1 00:00:22,919 --> 00:00:25,370 [lively music] 2 00:02:36,604 --> 00:02:39,193 [intense music] 3 00:02:51,585 --> 00:02:54,104 [upbeat music] 4 00:02:59,489 --> 00:03:02,285 [ominous music] 5 00:03:04,218 --> 00:03:06,427 - [Narrator] Ancient mystical sites around the world 6 00:03:06,462 --> 00:03:09,706 seemingly have the power to harness energy. 7 00:03:09,741 --> 00:03:13,123 Menhirs are large manmade, upright stone, 8 00:03:13,158 --> 00:03:16,610 typically dating back to the Middle Bronze Age. 9 00:03:16,644 --> 00:03:19,578 These stones are able to harness energy coming up 10 00:03:19,613 --> 00:03:21,304 out of the Earth and ripple out 11 00:03:21,339 --> 00:03:24,859 into the surrounding countryside in expanding circles. 12 00:03:24,894 --> 00:03:26,689 And that energy as we're going to see 13 00:03:26,723 --> 00:03:30,244 actually has positive benefits for people's health, 14 00:03:30,279 --> 00:03:33,420 as well as harnessing energy that expands the consciousness 15 00:03:33,454 --> 00:03:34,835 and help become more evolved, 16 00:03:34,869 --> 00:03:37,527 more intelligent and more psychic. 17 00:03:37,562 --> 00:03:40,220 The ancients created a phenomenal feat 18 00:03:40,254 --> 00:03:43,395 that they would actually be able to take these giant stones 19 00:03:43,430 --> 00:03:46,605 and get them to stand up just with the equipment 20 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,677 that was supposedly available to them at that time. 21 00:03:49,712 --> 00:03:52,611 This is a stunning accomplishment. 22 00:03:52,646 --> 00:03:55,442 Dolmens are very much like spiritual cellars 23 00:03:55,476 --> 00:03:57,754 where you have stones built into a room. 24 00:03:57,789 --> 00:04:00,274 Often found throughout France, Scotland, 25 00:04:00,309 --> 00:04:02,172 Ireland, and England, 26 00:04:02,207 --> 00:04:04,071 the purpose of these were locations 27 00:04:04,105 --> 00:04:07,143 where our ancient ancestors would go inside 28 00:04:07,177 --> 00:04:09,697 to conduct forms of meditation. 29 00:04:09,732 --> 00:04:12,528 They are assumed to capture energy from the Earth, 30 00:04:12,562 --> 00:04:15,979 which is then concentrated in the center of these areas. 31 00:04:16,014 --> 00:04:19,120 Some who have visited these type of locations claim 32 00:04:19,155 --> 00:04:20,846 on occasion that they have received 33 00:04:20,881 --> 00:04:23,435 a mysterious blast of energy. 34 00:04:23,470 --> 00:04:26,921 How these dolmens were created is somewhat of a mystery, 35 00:04:26,956 --> 00:04:29,717 especially how some of these huge stones were lifted 36 00:04:29,752 --> 00:04:32,755 as the weight of some of these are tremendous. 37 00:04:32,789 --> 00:04:36,068 These stones also have managed to stay in their positions 38 00:04:36,103 --> 00:04:39,313 for thousands of years, never falling or moving, 39 00:04:39,348 --> 00:04:42,109 regardless of earthquakes and storms. 40 00:04:42,143 --> 00:04:44,318 Some dolmens are much more organized 41 00:04:44,353 --> 00:04:46,734 where they actually have breathing holes. 42 00:04:46,769 --> 00:04:49,081 There are many of these cosmic energy chambers 43 00:04:49,116 --> 00:04:52,015 throughout Europe, which when looked at remind us 44 00:04:52,050 --> 00:04:54,224 how our ancestors were far more in tuned 45 00:04:54,259 --> 00:04:56,537 with the planet and energies. 46 00:05:01,542 --> 00:05:02,750 There are also barrows 47 00:05:02,785 --> 00:05:05,581 which are situated throughout America and England. 48 00:05:05,615 --> 00:05:07,617 They can be somewhat deceiving as they look often 49 00:05:07,652 --> 00:05:10,482 just like large earth-covered mountains, 50 00:05:10,517 --> 00:05:12,726 some of which are very large. 51 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:16,695 It doesn't look like much except just a big round dome. 52 00:05:16,730 --> 00:05:19,767 Most have entrances allowing you to venture inside 53 00:05:19,802 --> 00:05:21,700 to a large circular room. 54 00:05:21,735 --> 00:05:24,703 Again, meditation carried out inside these rooms 55 00:05:24,738 --> 00:05:28,224 sometimes provides a blast of energy. 56 00:05:28,258 --> 00:05:30,640 But those who have experienced this, 57 00:05:30,675 --> 00:05:32,055 they often described a feeling 58 00:05:32,090 --> 00:05:34,920 as some form of sudden spiritual lifting. 59 00:05:34,955 --> 00:05:37,716 - Research carried out at these locations have revealed 60 00:05:37,751 --> 00:05:41,548 that some of them have been designed as resonant chambers. 61 00:05:41,582 --> 00:05:46,587 Most are specifically tuned to 110 or 111 hertz. 62 00:05:47,968 --> 00:05:49,625 Both of which are known to us as healing frequencies 63 00:05:49,659 --> 00:05:52,800 and can produce accelerated healing properties 64 00:05:52,835 --> 00:05:55,355 as well as developing new consciousness. 65 00:05:55,389 --> 00:05:59,738 110 hertz is known to represent the human pitch. 66 00:05:59,773 --> 00:06:02,431 Buddhist and Hindu chant their mantras 67 00:06:02,465 --> 00:06:05,365 in this exactly in the same frequency. 68 00:06:05,399 --> 00:06:08,057 Stone rooms in ancient temples in Malta were found 69 00:06:08,091 --> 00:06:10,853 to match the same pattern resonance, 70 00:06:10,887 --> 00:06:13,614 registering at the frequency of 111 hertz, 71 00:06:13,649 --> 00:06:16,445 or better known as the holy frequency. 72 00:06:16,479 --> 00:06:18,688 - [Narrator] Some barrows have been purposely designed 73 00:06:18,723 --> 00:06:22,243 to be elongated in shape for which it has been speculated 74 00:06:22,278 --> 00:06:26,316 that they're tailored for the energy coming from the Earth. 75 00:06:26,351 --> 00:06:28,560 Henges are probably the most recognized 76 00:06:28,595 --> 00:06:31,287 of all ancient European constructions, 77 00:06:31,321 --> 00:06:34,083 especially those of Stonehenge. 78 00:06:34,117 --> 00:06:36,085 Not surprisingly, there have been reports 79 00:06:36,119 --> 00:06:39,640 of strange energies coming out from these stones. 80 00:06:39,675 --> 00:06:41,642 - Bluestone is often used in henges. 81 00:06:41,677 --> 00:06:43,713 Seemingly they have a strong connection 82 00:06:43,748 --> 00:06:46,785 with electrical impulses produced by the human body 83 00:06:46,820 --> 00:06:50,410 and has particularly strong connections with the heart. 84 00:06:50,444 --> 00:06:53,689 It is said that the bluestone clears the heart center 85 00:06:53,723 --> 00:06:57,106 and strengthens the electrical workings of the heart. 86 00:06:57,140 --> 00:06:58,452 Sounds all very mystic, 87 00:06:58,487 --> 00:07:00,868 but there does seem to be some evidence 88 00:07:00,903 --> 00:07:03,526 to support that this is actually true. 89 00:07:03,561 --> 00:07:06,667 There are numerous scientific institutes that believe this. 90 00:07:06,702 --> 00:07:09,601 Investigations of some henges reveal a seven 91 00:07:09,636 --> 00:07:12,846 to 10 hertz frequency field, which is close to the, 92 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:14,917 what you might call the Schumann resonance, 93 00:07:14,951 --> 00:07:16,539 and once again, 94 00:07:16,574 --> 00:07:20,129 mysteriously beneficial to health and good wellbeing. 95 00:07:20,163 --> 00:07:21,924 - [Narrator] The evidence gathered by scientists 96 00:07:21,958 --> 00:07:24,167 over the last 20 years suggests 97 00:07:24,202 --> 00:07:26,687 that the ancient megalithic architects 98 00:07:26,722 --> 00:07:29,759 must have been acutely aware of the Earth's energies, 99 00:07:29,794 --> 00:07:32,486 as well as the Earth's subtle geometries. 100 00:07:32,521 --> 00:07:34,143 This knowledge was integrated 101 00:07:34,177 --> 00:07:37,042 into the formation plans of their monuments, 102 00:07:37,077 --> 00:07:40,529 so to generate numerous forms of free energy. 103 00:07:40,563 --> 00:07:44,256 As an example, the energies passing from the ground upwards 104 00:07:44,291 --> 00:07:48,260 through these stones have been referred to as chakra bands. 105 00:07:48,295 --> 00:07:51,367 Larger areas of energy that surround complete henges 106 00:07:51,401 --> 00:07:53,956 as well as barrows have been referred to 107 00:07:53,990 --> 00:07:58,754 as a powerful circular earth pattern called a primary halo. 108 00:07:58,788 --> 00:08:00,894 These are natural upwellings of energies generated 109 00:08:00,928 --> 00:08:03,966 by the Earth and often associated 110 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,900 with natural underground water systems. 111 00:08:06,934 --> 00:08:09,419 A primary halo is highly magnetic 112 00:08:09,454 --> 00:08:10,766 and invariably consists 113 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,803 of three concentric circles of energy. 114 00:08:13,838 --> 00:08:16,323 These locations were known to our ancestors 115 00:08:16,357 --> 00:08:18,705 as they were able to identify these places 116 00:08:18,739 --> 00:08:22,502 and construct standing stones and mounds upon them. 117 00:08:22,536 --> 00:08:25,953 This is the reason why the ancients chose a circular design 118 00:08:25,988 --> 00:08:28,369 for their stone circles and mounds 119 00:08:28,404 --> 00:08:30,786 and sacred sites marked their location 120 00:08:30,820 --> 00:08:32,960 with the esoteric landscape. 121 00:08:32,995 --> 00:08:36,343 - Have you ever noticed that some ancient monuments appear 122 00:08:36,377 --> 00:08:37,931 to be connected? 123 00:08:37,965 --> 00:08:39,346 If you take a look at the world map 124 00:08:39,380 --> 00:08:42,901 and look at the positions of these ancient monuments, 125 00:08:42,936 --> 00:08:45,973 you'll notice that many are seemingly connected 126 00:08:46,008 --> 00:08:48,942 with straight lines, almost as if ancient builders 127 00:08:48,976 --> 00:08:50,771 used advanced forms of geometry. 128 00:08:50,806 --> 00:08:53,912 This is known as the earth energy grid. 129 00:08:53,947 --> 00:08:57,606 The term ley itself comes from Anglo-Saxon 130 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,022 meaning cleared strips of land 131 00:09:00,056 --> 00:09:03,335 or clear strips of ground or even meadows. 132 00:09:03,370 --> 00:09:06,028 But these lines we are referring to are energetic 133 00:09:06,062 --> 00:09:09,859 and exist whether the land is stripped of the ground or not. 134 00:09:09,894 --> 00:09:12,344 All leys meet as intersection points, 135 00:09:12,379 --> 00:09:16,970 forming a matrix of grid type structures across the planet. 136 00:09:17,004 --> 00:09:19,559 These grid points, according to proponents 137 00:09:19,593 --> 00:09:22,458 are the strongest power spots on Earth. 138 00:09:22,492 --> 00:09:26,600 Apparently many of our ancestors thought that too. 139 00:09:26,635 --> 00:09:29,016 That is somehow they knew this, 140 00:09:29,051 --> 00:09:31,225 since sacred sites, such as henges, mounds, 141 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:35,264 and megaliths, pyramids, famous energy vortices, 142 00:09:35,298 --> 00:09:38,819 and even cathedrals are built on these locations 143 00:09:38,854 --> 00:09:39,924 directly on top of them. 144 00:09:41,097 --> 00:09:43,030 Nikola Tesla once said, 145 00:09:43,065 --> 00:09:44,998 if you want to find secrets in the universe, 146 00:09:45,032 --> 00:09:48,967 think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. 147 00:09:49,002 --> 00:09:52,039 - [Narrator] Avebury is the largest stone circle in England 148 00:09:52,074 --> 00:09:54,697 and would have been magnificent in its day. 149 00:09:54,732 --> 00:09:57,113 But the Avebury construction was much larger 150 00:09:57,148 --> 00:09:58,874 than what we see today. 151 00:09:58,908 --> 00:10:01,014 In fact, the stone circle was the belly 152 00:10:01,048 --> 00:10:04,293 of a large serpent that stretched the landscape. 153 00:10:04,327 --> 00:10:07,503 It was constructed of hundreds of huge stones, 154 00:10:07,537 --> 00:10:09,816 many of which have in modern times fallen 155 00:10:09,850 --> 00:10:11,645 and been covered in earth, 156 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:13,923 probably at a time of great disturbance, 157 00:10:13,958 --> 00:10:15,545 such as earthquakes. 158 00:10:15,580 --> 00:10:18,100 The serpent construct was something revered 159 00:10:18,134 --> 00:10:19,653 all over the world 160 00:10:19,688 --> 00:10:21,931 from the Native America serpent mounds 161 00:10:21,966 --> 00:10:24,071 to the serpent gods of India. 162 00:10:24,106 --> 00:10:27,834 No one really knows why our ancestors worshiped the serpent, 163 00:10:27,868 --> 00:10:30,077 but it was a practice carried out by hundreds 164 00:10:30,112 --> 00:10:32,632 of varied civilizations around the world 165 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,841 and around the same time. 166 00:10:34,875 --> 00:10:37,947 - 110 hertz, which you might find in Newgrange, 167 00:10:37,982 --> 00:10:40,018 for an example in Ireland, 168 00:10:40,053 --> 00:10:44,367 it's just an ancient chamber or 111 hertz 169 00:10:44,402 --> 00:10:45,921 like you might find, for instance, 170 00:10:45,955 --> 00:10:48,682 in Malta in the Hypogeum. 171 00:10:48,717 --> 00:10:51,236 These are healing frequencies, of course, 172 00:10:51,271 --> 00:10:53,100 but they do much more than that. 173 00:10:53,135 --> 00:10:55,585 In fact, these type of frequencies 174 00:10:55,620 --> 00:10:57,484 also help with consciousness. 175 00:10:57,518 --> 00:10:59,106 In some cases, people believe 176 00:10:59,141 --> 00:11:01,971 that it actually switches your thought process 177 00:11:02,006 --> 00:11:04,594 from your right side hemisphere of the brain 178 00:11:04,629 --> 00:11:05,872 to the left side, 179 00:11:05,906 --> 00:11:08,495 or allowing you to open up your sensories 180 00:11:08,529 --> 00:11:10,083 to the environment. 181 00:11:10,117 --> 00:11:14,604 It's very unusual what sound frequencies can do, 182 00:11:14,639 --> 00:11:17,297 but there is new research coming forward 183 00:11:17,331 --> 00:11:19,161 by Michael Tellinger 184 00:11:19,195 --> 00:11:21,128 and other researchers around the world, 185 00:11:21,163 --> 00:11:22,716 scientists even, 186 00:11:22,751 --> 00:11:26,099 which are producing very credible documentation 187 00:11:26,133 --> 00:11:30,793 about the evidence, how frequencies can help heal us 188 00:11:30,828 --> 00:11:33,278 even from severe illnesses. 189 00:11:33,313 --> 00:11:36,143 It's very clever how the ancients actually knew this. 190 00:11:36,178 --> 00:11:37,766 It's amazing. 191 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:39,319 We don't know how they knew this and why they knew this, 192 00:11:39,353 --> 00:11:40,941 but they did. 193 00:11:40,976 --> 00:11:44,945 And they left their mark in stone for us to view today. 194 00:11:44,980 --> 00:11:48,086 There was some ancient secret knowledge associated 195 00:11:48,121 --> 00:11:52,953 to many of these sites utilizing these natural frequencies 196 00:11:52,988 --> 00:11:56,129 or generated frequencies from producing an ohm 197 00:11:56,163 --> 00:11:59,028 or certain chants within these structures, 198 00:11:59,063 --> 00:12:01,203 very clever method. 199 00:12:01,237 --> 00:12:04,758 And even the structures themselves are tuned 200 00:12:04,793 --> 00:12:08,003 just like the pyramids are tuned to certain frequencies, 201 00:12:08,037 --> 00:12:09,383 how they knew this is just amazing. 202 00:12:09,418 --> 00:12:11,144 - [Narrator] Tilbury Hill, 203 00:12:11,178 --> 00:12:14,147 which is England's nearest thing to an ancient pyramid 204 00:12:14,181 --> 00:12:16,528 is also somewhat of an anomaly. 205 00:12:16,563 --> 00:12:19,739 No one really knows for sure what purpose it had. 206 00:12:19,773 --> 00:12:22,224 It was once thought to be an observation platform 207 00:12:22,258 --> 00:12:24,778 that looked over the serpent of Avebury. 208 00:12:24,813 --> 00:12:28,126 However, it has in more modern times been referred to 209 00:12:28,161 --> 00:12:29,783 as a ceremonial mound 210 00:12:29,818 --> 00:12:31,751 that once had a spiral path leading 211 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:34,063 from the ground to its apex. 212 00:12:34,098 --> 00:12:36,410 There seems to be a triangular relationship 213 00:12:36,445 --> 00:12:39,862 between Silbury Hill and the Avebury serpent. 214 00:12:39,897 --> 00:12:42,934 In these areas, the stones and the hill are built 215 00:12:42,969 --> 00:12:45,454 to focus energy at Silbury Hill 216 00:12:45,488 --> 00:12:47,559 and the circular Avebury Henge, 217 00:12:47,594 --> 00:12:49,389 which was once the center of the serpent 218 00:12:49,423 --> 00:12:52,806 and that within the Avebury Henge were two smaller henges 219 00:12:52,841 --> 00:12:56,568 that would have signified that the serpent had two items 220 00:12:56,603 --> 00:13:01,090 in its belly, maybe to represent birth or being consumed. 221 00:13:01,125 --> 00:13:04,231 There are large gatherings each year at such locations 222 00:13:04,266 --> 00:13:07,269 by those who believe these places hold special powers. 223 00:13:07,303 --> 00:13:12,067 Mystifying ancient sites are scattered all over the world. 224 00:13:12,101 --> 00:13:14,000 Many still lie undiscovered. 225 00:13:14,034 --> 00:13:16,657 Through the use of satellite mapping technology, 226 00:13:16,692 --> 00:13:20,834 we're now starting to find these long-lost civilizations. 227 00:13:20,869 --> 00:13:23,009 - Apart from using satellites in orbit 228 00:13:23,043 --> 00:13:26,253 to locate geological anomalies and ancient sites, 229 00:13:26,288 --> 00:13:29,291 they can also be used to map positive magnetics 230 00:13:29,325 --> 00:13:31,189 and gravitational anomalies. 231 00:13:31,224 --> 00:13:33,882 a number of ancient sites around the world reside 232 00:13:33,916 --> 00:13:35,297 in such locations, 233 00:13:35,331 --> 00:13:38,645 which are somehow connected to strange light phenomena 234 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:42,545 and alleged portals to other realities. 235 00:13:42,580 --> 00:13:43,926 In some cases, 236 00:13:43,961 --> 00:13:46,826 it's seemingly possible to measure the effects 237 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:50,001 of the environment left by the light phenomena, 238 00:13:50,036 --> 00:13:53,211 such as gravitational wells. 239 00:13:53,246 --> 00:13:55,869 These gravitational Wells don't seem 240 00:13:55,904 --> 00:13:57,353 to last for very long though, 241 00:13:57,388 --> 00:14:01,910 usually lasting between 48 and 72 hours at most. 242 00:14:01,944 --> 00:14:03,325 - [Narrator] In an area of South Africa, 243 00:14:03,359 --> 00:14:07,674 about 150 miles inland west of the port of Maputo, 244 00:14:07,708 --> 00:14:10,711 this is what remains of a huge metropolis 245 00:14:10,746 --> 00:14:13,128 that measures in conservative estimates 246 00:14:13,162 --> 00:14:15,716 about 1500 square miles. 247 00:14:15,751 --> 00:14:18,029 It's part of an even larger community 248 00:14:18,064 --> 00:14:20,342 that is about 10,000 square miles 249 00:14:20,376 --> 00:14:22,309 and appears to have been constructed 250 00:14:22,344 --> 00:14:26,969 from between 160 to 200,000 BC. 251 00:14:27,004 --> 00:14:28,488 The region is somewhat remote 252 00:14:28,522 --> 00:14:30,904 and there are strange circular walls 253 00:14:30,939 --> 00:14:33,044 that have been encountered by local farmers 254 00:14:33,079 --> 00:14:34,701 who assumed they were made 255 00:14:34,735 --> 00:14:37,324 by some indigenous people in the past. 256 00:14:37,359 --> 00:14:39,982 But oddly, no one ever bothered to inquire 257 00:14:40,017 --> 00:14:43,192 about who could have made them or how old they were. 258 00:14:43,227 --> 00:14:46,920 This changed when researcher and author Michael Tellinger 259 00:14:46,955 --> 00:14:48,818 teamed up with Johan Heine, 260 00:14:48,853 --> 00:14:52,270 a local fireman and pilot who'd been looking at these ruins 261 00:14:52,305 --> 00:14:54,548 from his years flying over the region. 262 00:14:54,583 --> 00:14:56,309 Heine had the unique advantage 263 00:14:56,343 --> 00:14:58,000 to see the number and extent 264 00:14:58,035 --> 00:15:00,209 of these strange stone foundations 265 00:15:00,244 --> 00:15:03,799 and knew that their significance was not being appreciated. 266 00:15:03,833 --> 00:15:06,595 The world has been taught that nothing of significance 267 00:15:06,629 --> 00:15:08,838 has ever come from Southern Africa, 268 00:15:08,873 --> 00:15:12,394 that powerful civilizations all emerged in Sumeria 269 00:15:12,428 --> 00:15:14,499 and Egypt and other places. 270 00:15:14,534 --> 00:15:17,192 We are told that until the settlement of the Bantu people 271 00:15:17,226 --> 00:15:18,538 from the north, 272 00:15:18,572 --> 00:15:20,195 which was supposed to have started sometime 273 00:15:20,229 --> 00:15:22,197 in the 12th century AD, 274 00:15:22,231 --> 00:15:25,200 this part of the world was filled by hunter-gatherers, 275 00:15:25,234 --> 00:15:28,824 so-called bushmen who didn't make any major contributions 276 00:15:28,858 --> 00:15:31,447 in technology or civilization. 277 00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:34,243 When explorers first encountered these ruins, 278 00:15:34,278 --> 00:15:36,245 they assumed that they were cattle corrals 279 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,351 made by nomadic tribes, like the Bantu people 280 00:15:38,385 --> 00:15:41,319 as they moved south and settled the land 281 00:15:41,354 --> 00:15:44,184 from around the 13th century. 282 00:15:44,219 --> 00:15:46,359 There was no previous historical record 283 00:15:46,393 --> 00:15:49,396 of any older civilization capable of building 284 00:15:49,431 --> 00:15:52,330 such a densely populated community. 285 00:15:52,365 --> 00:15:54,470 Little effort was made to investigate the site 286 00:15:54,505 --> 00:15:57,784 because the scope of the ruins was not fully known. 287 00:15:58,612 --> 00:16:00,338 Over the past 20 years, 288 00:16:00,373 --> 00:16:02,340 a number of researchers have discovered 289 00:16:02,375 --> 00:16:05,999 that these stone structures are not what they seem to be. 290 00:16:06,034 --> 00:16:07,449 In fact, these are now believed 291 00:16:07,483 --> 00:16:09,278 to be the remains of ancient temples 292 00:16:09,313 --> 00:16:13,282 and astronomical observatories of lost ancient civilizations 293 00:16:13,317 --> 00:16:17,010 that stretch back for many thousands of years. 294 00:16:17,045 --> 00:16:20,255 These circular ruins are spread over a huge area. 295 00:16:20,289 --> 00:16:23,085 They can only truly be appreciated from the air 296 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,777 or through modern satellite images. 297 00:16:25,812 --> 00:16:28,228 Many of them have almost completely eroded 298 00:16:28,263 --> 00:16:30,782 or have been covered by the movement of soil 299 00:16:30,817 --> 00:16:32,853 from farming and the weather. 300 00:16:32,888 --> 00:16:36,029 Some have survived well enough to reveal their great size 301 00:16:36,064 --> 00:16:39,584 with some original walls standing almost five feet high 302 00:16:39,619 --> 00:16:42,415 and over a meter wide in places. 303 00:16:42,449 --> 00:16:45,107 - Research in regarding ancient stones 304 00:16:45,142 --> 00:16:47,661 and energies still continue to date. 305 00:16:47,696 --> 00:16:52,425 In fact, just this year at solstice in Ireland, 306 00:16:52,459 --> 00:16:56,256 there were several tests carried out at a resonant chamber, 307 00:16:56,291 --> 00:17:00,260 an ancient site during the setting sun. 308 00:17:00,295 --> 00:17:04,506 And as it passed through and put the light through 309 00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:08,061 inside the chamber at that specific time, 310 00:17:08,096 --> 00:17:11,616 certain voltages were being emitted from the stones. 311 00:17:11,651 --> 00:17:15,344 Now these type of tests have been carried out plentifully, 312 00:17:15,379 --> 00:17:17,312 but it has to be tied in with certain times 313 00:17:17,346 --> 00:17:18,968 and certain locations it seems. 314 00:17:19,003 --> 00:17:22,075 Up to 300 millivolts has been recorded, 315 00:17:22,110 --> 00:17:24,491 enough to actually light small LEDs. 316 00:17:24,526 --> 00:17:26,873 It's fascinating where that energy must be coming from. 317 00:17:26,907 --> 00:17:28,150 We don't know. 318 00:17:28,185 --> 00:17:30,221 This is obviously some type of hidden energy 319 00:17:30,256 --> 00:17:32,499 that we're really starting to look into now 320 00:17:32,534 --> 00:17:35,295 and trying to grasp our understanding of it. 321 00:17:35,330 --> 00:17:37,746 Seems like the ancients had a very good understanding of it, 322 00:17:37,780 --> 00:17:40,852 and were utilizing it whenever they needed to. 323 00:17:40,887 --> 00:17:43,648 It's fascinating to see that 324 00:17:43,683 --> 00:17:45,478 that could actually affect people 325 00:17:45,512 --> 00:17:47,273 in those locations as well. 326 00:17:47,307 --> 00:17:49,965 They might even be unaware of those conditions. 327 00:17:49,999 --> 00:17:52,519 There have been people who have visited these sites, 328 00:17:52,554 --> 00:17:56,385 many occasions and reported unusual sensors, 329 00:17:56,420 --> 00:17:59,595 feeling unusual things, feeling energetic, 330 00:17:59,630 --> 00:18:03,392 even things such as equipment has fallen faulty 331 00:18:03,427 --> 00:18:06,395 in these locations at specific times. 332 00:18:06,430 --> 00:18:09,916 Could it be this mysterious energy is affecting everything? 333 00:18:09,950 --> 00:18:11,607 - [Narrator] Looking at the entire metropolis, 334 00:18:11,642 --> 00:18:14,955 it becomes obvious that this was a well-planned community 335 00:18:14,990 --> 00:18:18,407 developed by a highly-evolved civilization. 336 00:18:18,442 --> 00:18:21,410 The number of ancient goldmines suggests the reason 337 00:18:21,445 --> 00:18:24,103 for the community being in this location. 338 00:18:24,137 --> 00:18:25,552 Roads have been discovered 339 00:18:25,587 --> 00:18:27,416 that extend for hundreds of miles 340 00:18:27,451 --> 00:18:30,626 that connect to the community and terraced agriculture 341 00:18:30,661 --> 00:18:32,559 closely resembling those found 342 00:18:32,594 --> 00:18:34,768 in the Inca settlements in Peru. 343 00:18:34,803 --> 00:18:37,185 But one question begs for an answer. 344 00:18:37,219 --> 00:18:42,224 How could this be achieved by humans 200,000 years ago? 345 00:18:43,087 --> 00:18:44,433 Once the ruins were examined, 346 00:18:44,468 --> 00:18:47,195 the researchers were anxious to place the lost civilization 347 00:18:47,229 --> 00:18:50,232 into an historical perspective. 348 00:18:50,267 --> 00:18:53,408 The rocks were covered with a patina that looked very old, 349 00:18:53,442 --> 00:18:57,412 but there were no items sufficient for carbon-14 dating. 350 00:18:57,446 --> 00:19:00,173 It was then when a chance discovery revealed the age 351 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:02,589 of the site and sent a chill down the spine 352 00:19:02,624 --> 00:19:05,730 of archeologists and historians. 353 00:19:05,765 --> 00:19:08,008 The principal researcher of this location, 354 00:19:08,043 --> 00:19:09,596 Michael Tellinger said, 355 00:19:09,631 --> 00:19:12,392 "When I was first introduced to the ancient stone ruins 356 00:19:12,427 --> 00:19:13,738 "of Southern Africa, 357 00:19:13,773 --> 00:19:16,569 "I had no idea of the incredible discoveries we would make 358 00:19:16,603 --> 00:19:19,054 "in the year or two that followed. 359 00:19:19,088 --> 00:19:21,021 "The photographs, artifacts, 360 00:19:21,056 --> 00:19:24,784 "and evidence we have accumulated points unquestionably 361 00:19:24,818 --> 00:19:28,028 "to a lost and never before seen civilization 362 00:19:28,063 --> 00:19:29,582 "that predates all others, 363 00:19:29,616 --> 00:19:33,448 "not by just a few hundred years or a few thousand years, 364 00:19:33,482 --> 00:19:35,795 "but many thousands of years." 365 00:19:35,829 --> 00:19:38,246 - There are a number of light frequency experiments 366 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:39,454 taking place in ancient sites, 367 00:19:39,488 --> 00:19:42,422 which is part of a five-year program 368 00:19:42,457 --> 00:19:44,217 known as Project Doorway. 369 00:19:44,252 --> 00:19:47,220 And that starts to look at the relationship 370 00:19:47,255 --> 00:19:49,602 between phenomena and the ancient sites 371 00:19:49,636 --> 00:19:52,018 and the light frequency of terahertz, 372 00:19:52,052 --> 00:19:55,263 which is usually found within the setting sun 373 00:19:55,297 --> 00:19:58,231 or the rising sun frequency of light. 374 00:19:58,266 --> 00:20:01,510 Such tests may give answers 375 00:20:01,545 --> 00:20:06,066 why the ancients were associating their buildings 376 00:20:06,101 --> 00:20:08,724 to resonate a certain sound 377 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:12,038 and allow light in the terahertz frequency to pass in. 378 00:20:12,072 --> 00:20:13,626 There is also speculation 379 00:20:13,660 --> 00:20:17,630 that the ingestion of certain properties 380 00:20:17,664 --> 00:20:19,494 like monoatomic powder 381 00:20:19,528 --> 00:20:22,738 could actually cause a spiritual enlightenment 382 00:20:22,773 --> 00:20:24,809 or even a physical disappearance, 383 00:20:24,844 --> 00:20:28,675 these portals that people have been referring to. 384 00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:31,540 Some ancient sites seem to have a location in the middle 385 00:20:31,575 --> 00:20:34,681 and kind of out in places 386 00:20:34,716 --> 00:20:37,270 where people could sit on the outside, 387 00:20:37,305 --> 00:20:38,547 which would produce the Ohm, 388 00:20:38,582 --> 00:20:42,137 and the frequency of the chamber itself 389 00:20:42,171 --> 00:20:43,656 bounces those signals back 390 00:20:43,690 --> 00:20:45,658 to the individual sat in the middle, 391 00:20:45,692 --> 00:20:47,901 applying that sound frequency 392 00:20:47,936 --> 00:20:50,559 and applying the light frequency coming into the chamber 393 00:20:50,594 --> 00:20:53,113 at set times such as solstices and equinoxes. 394 00:20:53,148 --> 00:20:56,841 Could that actually open up some type of doorway? 395 00:20:56,876 --> 00:20:58,671 After all, scientists in Russia 396 00:20:58,705 --> 00:21:01,260 stipulated that during experiments, 397 00:21:01,294 --> 00:21:04,746 they found that monoatomic powder seems to disappear 398 00:21:04,780 --> 00:21:07,645 or parts of it does, 43% in fact, 399 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:10,372 under terahertz frequency light range 400 00:21:10,407 --> 00:21:14,583 and came back once they removed the light source. 401 00:21:14,618 --> 00:21:19,312 So if you were ingesting monoatomic powder, 402 00:21:19,347 --> 00:21:20,693 well, what did that mean? 403 00:21:20,727 --> 00:21:23,730 And would that 43% disappear? 404 00:21:23,765 --> 00:21:26,768 What effects would that have on the physiological 405 00:21:26,802 --> 00:21:28,770 and the psychological of that person? 406 00:21:28,804 --> 00:21:30,358 Do they phase to another reality 407 00:21:30,392 --> 00:21:33,188 or do they have some type of profound spiritual experience 408 00:21:33,222 --> 00:21:36,225 to the land of the gods and come back with knowledge? 409 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:37,675 Who knows? 410 00:21:37,710 --> 00:21:39,298 But it seems that everything seems to be tied into a lot 411 00:21:39,332 --> 00:21:41,127 of these ancient sites, 412 00:21:41,161 --> 00:21:42,577 the resonance of sound, 413 00:21:42,611 --> 00:21:44,924 the resonance of light frequency, 414 00:21:44,958 --> 00:21:47,927 and of course the individuals which are in those chambers 415 00:21:47,961 --> 00:21:52,103 receiving whatever they might experience. 416 00:21:52,138 --> 00:21:53,726 It's quite profound. 417 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,693 - [Narrator] These discoveries are so staggering 418 00:21:55,728 --> 00:21:58,178 that they will not be easily digested 419 00:21:58,213 --> 00:22:01,941 by the mainstream historical and archeological fraternity, 420 00:22:01,975 --> 00:22:04,219 as we have already experienced. 421 00:22:04,253 --> 00:22:06,601 It will require a complete paradigm shift 422 00:22:06,635 --> 00:22:09,604 in how we view our human history. 423 00:22:09,638 --> 00:22:14,022 This area is significant for one striking thing, gold. 424 00:22:14,056 --> 00:22:16,231 The thousands of ancient goldmines discovered 425 00:22:16,265 --> 00:22:18,406 over the past 500 years points 426 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,547 to a vanished civilization that lived and dug for gold 427 00:22:21,581 --> 00:22:22,789 in this part of the world 428 00:22:22,824 --> 00:22:25,378 for thousands of years, says Tellinger. 429 00:22:25,413 --> 00:22:28,450 And if this is in fact the cradle of humankind, 430 00:22:28,485 --> 00:22:30,625 we may be looking at the activities 431 00:22:30,659 --> 00:22:33,662 of the oldest civilization on Earth. 432 00:22:33,697 --> 00:22:36,355 Did gold play some role in the dense population 433 00:22:36,389 --> 00:22:37,735 that once lived here? 434 00:22:37,770 --> 00:22:41,290 The site is just about 150 miles from an excellent port 435 00:22:41,325 --> 00:22:43,776 where maritime trade could have helped 436 00:22:43,810 --> 00:22:46,226 to support such a large population. 437 00:22:46,261 --> 00:22:50,817 But remember, we're talking almost 200,000 years ago. 438 00:22:50,852 --> 00:22:54,787 The individual ruins mostly consist of stone circles, 439 00:22:54,821 --> 00:22:56,547 most have been buried in the sand 440 00:22:56,582 --> 00:22:59,861 and are only observable by satellite or aircraft. 441 00:22:59,895 --> 00:23:01,449 Some have been exposed 442 00:23:01,483 --> 00:23:03,899 when the changing climate has blown the sand away, 443 00:23:03,934 --> 00:23:07,282 revealing the walls and foundations. 444 00:23:07,316 --> 00:23:10,078 - Why our ancient ancestors had such a fascination 445 00:23:10,112 --> 00:23:12,011 with gold is unknown. 446 00:23:12,045 --> 00:23:13,564 It has been speculated 447 00:23:13,599 --> 00:23:15,911 that ancient civilizations were somehow capable 448 00:23:15,946 --> 00:23:17,844 of melting gold or smelting, 449 00:23:17,879 --> 00:23:20,813 possibly even to the point of vaporizing it 450 00:23:20,847 --> 00:23:23,125 and creating monatomic powder 451 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,266 for which ancients' god-like beings, 452 00:23:26,301 --> 00:23:29,131 kings and pharaohs allegedly consumed. 453 00:23:29,166 --> 00:23:32,687 So could this have been why gold was mined 454 00:23:32,721 --> 00:23:36,138 in the ancient days, or was there some other reason for it? 455 00:23:36,173 --> 00:23:38,244 - [Narrator] Whilst continued mainstream study 456 00:23:38,278 --> 00:23:41,696 of such ancient sites like Gobekli Tepe in Turkey, 457 00:23:41,730 --> 00:23:44,526 which is thought to be one of the oldest civilizations 458 00:23:44,561 --> 00:23:48,323 predating the Sumerians, work continues in South Africa, 459 00:23:48,357 --> 00:23:51,015 a discovery that predates Gobekli Tepe 460 00:23:51,050 --> 00:23:52,810 by thousands of years. 461 00:23:52,845 --> 00:23:57,021 However, mainstream science is simply ignoring the findings. 462 00:23:57,056 --> 00:24:00,128 If such a civilization existed at that time, 463 00:24:00,162 --> 00:24:02,820 we may just have to rewrite history, 464 00:24:02,855 --> 00:24:05,444 which of course can be a rather big pill 465 00:24:05,478 --> 00:24:06,928 for some to swallow. 466 00:24:06,962 --> 00:24:09,965 Tellinger has become a real life Indiana Jones, 467 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,243 making groundbreaking discoveries 468 00:24:12,278 --> 00:24:14,487 about advanced vanished civilizations 469 00:24:14,522 --> 00:24:16,765 at the southern tip of Africa. 470 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:17,973 His continued efforts 471 00:24:18,008 --> 00:24:19,872 and analytical scientific approach 472 00:24:19,906 --> 00:24:21,770 have produced stunning new evidence 473 00:24:21,805 --> 00:24:23,979 that will force us to rethink our origins 474 00:24:24,014 --> 00:24:26,465 and rewrite our history books. 475 00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:30,192 He is a major contribution to the field of ancient discovery 476 00:24:30,227 --> 00:24:33,886 and has been delivering the proof of the tools and artifacts 477 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:36,923 that support his scientific findings. 478 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:39,857 He discovered more than 10 million stone ruins 479 00:24:39,892 --> 00:24:44,068 that are not dwellings, but energy generating devices. 480 00:24:44,103 --> 00:24:47,762 His torus stone that crashed the TSA security systems 481 00:24:47,796 --> 00:24:51,524 at Doha International Airport in July 2013 482 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:53,492 has sparked the imagination 483 00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:55,424 of the global scientific fraternity 484 00:24:55,459 --> 00:24:58,911 in the quest for delivering a new free energy device 485 00:24:58,945 --> 00:25:00,913 to the people of the world. 486 00:25:01,914 --> 00:25:04,710 [intense music] 487 00:25:09,577 --> 00:25:12,096 Attempting to find good reliable information 488 00:25:12,131 --> 00:25:14,754 pertaining to ancient sites and discovered artifacts 489 00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:17,343 can be somewhat time consuming. 490 00:25:17,377 --> 00:25:19,897 However, there are researchers dedicated 491 00:25:19,932 --> 00:25:23,314 to providing the facts, no matter the consequences. 492 00:25:23,349 --> 00:25:26,179 Ultimately, most of the time we find relevant 493 00:25:26,214 --> 00:25:28,837 and detailed information quickly being crushed 494 00:25:28,872 --> 00:25:33,014 or even removed from existence across the worldwide web. 495 00:25:33,048 --> 00:25:35,844 One of the world's biggest mysteries, even now, 496 00:25:35,879 --> 00:25:38,847 involve the Great Pyramid of Giza. 497 00:25:38,882 --> 00:25:41,194 This monumental construction is still the topic 498 00:25:41,229 --> 00:25:44,853 of much debate, especially surrounding its origins. 499 00:25:44,888 --> 00:25:47,131 - One of the most intriguing discoveries 500 00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:49,548 in regards to the Egyptian Pyramids is 501 00:25:49,582 --> 00:25:51,860 that a number of rooms inside 502 00:25:51,895 --> 00:25:53,828 are seemingly resonant chambers. 503 00:25:53,862 --> 00:25:57,866 And it is alleged that all large pyramids 504 00:25:57,901 --> 00:26:00,731 of Egypt resonate at the same frequency, 505 00:26:00,766 --> 00:26:04,977 even one that were seemingly incomplete. 506 00:26:05,011 --> 00:26:06,599 Some researchers believe 507 00:26:06,634 --> 00:26:09,084 that it was purposely left that way, 508 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,917 as completing it would have changed its resonant frequency. 509 00:26:14,987 --> 00:26:16,298 - There are researchers 510 00:26:16,333 --> 00:26:18,853 that believe the Pyramids predate the Egyptian culture, 511 00:26:18,887 --> 00:26:21,200 and that the Pyramids may have been adopted 512 00:26:21,234 --> 00:26:22,891 by the Egyptians. 513 00:26:22,926 --> 00:26:25,514 This theory is strengthened by the lack of evidence 514 00:26:25,549 --> 00:26:28,897 to support the idea that the Egyptians created them, 515 00:26:28,932 --> 00:26:30,589 especially when you learn 516 00:26:30,623 --> 00:26:33,522 that not a single Egyptian hieroglyph was ever found 517 00:26:33,557 --> 00:26:34,972 in the Great Pyramid 518 00:26:35,007 --> 00:26:36,456 nor any existence to show 519 00:26:36,491 --> 00:26:39,390 that any pharaohs were buried within. 520 00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:41,427 For many scholars around the world, 521 00:26:41,461 --> 00:26:43,636 the magnificence of their construction 522 00:26:43,671 --> 00:26:46,639 still provides mystery and wonder. 523 00:26:46,674 --> 00:26:49,608 For example, the Great Pyramid is the only pyramid 524 00:26:49,642 --> 00:26:53,681 in our planet that has eight sides and not four. 525 00:26:53,715 --> 00:26:56,856 Each of the pyramid's four sides is precisely split 526 00:26:56,891 --> 00:26:58,030 from the apex to the base 527 00:26:58,064 --> 00:27:01,516 with very subtle concave indentations. 528 00:27:01,550 --> 00:27:03,622 It's believed that this discovery was made 529 00:27:03,656 --> 00:27:08,247 by a British Air Force pilot called P. Groves in 1940, 530 00:27:08,281 --> 00:27:11,906 as he flew over the Great Pyramid in his light aircraft. 531 00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:14,667 Groves reportedly noticed the strange site 532 00:27:14,702 --> 00:27:16,876 and took a photograph showing shadows 533 00:27:16,911 --> 00:27:19,292 that reveal the indentations. 534 00:27:19,327 --> 00:27:22,330 Some believe these subtle lines are only visible from above 535 00:27:22,364 --> 00:27:25,920 and at specific times, such as dusk and dawn 536 00:27:25,954 --> 00:27:28,267 on the spring and autumn equinoxes. 537 00:27:28,301 --> 00:27:31,063 This leads some conspiracy theorists 538 00:27:31,097 --> 00:27:34,273 to think that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids 539 00:27:34,307 --> 00:27:38,760 to perhaps communicate with heavenly beings from above. 540 00:27:38,795 --> 00:27:40,935 On the east side of the Cheops Pyramid 541 00:27:40,969 --> 00:27:43,592 numerous outside blocks have been removed, 542 00:27:43,627 --> 00:27:47,355 revealing the huge megalithic type blocks underneath. 543 00:27:47,389 --> 00:27:49,495 These larger blocks would have gone unnoticed 544 00:27:49,529 --> 00:27:52,601 if the smaller blocks outside had not been removed. 545 00:27:52,636 --> 00:27:56,122 Even the visible outside blocks are of an impressive size, 546 00:27:56,157 --> 00:27:58,331 and in some cases provide shelter 547 00:27:58,366 --> 00:28:00,506 from the blistering heat of the day. 548 00:28:00,540 --> 00:28:04,544 It's estimated to comprise of some 2.5 million stone blocks 549 00:28:04,579 --> 00:28:06,995 averaging 2.5 tons each 550 00:28:07,030 --> 00:28:09,929 plus additional blocks weighing considerably more 551 00:28:09,964 --> 00:28:12,483 lying deep within the pyramid, 552 00:28:12,518 --> 00:28:15,555 where they serve special functions. 553 00:28:15,590 --> 00:28:17,972 How were all these huge stones moved? 554 00:28:18,006 --> 00:28:20,077 Even if we are to believe the textbooks 555 00:28:20,112 --> 00:28:22,424 and workers had somehow achieved the impossible 556 00:28:22,459 --> 00:28:26,221 and moved 10 blocks up on top of each other a day, 557 00:28:26,256 --> 00:28:28,948 the 2.5 million stone block construction 558 00:28:28,983 --> 00:28:32,918 would still have taken 664 years, 559 00:28:32,952 --> 00:28:35,023 meaning if constructed for a pharaoh, 560 00:28:35,058 --> 00:28:38,164 they would have never seen its completion. 561 00:28:38,199 --> 00:28:40,649 A ridiculous hypothesis. 562 00:28:40,684 --> 00:28:42,824 There are also a number of surface blocks 563 00:28:42,859 --> 00:28:46,207 that are identical to those seen in Cusco, Peru. 564 00:28:46,241 --> 00:28:50,590 They consist of unusual-shaped nodules protruding from them. 565 00:28:50,625 --> 00:28:52,454 It's been suggested by researchers 566 00:28:52,489 --> 00:28:54,180 that the nodules may have been used 567 00:28:54,215 --> 00:28:56,217 to help move the stone blocks. 568 00:28:56,251 --> 00:28:58,219 However, archeologists say 569 00:28:58,253 --> 00:29:00,600 that they would have had no known purpose 570 00:29:00,635 --> 00:29:03,051 in aiding the moving of the blocks. 571 00:29:03,086 --> 00:29:05,053 Whatever the reason for their construction, 572 00:29:05,088 --> 00:29:07,021 the pre-Inca and Egyptians 573 00:29:07,055 --> 00:29:09,782 must have considered the manufacturer of these nodules 574 00:29:09,817 --> 00:29:11,853 of great importance. 575 00:29:11,888 --> 00:29:15,201 - I've visited a number of these locations, 576 00:29:15,236 --> 00:29:19,378 and it's safe to say when examining these stones closely, 577 00:29:19,412 --> 00:29:22,933 you cannot fit a piece of paper between them, 578 00:29:22,968 --> 00:29:25,798 even though no mortar was ever used. 579 00:29:25,833 --> 00:29:30,009 They are precisely cut and independently shaped 580 00:29:30,044 --> 00:29:31,217 to each other. 581 00:29:31,252 --> 00:29:33,806 Even the same amount of precision was applied 582 00:29:33,841 --> 00:29:37,085 to the back or inside of the stones, 583 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,847 which you wouldn't normally see. 584 00:29:39,881 --> 00:29:42,194 - [Narrator] The stones of the Great Pyramid 585 00:29:42,228 --> 00:29:44,713 have been placed with organized precision. 586 00:29:44,748 --> 00:29:47,095 When examining the stones more closely, 587 00:29:47,130 --> 00:29:50,064 we can see that the precision cuts have been made 588 00:29:50,098 --> 00:29:52,273 as part of the overall construction. 589 00:29:52,307 --> 00:29:55,069 Today, many of the blocks are missing, 590 00:29:55,103 --> 00:29:57,796 however, the Great Pyramid would have had a number 591 00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:59,176 of further outside layers, 592 00:29:59,211 --> 00:30:01,592 as well as a limestone covering. 593 00:30:01,627 --> 00:30:04,423 This would have given it a white coloring. 594 00:30:04,457 --> 00:30:07,495 It's even speculated that the pyramid apex 595 00:30:07,529 --> 00:30:09,877 would have been a solid piece of gold, 596 00:30:09,911 --> 00:30:14,467 making it a tremendous site across the Egyptian landscape. 597 00:30:14,502 --> 00:30:18,057 Thanks to the use of specialist radiography equipment 598 00:30:18,092 --> 00:30:20,232 that uses cosmic rays to detect cavities 599 00:30:20,266 --> 00:30:22,096 in massive structures, 600 00:30:22,130 --> 00:30:25,064 scientists have discovered a considerably large, 601 00:30:25,099 --> 00:30:29,137 previously unknown opening within the Great Pyramid. 602 00:30:29,172 --> 00:30:31,415 The mysterious cavity could represent a hidden room 603 00:30:31,450 --> 00:30:34,867 with a cross-section of that of the Grand Gallery, 604 00:30:34,902 --> 00:30:37,076 the major corridor running through the pyramid 605 00:30:37,111 --> 00:30:39,699 and is at least 100 feet long. 606 00:30:39,734 --> 00:30:42,530 As to what this room may hold is not yet known. 607 00:30:42,564 --> 00:30:46,223 Also scientists believe that the shape of the pyramid 608 00:30:46,258 --> 00:30:49,675 focuses electromagnetic energy into the chambers 609 00:30:49,709 --> 00:30:52,781 creating higher levels of energy. 610 00:30:52,816 --> 00:30:56,164 Research into ancient geopolymers has discovered 611 00:30:56,199 --> 00:30:58,339 through the use of chemical x-ray analysis 612 00:30:58,373 --> 00:30:59,719 that the casing stones 613 00:30:59,754 --> 00:31:02,308 of the Great Pyramid are synthetic in origin 614 00:31:02,343 --> 00:31:04,345 and that they have a lower density 615 00:31:04,379 --> 00:31:06,588 than any quarried stone. 616 00:31:06,623 --> 00:31:08,728 CAT scans of the stones show 617 00:31:08,763 --> 00:31:10,730 that there are hairs deeply embedded 618 00:31:10,765 --> 00:31:12,284 in the matrix of the stone. 619 00:31:12,318 --> 00:31:15,528 This is another clue that the pyramid blocks were cast 620 00:31:15,563 --> 00:31:17,289 using liquid stone. 621 00:31:17,323 --> 00:31:19,498 Interestingly, the report on the dating 622 00:31:19,532 --> 00:31:22,363 of these hairs was never released. 623 00:31:22,397 --> 00:31:26,091 Recent tests carried out at Saqsaywaman in Peru 624 00:31:26,125 --> 00:31:28,058 provided some fascinating data 625 00:31:28,093 --> 00:31:31,337 that would suggest the huge stones may have been molded 626 00:31:31,372 --> 00:31:33,339 and scraped into shape. 627 00:31:33,374 --> 00:31:36,066 Legend speaks of a liquid derived from plants, 628 00:31:36,101 --> 00:31:39,932 which was known to the ancients to turn the stones soft. 629 00:31:39,967 --> 00:31:41,520 In fact, in 1983, 630 00:31:41,554 --> 00:31:45,006 a Catholic priest reported that he used the technique 631 00:31:45,041 --> 00:31:47,112 to achieve the stone softening. 632 00:31:47,146 --> 00:31:49,183 However, he was unable to figure out 633 00:31:49,217 --> 00:31:51,910 how to make the liquid stone hard again. 634 00:31:51,944 --> 00:31:54,740 While this theory is still considered speculative, 635 00:31:54,774 --> 00:31:57,777 there are marks on some of the stones at Saqsaywaman 636 00:31:57,812 --> 00:32:01,505 that indicate that the stones were molded in some way. 637 00:32:01,540 --> 00:32:04,405 Unlike the scientific testing of these stones carried out 638 00:32:04,439 --> 00:32:06,200 at the Great Pyramid in Egypt, 639 00:32:06,234 --> 00:32:09,962 Peru authorities will not allow any official investigation 640 00:32:09,997 --> 00:32:11,343 to take place. 641 00:32:11,377 --> 00:32:14,794 Probably the oldest and mysterious pyramids in the world 642 00:32:14,829 --> 00:32:17,314 are those found in Caral, Peru, 643 00:32:17,349 --> 00:32:20,214 an amazing site that little is known about. 644 00:32:20,248 --> 00:32:22,457 Rarely are these pyramids visited. 645 00:32:22,492 --> 00:32:25,667 The sacred city of Caral was a large settlement 646 00:32:25,702 --> 00:32:28,877 in the Supe Valley, some 200 kilometers north 647 00:32:28,912 --> 00:32:30,776 of the Peru capital Lima 648 00:32:30,810 --> 00:32:34,953 and a well-studied site of the Norte Chico civilization. 649 00:32:34,987 --> 00:32:39,578 Caral was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009. 650 00:32:39,612 --> 00:32:42,857 The pyramids were not discovered until 1948 651 00:32:42,891 --> 00:32:46,965 and are estimated to be around 5,000 years old. 652 00:32:46,999 --> 00:32:49,968 Now pillaged, they were covered in intricate carvings 653 00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:53,281 and, again, possessing precision-cut stones. 654 00:32:53,316 --> 00:32:55,766 Huge blocks of stone have also been cut 655 00:32:55,801 --> 00:32:58,631 and placed in burial mounds throughout Europe. 656 00:32:58,666 --> 00:33:02,808 Maeshowe is a neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave 657 00:33:02,842 --> 00:33:05,224 located in the Orkney Islands. 658 00:33:05,259 --> 00:33:07,399 Like many other neolithic chambers, 659 00:33:07,433 --> 00:33:09,642 the passageway is perfectly aligned 660 00:33:09,677 --> 00:33:11,644 with the mid-winter solstice. 661 00:33:11,679 --> 00:33:14,647 Believed to have been built in 2800 BC, 662 00:33:14,682 --> 00:33:17,685 Maeshowe is the largest and most impressive 663 00:33:17,719 --> 00:33:20,067 of the chamber tombs found in Orkney 664 00:33:20,101 --> 00:33:25,072 and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. 665 00:33:25,106 --> 00:33:28,247 The passage entrance to Maeshowe aligns perfectly 666 00:33:28,282 --> 00:33:30,629 with the morning sun of the mid-winter solstice, 667 00:33:30,663 --> 00:33:33,114 allowing the sunlight to flood the chamber 668 00:33:33,149 --> 00:33:36,842 revealing the true size of the huge blocks used. 669 00:33:36,876 --> 00:33:38,809 The construction within the center 670 00:33:38,844 --> 00:33:41,467 of the neolithic chamber is magnificent. 671 00:33:41,502 --> 00:33:43,676 It is truly a work of art. 672 00:33:43,711 --> 00:33:46,093 Precision-cut stones have been carefully placed 673 00:33:46,127 --> 00:33:48,716 even in the apex of the roof. 674 00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:50,062 No mortar is used, 675 00:33:50,097 --> 00:33:51,684 simply the stones are sat in a way 676 00:33:51,719 --> 00:33:53,548 that they support one another. 677 00:33:53,583 --> 00:33:55,550 - Current research in regards 678 00:33:55,585 --> 00:33:58,277 to ancient science that are not only aligned 679 00:33:58,312 --> 00:34:00,417 to the rising and setting sun 680 00:34:00,452 --> 00:34:01,487 at certain times of the year, 681 00:34:01,522 --> 00:34:03,938 but are also resonant chambers, 682 00:34:03,972 --> 00:34:08,218 which may have been used as doorways to other realities. 683 00:34:08,253 --> 00:34:10,462 Though it sounds like science fiction, 684 00:34:10,496 --> 00:34:13,568 it is interesting to point out that all references 685 00:34:13,603 --> 00:34:16,847 to these alleged portals are activated 686 00:34:16,882 --> 00:34:20,265 by a combination of sound and light. 687 00:34:20,299 --> 00:34:24,096 Recent tests on monatomic powder shows 688 00:34:24,131 --> 00:34:26,857 that around 43% disappears 689 00:34:26,892 --> 00:34:30,723 when applying a terahertz light frequency to it. 690 00:34:30,758 --> 00:34:34,486 As to where it goes, it's unknown. 691 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:36,384 Scientists can only speculate 692 00:34:36,419 --> 00:34:40,354 that it is somehow phasing to another reality. 693 00:34:41,941 --> 00:34:44,944 What if ingesting large quantities of this powder assisted 694 00:34:44,979 --> 00:34:49,535 with transporting the consumer to the land of the gods? 695 00:34:49,570 --> 00:34:51,468 It's also interesting to point out 696 00:34:51,503 --> 00:34:54,195 that this terahertz frequency can also be found 697 00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:56,611 in the rising and the setting sun 698 00:34:56,646 --> 00:35:00,028 as it passes through and into these ancient chambers 699 00:35:00,063 --> 00:35:01,961 at certain times of the year, 700 00:35:01,996 --> 00:35:04,412 chambers that were built to resonate 701 00:35:04,447 --> 00:35:06,863 at certain sound frequency. 702 00:35:08,347 --> 00:35:10,694 So could the ingestion of monatomic powder, 703 00:35:10,729 --> 00:35:15,043 the sound frequency and the light frequency be the code 704 00:35:15,078 --> 00:35:19,496 to passing from one reality to another? 705 00:35:19,531 --> 00:35:21,395 - [Narrator] Neolithic chambers found 706 00:35:21,429 --> 00:35:24,294 in Newgrange in Ireland also align 707 00:35:24,329 --> 00:35:25,606 with the winter solstice 708 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,712 and contain intriguing megalithic blocks, 709 00:35:28,747 --> 00:35:31,439 some of which must weigh hundreds of tons, 710 00:35:31,474 --> 00:35:33,407 which again reveal their magnificence 711 00:35:33,441 --> 00:35:37,618 during the winter solstice when sunlight floods the chamber. 712 00:35:37,652 --> 00:35:41,380 Huge walls found in Italy also show precision cut 713 00:35:41,415 --> 00:35:43,727 and placed stone blocks of stone. 714 00:35:43,762 --> 00:35:46,420 The Acropolis of Alatri is a good demonstration 715 00:35:46,454 --> 00:35:50,734 of an ancient fortress wall that houses the Acropolis. 716 00:35:50,769 --> 00:35:52,736 The center building has been precisely placed 717 00:35:52,771 --> 00:35:55,532 to align itself with the heavens. 718 00:35:55,567 --> 00:35:59,018 The masonry of Alatri is nearly identical 719 00:35:59,053 --> 00:36:02,229 to that of the famous polygonal walls of Greece 720 00:36:02,263 --> 00:36:05,232 and stands around 30 feet in height. 721 00:36:05,266 --> 00:36:08,235 The wall formed a defensive league against the Volsci 722 00:36:08,269 --> 00:36:11,617 and the Samnites around 550 BC. 723 00:36:11,652 --> 00:36:14,172 True polygonal masonry is a technique 724 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:17,554 wherein the visible surfaces of the stone are dressed 725 00:36:17,589 --> 00:36:19,763 with straight sides or joints 726 00:36:19,798 --> 00:36:22,870 giving the block the appearance of a polygon. 727 00:36:22,904 --> 00:36:26,114 Newer construction has been applied to the older walls 728 00:36:26,149 --> 00:36:28,255 just as we see Cusco, Peru, 729 00:36:28,289 --> 00:36:32,569 whereas the ancient pre-Incan walls are much more superior 730 00:36:32,604 --> 00:36:35,641 and require no mortar to hold them together. 731 00:36:35,676 --> 00:36:37,436 The method of cutting huge blocks 732 00:36:37,471 --> 00:36:39,818 and placing them is an old age mystery 733 00:36:39,852 --> 00:36:43,270 that defies explanation in modern times. 734 00:36:43,304 --> 00:36:45,410 Apart from the ancient and incredible method 735 00:36:45,444 --> 00:36:47,135 of key-locking stones together, 736 00:36:47,170 --> 00:36:50,898 we also find part of the blocks of stone vitrified 737 00:36:50,932 --> 00:36:54,660 making important areas of these stone even stronger. 738 00:36:54,695 --> 00:36:56,662 This method can only be carried out 739 00:36:56,697 --> 00:36:58,871 by applying temperatures to the stone 740 00:36:58,906 --> 00:37:03,082 well beyond that of any traditional fire could create. 741 00:37:03,117 --> 00:37:06,327 - The method of key-locking stones together was incredible, 742 00:37:06,362 --> 00:37:09,054 something we rarely even do now. 743 00:37:09,088 --> 00:37:12,644 This would have made the construction much more rigorous 744 00:37:12,678 --> 00:37:15,543 against shifting and earthquakes. 745 00:37:15,578 --> 00:37:19,720 Some researchers also believe they served another purpose. 746 00:37:19,754 --> 00:37:21,963 Though the keys are missing today, 747 00:37:21,998 --> 00:37:24,276 they would have been made of metal, 748 00:37:24,311 --> 00:37:26,727 which later was probably melted 749 00:37:26,761 --> 00:37:30,627 and reused by other civilizations. 750 00:37:30,662 --> 00:37:33,699 Could these metal keys be used 751 00:37:33,734 --> 00:37:37,116 to help pass energy through the rock 752 00:37:37,151 --> 00:37:40,534 to one another, very possible. 753 00:37:40,568 --> 00:37:44,020 But how on earth could such knowledge have been known? 754 00:37:45,228 --> 00:37:46,505 - [Narrator] Some of the ancient walls 755 00:37:46,540 --> 00:37:48,542 throughout Peru consist of small pieces of stone 756 00:37:48,576 --> 00:37:50,647 as parts of its construction. 757 00:37:50,682 --> 00:37:52,580 Similar precision cuts are also found 758 00:37:52,615 --> 00:37:54,444 throughout the Egyptian walls 759 00:37:54,479 --> 00:37:56,653 suggesting the method of cutting stone 760 00:37:56,688 --> 00:37:59,346 must have been relatively easy. 761 00:37:59,380 --> 00:38:02,487 The famous palace walls of Japan have also been fashioned 762 00:38:02,521 --> 00:38:03,591 in the same way. 763 00:38:03,626 --> 00:38:06,180 And in some cases, even giant boulders 764 00:38:06,214 --> 00:38:08,734 have been precision cut into walls. 765 00:38:10,011 --> 00:38:12,704 Researchers and archeologists are often stuck for words 766 00:38:12,738 --> 00:38:14,361 when it comes to complete buildings 767 00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:16,397 that have been cut out of the bedrock. 768 00:38:16,432 --> 00:38:18,710 These ancient temples have doorways, 769 00:38:18,744 --> 00:38:20,746 inner rooms and passages 770 00:38:20,781 --> 00:38:24,198 all cut from as a single piece from the granite bedrock, 771 00:38:24,232 --> 00:38:27,132 some of which have long been abandoned. 772 00:38:27,166 --> 00:38:29,790 A lost history with so many unanswered questions. 773 00:38:29,824 --> 00:38:32,620 In some cases, whole cities have been carved 774 00:38:32,655 --> 00:38:33,897 out of the bedrock, 775 00:38:33,932 --> 00:38:36,141 leaving academics to wonder why 776 00:38:36,175 --> 00:38:39,731 and how these mysterious locations were created. 777 00:38:39,765 --> 00:38:41,905 Some buildings show exquisite carvings 778 00:38:41,940 --> 00:38:44,770 that have stood the test of time. 779 00:38:44,805 --> 00:38:47,359 Others have become popular tourist attractions 780 00:38:47,394 --> 00:38:49,775 such as the Petra in Jordan, 781 00:38:49,810 --> 00:38:52,330 literally carved out to a mountainside 782 00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:55,436 that featured in an Indiana Jones movie. 783 00:38:55,471 --> 00:38:58,819 The rather odd numerous ancient sites around the world 784 00:38:58,853 --> 00:39:00,924 have amazing cut pieces of stone 785 00:39:00,959 --> 00:39:03,341 just scattered around on the ground, 786 00:39:03,375 --> 00:39:05,584 some of which are cut with so much precision 787 00:39:05,619 --> 00:39:08,207 that even now thousands of years later, 788 00:39:08,242 --> 00:39:10,796 we have corners on them that are sharp. 789 00:39:10,831 --> 00:39:13,247 Mainstream archeologists would have us believe 790 00:39:13,281 --> 00:39:15,594 all these constructions were created 791 00:39:15,629 --> 00:39:17,769 via the use of brass and copper tools, 792 00:39:17,803 --> 00:39:19,874 which in many cases are much softer 793 00:39:19,909 --> 00:39:21,566 than the rock they were used on. 794 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:25,811 As an example, rose quartz crystal granite found in Egypt 795 00:39:25,846 --> 00:39:28,400 has a hardness level of eight out of 10, 796 00:39:28,435 --> 00:39:31,576 and the tools to cut the stone only have a hardness 797 00:39:31,610 --> 00:39:32,680 of three out of 10. 798 00:39:32,715 --> 00:39:35,959 Something clearly does not add up. 799 00:39:35,994 --> 00:39:37,685 Apart from huge stones being cut, 800 00:39:37,720 --> 00:39:40,964 there is evidence of drill and boreholes, 801 00:39:40,999 --> 00:39:43,622 most of which show evidence of machine marks 802 00:39:43,657 --> 00:39:46,384 as if something had turned and cut through the stone. 803 00:39:46,418 --> 00:39:48,800 The pentagonal boreholes of Massachusetts 804 00:39:48,834 --> 00:39:51,803 have been referred to as star holes. 805 00:39:51,837 --> 00:39:53,977 They consist of numerous shapes and sizes 806 00:39:54,012 --> 00:39:56,842 often cut into granite stone. 807 00:39:56,877 --> 00:39:59,673 Why these shapes were cut remain a mystery, 808 00:39:59,707 --> 00:40:01,813 including the method that was used. 809 00:40:01,847 --> 00:40:05,782 These relatively new discoveries have baffled archeologists, 810 00:40:05,817 --> 00:40:09,096 however, others more precisionally cut have been found 811 00:40:09,130 --> 00:40:12,306 in other countries, such as the star holes of Norway, 812 00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:15,274 which clearly show evidence of machine marks. 813 00:40:15,309 --> 00:40:18,830 It's unknown as to why these unusual marks appear in stone. 814 00:40:18,864 --> 00:40:22,454 Often many hundreds of miles away from ancient sites, 815 00:40:22,489 --> 00:40:24,870 some of the star holes in Norway consist 816 00:40:24,905 --> 00:40:26,458 of numerous shapes, 817 00:40:26,493 --> 00:40:29,703 just like those discovered in Massachusetts in the U.S. 818 00:40:29,737 --> 00:40:31,118 On close examination, 819 00:40:31,152 --> 00:40:34,846 you can see that a boring machine must have been used. 820 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,056 The inner ridges are consistent of machine marks 821 00:40:38,090 --> 00:40:40,265 that rotated and cut through the rock 822 00:40:40,299 --> 00:40:42,957 almost a millimeter per revolution. 823 00:40:42,992 --> 00:40:45,822 Science is yet to find an explanation 824 00:40:45,857 --> 00:40:47,617 as to how this was done. 825 00:40:47,652 --> 00:40:49,895 - It's absolutely preposterous 826 00:40:49,930 --> 00:40:53,036 to think that our ancestors cut and shaped rock 827 00:40:53,071 --> 00:40:57,282 in the same manner we would to today by using power tools, 828 00:40:57,316 --> 00:41:01,148 but mainstream science simply cannot explain 829 00:41:01,182 --> 00:41:02,114 how this was done. 830 00:41:03,115 --> 00:41:04,392 As an example, 831 00:41:04,427 --> 00:41:06,291 there are a number of locations in Peru 832 00:41:06,325 --> 00:41:09,743 that look like they have been cut by machines, 833 00:41:09,777 --> 00:41:12,642 leaving unusual scoring marks in the rock. 834 00:41:12,677 --> 00:41:17,509 Even the process of liquefying rock, shaping and molding, 835 00:41:17,544 --> 00:41:21,306 it seems impossible, yet there is now evidence 836 00:41:21,340 --> 00:41:24,102 to suggest this was actually being done. 837 00:41:24,136 --> 00:41:28,002 Boring holes into the strongest rocks in the world 838 00:41:28,037 --> 00:41:32,213 was seemingly easy for the ancients. 839 00:41:32,248 --> 00:41:34,871 Whatever they possessed to do these incredible feats, 840 00:41:34,906 --> 00:41:37,702 be it special tools and techniques, 841 00:41:37,736 --> 00:41:40,946 they remain hidden and lost to time. 842 00:41:40,981 --> 00:41:42,672 - [Narrator] The only feasible explanation 843 00:41:42,707 --> 00:41:45,088 of how ancient civilizations managed 844 00:41:45,123 --> 00:41:47,746 to cut rock so proficiently is the theory 845 00:41:47,781 --> 00:41:50,611 that somehow knew how to soften the rock 846 00:41:50,646 --> 00:41:52,440 and also how to move them. 847 00:41:52,475 --> 00:41:55,236 The scholars of the world continue to tell us 848 00:41:55,271 --> 00:41:57,445 that these great feats were carried out 849 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:59,517 by the use of brass and copper tools, 850 00:41:59,551 --> 00:42:01,933 when clearly it seems the truth 851 00:42:01,967 --> 00:42:05,212 of the matter is a guarded secret. 852 00:42:05,246 --> 00:42:07,525 - It would seem a lot of the ancient sites 853 00:42:07,559 --> 00:42:09,561 are associated with energies, 854 00:42:09,596 --> 00:42:12,737 or certainly sound frequencies. 855 00:42:12,771 --> 00:42:15,153 It's interesting to note that even throughout England, 856 00:42:15,187 --> 00:42:18,466 there are set buildings built in certain areas, 857 00:42:18,501 --> 00:42:23,506 which seem to stand on leys, these powerful energy lines. 858 00:42:24,956 --> 00:42:27,579 But it isn't just energy we're actually talking about. 859 00:42:27,614 --> 00:42:30,927 We're talking about frequencies of sound as well. 860 00:42:30,962 --> 00:42:34,034 We have also a number of strange incidents, 861 00:42:34,068 --> 00:42:35,276 not just throughout the UK, 862 00:42:35,311 --> 00:42:36,795 but many places around the world 863 00:42:36,830 --> 00:42:39,177 of strange humming sounds as well 864 00:42:39,211 --> 00:42:40,868 coming from similar locations. 865 00:42:40,903 --> 00:42:43,353 In fact, when you actually do research, 866 00:42:43,388 --> 00:42:46,874 you'll find that a lot of ancient sites around the world 867 00:42:46,909 --> 00:42:49,601 are strategically built in key locations 868 00:42:49,636 --> 00:42:52,052 where energies, frequencies, 869 00:42:52,086 --> 00:42:54,951 natural sounds generate infrasonics 870 00:42:54,986 --> 00:42:59,024 or unusual sound frequencies in given areas. 871 00:42:59,059 --> 00:43:02,614 It's quite unusual that the ancients managed 872 00:43:02,649 --> 00:43:04,858 to know about this information 873 00:43:04,892 --> 00:43:06,963 and actually tied it into the construction 874 00:43:06,998 --> 00:43:09,310 of these megalithic buildings. 875 00:43:09,345 --> 00:43:13,280 In fact, some of these buildings are acutely built 876 00:43:13,314 --> 00:43:15,523 for sound frequencies. 877 00:43:15,558 --> 00:43:18,803 If we take numerous places like Rosslyn Chapel, 878 00:43:18,837 --> 00:43:21,046 for an example in Scotland, 879 00:43:21,081 --> 00:43:24,256 is built in a specific manner 880 00:43:24,291 --> 00:43:27,639 that generates certain frequencies with inside the building. 881 00:43:27,674 --> 00:43:30,538 There are many of those places around the world 882 00:43:30,573 --> 00:43:34,059 and some of them thousands upon thousands of years old. 883 00:43:34,094 --> 00:43:36,406 The ancients knew about sound frequencies 884 00:43:36,441 --> 00:43:40,410 and generating certain sounds at certain key locations 885 00:43:40,445 --> 00:43:43,413 and sometimes at certain times of the year, 886 00:43:43,448 --> 00:43:45,277 especially solstices. 887 00:43:45,312 --> 00:43:48,487 It would seem that the combination of light from the sun, 888 00:43:48,522 --> 00:43:53,147 sound frequencies generated from ohms, 889 00:43:53,182 --> 00:43:57,945 even the Indian temples resonate at certain frequencies. 890 00:43:57,980 --> 00:44:02,916 And it is said that certain doors of certain temples 891 00:44:02,950 --> 00:44:06,920 in India can only be opened by a Garuda mantra. 892 00:44:06,954 --> 00:44:11,821 A Garuda mantra is a certain type of ohm and prayer 893 00:44:11,856 --> 00:44:15,100 that Indian priests many years ago used to produce, 894 00:44:15,135 --> 00:44:17,551 utilizing certain vocal chords, 895 00:44:17,585 --> 00:44:20,278 which are probably not even in existence now 896 00:44:20,312 --> 00:44:22,142 in modern day humans. 897 00:44:22,176 --> 00:44:25,076 It apparently took a whole lifetime to create 898 00:44:25,110 --> 00:44:27,872 and produce the Garuda mantra, 899 00:44:27,906 --> 00:44:32,670 whole mounts of years and years of practicing it, 900 00:44:32,704 --> 00:44:37,122 only to get it just right would allow certain doors 901 00:44:37,157 --> 00:44:39,677 to be open to certain crypts and vaults 902 00:44:39,711 --> 00:44:41,713 within certain Indian temples. 903 00:44:41,748 --> 00:44:43,266 If this is true, 904 00:44:43,301 --> 00:44:47,512 then their knowledge of sound frequencies was tremendous, 905 00:44:47,546 --> 00:44:50,342 as it was in other ancient civilizations 906 00:44:50,377 --> 00:44:52,275 scattered around the world. 907 00:44:52,310 --> 00:44:55,002 [upbeat music] 908 00:44:58,557 --> 00:45:00,490 - [Narrator] The Sphinx is the most debated 909 00:45:00,525 --> 00:45:02,700 ancient monument in the world. 910 00:45:02,734 --> 00:45:05,806 Having the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, 911 00:45:05,841 --> 00:45:08,084 it's not only beautiful and mysterious, 912 00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:10,742 but also was hidden for thousands of years 913 00:45:10,777 --> 00:45:13,020 beneath the sands of time. 914 00:45:13,055 --> 00:45:14,712 But what have we learned? 915 00:45:14,746 --> 00:45:18,025 What can we do to unravel this ancient mystery? 916 00:45:18,060 --> 00:45:20,096 - During the restoration process 917 00:45:20,131 --> 00:45:24,031 that spanned between 1920 and 1980, 918 00:45:24,066 --> 00:45:27,448 the lack of knowledge in handling limestone structure 919 00:45:27,483 --> 00:45:31,211 of that scale made some of the parts of the Sphinx 920 00:45:31,245 --> 00:45:34,283 to be in a worse condition than it was before. 921 00:45:35,802 --> 00:45:39,806 The reason for the damage was the use of gypsum mortar 922 00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:44,362 and cement to fill in holes that were made by erosion. 923 00:45:44,396 --> 00:45:47,779 The modification built up new stressors 924 00:45:47,814 --> 00:45:50,437 in the limestone structure of the Sphinx. 925 00:45:50,471 --> 00:45:53,681 The archeologists then had to repair damages made 926 00:45:53,716 --> 00:45:55,649 by the restoration process. 927 00:45:55,683 --> 00:45:57,616 They reversed the whole process 928 00:45:57,651 --> 00:46:01,206 by carefully removing the cement from the cracks 929 00:46:01,241 --> 00:46:04,831 and sealing it with something that is noninvasive. 930 00:46:04,865 --> 00:46:07,488 Also, there were a couple of areas of the Sphinx 931 00:46:07,523 --> 00:46:11,147 that still show coloring due to it being painted 932 00:46:11,182 --> 00:46:13,805 in vivid, bright colors by the ancients. 933 00:46:14,806 --> 00:46:16,187 - [Narrator] The Sphinx stands 934 00:46:16,221 --> 00:46:19,811 upon limestone bedrock at a height of around 20 meters, 935 00:46:19,846 --> 00:46:23,573 the head of the Sphinx alone measuring around five meters. 936 00:46:23,608 --> 00:46:26,611 It's often said that in its moment of splendor, 937 00:46:26,645 --> 00:46:29,441 it was beautifully painted a sunburst red 938 00:46:29,476 --> 00:46:32,099 with a funeral type headdress or Nemes, 939 00:46:32,134 --> 00:46:34,446 which would have been vivid blue and yellow 940 00:46:34,481 --> 00:46:36,241 much like the casket of Tutankhamen. 941 00:46:37,864 --> 00:46:41,039 The Sphinx measures approximately 58 meters in length 942 00:46:41,074 --> 00:46:43,110 with a three meter tail. 943 00:46:43,145 --> 00:46:45,492 According to official Egyptologists, 944 00:46:45,526 --> 00:46:48,840 it was sculpted in the 26th century BC. 945 00:46:48,875 --> 00:46:52,188 And with this, we have our first mystery. 946 00:46:52,223 --> 00:46:55,502 What is the true age of the Sphinx? 947 00:46:55,536 --> 00:46:59,540 If we accept the current theory of official Egyptologists, 948 00:46:59,575 --> 00:47:03,303 then the Sphinx is around 4600 years old. 949 00:47:03,337 --> 00:47:05,098 This, of course, would make it older 950 00:47:05,132 --> 00:47:07,272 than the pyramids themselves. 951 00:47:07,307 --> 00:47:09,102 There is, of course, another theory 952 00:47:09,136 --> 00:47:12,243 that suggests the age of the pyramids are much older 953 00:47:12,277 --> 00:47:15,211 and fall in line with the dating of the Sphinx. 954 00:47:15,246 --> 00:47:18,559 - Although heavily influenced by Egyptian 955 00:47:18,594 --> 00:47:21,493 and later Mesopotamian mythology, 956 00:47:21,528 --> 00:47:24,911 the classical Greek depiction of the Sphinx consists 957 00:47:24,945 --> 00:47:28,086 of a body of a lion, a head of a woman 958 00:47:28,121 --> 00:47:30,157 and the wings of a bird. 959 00:47:30,192 --> 00:47:33,022 Giza's male-identifying landmark 960 00:47:33,057 --> 00:47:35,507 is technically an androsphinx. 961 00:47:36,992 --> 00:47:40,167 The Great Sphinx of Giza is such a marvelous piece of work 962 00:47:40,202 --> 00:47:42,687 that it's surprisingly nobody bothered 963 00:47:42,721 --> 00:47:44,516 to take credit for it. 964 00:47:44,551 --> 00:47:46,656 Even now, without definition 965 00:47:46,691 --> 00:47:50,453 and defining evidence of the statue's age, 966 00:47:50,488 --> 00:47:52,697 modern archeologists are split 967 00:47:52,731 --> 00:47:54,941 over which ancient Egyptian pharaoh 968 00:47:54,975 --> 00:47:57,322 allegedly created the landmark. 969 00:47:57,357 --> 00:47:59,911 A number of findings suggest 970 00:47:59,946 --> 00:48:02,465 that the Sphinx was originally intended 971 00:48:02,500 --> 00:48:04,812 to be even greater accomplishment 972 00:48:04,847 --> 00:48:07,298 than what we see today. 973 00:48:07,332 --> 00:48:10,542 Archeologists discovered large stone blocks, 974 00:48:10,577 --> 00:48:15,547 toolkits, and even lunches apparently just abandoned midway 975 00:48:15,582 --> 00:48:16,928 through the work day. 976 00:48:16,963 --> 00:48:18,343 - [Narrator] The Sphinx was first unearthed 977 00:48:18,378 --> 00:48:22,589 between 1816 and 1818 by a Genoese, 978 00:48:22,623 --> 00:48:26,731 a Navy captain Giovanni Battista Caviglia. 979 00:48:26,765 --> 00:48:28,767 He was the first to defend the idea 980 00:48:28,802 --> 00:48:32,185 that the face of the Sphinx belonged to Khephren himself 981 00:48:32,219 --> 00:48:34,808 as the living image of the solar divinity 982 00:48:34,842 --> 00:48:36,741 that Khephren represented. 983 00:48:36,775 --> 00:48:39,917 Initially, only the head protruded from the sand 984 00:48:39,951 --> 00:48:42,920 that was burying the body century after century. 985 00:48:42,954 --> 00:48:44,991 Before that for centuries, 986 00:48:45,025 --> 00:48:47,545 the virtual travelers who visited the Sphinx 987 00:48:47,579 --> 00:48:50,237 only saw the great head of Khephren, 988 00:48:50,272 --> 00:48:53,240 just the five meters of it above ground. 989 00:48:53,275 --> 00:48:55,518 It took almost two years for Caviglia 990 00:48:55,553 --> 00:48:59,384 to dig the Sphinx from the sand as we see it today. 991 00:48:59,419 --> 00:49:03,147 During this time, the tip of the nose was already missing. 992 00:49:03,181 --> 00:49:04,976 The documentation suggesting 993 00:49:05,011 --> 00:49:07,668 that Napoleon Bonaparte's troops fired cannon shots 994 00:49:07,703 --> 00:49:09,670 at the Sphinx was inaccurate, 995 00:49:09,705 --> 00:49:12,328 because the grand corso was a fervent admirer 996 00:49:12,363 --> 00:49:13,847 of Egyptian culture. 997 00:49:13,881 --> 00:49:15,953 And it's more than evident that in the face 998 00:49:15,987 --> 00:49:18,886 of such an attack, he would not have been happy, 999 00:49:18,921 --> 00:49:21,993 thus, would have never allowed such a thing to take place. 1000 00:49:22,028 --> 00:49:25,341 It's more feasible to think that Bonaparte urged his troops 1001 00:49:25,376 --> 00:49:27,895 to take care of and protect the monument 1002 00:49:27,930 --> 00:49:29,552 instead of destroying it, 1003 00:49:29,587 --> 00:49:32,417 warning them of the punishment of death. 1004 00:49:32,452 --> 00:49:34,799 The missing nose was never located. 1005 00:49:34,833 --> 00:49:37,767 The most forceful evidence was inadvertently provided 1006 00:49:37,802 --> 00:49:40,908 by the Danish architect, Frederic Louis Norden, 1007 00:49:40,943 --> 00:49:44,636 who in 1737 made drawings of the Sphinx 1008 00:49:44,671 --> 00:49:48,019 in which it can be seen that the nose tip was missing. 1009 00:49:48,054 --> 00:49:51,367 Although it's true that Richard Pococke also drew the Sphinx 1010 00:49:51,402 --> 00:49:54,267 at that time and did draw the Sphinx with the nose, 1011 00:49:54,301 --> 00:49:56,441 the characteristics of the drawing show 1012 00:49:56,476 --> 00:50:00,687 that Pococke was rather creative and not so objective. 1013 00:50:00,721 --> 00:50:02,275 The most accepted story, 1014 00:50:02,309 --> 00:50:03,724 although it's not definitive, 1015 00:50:03,759 --> 00:50:06,451 points to Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr, 1016 00:50:06,486 --> 00:50:09,730 who in 1378, annoyed by the devotion 1017 00:50:09,765 --> 00:50:12,250 that the peasants showed towards the Sphinx 1018 00:50:12,285 --> 00:50:15,046 would have destroyed its nose and part of the ears, 1019 00:50:15,081 --> 00:50:17,531 literally shaving parts off. 1020 00:50:17,566 --> 00:50:19,395 This information was circulated 1021 00:50:19,430 --> 00:50:22,916 by the 15th century historian al-Maqrizi 1022 00:50:22,950 --> 00:50:25,056 adding that al-Dahr was convicted 1023 00:50:25,091 --> 00:50:27,300 and executed for vandalism. 1024 00:50:27,334 --> 00:50:31,511 That is, the nose would have been lost in the 14th century. 1025 00:50:31,545 --> 00:50:33,547 - The Great Pyramid of Giza is estimated 1026 00:50:33,582 --> 00:50:37,758 to consist of 2,300,000 stone blocks 1027 00:50:37,793 --> 00:50:41,348 that weigh anywhere between 30 tons 1028 00:50:41,383 --> 00:50:44,524 and weighing up to 50 tons. 1029 00:50:44,558 --> 00:50:48,079 What's more, the building of the Pyramid of Giza 1030 00:50:48,114 --> 00:50:51,703 allegedly took place only in a couple of hundred years 1031 00:50:51,738 --> 00:50:54,051 after the creation of Stonehenge, 1032 00:50:54,085 --> 00:50:57,847 the construction of which remains equally mysterious 1033 00:50:57,882 --> 00:51:00,126 despite the much smaller scale 1034 00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:03,715 of Britain's most fabulous standing stones. 1035 00:51:03,750 --> 00:51:08,341 For decades, various hypotheses have been put forward 1036 00:51:08,375 --> 00:51:11,378 about how those clever Egyptians were able 1037 00:51:11,413 --> 00:51:15,002 to accomplish their seemingly impossible task. 1038 00:51:15,037 --> 00:51:17,557 Even today, scientists and scholars struggle 1039 00:51:17,591 --> 00:51:20,974 to explain the method of construction. 1040 00:51:21,008 --> 00:51:24,357 Standing at a height of 139 meters, 1041 00:51:24,391 --> 00:51:26,531 the Great Pyramid must have been 1042 00:51:26,566 --> 00:51:30,432 the most significant monument ever created on our planet. 1043 00:51:31,709 --> 00:51:32,951 - [Narrator] Returning to the sensitive issue 1044 00:51:32,986 --> 00:51:34,505 of the age of the Pyramids, 1045 00:51:34,539 --> 00:51:37,301 we already know that they too were partially buried 1046 00:51:37,335 --> 00:51:41,926 until 1816, that the Egyptians supposedly painted them 1047 00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:43,893 in a bright white color. 1048 00:51:43,928 --> 00:51:45,964 When the Sphinx was eventually unearthed, 1049 00:51:45,999 --> 00:51:49,382 it was discovered that there were strange marks on its body. 1050 00:51:49,416 --> 00:51:51,694 These marks seemed to be wind erosion. 1051 00:51:51,729 --> 00:51:54,421 However, according to researchers, 1052 00:51:54,456 --> 00:51:58,184 such as PhD in geology and geophysics, Robert Schoch, 1053 00:51:58,218 --> 00:52:00,807 the idea of wind erosion is absurd. 1054 00:52:00,841 --> 00:52:03,844 If we look at the body and the legs of the Sphinx, 1055 00:52:03,879 --> 00:52:08,055 they present horizontal and parallel very deep marks. 1056 00:52:08,090 --> 00:52:09,436 But it's not just that. 1057 00:52:09,471 --> 00:52:12,198 Many of these marks are crossed by other verticals, 1058 00:52:12,232 --> 00:52:13,751 often present in both rocks 1059 00:52:13,785 --> 00:52:17,548 that are constantly subjected to a running water flow. 1060 00:52:17,582 --> 00:52:20,861 That is to say, the marks were not caused by wind, 1061 00:52:20,896 --> 00:52:22,242 but by water. 1062 00:52:22,277 --> 00:52:24,348 Reviewing a history of Egypt, 1063 00:52:24,382 --> 00:52:26,419 the only time there was water in the area 1064 00:52:26,453 --> 00:52:28,386 is now covered in sand. 1065 00:52:28,421 --> 00:52:30,802 According to the geology of the location, 1066 00:52:30,837 --> 00:52:35,773 this puts the Sphinx at an age of 8000 to 9000 years. 1067 00:52:35,807 --> 00:52:38,155 That is, unless the ancient Egyptians 1068 00:52:38,189 --> 00:52:40,157 constantly bathed the Sphinx. 1069 00:52:40,191 --> 00:52:42,055 If not, then this dating clashes 1070 00:52:42,089 --> 00:52:45,507 with the official age of 4600 years. 1071 00:52:46,508 --> 00:52:48,579 Every time we hear the word sphinx, 1072 00:52:48,613 --> 00:52:50,443 we often think of the same thing, 1073 00:52:50,477 --> 00:52:53,204 the body of a lion, the head of a pharaoh. 1074 00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:55,586 This is the classic image of the sphinx 1075 00:52:55,620 --> 00:52:58,244 embedded in our memory for hundreds of years. 1076 00:52:58,278 --> 00:53:01,419 We've seen this image in Egypt, in photographs, 1077 00:53:01,454 --> 00:53:03,421 but is it a true perception? 1078 00:53:03,456 --> 00:53:06,390 Is what we really see a sphinx? 1079 00:53:06,424 --> 00:53:08,702 Surprisingly, new research suggests 1080 00:53:08,737 --> 00:53:11,188 the Sphinx has the body of a lion. 1081 00:53:11,222 --> 00:53:14,432 If this is the case, and it's a lion lying down, 1082 00:53:14,467 --> 00:53:16,020 we should see the lion in a position 1083 00:53:16,054 --> 00:53:19,575 as we would normally see them, lying on one of its flanks, 1084 00:53:19,610 --> 00:53:21,508 unless the builders of the Sphinx wanted 1085 00:53:21,543 --> 00:53:24,511 to represent the lion in an upright position. 1086 00:53:24,546 --> 00:53:27,376 In fact, if we look at man's best friend, 1087 00:53:27,411 --> 00:53:28,722 the dog sitting next to us, 1088 00:53:28,757 --> 00:53:30,310 we may have a better idea 1089 00:53:30,345 --> 00:53:33,624 of what animal was being represented in the Sphinx. 1090 00:53:33,658 --> 00:53:37,421 The Sphinx is likely not a lion, but a dog. 1091 00:53:37,455 --> 00:53:40,458 However, what dog could be being represented 1092 00:53:40,493 --> 00:53:42,495 as a god by the Egyptians? 1093 00:53:42,529 --> 00:53:46,844 Well, only one, and not really a dog, but a jackal. 1094 00:53:46,878 --> 00:53:48,501 Let's theorize. 1095 00:53:48,535 --> 00:53:51,538 What if the Sphinx is, in fact, Anubis, 1096 00:53:51,573 --> 00:53:54,472 the jackal god of the Egyptians? 1097 00:53:54,507 --> 00:53:56,647 Now, why represent Anubis, 1098 00:53:56,681 --> 00:54:00,029 supposedly with the head of Pharaoh Khephren? 1099 00:54:00,064 --> 00:54:01,824 If we take a closer look at the Sphinx 1100 00:54:01,859 --> 00:54:03,619 in all its dimensions, 1101 00:54:03,654 --> 00:54:06,519 we will see that the body, 58 meters of it, 1102 00:54:06,553 --> 00:54:09,625 is immense in relation to its head. 1103 00:54:09,660 --> 00:54:12,421 A small head might mean that perhaps the pharaoh's head 1104 00:54:12,456 --> 00:54:15,424 was sculpted from another larger head. 1105 00:54:15,459 --> 00:54:17,944 In fact, a jackal's head would be large enough 1106 00:54:17,978 --> 00:54:21,292 to sculpt the pharaoh, who according to this theory, 1107 00:54:21,327 --> 00:54:24,122 would have taken the gigantic sculpture of Anubis 1108 00:54:24,157 --> 00:54:27,885 and would have turned his head into his own face. 1109 00:54:27,919 --> 00:54:29,852 That is to say, the Sphinx would 1110 00:54:29,887 --> 00:54:34,478 in reality be the largest Anubis sculpture in the world. 1111 00:54:34,512 --> 00:54:37,964 Another question to arise is when you study the Sphinx. 1112 00:54:37,998 --> 00:54:41,208 Researchers have for many years pondered the reasons 1113 00:54:41,243 --> 00:54:44,211 why the Sphinx casts its eyes to the east. 1114 00:54:44,246 --> 00:54:47,732 There were several hypotheses why this might be. 1115 00:54:47,767 --> 00:54:50,217 First, we must clarify certain things. 1116 00:54:50,252 --> 00:54:54,567 As we know, the year is divided into 12 zodiacal signs, 1117 00:54:54,601 --> 00:54:57,880 which correspond to numerous constellations. 1118 00:54:57,915 --> 00:55:01,090 Three signs correspond to the spring equinox, 1119 00:55:01,125 --> 00:55:03,610 Aries, Taurus, and Gemini. 1120 00:55:03,645 --> 00:55:06,475 The following signs to the summer solstice, 1121 00:55:06,510 --> 00:55:08,684 Cancer, Leo and Virgo, 1122 00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:11,687 followed by some of those of the autumn equinox, 1123 00:55:11,722 --> 00:55:14,587 Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, 1124 00:55:14,621 --> 00:55:17,244 and the remaining belong to the winter solstice, 1125 00:55:17,279 --> 00:55:20,524 Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. 1126 00:55:20,558 --> 00:55:24,251 The relative positions of constellations vary very slowly, 1127 00:55:24,286 --> 00:55:27,634 with respect to a fixed point of observation of the Earth 1128 00:55:27,669 --> 00:55:30,016 due to some rocking movement of our planet 1129 00:55:30,050 --> 00:55:31,983 and its solar orbit. 1130 00:55:32,018 --> 00:55:34,331 Because of this balancing, our position 1131 00:55:34,365 --> 00:55:38,714 in relation to the constellations change every 72 years, 1132 00:55:38,749 --> 00:55:40,647 the equivalent of a degree of arc. 1133 00:55:40,682 --> 00:55:44,064 In other words, it takes almost 26,000 years 1134 00:55:44,099 --> 00:55:47,792 to turn the constellations and return to the starting point. 1135 00:55:47,827 --> 00:55:51,451 This curious phenomenon called precession of the equinoxes 1136 00:55:51,486 --> 00:55:53,591 was already known in antiquity, 1137 00:55:53,626 --> 00:55:57,354 where ancient civilizations attached great importance. 1138 00:55:57,388 --> 00:56:02,359 To each period of 2160 years, they gave it the name era, 1139 00:56:03,429 --> 00:56:05,154 and so it has continued to this day. 1140 00:56:05,189 --> 00:56:09,435 If we multiply by 2160, the number of eras 1141 00:56:09,469 --> 00:56:11,782 from the current one to that of Virgo, 1142 00:56:11,816 --> 00:56:16,027 we obtain an approximate date, the year 10,000 BC. 1143 00:56:16,062 --> 00:56:18,167 It's thought that in those times, 1144 00:56:18,202 --> 00:56:21,861 ancient people began to raise the enigmatic monument. 1145 00:56:21,895 --> 00:56:25,796 So the Sphinx is likely not 4600 years old, 1146 00:56:25,830 --> 00:56:28,212 but closer to 12,000 years old, 1147 00:56:28,246 --> 00:56:30,179 which would have been the age of Leo 1148 00:56:30,214 --> 00:56:33,838 as suggested by researcher and author, Robert Bauval. 1149 00:56:33,873 --> 00:56:36,634 There's a theory that the Sphinx is facing east, 1150 00:56:36,669 --> 00:56:38,602 because it's to recall a time, 1151 00:56:38,636 --> 00:56:41,915 a remembrance to the civilization that once built it. 1152 00:56:41,950 --> 00:56:44,677 To the east, we have several ancient civilizations, 1153 00:56:44,711 --> 00:56:47,818 but none would be as old as the Sphinx. 1154 00:56:47,852 --> 00:56:50,441 Only Gobekli Tepe in Turkey would be older 1155 00:56:50,476 --> 00:56:54,514 than the Sphinx, around 11,500 years. 1156 00:56:54,549 --> 00:56:56,792 - Predating Stonehenge by 6000 years, 1157 00:56:56,827 --> 00:56:59,485 Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe 1158 00:56:59,519 --> 00:57:00,831 upends the conventional view 1159 00:57:00,865 --> 00:57:03,454 of the rise of civilization. 1160 00:57:03,489 --> 00:57:08,148 The thing is, Gobekli Tepe just doesn't make sense. 1161 00:57:08,183 --> 00:57:11,048 The neolithic archeological ruins were first uncovered 1162 00:57:11,082 --> 00:57:12,808 in the 1960s, 1163 00:57:12,843 --> 00:57:17,744 but they significantly weren't realized until 1994. 1164 00:57:18,952 --> 00:57:21,265 Gobekli Tepe is so old and complex 1165 00:57:21,299 --> 00:57:23,750 that it's rewriting the understanding 1166 00:57:23,785 --> 00:57:25,718 of not just Turkish history, 1167 00:57:25,752 --> 00:57:28,479 but the entire history of humanity. 1168 00:57:28,514 --> 00:57:30,861 The construction of Gobekli Tepe 1169 00:57:30,895 --> 00:57:34,727 dates back almost 12,000 years 1170 00:57:34,761 --> 00:57:36,176 placing it in the time period 1171 00:57:36,211 --> 00:57:39,904 that is generally considered to be pre-civilization. 1172 00:57:39,939 --> 00:57:42,769 It was built right around the same time 1173 00:57:42,804 --> 00:57:45,841 as the last ice age ended. 1174 00:57:45,876 --> 00:57:49,673 Gobekli Tepe then went on to be an active civilization 1175 00:57:49,707 --> 00:57:51,847 for nearly three millennia 1176 00:57:51,882 --> 00:57:55,195 before being abandoned under mysterious circumstances 1177 00:57:55,230 --> 00:57:57,474 around 9000 years ago. 1178 00:57:57,508 --> 00:58:00,062 Everything we have learned about this location 1179 00:58:00,097 --> 00:58:02,755 simply upsets the apical. 1180 00:58:02,789 --> 00:58:05,689 - [Narrator] Can we perhaps find a relationship 1181 00:58:05,723 --> 00:58:08,485 between the Sphinx and Gobekli Tepe? 1182 00:58:08,519 --> 00:58:10,383 The Turkish temple has tall columns 1183 00:58:10,417 --> 00:58:12,419 that represent various animals, 1184 00:58:12,454 --> 00:58:15,353 but something more spectacular is that of the information 1185 00:58:15,388 --> 00:58:18,564 from archeologist and astronomer Giulio Magli. 1186 00:58:18,598 --> 00:58:21,014 He believes this temple could have been built 1187 00:58:21,049 --> 00:58:23,948 as an observatory and as a place of worship 1188 00:58:23,983 --> 00:58:25,743 for the star Sirius. 1189 00:58:25,778 --> 00:58:28,574 Sirius, also known as the Star of the Dog 1190 00:58:28,608 --> 00:58:30,714 in the constellation Canis Major 1191 00:58:30,748 --> 00:58:32,957 is the brightest star in the sky 1192 00:58:32,992 --> 00:58:36,167 and has been worshiped by numerous civilizations. 1193 00:58:36,202 --> 00:58:37,755 Canis Major, Sirian, 1194 00:58:37,790 --> 00:58:41,034 the Star of the Dog or the Dog Star has also references 1195 00:58:41,069 --> 00:58:43,589 within the Sphinx as it has been considered 1196 00:58:43,623 --> 00:58:45,625 to have the body of the jackal. 1197 00:58:45,660 --> 00:58:48,179 Have we found perhaps the relationship 1198 00:58:48,214 --> 00:58:50,457 or is this pushing it a little bit too far, 1199 00:58:50,492 --> 00:58:53,564 maybe looking for something that isn't really there? 1200 00:58:53,599 --> 00:58:55,842 When you analyze the images carved 1201 00:58:55,877 --> 00:58:57,810 in Gobekli Tepe temple rocks, 1202 00:58:57,844 --> 00:59:01,054 we notice that the carvings of animals are rough 1203 00:59:01,089 --> 00:59:02,573 and not to scale, 1204 00:59:02,608 --> 00:59:04,541 quite the opposite for the Sphinx. 1205 00:59:04,575 --> 00:59:06,991 It's almost perfect in proportion. 1206 00:59:07,026 --> 00:59:10,581 If we look closer, the Sphinx has its front legs very long, 1207 00:59:10,616 --> 00:59:14,965 the hind legs somewhat longer, the back extremely straight. 1208 00:59:14,999 --> 00:59:18,244 That is to say, beyond its mysterious beauty, 1209 00:59:18,278 --> 00:59:20,833 the Sphinx has a certain disproportion 1210 00:59:20,867 --> 00:59:22,869 that gives it an exotic beauty. 1211 00:59:22,904 --> 00:59:24,837 And the reality is that we don't know 1212 00:59:24,871 --> 00:59:27,391 what the Sphinx looked like when it was built, 1213 00:59:27,425 --> 00:59:30,981 although this disproportion of which we speak is preserved. 1214 00:59:31,015 --> 00:59:33,673 So it seems obvious that the Sphinx is not looking 1215 00:59:33,708 --> 00:59:35,364 towards Gobekli Tepe, 1216 00:59:35,399 --> 00:59:37,988 because the temple is a good deal farther north 1217 00:59:38,022 --> 00:59:40,024 from the view of the Sphinx. 1218 00:59:40,059 --> 00:59:41,888 Of course, this is just another theory 1219 00:59:41,923 --> 00:59:43,752 put forward by scholars, 1220 00:59:43,787 --> 00:59:47,618 a theory that lacks any good evidence in its support. 1221 00:59:47,653 --> 00:59:50,897 If the Sphinx is not looking towards Gobekli Tepe temple, 1222 00:59:50,932 --> 00:59:52,519 then maybe the Sphinx doesn't look 1223 00:59:52,554 --> 00:59:54,660 at a certain constellation either. 1224 00:59:54,694 --> 00:59:56,627 It may just be facing the sunrise 1225 00:59:56,662 --> 00:59:58,629 at the time of construction. 1226 00:59:58,664 --> 01:00:01,459 - For at least 10,000 years, 1227 01:00:01,494 --> 01:00:05,463 human beings have been plotting the movement of the stars, 1228 01:00:05,498 --> 01:00:09,122 studying the heavens, constructing calendars 1229 01:00:09,157 --> 01:00:11,608 and erecting monuments to track the precession 1230 01:00:11,642 --> 01:00:13,264 of the constellations 1231 01:00:13,299 --> 01:00:15,991 and heavenly bodies across the night sky. 1232 01:00:16,026 --> 01:00:18,235 Many ancient cultures shared the belief 1233 01:00:18,269 --> 01:00:20,651 that we came from the stars. 1234 01:00:20,686 --> 01:00:24,551 Perhaps this is why so much time and effort 1235 01:00:24,586 --> 01:00:28,832 and energy has been put into the study of celestial bodies 1236 01:00:28,866 --> 01:00:32,559 from ancient times, right up to today. 1237 01:00:32,594 --> 01:00:34,113 Several constellations 1238 01:00:34,147 --> 01:00:37,841 and stars have played an important role in ancient mysteries 1239 01:00:37,875 --> 01:00:40,671 and mythologies surrounding the celestial origins 1240 01:00:40,706 --> 01:00:42,293 of our species. 1241 01:00:42,328 --> 01:00:45,124 In the places where these legends emerge, 1242 01:00:45,158 --> 01:00:48,921 we find structures that correlate with the position 1243 01:00:48,955 --> 01:00:51,337 of the stars and constellations in the sky. 1244 01:00:51,371 --> 01:00:55,755 What were our ancestors, our predecessors trying 1245 01:00:55,790 --> 01:00:58,033 to tell us with this information? 1246 01:00:58,068 --> 01:01:00,380 - [Narrator] There are many ancient civilizations 1247 01:01:00,415 --> 01:01:03,142 that aligned their temples and important buildings 1248 01:01:03,176 --> 01:01:05,316 with the sunset and sunrise. 1249 01:01:05,351 --> 01:01:08,043 This seems to be a widely growing hypothesis. 1250 01:01:08,078 --> 01:01:10,667 However, if this is true, and once again, 1251 01:01:10,701 --> 01:01:12,254 it leaves a huge question mark 1252 01:01:12,289 --> 01:01:15,706 on the accuracy of the dating of the Sphinx. 1253 01:01:15,741 --> 01:01:18,847 This ancient wonder is without a doubt one 1254 01:01:18,882 --> 01:01:19,952 of the greatest mysteries of Egypt 1255 01:01:19,986 --> 01:01:22,092 and the world in general. 1256 01:01:22,126 --> 01:01:24,611 Its age continues to be without a doubt 1257 01:01:24,646 --> 01:01:26,372 a mystery in itself. 1258 01:01:26,406 --> 01:01:28,546 And finally, as to who and why the head 1259 01:01:28,581 --> 01:01:31,515 of the Sphinx was changed is lost to time. 1260 01:01:31,549 --> 01:01:33,897 Debate continues if the head was originally that 1261 01:01:33,931 --> 01:01:36,106 of a lion or a jackal, 1262 01:01:36,140 --> 01:01:38,625 and if the Sphinx predates the pyramids. 1263 01:01:38,660 --> 01:01:41,801 If so, then maybe the Egyptians adopted the Sphinx, 1264 01:01:41,836 --> 01:01:44,873 leaving the question as to who created it, 1265 01:01:44,908 --> 01:01:48,981 this being an even more perplexing mystery and many others. 1266 01:01:49,015 --> 01:01:52,363 - But whoever built the Sphinx abandoned it very quickly. 1267 01:01:52,398 --> 01:01:55,090 The evidence that has been found supports 1268 01:01:55,125 --> 01:01:58,335 that people just put down tools and left 1269 01:01:58,369 --> 01:02:00,095 and abandoned the whole place, 1270 01:02:00,130 --> 01:02:04,651 just as many other civilizations abandoned their locations, 1271 01:02:04,686 --> 01:02:09,656 the Mayans, the Aztecs around the world, it's is a mystery. 1272 01:02:10,554 --> 01:02:12,004 We don't know where they went. 1273 01:02:12,038 --> 01:02:15,214 We don't know why they suddenly left these places. 1274 01:02:15,248 --> 01:02:17,734 But one thing is for sure, their skills 1275 01:02:17,768 --> 01:02:22,739 in creating these huge megalithic structures are amazing 1276 01:02:23,878 --> 01:02:26,846 and are still amazing researchers today. 1277 01:02:26,881 --> 01:02:28,952 They haven't got all the answers. 1278 01:02:28,986 --> 01:02:31,678 Many researchers are guessing at this game. 1279 01:02:31,713 --> 01:02:34,233 Who built the Sphinx? I don't know. 1280 01:02:34,267 --> 01:02:36,166 How old is the Sphinx? 1281 01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:38,616 Probably a lot older than what we really think 1282 01:02:38,651 --> 01:02:42,241 or what is documented in scientific journals. 1283 01:02:42,275 --> 01:02:44,381 It's a complete mystery. 1284 01:02:44,415 --> 01:02:45,969 Now in the 21st century, 1285 01:02:46,003 --> 01:02:48,074 science is finding more and more things 1286 01:02:48,109 --> 01:02:50,559 which do not give us any more answers 1287 01:02:50,594 --> 01:02:52,665 but produce more questions, in fact, 1288 01:02:52,699 --> 01:02:56,945 especially in regarding the mysterious cut stones 1289 01:02:56,980 --> 01:02:59,154 of the Egyptian Pyramid. 1290 01:02:59,189 --> 01:03:00,431 One of the most interesting things 1291 01:03:00,466 --> 01:03:02,157 that's come to light recently is 1292 01:03:02,192 --> 01:03:07,197 that these strange cut stones seem to show blade marks, 1293 01:03:08,094 --> 01:03:10,579 boring holes into granite stone 1294 01:03:10,614 --> 01:03:15,550 with a cutting revolution of a millimeter per revolution. 1295 01:03:16,931 --> 01:03:19,105 And you're obviously having to utilize some type 1296 01:03:19,140 --> 01:03:21,798 of technology, some type of machinery. 1297 01:03:21,832 --> 01:03:22,971 But where is that machinery? 1298 01:03:23,006 --> 01:03:24,076 Where is this technology? 1299 01:03:24,110 --> 01:03:27,976 Well, we don't seem to be able to find this. 1300 01:03:28,011 --> 01:03:31,842 How did they do such things with rocks and stone? 1301 01:03:31,877 --> 01:03:34,258 Obviously it must have been relatively easy for them. 1302 01:03:34,293 --> 01:03:37,675 We're just as perplexed today as we've always been. 1303 01:03:37,710 --> 01:03:41,990 But most interesting, the scientific study 1304 01:03:42,025 --> 01:03:44,303 in the casing stones of the Egyptian Pyramids 1305 01:03:44,337 --> 01:03:46,098 over the last year, 1306 01:03:46,132 --> 01:03:50,274 researchers have taken samples from the rock 1307 01:03:50,309 --> 01:03:55,314 and found that under the microscope hairs within the rock, 1308 01:03:57,109 --> 01:03:59,421 and they couldn't work out 1309 01:03:59,456 --> 01:04:02,114 how this hair got inside the rock. 1310 01:04:02,148 --> 01:04:05,220 Well, really there's only one way that can happen. 1311 01:04:05,255 --> 01:04:07,878 And that is, is if the rock was a mold, 1312 01:04:07,913 --> 01:04:10,570 and whoever constructed it, 1313 01:04:10,605 --> 01:04:13,953 whoever was over it, brushing out those bubbles, 1314 01:04:13,988 --> 01:04:17,129 hair fell off their head and into the mix. 1315 01:04:17,163 --> 01:04:20,166 This has been speculated many times by scientists 1316 01:04:20,201 --> 01:04:23,273 in places in Peru where rocks looked 1317 01:04:23,307 --> 01:04:27,518 to be molded to each other in strange fashions and shapes. 1318 01:04:27,553 --> 01:04:29,935 If that is the case, then we have to question, 1319 01:04:29,969 --> 01:04:32,489 how did they melt the rock? 1320 01:04:32,523 --> 01:04:34,042 Is there a method? 1321 01:04:34,077 --> 01:04:37,701 There is rumors that they used some type of plant extract 1322 01:04:37,735 --> 01:04:39,289 to melt rock, 1323 01:04:39,323 --> 01:04:42,706 but there's no evidence to support those theories. 1324 01:04:42,740 --> 01:04:44,777 We really are just scratching our heads. 1325 01:04:44,811 --> 01:04:46,917 One thing is to show the evidence points towards 1326 01:04:46,952 --> 01:04:50,058 that some of these rocks were liquified 1327 01:04:50,093 --> 01:04:53,890 and made like some type of hard cement. 1328 01:04:53,924 --> 01:04:56,202 How they did that, I really do not know. 1329 01:04:56,237 --> 01:04:57,479 But one thing is for sure. 1330 01:04:57,514 --> 01:05:00,482 Those hairs do exist within the rock. 1331 01:05:00,517 --> 01:05:01,828 And if they're in there, 1332 01:05:01,863 --> 01:05:03,727 there's only one way to get in there. 1333 01:05:03,761 --> 01:05:05,384 And that is through the process 1334 01:05:06,833 --> 01:05:11,493 of a molten rock and hair dropping into it liquified 1335 01:05:11,528 --> 01:05:14,289 and then eventually set in place. 1336 01:05:14,324 --> 01:05:16,913 It's a complete conundrum. 1337 01:05:16,947 --> 01:05:19,536 [intense music] 1338 01:05:26,370 --> 01:05:28,372 - [Narrator] The Dendera Temple complex located 1339 01:05:28,407 --> 01:05:32,790 about 37 miles off Luxor on the west bank of the River Nile 1340 01:05:32,825 --> 01:05:34,723 is one of the best preserved collections 1341 01:05:34,758 --> 01:05:37,140 of ancient monuments in Egypt. 1342 01:05:37,174 --> 01:05:41,316 Contained inside the complex is a superb Temple of Hathor 1343 01:05:41,351 --> 01:05:46,356 founded in 54 BC by Cleopatra's father Ptolemy XII. 1344 01:05:47,633 --> 01:05:51,119 On the walls of one of the crypts underneath this temple 1345 01:05:51,154 --> 01:05:52,741 are a series of relief carvings 1346 01:05:52,776 --> 01:05:55,399 sometimes known as the Dendera lamps 1347 01:05:55,434 --> 01:05:57,954 because of their resemblance to light bulbs. 1348 01:05:59,886 --> 01:06:02,337 The vast Dendera Temple complex covers an area 1349 01:06:02,372 --> 01:06:06,341 of 430 square meters, 560 square feet, 1350 01:06:06,376 --> 01:06:10,414 and is surrounded by a high mud brick enclosure wall. 1351 01:06:10,449 --> 01:06:15,143 The complex belongs mainly to the Ptolemaic, 305 to 30 BC, 1352 01:06:15,178 --> 01:06:19,078 and Roman, 30 BC to AD 395 periods, 1353 01:06:19,113 --> 01:06:21,632 though the buildings replaced much older temples 1354 01:06:21,667 --> 01:06:23,289 on the same site. 1355 01:06:23,324 --> 01:06:26,637 The Dendera complex contains a range of monuments, 1356 01:06:26,672 --> 01:06:31,021 including the Hathor Temple, a temple of the birth of Isis, 1357 01:06:31,056 --> 01:06:34,576 a sacred lake, various chapels, Roman kiosks, 1358 01:06:34,611 --> 01:06:36,440 and a Christian Church. 1359 01:06:36,475 --> 01:06:40,375 The earliest surviving building on the site is the mammisi, 1360 01:06:40,410 --> 01:06:44,621 a large granite shrine built by Nectanebo II, 1361 01:06:44,655 --> 01:06:46,623 Egypt's last native pharaoh 1362 01:06:46,657 --> 01:06:51,248 who ruled from 360 BC to 343 BC. 1363 01:06:51,283 --> 01:06:53,043 The main temple at Dendera 1364 01:06:53,078 --> 01:06:55,321 is the magnificent Temple of Hathor, 1365 01:06:55,356 --> 01:06:58,048 which in its present form was mostly constructed 1366 01:06:58,083 --> 01:07:02,397 over a period of 30 years from 54 to 20 BC 1367 01:07:02,432 --> 01:07:04,641 during the reign of Ptolemy XII 1368 01:07:04,675 --> 01:07:08,093 and his daughter, the famous Queen Cleopatra VII. 1369 01:07:09,508 --> 01:07:12,511 Along with the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus at Edfu 1370 01:07:12,545 --> 01:07:15,721 located about 68 miles south of Luxor, 1371 01:07:15,755 --> 01:07:19,069 this temple is the most completely preserved in Egypt. 1372 01:07:19,104 --> 01:07:20,898 On the temple's outer wall, 1373 01:07:20,933 --> 01:07:22,762 there are finely carved reliefs 1374 01:07:22,797 --> 01:07:25,420 showing both Cleopatra and her son 1375 01:07:25,455 --> 01:07:28,492 by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, Ptolemy XV. 1376 01:07:29,942 --> 01:07:33,083 The grand elaborately decorated sandstone temple of Hathor 1377 01:07:33,118 --> 01:07:36,328 was dedicated to the cow-headed goddess of Hathor, 1378 01:07:36,362 --> 01:07:39,952 the consort of the falcon-god Horus and goddess of love, 1379 01:07:39,986 --> 01:07:42,368 motherhood, joy and music. 1380 01:07:42,403 --> 01:07:45,233 The famous Dendera Zodiac relief, 1381 01:07:45,268 --> 01:07:47,580 the first-known representation of the stars 1382 01:07:47,615 --> 01:07:50,376 in the form of a zodiac in Egypt was found 1383 01:07:50,411 --> 01:07:52,999 in the Temple of Hathor adorning the ceiling 1384 01:07:53,034 --> 01:07:55,278 of the second chapel of Osiris, 1385 01:07:55,312 --> 01:07:57,935 one of the six rooftop chapels dedicated 1386 01:07:57,970 --> 01:08:00,559 to the great Egyptian god of the underworld. 1387 01:08:00,593 --> 01:08:03,941 Beneath the floors of Hathor's Temple cult chambers 1388 01:08:03,976 --> 01:08:07,083 are 14 crypts, suites of rooms of three 1389 01:08:07,117 --> 01:08:09,119 or sometimes four stories. 1390 01:08:09,154 --> 01:08:11,156 These subterranean rooms were used 1391 01:08:11,190 --> 01:08:14,780 to store cult equipment, archives, and magical emblems 1392 01:08:14,814 --> 01:08:16,816 for the temple's protection. 1393 01:08:16,851 --> 01:08:19,957 The most important of the numerous statues kept in the crypt 1394 01:08:19,992 --> 01:08:22,098 was that of the Ba of Hathor. 1395 01:08:22,132 --> 01:08:24,790 The Ba was believed to be the being's personality 1396 01:08:24,824 --> 01:08:29,588 and was depicted as a bird or a bird with a human head. 1397 01:08:29,622 --> 01:08:31,555 Access to these crypts was gained 1398 01:08:31,590 --> 01:08:33,419 from hidden trap doors in the floor 1399 01:08:33,454 --> 01:08:36,284 and secret sliding doors in the walls. 1400 01:08:36,319 --> 01:08:38,562 Subterranean crypts were a common feature 1401 01:08:38,597 --> 01:08:41,841 in Egyptian temples from the late period, 664 1402 01:08:41,876 --> 01:08:44,189 to 525 BC onward. 1403 01:08:44,223 --> 01:08:46,915 However, unlike crypts at other temples, 1404 01:08:46,950 --> 01:08:51,506 11 of those in the Hathor Temple contain relief decoration. 1405 01:08:51,541 --> 01:08:54,199 It is three of the relief carvings in the easternmost 1406 01:08:54,233 --> 01:08:57,650 of the five crypts along the temple's southern side 1407 01:08:57,685 --> 01:08:59,411 that have caused such a debate 1408 01:08:59,445 --> 01:09:01,585 in fringe archeology circles. 1409 01:09:04,657 --> 01:09:07,177 One of these controversial reliefs 1410 01:09:07,212 --> 01:09:10,525 shows Horus holding an elongated bulb-like object 1411 01:09:10,560 --> 01:09:14,598 containing snakes, which is supposed to be a Djet pillar, 1412 01:09:14,633 --> 01:09:18,223 a symbol resembling a column with a broad base and capital 1413 01:09:18,257 --> 01:09:22,537 divided by four parallel bars with two human arms. 1414 01:09:22,572 --> 01:09:25,230 A huge baboon-like demon holding two knives 1415 01:09:25,264 --> 01:09:28,267 in his hands is depicted to the right. 1416 01:09:28,302 --> 01:09:31,167 Although Egyptologists interpret these images 1417 01:09:31,201 --> 01:09:34,411 as representing Lotus flowers spawning a snake, 1418 01:09:34,446 --> 01:09:38,553 some researchers have other explanations for their meaning. 1419 01:09:38,588 --> 01:09:42,212 In their 1996 book, "The Light of the Pharaohs," 1420 01:09:42,247 --> 01:09:45,181 Austrian ancient monument theorists Peter Krassa 1421 01:09:45,215 --> 01:09:47,424 and Reinhard Habeck conjecture 1422 01:09:47,459 --> 01:09:49,633 that the snake inside the lotus flower 1423 01:09:49,668 --> 01:09:52,015 represented light bulbs. 1424 01:09:52,049 --> 01:09:54,051 They suggest that in the reliefs, 1425 01:09:54,086 --> 01:09:56,468 the snake represents the electric current, 1426 01:09:56,502 --> 01:09:59,229 the Lotus flower the socket of the bulb, 1427 01:09:59,264 --> 01:10:01,127 the Lotus stem the cable, 1428 01:10:01,162 --> 01:10:03,233 and the Djed Pillar the isolator. 1429 01:10:03,268 --> 01:10:05,718 Krassa and Habeck believe 1430 01:10:05,753 --> 01:10:08,480 that due to the extreme darkness of the crypt, 1431 01:10:08,514 --> 01:10:10,999 some form of light would have been required. 1432 01:10:11,034 --> 01:10:14,071 And as there are apparently no traces of soot in the room, 1433 01:10:14,106 --> 01:10:16,971 this must have been an electrical lighting system. 1434 01:10:20,664 --> 01:10:23,046 No discussion of alternative explanations 1435 01:10:23,080 --> 01:10:25,669 for ancient mysteries would be complete 1436 01:10:25,704 --> 01:10:27,602 without an appearance by the granddaddy 1437 01:10:27,637 --> 01:10:31,054 of ancient astronaut theories, Erich von Daniken. 1438 01:10:31,088 --> 01:10:33,125 In his book, "The Eyes of the Sphinx," 1439 01:10:33,159 --> 01:10:35,886 the newest evidence of extraterrestrial contact 1440 01:10:35,921 --> 01:10:38,613 in ancient Egypt from 1996, 1441 01:10:38,648 --> 01:10:42,514 von Daniken echoes the opinions of Krassa and Habeck 1442 01:10:42,548 --> 01:10:44,826 that the Dendera reliefs illustrate 1443 01:10:44,861 --> 01:10:47,035 an ancient electric light bulb, 1444 01:10:47,070 --> 01:10:50,142 cryptically adding that the image of the baboon 1445 01:10:50,176 --> 01:10:53,732 is a warning that the electrical device could be dangerous 1446 01:10:53,766 --> 01:10:55,837 if used incorrectly. 1447 01:10:55,872 --> 01:10:58,875 He also states in the book that the relief is located 1448 01:10:58,909 --> 01:11:00,290 in a secret chamber. 1449 01:11:02,603 --> 01:11:06,883 In 1981, Viennese electrical engineer Walter Garn 1450 01:11:06,917 --> 01:11:09,161 constructed a model based on the reliefs 1451 01:11:09,195 --> 01:11:10,714 at the Temple of Hathor, 1452 01:11:10,749 --> 01:11:13,717 complete with Djed Column insulator, bulb, 1453 01:11:13,752 --> 01:11:18,308 and twisting wire, which did indeed function and emit light. 1454 01:11:18,343 --> 01:11:21,691 So can we interpret these images at Dendera as proof 1455 01:11:21,725 --> 01:11:24,556 that the ancient Egyptians used electricity 1456 01:11:24,590 --> 01:11:27,524 to light their underground tombs and crypts 1457 01:11:27,559 --> 01:11:29,388 and were thus in possession 1458 01:11:29,423 --> 01:11:33,703 of incredibly advanced technology thousands of years ago. 1459 01:11:33,737 --> 01:11:36,292 The first basic objection to the theory 1460 01:11:36,326 --> 01:11:39,364 that these ancient reliefs depict electrical lamps 1461 01:11:39,398 --> 01:11:40,951 is that an electric light bulb 1462 01:11:40,986 --> 01:11:44,576 does not need an extra insulator, the Djed. 1463 01:11:44,610 --> 01:11:47,613 The glass of the light bulb insulates the filament. 1464 01:11:47,648 --> 01:11:50,513 Secondly, no material evidence has ever been found, 1465 01:11:50,547 --> 01:11:53,688 despite hundreds of years of investigations 1466 01:11:53,723 --> 01:11:55,587 and excavations in Egypt, 1467 01:11:55,621 --> 01:11:59,591 not a trace of associated artifacts or supporting technology 1468 01:11:59,625 --> 01:12:02,318 such as wires or power supplies 1469 01:12:02,352 --> 01:12:05,631 that would be required to manipulate electricity. 1470 01:12:05,666 --> 01:12:08,772 Thirdly, the assertion made by Krassa and Habeck 1471 01:12:08,807 --> 01:12:11,327 that no traces of soot have ever been found 1472 01:12:11,361 --> 01:12:14,606 in Egypt's numerous underground tombs, pyramid shafts, 1473 01:12:14,640 --> 01:12:17,194 and crypts is completely untrue. 1474 01:12:17,229 --> 01:12:21,129 Soot is there in abundance on the burial chamber walls 1475 01:12:21,164 --> 01:12:23,753 of the Red Pyramid of Dahshur, for example. 1476 01:12:23,787 --> 01:12:26,652 In other cases, such as the walls of the passages 1477 01:12:26,687 --> 01:12:29,206 in the Great Pyramid at Giza, for example, 1478 01:12:29,241 --> 01:12:31,761 decoration was undertaken in daylight 1479 01:12:31,795 --> 01:12:34,557 before the ceiling and roof were installed. 1480 01:12:34,591 --> 01:12:36,628 Furthermore, even a quick perusal 1481 01:12:36,662 --> 01:12:38,664 of the Dendera reliefs shows 1482 01:12:38,699 --> 01:12:40,390 that they are in fact covered in soot. 1483 01:12:40,425 --> 01:12:44,083 The original white color of the limestone is still visible 1484 01:12:44,118 --> 01:12:46,534 around the edges of the block. 1485 01:12:46,569 --> 01:12:49,744 So how do we interpret these enigmatic reliefs? 1486 01:12:49,779 --> 01:12:51,815 Although it is not known exactly 1487 01:12:51,850 --> 01:12:53,748 what the Djed Pillar represents, 1488 01:12:53,783 --> 01:12:57,752 its hieroglyphic meaning is enduring or stability 1489 01:12:57,787 --> 01:12:59,582 and sometimes column. 1490 01:12:59,616 --> 01:13:02,032 The Djed Pillar has also been interpreted 1491 01:13:02,067 --> 01:13:04,380 as a combination of the four pillars 1492 01:13:04,414 --> 01:13:06,968 that the Egyptians believe supported the four corners 1493 01:13:07,003 --> 01:13:08,245 of the Earth, 1494 01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:10,800 as a cedar tree with lopped branches 1495 01:13:10,834 --> 01:13:13,181 as the backbone of the god Osiris 1496 01:13:13,216 --> 01:13:15,770 and as a stylist sheaf of corn. 1497 01:13:15,805 --> 01:13:19,084 It may have represented all of these things at various times 1498 01:13:19,118 --> 01:13:21,500 during ancient Egyptian history. 1499 01:13:21,535 --> 01:13:25,228 Many Egyptian pyramids and tombs display the Djed symbol 1500 01:13:25,262 --> 01:13:26,816 in their decoration, 1501 01:13:26,850 --> 01:13:29,819 including Snefru's Step Pyramid at Meidum, 1502 01:13:29,853 --> 01:13:32,131 62 miles south of Cairo 1503 01:13:32,166 --> 01:13:35,411 where the Djed pillars from columns supporting the sky 1504 01:13:35,445 --> 01:13:38,448 and in Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, 1505 01:13:38,483 --> 01:13:40,519 where there are doorways surmounted with rows 1506 01:13:40,554 --> 01:13:43,315 of Djed pillars, supporting an arch above. 1507 01:13:44,489 --> 01:13:45,697 Rather than being an illustration 1508 01:13:45,731 --> 01:13:48,009 of ancient Egyptian electricity, 1509 01:13:48,044 --> 01:13:50,736 the scene in the Dendera reliefs is interpreted 1510 01:13:50,771 --> 01:13:54,360 by Egyptologists as a depiction of a Djed pillar 1511 01:13:54,395 --> 01:13:56,708 and a lotus leaf and a flower giving birth 1512 01:13:56,742 --> 01:13:58,848 to a sacred snake inside it 1513 01:13:58,882 --> 01:14:01,851 in accordance with Egyptian mythology. 1514 01:14:01,885 --> 01:14:04,370 Admittedly, we cannot explain every detail 1515 01:14:04,405 --> 01:14:06,234 in the Dendera reliefs. 1516 01:14:06,269 --> 01:14:08,892 However, this doesn't mean that we have to ascribe 1517 01:14:08,927 --> 01:14:11,861 to them fantastical interpretations 1518 01:14:11,895 --> 01:14:15,071 entirely without a shred of evidence to back them up. 1519 01:14:15,105 --> 01:14:17,729 The electrical lamp theory seems to be based 1520 01:14:17,763 --> 01:14:19,765 on nothing more than the carvings looking a bit 1521 01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:21,526 like a modern light bulb 1522 01:14:21,560 --> 01:14:24,149 and therefore ancient Egyptians are assumed 1523 01:14:24,183 --> 01:14:26,565 to have possessed electricity. 1524 01:14:26,600 --> 01:14:29,637 People often see what they want to see in ancient art 1525 01:14:29,672 --> 01:14:31,397 projecting their own values, 1526 01:14:31,432 --> 01:14:35,056 obsessions and meanings back onto ancient civilizations 1527 01:14:35,091 --> 01:14:39,509 far removed from us both in time and culture. 1528 01:14:39,544 --> 01:14:41,787 One of the 21st century's main obsessions 1529 01:14:41,822 --> 01:14:43,202 is with technology, 1530 01:14:43,237 --> 01:14:45,273 which is why any ancient objects 1531 01:14:45,308 --> 01:14:48,207 that are imperfectly or only partially understood 1532 01:14:48,242 --> 01:14:51,176 to be ancient machines of some kind 1533 01:14:51,210 --> 01:14:53,868 that show that our ancestors were just as advanced 1534 01:14:53,903 --> 01:14:55,525 as we are today. 1535 01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:58,942 Unfortunately, this attitude tells us absolutely nothing 1536 01:14:58,977 --> 01:15:02,567 about ancient cultures, buildings, and artifacts, 1537 01:15:02,601 --> 01:15:04,879 but everything about ourselves. 1538 01:15:04,914 --> 01:15:08,020 The Dendera relief must be understood in terms 1539 01:15:08,055 --> 01:15:11,196 of ancient Egyptian religion and mythology 1540 01:15:11,230 --> 01:15:13,336 and not modern technology. 1541 01:15:13,370 --> 01:15:17,064 The scenes depict a magical, not a technical process. 1542 01:15:23,795 --> 01:15:26,936 [upbeat intense music] 1543 01:15:31,043 --> 01:15:33,908 - A Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean 1544 01:15:33,943 --> 01:15:37,533 at the southernmost point of what is referred to 1545 01:15:37,567 --> 01:15:40,846 as the Polynesian Triangle lies Easter Island, 1546 01:15:40,881 --> 01:15:43,400 one of the most mysterious locations on the planet. 1547 01:15:44,436 --> 01:15:45,748 Don't even get me started 1548 01:15:45,782 --> 01:15:48,405 on how many mysteries surround Easter Island. 1549 01:15:48,440 --> 01:15:50,615 There are just so many. 1550 01:15:50,649 --> 01:15:52,858 Also known as The Navel of the World 1551 01:15:52,893 --> 01:15:57,000 and located directly on an earth energy line, 1552 01:15:57,035 --> 01:16:00,486 many early explorers to the island had reported 1553 01:16:00,521 --> 01:16:03,386 about the unusually-shaped skulls 1554 01:16:03,420 --> 01:16:06,838 and large bumps found on the back of their necks, 1555 01:16:06,872 --> 01:16:09,979 which were found on the island. 1556 01:16:10,013 --> 01:16:12,671 A number of highly detailed carvings have been found 1557 01:16:12,706 --> 01:16:14,880 that depict these strange features, 1558 01:16:14,915 --> 01:16:17,849 which are said to represent their ancient ancestors. 1559 01:16:17,883 --> 01:16:21,024 The island is one of the most studied in the world 1560 01:16:21,059 --> 01:16:23,095 and has been for quite some time, 1561 01:16:23,130 --> 01:16:26,823 however, when it comes to revealing her secrets, 1562 01:16:26,858 --> 01:16:29,895 she continues to keep a tight grasp upon them. 1563 01:16:31,310 --> 01:16:33,899 [intense music] 1564 01:16:41,631 --> 01:16:45,014 - [Narrator] Situated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, 1565 01:16:45,048 --> 01:16:48,327 the enigmatic Easter Island has long been shrouded 1566 01:16:48,362 --> 01:16:52,055 in mystery, as one of the most remote inhabited islands 1567 01:16:52,090 --> 01:16:53,401 on the globe. 1568 01:16:53,436 --> 01:16:55,541 Though relatively small in size, 1569 01:16:55,576 --> 01:16:58,786 only a little more than 63 square miles 1570 01:16:58,821 --> 01:17:01,927 and housing less than 8000 residents, 1571 01:17:01,962 --> 01:17:05,034 the island is iconic the world over, 1572 01:17:05,068 --> 01:17:09,141 most notably for its striking collection of gigantic statues 1573 01:17:09,176 --> 01:17:12,731 known as moai, which pepper the landscape. 1574 01:17:12,766 --> 01:17:16,666 But Easter Island holds other fascinating puzzles as well, 1575 01:17:16,701 --> 01:17:19,255 including beautiful petroglyphs and woodwork, 1576 01:17:19,289 --> 01:17:23,949 a rich cultural mythology and a purported written language 1577 01:17:23,984 --> 01:17:26,020 that has yet to be deciphered. 1578 01:17:26,055 --> 01:17:30,024 - Not only the island is said to be the location 1579 01:17:30,059 --> 01:17:33,821 of strange phenomena but also the surrounding waters. 1580 01:17:33,856 --> 01:17:37,376 During the Kon-Tiki expedition in April of 1947 1581 01:17:37,411 --> 01:17:40,690 traveling to Polynesia, diary logs reported 1582 01:17:40,725 --> 01:17:44,832 that fake luminations were seen down in the water. 1583 01:17:44,867 --> 01:17:48,111 Sometimes they were described as roundish or oval 1584 01:17:48,146 --> 01:17:50,148 or even triangular in shape 1585 01:17:50,182 --> 01:17:53,461 and would occasionally split into two paths 1586 01:17:53,496 --> 01:17:57,707 seen underneath them traveling around in circular motions. 1587 01:17:57,742 --> 01:17:58,915 Wherever the lights were, 1588 01:17:58,950 --> 01:18:00,952 there were at least five fathoms in length. 1589 01:18:00,986 --> 01:18:04,127 To you and me, that's around about 30 feet. 1590 01:18:04,162 --> 01:18:07,510 The lights danced below the surface for around four hours 1591 01:18:07,544 --> 01:18:09,857 and then occasionally the sea could be seen 1592 01:18:09,892 --> 01:18:11,410 to boil and bubble. 1593 01:18:11,445 --> 01:18:14,275 Probably the most fascinating entry in the log 1594 01:18:14,310 --> 01:18:15,760 is a sighting of a big wheel 1595 01:18:15,794 --> 01:18:17,209 that seemed to lift from the ocean 1596 01:18:17,244 --> 01:18:19,625 and rotate in the air before descending 1597 01:18:19,660 --> 01:18:21,386 once again into the depths. 1598 01:18:21,420 --> 01:18:24,976 It seems the oceans in the area are a notable hotbed 1599 01:18:25,010 --> 01:18:27,564 for UFOs and USO sightings. 1600 01:18:30,429 --> 01:18:31,603 - [Narrator] Easter Island, 1601 01:18:31,637 --> 01:18:34,399 known as Isla de Pascua in the Spanish 1602 01:18:34,433 --> 01:18:37,195 and Rapa Nui to the native people was thought 1603 01:18:37,229 --> 01:18:40,750 to have first been settled in around 1200 CE, 1604 01:18:40,785 --> 01:18:44,547 though this state could possibly be as early as 300 CE. 1605 01:18:44,581 --> 01:18:47,999 It was likely colonized initially by Polynesians, 1606 01:18:48,033 --> 01:18:50,898 who traveled to the tiny landmass in canoes 1607 01:18:50,933 --> 01:18:55,627 from the Gambier Islands, which lie 1600 miles away, 1608 01:18:55,661 --> 01:18:59,217 or perhaps the more distant Marquesas Islands, 1609 01:18:59,251 --> 01:19:02,013 which are about 2000 miles away. 1610 01:19:02,047 --> 01:19:03,359 It is believed 1611 01:19:03,393 --> 01:19:04,981 that the islands of Hawaii were settled 1612 01:19:05,016 --> 01:19:06,603 at around the same time. 1613 01:19:07,708 --> 01:19:09,675 The culture of the island seemed to thrive 1614 01:19:09,710 --> 01:19:11,608 for approximately five centuries 1615 01:19:11,643 --> 01:19:14,335 as natives cleared land for farming 1616 01:19:14,370 --> 01:19:17,200 and began constructing the massive stone monuments, 1617 01:19:17,235 --> 01:19:19,858 still extend on the island today. 1618 01:19:19,893 --> 01:19:22,550 However, the small island's resources, 1619 01:19:22,585 --> 01:19:26,416 particularly wood, soon began to become depleted, 1620 01:19:26,451 --> 01:19:28,349 and the widespread rat infestation 1621 01:19:28,384 --> 01:19:30,248 didn't help matters either. 1622 01:19:30,282 --> 01:19:32,595 Some researchers have speculated 1623 01:19:32,629 --> 01:19:35,598 that conditions on the island had become so dire 1624 01:19:35,632 --> 01:19:39,222 that some inhabitants might have resorted to cannibalism. 1625 01:19:39,257 --> 01:19:43,054 By the time the Europeans arrived in 1722, 1626 01:19:43,088 --> 01:19:47,610 Easter Island's ecosystem was already in a precarious state. 1627 01:19:47,644 --> 01:19:50,199 And over the next 150 years, 1628 01:19:50,233 --> 01:19:52,201 the native population dwindled 1629 01:19:52,235 --> 01:19:55,066 from approximately 3000 individuals 1630 01:19:55,100 --> 01:20:00,105 down to just 111 people in 1877. 1631 01:20:01,037 --> 01:20:02,418 Diseases brought by the Europeans 1632 01:20:02,452 --> 01:20:05,835 for which natives had no immunity was a major cause 1633 01:20:05,870 --> 01:20:09,252 for the decline as were slave raiding expeditions 1634 01:20:09,287 --> 01:20:12,808 undertaken by the Peruvians in the 1860s 1635 01:20:12,842 --> 01:20:15,120 in which many islanders were captured 1636 01:20:15,155 --> 01:20:17,260 or forced to flee to Tahiti. 1637 01:20:17,295 --> 01:20:22,196 Easter Island was annexed by the nation of Chile in 1888. 1638 01:20:22,231 --> 01:20:27,236 And in 1966, its inhabitants were given Chilean citizenship. 1639 01:20:28,444 --> 01:20:30,549 In 1994, it was granted the status 1640 01:20:30,584 --> 01:20:33,690 of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 1641 01:20:33,725 --> 01:20:36,279 The early mythology of the Rapa Nui people 1642 01:20:36,314 --> 01:20:40,145 primarily centered around worship of their ancestors. 1643 01:20:40,180 --> 01:20:41,526 In their origin myth, 1644 01:20:41,560 --> 01:20:45,081 Hotu Matua, known as the king or Supreme chief 1645 01:20:45,116 --> 01:20:48,878 of Easter Island arrived in a double-hulled canoe 1646 01:20:48,913 --> 01:20:52,123 landing on Anakina Beach with his party. 1647 01:20:52,157 --> 01:20:54,228 And it was this initial group 1648 01:20:54,263 --> 01:20:58,267 who served as the basis for the subsequent civilization. 1649 01:20:58,301 --> 01:21:01,235 Hotu Matua supposedly had many sons 1650 01:21:01,270 --> 01:21:04,894 who ruled over varying clans on the island. 1651 01:21:04,929 --> 01:21:07,655 And this extended family was said to have lived there 1652 01:21:07,690 --> 01:21:11,314 for a millennium until the arrival in 1722 1653 01:21:11,349 --> 01:21:16,078 of the first European Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen. 1654 01:21:16,112 --> 01:21:20,254 The famous moai statues, in fact, were constructed expressly 1655 01:21:20,289 --> 01:21:22,532 for the purpose of defining the ancestors 1656 01:21:22,567 --> 01:21:25,259 of the residence as the Rapa Nui believed 1657 01:21:25,294 --> 01:21:27,158 that those living on the island 1658 01:21:27,192 --> 01:21:30,333 would have everything provided to them by the dead, 1659 01:21:30,368 --> 01:21:32,128 provided they made offerings 1660 01:21:32,163 --> 01:21:35,338 and worshiped their ancestors accordingly. 1661 01:21:35,373 --> 01:21:38,686 As the resources on the island began to diminish, however, 1662 01:21:38,721 --> 01:21:41,551 intertribal warfare resulted in the abandonment 1663 01:21:41,586 --> 01:21:43,484 of the ancestor worship 1664 01:21:43,519 --> 01:21:46,315 as well as a halt to the production of the moai 1665 01:21:46,349 --> 01:21:49,594 and perhaps even the toppling of many of them. 1666 01:21:49,628 --> 01:21:52,183 Though, it's not known if residents of the island, 1667 01:21:52,217 --> 01:21:57,222 Europeans or natural disasters were responsible for this. 1668 01:21:58,430 --> 01:21:59,845 In place of the ancestor worship, 1669 01:21:59,880 --> 01:22:02,158 a belief system slowly evolved, 1670 01:22:02,193 --> 01:22:05,230 which focused on the veneration of Makemake, 1671 01:22:05,265 --> 01:22:07,784 a creator and fertility god 1672 01:22:07,819 --> 01:22:10,304 whose cult was known as Tangata Manu 1673 01:22:10,339 --> 01:22:12,582 or the Birdman cult. 1674 01:22:12,617 --> 01:22:16,241 This belief system persisted until the gradual conversion 1675 01:22:16,276 --> 01:22:19,589 of most of the island's inhabitants to Catholicism 1676 01:22:19,624 --> 01:22:22,247 in the late 19th century. 1677 01:22:22,282 --> 01:22:23,662 - A strange spherical stone, 1678 01:22:23,697 --> 01:22:27,390 much like the stone balls of Costa Rica was discovered 1679 01:22:27,425 --> 01:22:30,117 roughly at the center point of Easter Island. 1680 01:22:30,152 --> 01:22:31,429 It stands alone. 1681 01:22:31,463 --> 01:22:34,570 One of the kind with some unusual properties. 1682 01:22:34,604 --> 01:22:37,987 The stone named The Navel of the World appears 1683 01:22:38,022 --> 01:22:41,473 to be nothing more than a large spherical boulder 1684 01:22:41,508 --> 01:22:44,131 placed amongst a crude rock perimeter. 1685 01:22:44,166 --> 01:22:46,685 However, the mysterious stone was believed 1686 01:22:46,720 --> 01:22:49,274 to have been brought to the island specifically 1687 01:22:49,309 --> 01:22:52,346 by the first king of Hotu Matu. 1688 01:22:52,381 --> 01:22:54,417 The name of the stone comes from the legend 1689 01:22:54,452 --> 01:22:58,594 that it's the navel of the world from which all life sprang. 1690 01:22:58,628 --> 01:23:00,285 Although, this is more likely due 1691 01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:02,494 to its perfect round shape. 1692 01:23:02,529 --> 01:23:04,220 No matter the origin, 1693 01:23:04,255 --> 01:23:07,465 the rock dos display a few abnormal traits. 1694 01:23:07,499 --> 01:23:10,364 For instance, when a compass is placed 1695 01:23:10,399 --> 01:23:13,574 on top of the rock, it loses its direction completely, 1696 01:23:13,609 --> 01:23:16,439 likely due to the magnetic elements in the rock itself, 1697 01:23:16,474 --> 01:23:19,615 rather than more an inferable cause. 1698 01:23:19,649 --> 01:23:22,307 There are now four stones around the rock, 1699 01:23:22,342 --> 01:23:24,033 which were placed more recently 1700 01:23:24,068 --> 01:23:26,898 and which represent the four sides of the compass. 1701 01:23:26,932 --> 01:23:29,659 The connection to ancient science and magnetic properties, 1702 01:23:29,694 --> 01:23:32,110 there's plenty of evidence around the world. 1703 01:23:32,145 --> 01:23:34,906 How did they know that they existed? 1704 01:23:34,940 --> 01:23:37,460 Because they were specifically built on these locations, 1705 01:23:37,495 --> 01:23:39,255 where there are magnetic properties. 1706 01:23:41,326 --> 01:23:43,811 - [Narrator] The most visible and well-known feature 1707 01:23:43,846 --> 01:23:46,297 of Easter Island's landscape is a series 1708 01:23:46,331 --> 01:23:48,713 of gigantic stone monoliths, 1709 01:23:48,747 --> 01:23:51,474 construction of which was believed to have begun 1710 01:23:51,509 --> 01:23:53,821 in around 1250 CE. 1711 01:23:53,856 --> 01:23:56,652 The vast majority of the statues were thought 1712 01:23:56,686 --> 01:23:58,343 to have originally been placed 1713 01:23:58,378 --> 01:24:01,898 along the coastal perimeter of the island facing inward 1714 01:24:01,933 --> 01:24:05,695 towards its clans, as though watching over them. 1715 01:24:05,730 --> 01:24:10,321 The exception to this rule are the seven so-called Ahu Akivi 1716 01:24:10,355 --> 01:24:14,463 which experts surmise once faced outward towards the sea 1717 01:24:14,497 --> 01:24:18,087 in order to aid travelers in locating the island. 1718 01:24:18,122 --> 01:24:20,952 The stoic and dignified faces of the moai, 1719 01:24:20,986 --> 01:24:22,333 as previously mentioned, 1720 01:24:22,367 --> 01:24:25,853 are believed to represent particularly revered people, 1721 01:24:25,888 --> 01:24:29,236 such as rulers and important ancestors. 1722 01:24:29,271 --> 01:24:31,687 In particular, the more recent moai 1723 01:24:31,721 --> 01:24:35,104 who were carved with pukao or topknots on their heads 1724 01:24:35,139 --> 01:24:37,244 are believed to be chieftains. 1725 01:24:37,279 --> 01:24:39,729 - A stunning archeological discovery was made 1726 01:24:39,764 --> 01:24:41,179 in May of 2012, 1727 01:24:41,214 --> 01:24:44,079 where archeologists excavated around the statues 1728 01:24:44,113 --> 01:24:48,083 to discover the Easter Island heads have actually bodies 1729 01:24:48,117 --> 01:24:49,774 deep within the ground. 1730 01:24:49,808 --> 01:24:51,534 As with many things on Earth, 1731 01:24:51,569 --> 01:24:53,743 time took its toll on the statues 1732 01:24:53,778 --> 01:24:56,091 and buried them in sediment and rocks, 1733 01:24:56,125 --> 01:25:00,543 hiding and preserving the torsos of the Easter Island heads. 1734 01:25:00,578 --> 01:25:03,305 Why so much silt was deposited across the island 1735 01:25:03,339 --> 01:25:05,479 is also highly debated, 1736 01:25:05,514 --> 01:25:09,173 with some scholars stating that it was a huge tidal wave 1737 01:25:09,207 --> 01:25:11,002 that most have covered the island, 1738 01:25:11,036 --> 01:25:12,590 washing silt over the terrain 1739 01:25:12,624 --> 01:25:15,489 and knocking over many of the statues. 1740 01:25:15,524 --> 01:25:19,044 If this be correct, then this lends to the speculations 1741 01:25:19,079 --> 01:25:22,289 that it too was affected by some type of great flood 1742 01:25:22,324 --> 01:25:23,704 on the Earth, 1743 01:25:23,739 --> 01:25:26,707 as we see evidence of this at many other ancient sites 1744 01:25:26,742 --> 01:25:28,330 around the world. 1745 01:25:28,364 --> 01:25:32,196 - [Narrator] Of the roughly 900 monoliths on the island, 1746 01:25:32,230 --> 01:25:33,507 almost all are carved 1747 01:25:33,542 --> 01:25:36,441 from the compressed volcanic ash known as tuff, 1748 01:25:36,476 --> 01:25:38,616 a relatively soft rock. 1749 01:25:38,650 --> 01:25:41,550 A few of the moai were constructed from basalt, 1750 01:25:41,584 --> 01:25:45,450 another few from trachyte and some from red scoria. 1751 01:25:45,485 --> 01:25:49,178 The statues were nearly all carved at the quarry 1752 01:25:49,213 --> 01:25:51,594 known as Rano Raraku, 1753 01:25:51,629 --> 01:25:56,151 where almost 400 unfinished moai can still be seen today. 1754 01:25:56,185 --> 01:25:57,807 Completed statues were placed 1755 01:25:57,842 --> 01:26:00,810 upon stone platforms called ahu. 1756 01:26:00,845 --> 01:26:04,193 The construction of the monoliths must've been an expensive 1757 01:26:04,228 --> 01:26:06,609 and time-consuming process 1758 01:26:06,644 --> 01:26:09,198 considering that the statue's average height 1759 01:26:09,233 --> 01:26:10,855 is around 13 feet tall 1760 01:26:10,889 --> 01:26:15,446 and average weight is approximately 14 tons. 1761 01:26:15,480 --> 01:26:18,552 Not only that, but there is one completed moai, 1762 01:26:18,587 --> 01:26:22,798 which stands 33 feet high and weighs 82 tons, 1763 01:26:22,832 --> 01:26:26,353 and another incomplete one which could possibly have been 1764 01:26:26,388 --> 01:26:29,425 as tall as 69 feet. 1765 01:26:29,460 --> 01:26:32,911 To this day, it's still not known with any certainty 1766 01:26:32,946 --> 01:26:35,466 how the islanders moved the massive monoliths 1767 01:26:35,500 --> 01:26:39,090 from the quarry to their final place of installation. 1768 01:26:39,124 --> 01:26:42,404 Modern researchers have attempted to replicate the methods 1769 01:26:42,438 --> 01:26:45,579 they might have used and have come to the conclusion 1770 01:26:45,614 --> 01:26:48,444 that builders either rolled the statues to the coast 1771 01:26:48,479 --> 01:26:50,998 using log rollers or wooden sledges 1772 01:26:51,033 --> 01:26:54,278 or more intriguingly, might have walked the statues 1773 01:26:54,312 --> 01:26:57,419 as far as 14 miles across the island 1774 01:26:57,453 --> 01:27:01,526 by utilizing a group of people who would encircle the moai 1775 01:27:01,561 --> 01:27:05,150 with ropes and then rock the statue back and forth 1776 01:27:05,185 --> 01:27:06,773 while also pulling forward. 1777 01:27:07,946 --> 01:27:10,017 Many of the statues had already been toppled 1778 01:27:10,052 --> 01:27:12,951 by island inhabitants or by earthquakes 1779 01:27:12,986 --> 01:27:16,541 by the time the Europeans arrived in 1722. 1780 01:27:16,576 --> 01:27:21,270 And by 1868, all of the moai had been knocked over. 1781 01:27:21,305 --> 01:27:24,687 They remained in a state of disarray until 1955 1782 01:27:24,722 --> 01:27:26,655 when an American archeologist 1783 01:27:26,689 --> 01:27:30,037 by the name of William Malloy set about restoring 1784 01:27:30,072 --> 01:27:34,041 and re-erecting many of the monoliths on Easter Island. 1785 01:27:34,076 --> 01:27:37,113 Today, about 50 of the giant statues have been 1786 01:27:37,148 --> 01:27:39,944 either placed upright or taken from the island 1787 01:27:39,978 --> 01:27:42,567 to be displayed in museum collections. 1788 01:27:44,086 --> 01:27:47,089 - One mysterious and unique statue of Easter Island 1789 01:27:47,123 --> 01:27:52,128 is the kneeling moai or better known as the Tukuturi. 1790 01:27:53,578 --> 01:27:55,339 It's a particular figure that was discovered in 1955. 1791 01:27:55,373 --> 01:27:58,894 This figure differs much from the other traditional statues 1792 01:27:58,928 --> 01:28:00,275 on the island. 1793 01:28:00,309 --> 01:28:02,311 Unlike the other stone heads, 1794 01:28:02,346 --> 01:28:06,281 the Tukuturi's facial characteristics are more rounded, 1795 01:28:06,315 --> 01:28:09,560 much more human-like when compared to the traditional, 1796 01:28:09,594 --> 01:28:12,770 straight rectangular heads of the other moai. 1797 01:28:14,116 --> 01:28:17,913 The figure also has a beard and also well-defined legs 1798 01:28:17,947 --> 01:28:20,985 kneeling with his hands upon them. 1799 01:28:21,019 --> 01:28:23,574 The Tukuturi remains an unsolved mystery, 1800 01:28:23,608 --> 01:28:26,508 because there are no satisfactory answers 1801 01:28:26,542 --> 01:28:30,822 to some crucial questions regarding this curious figure. 1802 01:28:30,857 --> 01:28:34,723 Why is this figure's location away from other sculptures? 1803 01:28:34,757 --> 01:28:37,001 Why is it made from different material? 1804 01:28:37,035 --> 01:28:39,417 And most of all, why is it so different 1805 01:28:39,452 --> 01:28:41,799 than any other found on the island? 1806 01:28:43,076 --> 01:28:45,320 - [Narrator] The moai aren't the only compelling work 1807 01:28:45,354 --> 01:28:48,702 of cultural significance on Easter Island, however. 1808 01:28:48,737 --> 01:28:50,532 In fact, the island boasts one 1809 01:28:50,566 --> 01:28:52,844 of the most extensive collections of petroglyphs 1810 01:28:52,879 --> 01:28:57,124 in Polynesia with over 1000 sites across the island 1811 01:28:57,159 --> 01:29:01,163 containing more than 4000 cataloged carvings. 1812 01:29:01,197 --> 01:29:04,408 Petroglyphs were created for many different reasons. 1813 01:29:04,442 --> 01:29:06,341 Experts believe that some of them 1814 01:29:06,375 --> 01:29:08,791 may have been marked territory lines, 1815 01:29:08,826 --> 01:29:11,829 been used as totems or acted as memorials 1816 01:29:11,863 --> 01:29:14,383 to particular individuals. 1817 01:29:14,418 --> 01:29:16,247 The bulk of the petroglyphs can be found 1818 01:29:16,281 --> 01:29:19,388 at the ceremonial center of Orongo, 1819 01:29:19,423 --> 01:29:21,666 and most of this artwork depicts Birdman, 1820 01:29:21,701 --> 01:29:24,945 a relic of the Tangata manu culture. 1821 01:29:24,980 --> 01:29:28,190 Other carvings illustrate animals, such as sea turtles, 1822 01:29:28,224 --> 01:29:31,020 fertility symbols, such as vulvas 1823 01:29:31,055 --> 01:29:34,230 and renderings of the creator god Makemake. 1824 01:29:34,265 --> 01:29:37,475 And although wood was fairly scarce on Easter Island, 1825 01:29:37,510 --> 01:29:39,477 particularly after the landscape began 1826 01:29:39,512 --> 01:29:43,032 to become drastically deforested in the 16th century, 1827 01:29:43,067 --> 01:29:45,414 some beautiful examples 1828 01:29:45,449 --> 01:29:48,210 of intricate woodcarvings still survive. 1829 01:29:56,805 --> 01:30:00,429 Some of these are crescent-shaped objects known as reimiro, 1830 01:30:00,464 --> 01:30:03,777 thought to have been used as decorative breastplates. 1831 01:30:03,812 --> 01:30:07,678 These also sport carved heads on either top of the crescent. 1832 01:30:08,886 --> 01:30:11,267 There are also clubs called Moko Miro, 1833 01:30:11,302 --> 01:30:14,995 carved representations of men with the heads of lizards. 1834 01:30:15,030 --> 01:30:18,067 These were thought to have had ceremonial significance 1835 01:30:18,102 --> 01:30:20,829 and were likely worn around the necks of dancers 1836 01:30:20,863 --> 01:30:23,210 during feast celebrations. 1837 01:30:23,245 --> 01:30:24,453 It is also believed 1838 01:30:24,488 --> 01:30:27,456 that the Moko Miro were protective totems 1839 01:30:27,491 --> 01:30:29,803 placed in the ground outside the front door 1840 01:30:29,838 --> 01:30:32,150 to protect the household. 1841 01:30:32,185 --> 01:30:35,809 Lastly are the male and female fertility carvings, 1842 01:30:35,844 --> 01:30:40,365 the moai kavakava and the moai paepae. 1843 01:30:40,400 --> 01:30:44,059 These are fantastically detailed and grotesquely stylized, 1844 01:30:44,093 --> 01:30:49,098 thought to represent ancestors, just as the stone moai did. 1845 01:30:50,583 --> 01:30:52,032 Researchers maintain that these carvings were used 1846 01:30:52,067 --> 01:30:54,863 for fertility rights and were sometimes worn 1847 01:30:54,897 --> 01:30:57,417 around the necks of important men of the tribe. 1848 01:31:00,213 --> 01:31:03,941 - New scientific evidence today leaves the world in shock, 1849 01:31:03,975 --> 01:31:05,321 revealing what we were thinking 1850 01:31:05,356 --> 01:31:07,496 but no one dared to say out loud, 1851 01:31:07,531 --> 01:31:10,361 the mysterious moai statues of Easter island were 1852 01:31:10,395 --> 01:31:13,709 in fact built by extraterrestrials. 1853 01:31:13,744 --> 01:31:16,160 Hmm, I don't know about that. 1854 01:31:16,194 --> 01:31:19,301 However, societies have allegedly worked in secret 1855 01:31:19,335 --> 01:31:24,271 for many years on deciphering and decrypting the mysterious 1856 01:31:24,306 --> 01:31:26,653 so-called rongorongo tablets. 1857 01:31:26,688 --> 01:31:30,312 And this ancient civilization left many of them behind. 1858 01:31:30,346 --> 01:31:32,763 Wooden tablets were inscribed with symbols 1859 01:31:32,797 --> 01:31:37,215 whose meaning was lost in 1862. 1860 01:31:37,250 --> 01:31:40,115 By analyzing linguistic patterns 1861 01:31:40,149 --> 01:31:43,394 and occurrence frequencies of certain symbols, 1862 01:31:43,428 --> 01:31:45,534 words and sounds, it was possible 1863 01:31:45,569 --> 01:31:47,398 to break down the meaning of the symbols, 1864 01:31:47,432 --> 01:31:49,538 starting with the most common. 1865 01:31:49,573 --> 01:31:52,714 Since the first rongorongo tablet was brought in 1866 01:31:52,748 --> 01:31:57,097 to the laboratories by a Norwegian adventurer in 1986, 1867 01:31:57,132 --> 01:31:58,754 the long and tedious process 1868 01:31:58,789 --> 01:32:01,136 of deciphering these ancient symbols 1869 01:32:01,170 --> 01:32:03,414 was finally becoming fruitful. 1870 01:32:03,448 --> 01:32:06,831 The undeciphered tablets held hidden truths 1871 01:32:06,866 --> 01:32:10,628 that will change the way we see the world today. 1872 01:32:10,663 --> 01:32:12,803 They talk about how a civilization, 1873 01:32:12,837 --> 01:32:16,185 not of this world, helped in making the moai statues 1874 01:32:16,220 --> 01:32:18,015 in their honor. 1875 01:32:18,049 --> 01:32:22,191 Evidently these wooden tablets were left as a testament 1876 01:32:22,226 --> 01:32:23,883 to the world of their work. 1877 01:32:24,849 --> 01:32:27,576 Apparently one such tablet reads, 1878 01:32:27,611 --> 01:32:30,545 "We came from above the sky 1879 01:32:30,579 --> 01:32:35,550 "to make people of the navel build our living faces 1880 01:32:36,792 --> 01:32:39,657 "to make the people of the world worship us." 1881 01:32:40,969 --> 01:32:43,799 If this were true, this lost and forgotten language 1882 01:32:43,834 --> 01:32:46,802 could reveal many secrets that have been lost to time. 1883 01:32:48,459 --> 01:32:50,392 - [Narrator] Possibly the most alluring 1884 01:32:50,426 --> 01:32:53,498 if lesser known conundrum surrounding Easter Island 1885 01:32:53,533 --> 01:32:56,501 and its culture is the bizarre writing system 1886 01:32:56,536 --> 01:32:58,745 known as rongorongo. 1887 01:32:58,780 --> 01:33:01,472 The name rongorongo is a native language 1888 01:33:01,506 --> 01:33:05,545 of the Rapa Nui, simply means to recite or chant out. 1889 01:33:06,719 --> 01:33:10,377 First described in 1866 by a French missionary 1890 01:33:10,412 --> 01:33:13,967 to Easter island by the name of Eugene Eyraud, 1891 01:33:14,002 --> 01:33:17,626 the series of inscriptions remains just as baffling today 1892 01:33:17,661 --> 01:33:20,042 as it did in the 19th century. 1893 01:33:20,077 --> 01:33:21,009 And to this day, 1894 01:33:21,043 --> 01:33:23,045 experts aren't entirely sure 1895 01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:25,289 whether the unknown glyphs represent 1896 01:33:25,323 --> 01:33:27,705 an actual written language or not. 1897 01:33:27,740 --> 01:33:29,707 Though, if they do, they would serve 1898 01:33:29,742 --> 01:33:31,606 as one of the very few examples 1899 01:33:31,640 --> 01:33:35,679 of the independent invention of writing in history. 1900 01:33:35,713 --> 01:33:37,542 Approximately two dozen objects 1901 01:33:37,577 --> 01:33:40,062 bearing the mysterious glyphs were collected 1902 01:33:40,097 --> 01:33:41,892 in the 19th century. 1903 01:33:41,926 --> 01:33:45,343 Most of these were irregularly-shaped wooden tablets, 1904 01:33:45,378 --> 01:33:47,656 some formed from pieces of driftwood 1905 01:33:47,691 --> 01:33:51,108 and many had been burned or otherwise damaged. 1906 01:33:51,142 --> 01:33:52,627 A handful of other items 1907 01:33:52,661 --> 01:33:56,423 such as the two aforementioned reimiro breastplates, 1908 01:33:56,458 --> 01:33:58,080 one chieftain's staff, 1909 01:33:58,115 --> 01:34:00,117 and a small statue of the Birdman 1910 01:34:00,151 --> 01:34:02,913 also contain rongorongo glyphs, 1911 01:34:02,947 --> 01:34:05,536 as do a few of the stone petroglyph carvings 1912 01:34:05,570 --> 01:34:07,158 on the island. 1913 01:34:07,193 --> 01:34:09,505 The glyphs or characters themselves 1914 01:34:09,540 --> 01:34:13,026 of which there are about 120 distinct designs 1915 01:34:13,061 --> 01:34:16,098 are approximately one centimeter high 1916 01:34:16,133 --> 01:34:19,688 and are all outlined forms depicting plants, animals, 1917 01:34:19,723 --> 01:34:22,691 humans and geometric shapes. 1918 01:34:22,726 --> 01:34:24,831 Some of the animal and human carvings 1919 01:34:24,866 --> 01:34:28,041 have little protrusions on either side of their heads, 1920 01:34:28,076 --> 01:34:30,906 which may represent eyes or horns. 1921 01:34:30,941 --> 01:34:33,046 Due to the positioning of the characters, 1922 01:34:33,081 --> 01:34:35,186 it's generally assumed that the text, 1923 01:34:35,221 --> 01:34:37,844 if indeed it is text, is meant to be read 1924 01:34:37,879 --> 01:34:40,675 in alternating lines from left to right 1925 01:34:40,709 --> 01:34:41,917 and bottom to top, 1926 01:34:41,952 --> 01:34:44,920 rotating the tablet as one reads. 1927 01:34:44,955 --> 01:34:48,993 This particular system is reverse boustrophedon. 1928 01:34:49,028 --> 01:34:51,858 Although in the original myths of the Rapa Nui, 1929 01:34:51,893 --> 01:34:55,482 67 tablets bearing the rongorongo script were brought 1930 01:34:55,517 --> 01:34:59,866 to the island by revered original settler, Hotu Matua, 1931 01:34:59,901 --> 01:35:03,214 limited carbon dating of the remaining tablets suggests 1932 01:35:03,249 --> 01:35:07,080 that they are no older than perhaps the 13th century. 1933 01:35:07,115 --> 01:35:10,152 Some of the tablets are known to be much newer than that, 1934 01:35:10,187 --> 01:35:12,914 as they were carved on pieces of wood salvaged 1935 01:35:12,948 --> 01:35:15,019 from European oars. 1936 01:35:15,054 --> 01:35:16,572 Researchers disagree 1937 01:35:16,607 --> 01:35:20,162 on whether rongorongo is truly a written representation 1938 01:35:20,197 --> 01:35:22,509 of the original Rapa Nui language, 1939 01:35:22,544 --> 01:35:26,134 or if it is instead simply a proto language, 1940 01:35:26,168 --> 01:35:28,446 a sort of Rebus puzzle-like system 1941 01:35:28,481 --> 01:35:31,829 that presupposed knowledge of these specific idiograms 1942 01:35:31,864 --> 01:35:33,210 in order to be read 1943 01:35:33,244 --> 01:35:36,109 or even recited from memory. 1944 01:35:36,144 --> 01:35:37,732 The last known people thought 1945 01:35:37,766 --> 01:35:40,182 to be familiar with the meaning of the glyphs died 1946 01:35:40,217 --> 01:35:42,253 in the late 19th century. 1947 01:35:42,288 --> 01:35:43,979 And in the ensuing years, 1948 01:35:44,014 --> 01:35:47,189 the language of the Rapa Nui has become so intertwined 1949 01:35:47,224 --> 01:35:49,951 with Tahitian that it may no longer be possible 1950 01:35:49,985 --> 01:35:53,230 to reconstruct the content of the tablets. 1951 01:35:53,264 --> 01:35:55,232 This hasn't stopped numerous people 1952 01:35:55,266 --> 01:35:57,579 from trying to unravel the riddle, however. 1953 01:35:57,613 --> 01:36:02,618 In around 1874 Tahitian Bishop Florentin-Etienne Jaussen 1954 01:36:03,723 --> 01:36:04,828 claimed to have deciphered the script 1955 01:36:04,862 --> 01:36:06,450 on four of the tablets. 1956 01:36:06,484 --> 01:36:07,762 And after his death, 1957 01:36:07,796 --> 01:36:10,143 the so-called Jaussen list was published, 1958 01:36:10,178 --> 01:36:12,490 which purported to describe the meanings 1959 01:36:12,525 --> 01:36:14,147 of the relevant glyphs. 1960 01:36:14,182 --> 01:36:17,219 Though, this list was widely touted at the time, 1961 01:36:17,254 --> 01:36:19,049 it doesn't seem to have been accurate, 1962 01:36:19,083 --> 01:36:21,292 for no further translation was possible 1963 01:36:21,327 --> 01:36:24,019 utilizing his findings. 1964 01:36:24,054 --> 01:36:27,712 However, one breakthrough was made by William J. Thompson 1965 01:36:27,747 --> 01:36:31,199 of the USS Mohican in 1886. 1966 01:36:31,233 --> 01:36:35,030 He was able to deduce that one particular sequence of glyphs 1967 01:36:35,065 --> 01:36:37,792 seemed to refer to 13 months. 1968 01:36:37,826 --> 01:36:40,070 And from this, he and others were able 1969 01:36:40,104 --> 01:36:43,176 to reconstruct this one segment of text 1970 01:36:43,211 --> 01:36:45,661 as a sort of lunisolar calendar. 1971 01:36:45,696 --> 01:36:48,837 To date, this is the only line of rongorongo 1972 01:36:48,872 --> 01:36:50,839 that has been tentatively translated, 1973 01:36:50,874 --> 01:36:53,635 and others whose meaning seem decipherable 1974 01:36:53,669 --> 01:36:56,638 also appear to be calendrical in nature. 1975 01:36:57,881 --> 01:37:00,124 - Researchers such as Graham Hancock, 1976 01:37:00,159 --> 01:37:03,196 author of the impressive book "Fingerprints of the Gods" 1977 01:37:03,231 --> 01:37:05,889 hypothesized that Easter Island is the top 1978 01:37:05,923 --> 01:37:10,514 of a much larger island that became towards the end 1979 01:37:10,548 --> 01:37:13,620 of the glacial period, some 10,000 years ago, 1980 01:37:13,655 --> 01:37:17,314 a kind of beacon to other world navels. 1981 01:37:17,348 --> 01:37:21,663 In fact, Hancock thinks a mythical lost ancient race built 1982 01:37:21,697 --> 01:37:24,252 or helped at least build virtually 1983 01:37:24,286 --> 01:37:28,221 all the world's impressive monuments of antiquity. 1984 01:37:28,256 --> 01:37:30,914 Others think that Easter Island is a remnant 1985 01:37:30,948 --> 01:37:33,261 of some type of lost continent. 1986 01:37:33,295 --> 01:37:35,504 The ancient rongorongo text continues 1987 01:37:35,539 --> 01:37:37,299 to be deciphered. 1988 01:37:37,334 --> 01:37:39,336 Many have attempted throughout the years, 1989 01:37:39,370 --> 01:37:40,855 bringing new information 1990 01:37:40,889 --> 01:37:44,893 about this mysterious ancient civilization to light. 1991 01:37:44,928 --> 01:37:48,448 But as to how accurate such interpretations are 1992 01:37:48,483 --> 01:37:51,106 remains questionable at best. 1993 01:37:51,141 --> 01:37:52,867 - [Narrator] In more recent times, 1994 01:37:52,901 --> 01:37:55,904 other linguists and epigraphers have had a crack 1995 01:37:55,939 --> 01:37:57,664 at the mysterious glyphs, 1996 01:37:57,699 --> 01:38:01,496 but none have come to producing a text that makes sense. 1997 01:38:01,530 --> 01:38:04,085 And those that have are often criticized 1998 01:38:04,119 --> 01:38:06,570 for their fanciful interpretations. 1999 01:38:06,604 --> 01:38:09,538 It remains possible that the meaning of rongorongo 2000 01:38:09,573 --> 01:38:14,302 may continue to elude humanity for the foreseeable future. 2001 01:38:14,336 --> 01:38:17,167 [mysterious music]