,783 --> 00:31:13,445
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
ancient Peruvians possessed a device
546
00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:18,208
that allowed them to communicate
with beings from beyond Earth?
547
00:31:18,367 --> 00:31:21,620
And that the location
of the Coricancha
548
00:31:21,704 --> 00:31:25,373
was essential to activating
this technology?
549
00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:29,127
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
550
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:33,131
and suggest that clues
as to just how such a technology
551
00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:35,809
might have worked can be found
by examining
552
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:38,478
mysterious magnetic
anomalies detected
553
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:42,900
at one of the most remote
ancient sites in the world.
554
00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:50,148
NARRATOR: In the middle
of the Pacific Ocean,
555
00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:54,161
roughly 2,500 miles
northeast of Australia,
556
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:58,990
lie the ruins of a once
great ancient city Nan Madol.
557
00:31:59,075 --> 00:32:01,668
Consisting of hundreds
of man-made islets
558
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:04,412
off the eastern coast
of Micronesia,
559
00:32:04,497 --> 00:32:09,843
it has been dubbed the
"Eighth Wonder of the World."
560
00:32:10,002 --> 00:32:13,338
The site of Nan Madol on the
island of Pohnpei in Micronesia
561
00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:15,766
is one of the strangest places
on the planet.
562
00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:20,103
It's an 11-square-mile complex
563
00:32:20,188 --> 00:32:24,775
composed of over 250 million
tons of basalt logs...
564
00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:30,689
floating on a submerged
coral reef.
565
00:32:30,773 --> 00:32:33,367
They are 18 feet long,
four feet in diameter,
566
00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:36,787
and are stacked
40 feet up in the air.
567
00:32:39,115 --> 00:32:42,084
Why did they do this?
And how did they do this?
568
00:32:44,620 --> 00:32:47,539
NARRATOR: Today, the site
lies abandoned and shunned
569
00:32:47,632 --> 00:32:51,218
by the local Micronesians,
who consider it haunted.
570
00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:55,055
THOMPSON: Nan Madol is one
of these disappeared civilizations.
571
00:32:55,214 --> 00:32:57,382
It's fascinatingly interesting.
572
00:32:57,466 --> 00:32:59,134
This seemed to have been
the center of power
573
00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:01,469
of a, uh, major civilization.
574
00:33:01,554 --> 00:33:04,398
And yet it also seems
that it might have been built
575
00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:09,144
on earlier civilizations
that are lost in time.
576
00:33:09,228 --> 00:33:13,148
NARRATOR: Since stone
is difficult to accurately date,
577
00:33:13,232 --> 00:33:15,575
no one knows for certain
when it was constructed
578
00:33:15,735 --> 00:33:17,494
or how it was built.
579
00:33:17,653 --> 00:33:20,822
TSOUKALOS: When you
ask the local population,
580
00:33:20,906 --> 00:33:24,325
"Where were
these blocks quarried?"
581
00:33:24,410 --> 00:33:27,587
In unison, they will tell you,
from across the island
582
00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:32,250
and that they were flown
across the island.
583
00:33:32,334 --> 00:33:34,511
According to legend,
584
00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:37,848
twin sorcerers
of giant proportions
585
00:33:38,007 --> 00:33:42,093
came down from the sky
and floated above the site
586
00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:47,107
and positioned the basalt
columns as they desired,
587
00:33:47,266 --> 00:33:52,103
a legend that's very similar
to the same story at Puma Punku.
588
00:33:52,188 --> 00:33:55,106
TSOUKALOS: But when
I hear stories like that,
589
00:33:55,191 --> 00:33:58,702
I wonder, well,
perhaps we have another example
590
00:33:58,786 --> 00:34:03,290
of what I refer to
as misunderstood technology.
591
00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:06,710
NARRATOR: As with
other sites like Puma Punku,
592
00:34:06,869 --> 00:34:09,796
Baalbek and the Coricancha,
legend says
593
00:34:09,955 --> 00:34:13,133
that these structures were not
the first to exist here,
594
00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:17,212
but instead were built
above a much older city.
595
00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:19,631
GOUGH:
The mystery of Nan Madol
596
00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:24,311
is even more intriguing when
we factor in the local legend
597
00:34:24,470 --> 00:34:28,565
that states that it was built
on an earlier civilization
598
00:34:28,649 --> 00:34:30,975
called the Kanamwayso,
599
00:34:31,060 --> 00:34:34,821
which is submerged below water
600
00:34:34,906 --> 00:34:39,242
but still has those
same basalt megaliths.
601
00:34:39,327 --> 00:34:41,820
NARRATOR: Objects that
appear to be basalt columns
602
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:45,916
have in fact been found
beneath the ocean at Nan Madol,
603
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,243
and those who have studied
the columns
604
00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,662
both above and below the water
605
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:55,083
have discovered a curious
electromagnetic anomaly.
606
00:34:55,167 --> 00:34:59,337
CHILDRESS: There's a strong
magnetic field in every single one
607
00:34:59,421 --> 00:35:03,683
of the 250 million tons
of basalt there.
608
00:35:03,843 --> 00:35:08,438
You can take a compass and run
it along these basalt blocks,
609
00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:13,184
and your compass will just spin
as you move it along the blocks.
610
00:35:13,277 --> 00:35:18,782
Also, it's thought that the site
itself is a special power spot
611
00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:25,205
and an energy vortex, and that's
why Nan Madol is built there.
612
00:35:25,364 --> 00:35:29,868
And this legendary sunken city
called Kanamwayso as well.
613
00:35:29,952 --> 00:35:34,381
TSOUKALOS: The local population
also reports many, many sightings
614
00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:37,968
of orbs and lights
615
00:35:38,052 --> 00:35:42,213
that have been seen
hovering around Nan Madol.
616
00:35:42,298 --> 00:35:45,800
Is it because of the magnetic
spectrum of Earth?
617
00:35:45,885 --> 00:35:49,470
And you have to wonder
if, through magnetism,
618
00:35:49,555 --> 00:35:51,806
the stones were transported
in the first place,
619
00:35:51,891 --> 00:35:53,316
'cause they were transported
through the air.
620
00:35:55,227 --> 00:35:57,896
NARRATOR: Some ancient
astronaut theorists suggest
621
00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:01,983
that elevated electromagnetic
energy present at Nan Madol
622
00:36:02,076 --> 00:36:04,161
was not only a powerful tool
623
00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:07,164
used to move
the giant basalt columns,
624
00:36:07,323 --> 00:36:09,666
but that it may also
have been the reason
625
00:36:09,825 --> 00:36:12,169
that extraterrestrials
helped the locals
626
00:36:12,253 --> 00:36:14,504
to build here
in the first place.
627
00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:16,164
NEWMAN:
Could it be that there was
628
00:36:16,248 --> 00:36:19,426
a sacred kind of part
of the site there,
629
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:21,502
where they were
connecting with the gods?
630
00:36:21,587 --> 00:36:24,681
You know, not just through
visionary experiences,
631
00:36:24,765 --> 00:36:26,433
but actually something
in the land,
632
00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:30,178
like a-a magnetic hot spot
or a vortex?
633
00:36:30,262 --> 00:36:33,681
TAYLOR: We hear the word
"vortex" in science fiction,
634
00:36:33,774 --> 00:36:35,850
popular culture all the time.
635
00:36:35,935 --> 00:36:40,021
And a vortex is just
a mathematical thing
636
00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:42,607
that describes
a swirling motion.
637
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:46,027
An electromagnetic field
can be formed in a vortex.
638
00:36:46,111 --> 00:36:49,623
You could create a vortex
that would enable
639
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:52,784
transporting information
from somewhere else to here
640
00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:55,045
at the speed of light or faster
than the speed of light.
641
00:36:55,204 --> 00:36:57,297
And if there are places
on the Earth
642
00:36:57,381 --> 00:37:00,041
where these types of vortexes
may be stronger than others,
643
00:37:00,125 --> 00:37:03,386
you could see people going there
to build structures
644
00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:05,889
that maybe altered
645
00:37:06,048 --> 00:37:08,216
the electromagnetic field
of the local environment.
646
00:37:08,309 --> 00:37:13,480
NEWMAN: Was there even
some kind of portal or vortex present
647
00:37:13,639 --> 00:37:15,807
in some of these sacred places?
648
00:37:15,891 --> 00:37:19,060
If that's the case,
we have to question
649
00:37:19,144 --> 00:37:25,066
these principles of oracle
sites, megalithic temples.
650
00:37:25,159 --> 00:37:27,744
Were they built to harness this,
651
00:37:27,828 --> 00:37:29,570
to be these
communication portals
652
00:37:29,655 --> 00:37:32,490
between these different places?
653
00:37:32,574 --> 00:37:34,167
There is no question in my mind
654
00:37:34,252 --> 00:37:36,995
that these are much older sites
than we think,
655
00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:40,006
and that they were spots for
extraterrestrial communication
656
00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:43,334
a long, long time ago.
657
00:37:43,419 --> 00:37:47,681
NARRATOR: Is it possible that
certain locations around the world
658
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:51,601
act as vortexes
of electromagnetic energy?
659
00:37:51,686 --> 00:37:54,345
And that ancient people built
their most sacred sites
660
00:37:54,430 --> 00:37:56,180
in these very spots
661
00:37:56,274 --> 00:38:00,026
in order to communicate
with otherworldly beings?
662
00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:03,271
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
663
00:38:03,355 --> 00:38:06,700
that although this notion
may sound far-fetched,
664
00:38:06,784 --> 00:38:09,610
scientists at NASA recently
found evidence
665
00:38:09,704 --> 00:38:12,914
that such portals
really do exist.
666
00:38:23,876 --> 00:38:27,053
NARRATOR: NASA makes a
groundbreaking announcement,
667
00:38:27,212 --> 00:38:30,048
that there is indisputable
evidence of magnetic portals
668
00:38:30,132 --> 00:38:32,300
connecting the Earth
and the Sun.
669
00:38:32,393 --> 00:38:35,386
These portals open
every eight minutes
670
00:38:35,471 --> 00:38:37,972
and allow the transfer
of high-energy particles
671
00:38:38,065 --> 00:38:40,558
between the two
celestial bodies.
672
00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:42,736
TAYLOR: So, you have these
two really powerful magnets,
673
00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:44,321
the Earth and the Sun,
674
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,814
and their field lines
are crossing each other.
675
00:38:46,899 --> 00:38:49,909
But every now and then,
for whatever reason,
676
00:38:50,069 --> 00:38:52,320
we have these flux transfer
events where the field lines
677
00:38:52,404 --> 00:38:54,489
will actually connect
to each other
678
00:38:54,573 --> 00:38:57,909
and they create a pathway for
the magnetic field of the Sun
679
00:38:57,993 --> 00:39:00,587
to literally be connected to
the magnetic field of the Earth.
680
00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:03,247
And it's even been referred to
in the scientific literature
681
00:39:03,332 --> 00:39:05,592
as magnetic portals.
682
00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:08,920
We actually have a connection
that could be a transit
683
00:39:09,013 --> 00:39:13,091
to or a pathway for information
to travel from the Sun
684
00:39:13,175 --> 00:39:15,093
to the Earth or vice versa.
685
00:39:15,177 --> 00:39:19,105
NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut
theorists have long been intrigued
686
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,691
by the concept
of electromagnetic portals,
687
00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:23,610
since in theory
they could provide
688
00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:27,772
a means of communicating,
or even traveling rapidly,
689
00:39:27,856 --> 00:39:30,658
across the vast distances
of space.
690
00:39:32,444 --> 00:39:36,539
The NASA discovery poses
an intriguing question:
691
00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:39,459
could sites around the world,
where successive cultures
692
00:39:39,618 --> 00:39:44,789
built their most sacred temples,
be locations that facilitate
693
00:39:44,873 --> 00:39:48,718
the creation
of magnetic portals?
694
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:53,381
TAYLOR: Could a civilization
with a more advanced knowledge
695
00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:55,633
of physics
than we have currently
696
00:39:55,726 --> 00:40:00,054
make use of this flux transfer,
of these magnetic field lines
697
00:40:00,139 --> 00:40:04,058
connecting between their star
and other planets?
698
00:40:04,143 --> 00:40:07,654
Could it create a means
of traveling quickly
699
00:40:07,738 --> 00:40:09,647
from one point to the other
between them?
700
00:40:09,731 --> 00:40:11,399
Or maybe even something else
701
00:40:11,483 --> 00:40:13,410
that we just haven't
discovered yet.
702
00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:15,995
NEWMAN:
Maybe these sites
703
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,239
were kind of manipulating
the energies
704
00:40:18,323 --> 00:40:21,742
of the cosmos and the Earth
to open these portals up
705
00:40:21,827 --> 00:40:23,828
for this kind of purpose.
706
00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:28,082
And what or who were they
really communicating with?
707
00:40:28,167 --> 00:40:30,677
Was it really the gods?
Was it the ancestors?
708
00:40:30,761 --> 00:40:34,347
Or was it otherworldly beings?
709
00:40:34,432 --> 00:40:37,425
NARRATOR:
Could Baalbek, Temple Mount,
710
00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:40,094
Puma Punku, the Coricancha,
711
00:40:40,179 --> 00:40:43,097
and other sites around the world
where sacred structures
712
00:40:43,182 --> 00:40:45,275
have been built again and again
713
00:40:45,359 --> 00:40:50,188
have electromagnetic properties
similar to Nan Madol?
714
00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:53,941
Properties that could be
harnessed to create gateways
715
00:40:54,034 --> 00:40:56,786
to connect
with otherworldly beings?
716
00:40:56,945 --> 00:40:59,289
McGOWAN:
Over and over, around the world,
717
00:40:59,373 --> 00:41:01,207
from the beginning of time
to now,
718
00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:04,878
we see that sacred sites
and power points
719
00:41:04,962 --> 00:41:07,881
have been marked by humankind.
720
00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:11,134
Temples have been built
to communicate
721
00:41:11,218 --> 00:41:14,471
from Earth to heaven.
722
00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:18,633
Quite clearly,
these places are somewhere
723
00:41:18,717 --> 00:41:20,635
that we keep coming back to.
724
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,897
We call them portals,
we call them vortexes.
725
00:41:23,981 --> 00:41:26,891
They are gateways
onto another world,
726
00:41:26,975 --> 00:41:29,060
and they are
very, very important
727
00:41:29,144 --> 00:41:34,282
not just for human experience
but for evolution itself.
728
00:41:35,901 --> 00:41:38,328
NARRATOR: Are humans
drawn to certain locations on Earth
729
00:41:38,412 --> 00:41:40,988
by a magnetic force?
730
00:41:41,073 --> 00:41:44,250
Do we build
our most sacred temples
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00:41:44,335 --> 00:41:47,078
on the same sites
again and again
732
00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:51,341
because these locations
connect us to the cosmos?
733
00:41:51,425 --> 00:41:55,753
Perhaps, as we continue to
unearth even more ancient ruins,
734
00:41:55,837 --> 00:41:57,755
we will come
to better understand
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00:41:57,839 --> 00:42:01,017
our connection to the universe
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00:42:01,101 --> 00:42:05,188
and the truth about
our extraterrestrial past.