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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,312 --> 00:00:03,948 Strange burial rituals... 2 00:00:04,482 --> 00:00:05,782 What we're talking about 3 00:00:05,783 --> 00:00:09,718 is some kind of other-dimensional travel for the soul to undertake. 4 00:00:10,905 --> 00:00:16,326 Elaborate chambers filled with mysterious objects... 5 00:00:16,394 --> 00:00:19,046 The fact that these boats existed inside 6 00:00:19,080 --> 00:00:24,968 tombs leads me to think that they tried to reach some type 7 00:00:25,003 --> 00:00:27,405 of extraterrestrial realms. 8 00:00:28,539 --> 00:00:33,594 And bizarre burial mounds found across the globe. 9 00:00:33,645 --> 00:00:36,146 When you start looking at a structure inside 10 00:00:36,213 --> 00:00:40,216 the celestial alignments, you start to wonder, was there 11 00:00:40,234 --> 00:00:43,320 contact between some of these areas? 12 00:00:43,388 --> 00:00:47,107 Were the tombs of our ancient ancestors actually 13 00:00:47,158 --> 00:00:50,110 gateways to the afterlife? 14 00:00:50,161 --> 00:00:55,332 Or were they really meant to connect modern man with our alien ancestors? 15 00:00:55,399 --> 00:00:58,201 You have to ask yourself if they are perhaps 16 00:00:58,235 --> 00:01:02,208 maps to guide the dead back to the star systems, 17 00:01:03,175 --> 00:01:05,292 where they originally came from. 18 00:01:05,376 --> 00:01:08,929 Millions of people around the world believe 19 00:01:09,013 --> 00:01:13,300 we have been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 20 00:01:13,384 --> 00:01:15,786 What if it were true? 21 00:01:15,853 --> 00:01:20,590 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 22 00:01:20,642 --> 00:01:26,396 And if so, might the secrets of the ancient tombs reveal an 23 00:01:26,447 --> 00:01:30,233 otherworldly plan for mankind? 24 00:01:30,284 --> 00:01:32,569 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:40,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 26 00:01:44,416 --> 00:01:47,461 Deafdude 27 00:01:59,263 --> 00:02:03,984 The Valley of the Kings, Egypt. 28 00:02:04,018 --> 00:02:09,573 The Taj Mahal, Agra, India. 29 00:02:09,607 --> 00:02:15,012 And King Pakal's Tomb, Palenque, Mexico. 30 00:02:15,079 --> 00:02:18,582 Spectacular burial sites that date back thousands of years 31 00:02:18,649 --> 00:02:21,334 are found across the world. 32 00:02:23,069 --> 00:02:26,456 According to mainstream researchers, these locations are 33 00:02:26,490 --> 00:02:30,994 the final resting places for ancient leaders. 34 00:02:31,012 --> 00:02:35,098 But might they also serve a more profound, perhaps 35 00:02:35,133 --> 00:02:38,101 extraterrestrial purpose? 36 00:02:43,106 --> 00:02:45,941 Why do we have the most massive of constructions 37 00:02:45,992 --> 00:02:47,944 of these tombs in the far and distant past? 38 00:02:47,979 --> 00:02:50,547 Well, according to the ancient texts and the ancient 39 00:02:50,581 --> 00:02:55,936 traditions, this knowledge was given to our ancestors by the gods. 40 00:02:56,621 --> 00:03:03,193 If the sole function of tombs was to house the dead, then why are 41 00:03:03,244 --> 00:03:07,464 virtually all of them connected to notions of spiritual energy, 42 00:03:07,531 --> 00:03:12,002 images of astronomy, and a strong belief in the existence 43 00:03:12,036 --> 00:03:16,407 of other, arguably more spiritual, worlds? 44 00:03:18,658 --> 00:03:22,279 All cultures share this notion of somehow opening a 45 00:03:22,313 --> 00:03:25,182 doorway, opening a stargate, opening a gateway to another 46 00:03:25,249 --> 00:03:28,452 dimension so the soul can return. 47 00:03:28,519 --> 00:03:31,605 We know that it is meant because the soul is gonna go on 48 00:03:31,656 --> 00:03:33,557 a voyage to the afterlife. 49 00:03:34,391 --> 00:03:38,078 In the ancient world, there was a view 50 00:03:38,112 --> 00:03:41,581 that this life that we have, this physical life, is our 51 00:03:41,616 --> 00:03:47,237 opportunity to prepare ourselves for a vast destiny that lies 52 00:03:47,255 --> 00:03:50,273 beyond this life. 53 00:03:50,341 --> 00:03:53,910 Could ancient tombs really have served another, 54 00:03:53,961 --> 00:03:59,549 more extraterrestrial purpose, perhaps as portals to reunite 55 00:03:59,583 --> 00:04:03,136 the deceased with celestial beings? 56 00:04:03,187 --> 00:04:07,257 Many ancient astronaut theorists believe the answers can be found 57 00:04:07,275 --> 00:04:13,964 by taking a closer look at the mysterious texts of ancient Egypt. 58 00:04:17,952 --> 00:04:24,440 Saqqara... situated on the west bank of the Nile River, 59 00:04:24,458 --> 00:04:29,880 20 miles south of Cairo, this archaeological site is one 60 00:04:29,947 --> 00:04:35,886 of the oldest and largest burial grounds in all of Egypt. 61 00:04:35,953 --> 00:04:39,339 Egyptologists called these monuments tombs. 62 00:04:39,423 --> 00:04:43,326 But to the Egyptians, they were not tombs, they were gateways 63 00:04:43,394 --> 00:04:45,395 to the afterworld. 64 00:04:45,929 --> 00:04:49,316 It is through these structures that the king will begin a 65 00:04:49,350 --> 00:04:54,321 journey into the underworld, in order to face obstacles, 66 00:04:54,405 --> 00:04:57,307 dangers, and threats. 67 00:04:57,325 --> 00:05:01,027 And if he will overcome these threats, he will be given 68 00:05:01,078 --> 00:05:04,981 passage into the afterlife kingdom of Osiris. 69 00:05:07,385 --> 00:05:12,422 Overlooking the immense necropolis lies the 70 00:05:12,456 --> 00:05:19,379 Pyramid of King Teti, the first ruler of Egypt's sixth dynasty. 71 00:05:19,430 --> 00:05:23,133 Teti built his pyramid and an adjoining mortuary temple during 72 00:05:23,184 --> 00:05:27,971 his reign, more than 4,000 years ago. 73 00:05:30,441 --> 00:05:33,026 I'm walking on what's left of the ancient 74 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:37,030 causeway of King Teti I... that's his pyramid... and here is 75 00:05:37,114 --> 00:05:41,017 his very-much-ruined mortuary temple. 76 00:05:41,035 --> 00:05:44,204 Now, this pyramid is very important, it contains the 77 00:05:44,288 --> 00:05:48,959 oldest, richest writing in the world, the Pyramid Texts. 78 00:05:48,993 --> 00:05:52,229 According to archaeologists, the Pyramid 79 00:05:52,263 --> 00:05:55,465 Texts are a collection of ancient Egyptian religious 80 00:05:55,499 --> 00:06:00,237 writings that date back to 2400 BC. 81 00:06:00,271 --> 00:06:04,507 They contain passages about Osiris, the Egyptian god of the 82 00:06:04,542 --> 00:06:08,929 afterlife, and descriptions of how to prepare the pharaoh's 83 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:13,566 remains during his ascent to the heavens after death. 84 00:06:13,601 --> 00:06:17,938 The Pyramid Texts are all about the stars. 85 00:06:18,022 --> 00:06:20,857 It's all about the king becoming a star. 86 00:06:20,891 --> 00:06:24,861 It's all about the king ascending to the sky and joining 87 00:06:24,912 --> 00:06:27,864 Osiris-Orion in the sky. 88 00:06:30,368 --> 00:06:34,004 But according to ancient astronaut theorists, 89 00:06:34,038 --> 00:06:38,408 the Pyramid Texts didn't only guide the pharaoh to an afterlife, 90 00:06:38,459 --> 00:06:42,445 they actually provided instruction on how the pharaoh 91 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,500 could travel to other worlds. 92 00:06:47,134 --> 00:06:49,853 What is important to realize is that the ancient 93 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:57,093 Egyptians say that about 25,000 years ago, the gods lived amongst them. 94 00:06:57,128 --> 00:06:59,195 Then they disappeared again. 95 00:06:59,263 --> 00:07:03,266 What the Pyramid Texts are saying is that we... the ancient 96 00:07:03,284 --> 00:07:08,104 Egyptians specifically, of course... are able to reach the gods again. 97 00:07:08,155 --> 00:07:12,375 For this we have to die, but once we're dead, we're able to 98 00:07:12,443 --> 00:07:14,444 join the gods once again. 99 00:07:15,878 --> 00:07:18,381 What we're talking about is some kind of other-dimensional travel 100 00:07:18,416 --> 00:07:20,950 for the soul to undertake. 101 00:07:23,688 --> 00:07:27,023 Buried in the desert sands for centuries, 102 00:07:27,058 --> 00:07:31,978 the ruins of Saqqara are home to another ancient mystery just one 103 00:07:32,013 --> 00:07:36,167 half-mile away from the Pyramid of King Teti. 104 00:07:37,101 --> 00:07:42,772 In 1850, French archaeologist Auguste Mariette made 105 00:07:42,806 --> 00:07:44,457 an astonishing discovery. 106 00:07:45,342 --> 00:07:48,328 He unearthed a massive underground bunker. 107 00:07:50,414 --> 00:07:53,616 This is a most strange and mysterious place. 108 00:07:53,650 --> 00:07:57,987 It feels like being in the bowels of the underworld. 109 00:07:58,005 --> 00:08:01,458 It's hard to describe... it's like being in another world, 110 00:08:01,492 --> 00:08:04,061 the world of the dead. 111 00:08:09,967 --> 00:08:13,869 The Serapeum contains enormous sarcophagi 112 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,506 made from granite that was believed to have been 113 00:08:16,524 --> 00:08:23,179 transported from the city of Aswan, nearly 600 miles away. 114 00:08:23,197 --> 00:08:27,283 This is just one of the many sarcophagus that are 115 00:08:27,351 --> 00:08:29,519 here, dozens and dozens of them. 116 00:08:29,537 --> 00:08:32,522 And they weigh about 70 tons apiece. 117 00:08:32,540 --> 00:08:35,992 They're made from a solid block of granite. 118 00:08:36,043 --> 00:08:40,096 But the real mystery is how they cut them so sharply... 119 00:08:40,131 --> 00:08:43,083 Swiss watch precision, mirror smooth. 120 00:08:43,134 --> 00:08:47,003 When you look at the inside of the boxes, 121 00:08:47,037 --> 00:08:50,073 you see the underside of the lid is perfectly square with the 122 00:08:50,141 --> 00:08:55,512 vertical surface of the inside of the box. 123 00:08:55,546 --> 00:09:00,250 Directly opposite, you have the same condition, which means that 124 00:09:00,284 --> 00:09:05,355 those two surfaces, opposing each other, must have been perfectly parallel. 125 00:09:05,389 --> 00:09:08,694 It's really amazing. 126 00:09:10,961 --> 00:09:15,064 Ancient astronaut theorists question just how the 127 00:09:15,099 --> 00:09:18,952 ancient Egtians could have moved these gigantic stones for 128 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:23,906 miles and then wedge them into the underground labyrinth. 129 00:09:24,324 --> 00:09:26,876 And to what purpose? 130 00:09:26,911 --> 00:09:29,245 So we have one big problem. 131 00:09:29,296 --> 00:09:35,468 Imagine, in ancient Egypt, they dig out of the rock kilometers 132 00:09:35,519 --> 00:09:38,471 and kilometers of subterranean tunnels. 133 00:09:38,522 --> 00:09:41,941 Right and left, they make niches. 134 00:09:42,026 --> 00:09:45,428 Then they go to two day's Aswan. 135 00:09:45,446 --> 00:09:52,183 In Aswan, they cut out of the rock the hardest granite which exists, 136 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:55,271 and they bring it, in a complicated way we don't know, 137 00:09:55,338 --> 00:09:58,007 into these subterranean tunnels. 138 00:09:58,141 --> 00:10:01,211 Archaeologists still, today, cannot figure out 139 00:10:01,245 --> 00:10:08,383 how these giant basalt sarcophagi were made. 140 00:10:08,418 --> 00:10:11,120 They're perfectly made. 141 00:10:11,354 --> 00:10:15,124 And how they would even move them into these catacombs that 142 00:10:15,159 --> 00:10:17,259 are underground. 143 00:10:18,477 --> 00:10:23,316 It's like they would have had to levitate and put these 70-ton 144 00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:30,473 boxes... by some magical means, like anti-gravity. 145 00:10:30,508 --> 00:10:34,194 Most scholars believe the Serapeum and its 146 00:10:34,245 --> 00:10:37,664 massive sarcophagi were constructed to house the 147 00:10:37,748 --> 00:10:42,118 mummified remains of the Apis bulls. 148 00:10:42,169 --> 00:10:44,954 The Egyptians believed that these Apis bulls 149 00:10:44,988 --> 00:10:48,293 were descended from the sky, 150 00:10:49,828 --> 00:10:54,731 and they would have elaborate ceremonies with these bulls. 151 00:10:55,065 --> 00:10:58,717 But when Mariette opened the sarcophagi, 152 00:10:58,752 --> 00:11:01,504 they were empty, apart from some bones. 153 00:11:01,555 --> 00:11:06,576 Only one Apis bull mummy was discovered at the site. 154 00:11:06,610 --> 00:11:10,580 Some ancient astronaut theorists believe the sacred bul may 155 00:11:10,614 --> 00:11:15,018 have been the creation of extraterrestrials, 156 00:11:15,085 --> 00:11:21,391 and that these creatures were feared, not worshipped, by the ancient Egyptians. 157 00:11:21,458 --> 00:11:24,911 The humans are afraid of these monster, because 158 00:11:24,962 --> 00:11:27,080 they were created by the gods. 159 00:11:27,131 --> 00:11:28,932 They are holy animals. 160 00:11:28,966 --> 00:11:33,386 So they wait until the monsters die of a natural way. 161 00:11:33,420 --> 00:11:39,475 And now the animal is dead, they smash, crash the bones of the monster. 162 00:11:39,543 --> 00:11:41,978 They put it into the sarcophagi. 163 00:11:42,012 --> 00:11:46,916 In ancient Egypt, every single living creature, 164 00:11:46,984 --> 00:11:50,185 after its death, was mummified. 165 00:11:50,219 --> 00:11:52,438 So the fact that we can find boxes in which we have hacked-up 166 00:11:52,489 --> 00:11:57,293 bones, you have to ask yourself, why? 167 00:11:58,828 --> 00:12:01,030 So they made sure that, after death, they would hack up the 168 00:12:01,065 --> 00:12:06,102 bodies, and then put a 35-ton lid on top of that... 169 00:12:06,170 --> 00:12:11,007 so that those creatures would never return in the future. 170 00:12:12,875 --> 00:12:14,477 Could the sarcophagi have been constructed 171 00:12:14,545 --> 00:12:20,016 as a kind of prison to prevent the return of the bulls after death? 172 00:12:20,050 --> 00:12:25,954 Or could they have served a different, even more profound, purpose? 173 00:12:26,872 --> 00:12:29,091 Egyptologists are baffled, and they don't know 174 00:12:29,143 --> 00:12:31,927 what the purpose of these things were. 175 00:12:31,979 --> 00:12:34,631 Also, why are some of them empty? 176 00:12:34,665 --> 00:12:38,201 And you have to wonder, too, if these boxes had some other 177 00:12:38,235 --> 00:12:40,269 purpose originally. 178 00:12:40,503 --> 00:12:43,456 Are these really some kind of interdimensional stargates, and 179 00:12:43,540 --> 00:12:51,081 then extraterrestrials are able to come and go from this planet using that? 180 00:12:52,149 --> 00:12:55,918 Were the Serapeum sarcophagi actually 181 00:12:55,969 --> 00:13:01,891 a teleportation system, as some ancient astronaut theorists believe? 182 00:13:01,925 --> 00:13:04,977 Could they be a series of chambers used to convey ancient 183 00:13:05,062 --> 00:13:10,349 humans, and perhaps, alien visitors, to other planets? 184 00:13:10,384 --> 00:13:16,438 Perhaps another underground tomb complex halfway around the globe 185 00:13:16,472 --> 00:13:19,407 can provide further clues. 186 00:13:24,402 --> 00:13:25,852 Northern Peru. 187 00:13:25,887 --> 00:13:28,188 1987. 188 00:13:30,775 --> 00:13:37,147 Archaeologist Walter Alva uncovers the lost tomb of the Lord of Sipan. 189 00:13:37,181 --> 00:13:42,519 Intact and untouched by thieves, this burial place is considered 190 00:13:42,587 --> 00:13:45,090 one of the richest in the world. 191 00:13:46,857 --> 00:13:50,744 The Lord of Sipan was a Moche king, 192 00:13:50,795 --> 00:13:54,599 up in the Lambayeque region of Peru, along the coast. 193 00:13:57,869 --> 00:14:01,088 They found gold and silver and all these incredibly beautiful 194 00:14:01,139 --> 00:14:04,975 artifacts and textiles and art. 195 00:14:05,042 --> 00:14:08,044 Peruvian archaeologists... they sometimes 196 00:14:08,062 --> 00:14:11,565 call it the King Tut's Tomb of South America. 197 00:14:11,649 --> 00:14:14,787 And the objects that they found in these tombs were unusual. 198 00:14:16,721 --> 00:14:20,574 The burial chamber was filled with artifacts that 199 00:14:20,658 --> 00:14:26,079 included ceramic pots, gold, copper and silver utensils, 200 00:14:26,114 --> 00:14:29,366 and feather ornaments some researchers believe were 201 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:34,905 intended to accompany and protect the Lord of Sipan in the afterlife. 202 00:14:37,908 --> 00:14:43,180 Some archaeologists suggest that several of his servants, wives 203 00:14:43,214 --> 00:14:48,101 and consorts were sacrificed, and their bodies were placed 204 00:14:48,136 --> 00:14:52,105 inside to accompany him into the afterlife. 205 00:14:52,140 --> 00:14:55,726 We see that Lord Sipan is not buried in isolation. 206 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,562 We see that he is buried with some other people, and so when 207 00:14:58,629 --> 00:15:01,198 we extrapolate from this and when we realize that other 208 00:15:01,265 --> 00:15:04,202 cultures have been doing the same kind of schematic, 209 00:15:05,236 --> 00:15:09,573 what we're seeing is that these people believed that the 210 00:15:09,607 --> 00:15:12,175 afterlife was very much a physical place. 211 00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:15,945 It was believed that he would have needed some of these helpers. 212 00:15:15,963 --> 00:15:19,282 It is believed that he would probably want to be reunited, 213 00:15:19,317 --> 00:15:22,719 if not united, with his most immediate family and some of his 214 00:15:22,754 --> 00:15:24,105 most trusted advisors. 215 00:15:29,994 --> 00:15:34,782 Among the incredible treasures buried with the Lord of Sipan 216 00:15:35,033 --> 00:15:39,819 were strange statues that some researchers believe are evidence 217 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:42,622 of extraterrestrial beings. 218 00:15:43,974 --> 00:15:47,644 As well as servants and all the artifacts, they 219 00:15:47,695 --> 00:15:51,181 even found these strange, kind of weird anthropomorphized 220 00:15:51,249 --> 00:15:55,270 figurines that some people say resemble beings from other worlds. 221 00:15:56,921 --> 00:16:02,292 They show bug-eyed people who do not look like a normal human. 222 00:16:02,326 --> 00:16:07,881 So you have, at Sipan, really, a tomb that seems to show 223 00:16:07,932 --> 00:16:12,636 extraterrestrial beings, anthropomorphic beings that are 224 00:16:12,687 --> 00:16:17,641 half-animal, half-human, and people who don't look like a 225 00:16:17,692 --> 00:16:21,928 normal human being... that look like extraterrestrials. 226 00:16:22,063 --> 00:16:24,915 Lord of Sipan's tomb has some very 227 00:16:24,982 --> 00:16:27,818 interesting relics that were found within his burial. 228 00:16:27,852 --> 00:16:30,871 Were these beings that were gonna help him go into the 229 00:16:30,905 --> 00:16:34,074 afterlife, possibly back into space, or into the heavens? 230 00:16:35,626 --> 00:16:39,729 The Lord of Sipan's disciples believed that he was 231 00:16:39,797 --> 00:16:44,534 not a mere mortal, but actually half-god and half-man. 232 00:16:44,552 --> 00:16:47,537 But specifically what is of interest is that he 233 00:16:47,605 --> 00:16:51,708 has a face mask, which is made of gold, and his body largely is 234 00:16:51,759 --> 00:16:54,895 dressed with copper shielding. 235 00:16:54,929 --> 00:16:59,232 So, all of a sudden, we see somebody whose dead body is 236 00:16:59,267 --> 00:17:03,069 meant to resemble clearly a shining one. 237 00:17:03,154 --> 00:17:07,157 The divine being, which he was once believed to be, but also, 238 00:17:07,191 --> 00:17:11,194 which in death, he was believed to once again become. 239 00:17:11,228 --> 00:17:15,064 Was the Lord of Sipan really half-man, half-god, 240 00:17:15,116 --> 00:17:17,617 as his followers believed? 241 00:17:17,702 --> 00:17:22,172 And might the figurines found in his grave really represent the 242 00:17:22,206 --> 00:17:27,711 ancient ruler's extraterrestrial origin? 243 00:17:27,762 --> 00:17:31,882 If so, is it possible that this tomb, like the ones found in 244 00:17:31,916 --> 00:17:36,837 Egypt, really served as a portal to the stars? 245 00:17:37,188 --> 00:17:41,942 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, and believe more evidence 246 00:17:41,976 --> 00:17:46,529 can be found by looking at the boat-shaped coffins and strange 247 00:17:46,564 --> 00:17:50,736 burial rituals of the ancient Torajan people. 248 00:17:53,271 --> 00:17:57,140 South Sulawesi, Indonesia. 249 00:17:58,374 --> 00:18:04,114 Here can be found the cave tombs of Tana Toraja, the site of a 250 00:18:04,148 --> 00:18:08,786 complex funeral ritual that dates back to 3000 BC. 251 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:17,160 The Torajan people believe death is a gradual process toward the afterlife. 252 00:18:17,228 --> 00:18:21,064 Many cultures believe in an afterlife, 253 00:18:21,098 --> 00:18:25,735 something that goes on beyond the physical bodies. 254 00:18:25,770 --> 00:18:29,656 The Toraja people in Indonesia are very interesting and 255 00:18:29,690 --> 00:18:34,244 unusual, because among the most elaborate rituals they have are 256 00:18:34,311 --> 00:18:38,581 not rituals of life, but for death. 257 00:18:38,616 --> 00:18:43,036 They have incredible ceremonies when people die, they have 258 00:18:43,087 --> 00:18:49,175 huge feasts, and they have these incredible celebrations for the dead. 259 00:18:49,210 --> 00:18:53,129 The Torajan people put the dead into these special 260 00:18:53,163 --> 00:18:57,767 coffins, which are also like a model of a spaceship. 261 00:18:57,802 --> 00:19:02,038 And then they inter them up on these cliffs. 262 00:19:02,106 --> 00:19:06,476 And their beliefs, too, are that ultimately the dead are 263 00:19:06,510 --> 00:19:10,046 returning to the stars, and that they as a people will also 264 00:19:10,114 --> 00:19:13,199 return to the stars, as well. 265 00:19:13,284 --> 00:19:17,037 As translated, the name "Toraja" means 266 00:19:17,071 --> 00:19:21,708 "the people from above," and Torajans believe their ancestors 267 00:19:21,742 --> 00:19:25,962 descended from the stars in sky ships. 268 00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:29,132 Their elaborate coffins are built in the form of a boat, 269 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:36,039 and thought to resemble the sky ships that carried their ancestors to Earth. 270 00:19:36,107 --> 00:19:40,176 A wooden effigy called a tau tau is carved in the 271 00:19:40,210 --> 00:19:43,747 likeness of the dead person and placed in the balcony to 272 00:19:43,781 --> 00:19:49,402 represent the deceased and watch over their remains. 273 00:19:49,437 --> 00:19:52,555 The effigies are a beautiful illustration with 274 00:19:52,573 --> 00:19:58,377 which they wanted to show us that, once somebody is deceased, 275 00:19:58,828 --> 00:20:02,899 they can still look down upon you, because being dead doesn't 276 00:20:02,917 --> 00:20:05,585 mean that it's over. 277 00:20:05,636 --> 00:20:09,572 Dead just means that you go on to the next level of existence. 278 00:20:09,607 --> 00:20:13,626 And it's an idea that has been with us not just in our culture 279 00:20:13,677 --> 00:20:18,514 but in every ancient culture and modern culture as well. 280 00:20:19,149 --> 00:20:21,968 The Torajan people, they believe in sky gods who 281 00:20:22,019 --> 00:20:25,638 descended from the sky, who left them a body of knowledge and 282 00:20:25,723 --> 00:20:27,891 then who disappeared. 283 00:20:27,925 --> 00:20:32,529 And they very much believed that by doing what our ancestors did 284 00:20:32,563 --> 00:20:37,067 when these creatures were here that they will therefore also be 285 00:20:37,101 --> 00:20:41,204 able to join these divine beings which were once here. 286 00:20:41,271 --> 00:20:44,274 And specifically, that upon death, they will be able to 287 00:20:44,308 --> 00:20:47,827 join them in the home of these deities. 288 00:20:47,912 --> 00:20:53,084 That is very much on par with what we see throughout the world. 289 00:20:54,118 --> 00:20:57,620 Is it possible, as some researchers believe, 290 00:20:57,655 --> 00:21:00,974 that ancient astronauts visited Earth thousands of years 291 00:21:01,058 --> 00:21:05,678 ago, and inspired our ancestors to build boat-shaped coffins 292 00:21:05,729 --> 00:21:09,632 that emulated their space vehicles? 293 00:21:09,650 --> 00:21:14,270 If so, could the presence of boat coffins mean that our 294 00:21:14,321 --> 00:21:20,076 ancestors were preparing to make a journey to the stars? 295 00:21:20,111 --> 00:21:24,080 Some believe the ultimate proof can be found in a mysterious 296 00:21:24,148 --> 00:21:28,168 burial mound in Ireland... one with star maps that give 297 00:21:28,252 --> 00:21:33,540 clues, not just to where the ancient visitors came from, 298 00:21:33,624 --> 00:21:41,295 but where the dead may have, in fact, chosen to return. 299 00:21:44,831 --> 00:21:46,331 Oldcastle, Ireland. 300 00:21:48,734 --> 00:21:53,839 Amid the ruins of a Stone Age cemetery lies a 5,000-year-old 301 00:21:53,890 --> 00:21:59,978 tomb, nearly 120 feet in diameter. 302 00:22:00,012 --> 00:22:06,284 It is named after the mythical poet-king, Ollahm Fodhla. 303 00:22:06,319 --> 00:22:08,904 With Ollahm Fodhla's tomb, what we see is 304 00:22:08,988 --> 00:22:12,657 this connection between the Earth and the sky. 305 00:22:12,725 --> 00:22:16,411 Some people have suggested it might be a celestial observatory. 306 00:22:16,445 --> 00:22:18,413 But I think it's much more likely that it was sort of a 307 00:22:18,447 --> 00:22:23,268 temple, a place of worship, that connected the sky and the earth. 308 00:22:26,105 --> 00:22:29,241 According to ancient astronaut theorists, 309 00:22:29,275 --> 00:22:33,077 astronomical hieroglyphs carved on the interior of the stone 310 00:22:33,095 --> 00:22:39,134 walls may have been the work of otherworldly beings. 311 00:22:39,185 --> 00:22:42,687 At Ollahm Fodhla we can find an incredibly 312 00:22:42,722 --> 00:22:46,725 accurate astronomical chart, and one has to wonder how 313 00:22:46,759 --> 00:22:53,097 those ancestors were able to do this without any knowledge of astronomy. 314 00:22:53,115 --> 00:22:57,168 In fact, the legends of that part of the world tell us that 315 00:22:57,236 --> 00:23:01,606 they had assistance, that these topics were taught to 316 00:23:01,641 --> 00:23:05,243 those people by none other than the shining ones who descended 317 00:23:05,278 --> 00:23:07,612 from the sky. 318 00:23:07,647 --> 00:23:13,318 Ollahm Fodhla has inside of it celestial charts. 319 00:23:13,352 --> 00:23:17,255 So you have to ask yourself if they are perhaps maps for these 320 00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:23,979 extraterrestrial visitors to show them the way home, back to the stars. 321 00:23:24,013 --> 00:23:27,682 Could extraterrestrials, as ancient astronaut theorists 322 00:23:27,733 --> 00:23:32,020 suggest, have taught our ancient ancestors how to build a 323 00:23:32,071 --> 00:23:36,157 so-calle"celestial observatory"? 324 00:23:36,192 --> 00:23:41,580 And if so, might the cemetery have served as a staging area? 325 00:23:41,614 --> 00:23:46,201 A place for extraterrestrials to observe, predict and record 326 00:23:46,252 --> 00:23:51,990 stellar movements in preparation for their return to the stars? 327 00:23:52,008 --> 00:23:56,327 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining the ancient burial 328 00:23:56,379 --> 00:23:58,863 structures of Japan. 329 00:24:02,802 --> 00:24:06,605 Sakai, Japan. 330 00:24:06,672 --> 00:24:12,193 Here, in this city located 250 miles southwest of Tokyo, lies 331 00:24:12,228 --> 00:24:22,020 the Daisen Kofun, one of over 40 ancient crypts within a six-mile radius. 332 00:24:22,038 --> 00:24:26,057 More than twice the length of the Great Pyramid of Giza, it is 333 00:24:26,125 --> 00:24:30,128 one of the largest tombs in the world. 334 00:24:30,162 --> 00:24:35,667 Constructed in the 5th century AD, it is believed to be the 335 00:24:35,701 --> 00:24:42,240 resting place of Nintoku, the 16th emperor of Japan. 336 00:24:42,308 --> 00:24:46,144 But of all the various types and designs that make up the Kofun 337 00:24:46,178 --> 00:24:51,883 structures, perhaps the most mysterious are those in the 338 00:24:51,951 --> 00:24:58,289 shape of a keyhole, one that can only be seen from above. 339 00:25:01,193 --> 00:25:03,662 The very fact that this was made to look like a 340 00:25:03,696 --> 00:25:07,398 keyhole, that this was made only to be seen from the sky, 341 00:25:07,416 --> 00:25:10,735 would, to me, indicate this could be a clear message to the 342 00:25:10,770 --> 00:25:14,806 gods to say, "Look here." 343 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,510 And it was some kind of reference for the stars, 344 00:25:18,577 --> 00:25:20,745 for the person in the tombs. 345 00:25:20,763 --> 00:25:24,683 So is this some kind of tomb for the extraterrestrial gods 346 00:25:24,717 --> 00:25:30,588 so that they could find and return to the stars where they had come? 347 00:25:30,639 --> 00:25:33,942 Were the Kofun meant to serve as markers for 348 00:25:34,026 --> 00:25:38,296 extraterrestrials that planned to return to Earth, as some 349 00:25:38,330 --> 00:25:41,566 ancient astronaut theorists contend? 350 00:25:41,617 --> 00:25:45,770 Perhaps more evidence can be found by examining one of the 351 00:25:45,821 --> 00:25:50,408 most immense archaeological finds of the 20th century... 352 00:25:50,459 --> 00:25:54,829 the vast tomb of China's first emperor. 353 00:25:58,951 --> 00:26:03,088 Shaanxi Province, China. 354 00:26:03,122 --> 00:26:09,177 In 1974, farmers digging a well outside the town of Xi'an made 355 00:26:09,228 --> 00:26:14,199 an astonishing discovery... a life-size clay soldier 356 00:26:14,266 --> 00:26:18,837 intricately carved and dressed for battle. 357 00:26:18,871 --> 00:26:22,207 Further excavation revealed thousands of these sculptures, 358 00:26:22,274 --> 00:26:26,745 known as the Terra Cotta Warriors, each with remarkably 359 00:26:26,779 --> 00:26:31,182 realistic facial expressions. 360 00:26:31,250 --> 00:26:35,253 Entombed in the earth for over 2,000 years, the warriors are 361 00:26:35,287 --> 00:26:39,707 part of a massive underground mausoleum built for China's 362 00:26:39,759 --> 00:26:43,730 first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang. 363 00:26:45,398 --> 00:26:48,501 The tomb of Qin Shi Huang is quite extraordinary. 364 00:26:50,052 --> 00:26:54,272 Over 8,000 terra cotta soldiers have been found there, 365 00:26:54,306 --> 00:27:01,647 along with 520 horses, 130 chariots, most of which are still buried. 366 00:27:03,015 --> 00:27:09,204 Qin Shi Huang is literally the first emperor in China. 367 00:27:09,238 --> 00:27:15,993 He established the Qin dynasty in the year 221 BC. 368 00:27:16,527 --> 00:27:20,698 And he established many things that actually continued to 369 00:27:20,733 --> 00:27:23,868 function throughout the imperial period in China. 370 00:27:23,886 --> 00:27:29,057 Qin conquered and united China, built the Great 371 00:27:29,141 --> 00:27:35,713 Wall, and standardized the monetary and legal system. 372 00:27:35,764 --> 00:27:43,721 But Qin Shi Huang was also obsessed with finding the secret of immortality. 373 00:27:43,739 --> 00:27:46,357 This is an emperor who goes in search of the 374 00:27:46,408 --> 00:27:47,358 islands of immortality. 375 00:27:47,409 --> 00:27:53,448 This is an emperor who's obsessed with rediscovering lost knowledge. 376 00:27:53,499 --> 00:27:59,287 His ambition is to become, life, like the gods. 377 00:27:59,338 --> 00:28:02,707 To this end, Qin spent over three decades 378 00:28:02,741 --> 00:28:06,711 forcing more than 700,000 laborers to construct 379 00:28:06,762 --> 00:28:14,719 the four-layered subterranean city that would serve as his resting place. 380 00:28:14,753 --> 00:28:19,858 At the heart of the ancient complex is one of China's greatest mysteries. 381 00:28:19,892 --> 00:28:23,945 The tomb actually covers a very large area. 382 00:28:23,979 --> 00:28:28,700 Only a few areas in the surrounding, the border part 383 00:28:28,734 --> 00:28:30,503 of the tomb complex have been excavated. 384 00:28:31,670 --> 00:28:34,072 Archaeologists believe that underneath this 385 00:28:34,123 --> 00:28:38,877 central burial mound is the chamber containing Emperor Qin's remains. 386 00:28:38,944 --> 00:28:43,965 To date, the site is still unexcavated, due to dangerously 387 00:28:43,999 --> 00:28:46,469 high levels of mercury. 388 00:28:48,003 --> 00:28:51,890 What's thought to be inside is an exact model of the 389 00:28:51,924 --> 00:28:57,795 universe in miniature, with the ceiling, uh, made to look like 390 00:28:57,830 --> 00:29:01,015 the sky with all the stars represented by pearls. 391 00:29:01,066 --> 00:29:05,770 And then the rivers in China would be on the ground, and it 392 00:29:05,821 --> 00:29:09,991 is the mercury that is supposed to look like the rivers. 393 00:29:13,812 --> 00:29:17,031 A conductive element used in gauges, 394 00:29:17,116 --> 00:29:22,003 electronics, and automobiles, mercury is a liquid metal that 395 00:29:22,037 --> 00:29:26,324 was discovered by archaeologists in an Egyptian tomb that dates 396 00:29:26,375 --> 00:29:29,360 back to 1500 BC. 397 00:29:29,494 --> 00:29:33,131 Some researchers believe the presence of mercury indicates 398 00:29:33,165 --> 00:29:38,019 the existence of modern technology in the ancient world. 399 00:29:38,103 --> 00:29:43,942 The presence of mercury, also, in these tombs, is unusual. 400 00:29:44,009 --> 00:29:48,479 Mercury is something which is not really very useful to us, 401 00:29:48,513 --> 00:29:52,317 except in very high-tech devices. 402 00:29:52,368 --> 00:29:55,853 And it could have been used as part of the extraterrestrials 403 00:29:55,888 --> 00:30:00,024 and their technology on this planet. 404 00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:03,494 Was the first emperor of China influenced by 405 00:30:03,529 --> 00:30:08,299 visitors from another world to create his monument, as ancient 406 00:30:08,334 --> 00:30:10,417 astronaut theorists propose? 407 00:30:11,402 --> 00:30:14,405 And could the mercury found at the tomb be proof of 408 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:19,409 extraterrestrial technology at work in China thousands of years ago... 409 00:30:20,144 --> 00:30:23,646 technology that was not intended to merely help bury 410 00:30:23,697 --> 00:30:29,137 the dead, but to launch otherworldly beings back into space? 411 00:30:29,989 --> 00:30:34,659 Perhaps more clues can be found by taking a closer look at the 412 00:30:34,726 --> 00:30:39,644 mysterious burial mounds found all over our world. 413 00:30:42,633 --> 00:30:45,433 Gyeongju, South Korea. 414 00:30:45,484 --> 00:30:52,440 Here, near the shores of the Sea of Japan, lie the ruins of Cheonmachong. 415 00:30:52,508 --> 00:30:58,413 Excavated in 1973, researchers believe this mound-shaped tomb 416 00:30:58,447 --> 00:31:02,517 was constructed for a fifth-century ruler from the 417 00:31:02,585 --> 00:31:07,289 Silla dynasty, which spanned nearly a thousand years. 418 00:31:07,323 --> 00:31:12,043 The main feature of this tomb is that it has 419 00:31:12,094 --> 00:31:16,131 what's known as a "heavenly horse" drawn onto it, and it's 420 00:31:16,165 --> 00:31:19,768 often called the Heavenly Horse Tomb. 421 00:31:19,802 --> 00:31:24,591 And this horse has eight fiery legs that are flaming. 422 00:31:27,525 --> 00:31:32,380 It's clearly not a living, naturalistic horse. 423 00:31:32,415 --> 00:31:35,050 It almost looks more like a combination of a horse and a 424 00:31:35,117 --> 00:31:38,153 dragon flying through the air. 425 00:31:38,187 --> 00:31:42,374 This may represent the journey of the spirit, the soul, 426 00:31:42,408 --> 00:31:46,411 or taking the soul up to the afterlife. 427 00:31:50,066 --> 00:31:53,584 According to most historians, this equestrian 428 00:31:53,618 --> 00:31:57,038 illustration represents not only the importance of horses in 429 00:31:57,106 --> 00:32:05,563 ancient Korean culture, but also the king's belief in the spirit world. 430 00:32:05,648 --> 00:32:08,500 But ancient astronaut theorists have another, 431 00:32:08,651 --> 00:32:11,719 much more profound interpretation. 432 00:32:13,287 --> 00:32:16,491 They believe the painting of the winged horse symbolizes 433 00:32:16,558 --> 00:32:21,531 how the deceased noble would actually journey to another distant realm. 434 00:32:24,249 --> 00:32:26,284 Tibetans and Mongolians also have, uh, 435 00:32:26,335 --> 00:32:30,288 similar legends of these flying horses. 436 00:32:30,373 --> 00:32:34,409 And these horses, too, would be analogous to the vimanas, uh, 437 00:32:34,443 --> 00:32:41,583 in Sanskrit, which are these flying machines, the chariots 438 00:32:41,651 --> 00:32:45,636 of the gods that Erich von Daniken talked about. 439 00:32:45,670 --> 00:32:48,590 And often they're depicted as this horse, which was the 440 00:32:48,658 --> 00:32:54,829 familiar vehicle that people could travel in, only these horses could fly. 441 00:32:55,096 --> 00:32:57,164 They were flying vehicles. 442 00:32:58,067 --> 00:33:01,568 If you look at it even more closely, it resembles 443 00:33:01,603 --> 00:33:04,155 more some type of a dragon. 444 00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:10,111 Because, out of its feet, there's fire coming out, and the 445 00:33:10,146 --> 00:33:13,331 feet themselves, their legs, don't really look like legs but 446 00:33:13,382 --> 00:33:16,852 they look as if they are some type of wings. 447 00:33:19,755 --> 00:33:23,391 We have to remember that our ancestors were not familiar with 448 00:33:23,459 --> 00:33:30,014 space vehicles, so whatever they saw up in the sky could best be 449 00:33:30,099 --> 00:33:35,270 described as an eight-legged horse descending from the sky. 450 00:33:35,304 --> 00:33:39,474 Could the so-called "heavenly horse" of Cheonmachong 451 00:33:39,508 --> 00:33:44,279 really be a representation of an extraterrestrial flying 452 00:33:44,313 --> 00:33:48,649 transport, as ancient astronaut theorists contend? 453 00:33:48,701 --> 00:33:53,088 And if so, would this help to prove their their theory that 454 00:33:53,155 --> 00:33:57,594 many ancient tombs were, in fact, portals 455 00:33:57,627 --> 00:34:00,427 to other extraterrestrial worlds? 456 00:34:01,128 --> 00:34:05,516 Perhaps more clues can be found in the mysterious drawings 457 00:34:05,550 --> 00:34:11,388 of another burial mound located more than 5,000 miles away. 458 00:34:13,142 --> 00:34:16,361 The Boyne River Valley in Ireland. 459 00:34:17,413 --> 00:34:23,817 Here, 31 miles north of Dublin, lies Newgrange, a tumulus tomb 460 00:34:23,851 --> 00:34:30,492 dating back to 3200 BC, and similar to the one found in South Korea. 461 00:34:32,327 --> 00:34:35,912 Of the many ancient burial chambers discovered in the region, 462 00:34:35,947 --> 00:34:38,316 it is one of the best-preserved. 463 00:34:43,304 --> 00:34:45,839 Newgrange would have been one the largest 464 00:34:45,873 --> 00:34:48,475 man-built structures on Earth at the time of its construction. 465 00:34:48,509 --> 00:34:51,847 It dates from around 5,000 years ago, perhaps even a little bit more. 466 00:34:53,881 --> 00:34:55,349 Predates the Great Pyramids. 467 00:34:55,383 --> 00:34:58,518 So, this was a tremendous undertaking, by a very 468 00:34:58,553 --> 00:35:01,888 well-established culture, to build such a massive monument. 469 00:35:01,923 --> 00:35:06,026 Newgrange's inner passage was constructed with 470 00:35:06,061 --> 00:35:07,796 remarkable precision. 471 00:35:09,731 --> 00:35:14,401 And its design provides an accurate means of measuring the solar year. 472 00:35:17,205 --> 00:35:19,756 It is astronomically aligned on the winter solstice, 473 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,509 so that, right at the winter solstice, and only at the winter solstice... 474 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,614 a sun dagger shoots down through 475 00:35:27,615 --> 00:35:31,785 the central passageway into the tomb and illuminating the inner 476 00:35:31,803 --> 00:35:32,969 chamber of the tomb. 477 00:35:33,004 --> 00:35:36,256 This inner chamber is carved with very enigmatic megalithic 478 00:35:36,307 --> 00:35:39,326 symbols... which we still don't really understand... and really 479 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,663 displays an amazing competence of this culture on many, many levels. 480 00:35:43,698 --> 00:35:46,600 We don't know exactly what it meant to 481 00:35:46,634 --> 00:35:49,519 those ancient peoples, but we can imagine that they gathered 482 00:35:49,570 --> 00:35:52,856 there at the time of the winter solstice, that there were many 483 00:35:52,907 --> 00:35:57,611 celebrations, and that the priests and priestesses would go 484 00:35:57,662 --> 00:36:02,199 into this inner chamber to witness this miracle every year. 485 00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:07,454 We have essentially the death of the sun on the winter solstice. 486 00:36:07,522 --> 00:36:11,792 On this day, we have the lowest point of the sun and then we 487 00:36:11,843 --> 00:36:14,678 have rebirth in new life. 488 00:36:14,712 --> 00:36:20,517 So what better for a tomb and to talk about the journey to the 489 00:36:20,551 --> 00:36:28,692 afterlife than a death and a rebirth and starting the cycle again? 490 00:36:28,726 --> 00:36:33,613 Is it possible the celestial alignment at Newgrange 491 00:36:33,648 --> 00:36:36,767 was created to represent a journey to the afterlife, 492 00:36:37,018 --> 00:36:40,055 as some ancient astronaut theorists believe? 493 00:36:41,989 --> 00:36:46,426 "Spiral galaxies" is one of those terms which we use all the time. 494 00:36:46,461 --> 00:36:47,527 And so the question might be: 495 00:36:47,578 --> 00:36:52,532 are some of the spirals somehow linked with this galactic travel? 496 00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:56,403 And based upon what we know from the belief of the people who 497 00:36:56,437 --> 00:36:59,790 built Newgrange and their belief, specifically, about the 498 00:36:59,824 --> 00:37:03,861 voyage of the dead, we know that this was a voyage in space. 499 00:37:07,282 --> 00:37:11,485 When you look at these famous tumulus tombs that 500 00:37:11,519 --> 00:37:16,389 are all over the world, they are these circular mounds, so you 501 00:37:16,407 --> 00:37:22,946 have a shape, in a sense, of a flying saucer or a UFO. 502 00:37:22,997 --> 00:37:27,951 And the whole idea of the spiral and the vortex is often 503 00:37:28,002 --> 00:37:31,738 used to symbolize time travel, and that is the way that 504 00:37:31,756 --> 00:37:35,592 extraterrestrials would be coming to Earth. 505 00:37:35,676 --> 00:37:38,929 Could the hundreds of burial mounds found around 506 00:37:39,013 --> 00:37:44,684 the globe be linked through some otherworldly connection? 507 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:49,589 And if so, is it really possible that extraterrestrials used 508 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:54,561 these tumuli as portals to travel from galaxy to galaxy, 509 00:37:54,595 --> 00:37:59,482 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 510 00:37:59,534 --> 00:38:03,403 Perhaps such far-fetched notions aren't as hard to imagine as 511 00:38:03,454 --> 00:38:07,574 they seem, especially when considering that such things are 512 00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:14,464 happening right now, in the southwest region of North America. 513 00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:22,900 Sierra County, New Mexico, 2010 514 00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:27,055 Three, two, one, fire. 515 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:34,778 Aerospace company Celestis Incorporated launches 516 00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:39,783 one of the world's first private memorial spaceflights, providing 517 00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,853 a unique new funeral service for the deceased. 518 00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:46,291 What this company does is, essentially, launch the 519 00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:51,813 ashes of dead people into space, including the Star Trek creator 520 00:38:51,847 --> 00:38:56,736 Gene Roddenberry, 1960s icon Timothy Leary, 521 00:38:56,770 --> 00:39:00,539 even the astronaut Gordon Cooper, who was part of the Mercury program 522 00:39:00,557 --> 00:39:02,843 that NASA created. 523 00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:08,480 Celestis rents compartments on board 524 00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:12,150 conventional rockets assigned to carry satellites and other 525 00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:13,886 payloads into orbit. 526 00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:18,956 They only do, like, seven grams of ashes that 527 00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:23,210 they send out there in small, tiny containers, and so, to me, 528 00:39:23,262 --> 00:39:27,164 this is quite an incredible thing because we now have the 529 00:39:27,215 --> 00:39:32,687 possibility of sending cremated remains into outer space. 530 00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:36,857 We have to wonder if this is now replicating some of 531 00:39:36,892 --> 00:39:40,144 the ancient things that we've seen by using a boat or some 532 00:39:40,195 --> 00:39:44,115 type of symbology that the pharaoh or the king in the 533 00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:47,053 afterlife was being prepared to go back into the heavens. 534 00:39:50,587 --> 00:39:54,459 But why would we want to send our dearly departed into space? 535 00:39:55,777 --> 00:40:00,031 Does it, in fact, fulfill some unconscious human desire to 536 00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:03,834 return to the stars after death? 537 00:40:03,952 --> 00:40:07,655 And could this, in some way, be connected to mankind's 538 00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:12,776 centuries-old belief in Heaven... a utopian world that exists far 539 00:40:12,794 --> 00:40:16,212 above and beyond our own? 540 00:40:16,846 --> 00:40:18,965 I think it's interesting that the people who 541 00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:22,552 do this are the ones who have been the visionaries, the ones 542 00:40:22,603 --> 00:40:27,641 who really wanted to take mankind into deep space and take 543 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:31,278 us on a voyage of discovery, trying to find out whether there 544 00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:35,831 are human beings there, and I think it's interesting that in 545 00:40:35,849 --> 00:40:39,068 the future we're probably going to see more and more of this, 546 00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:41,621 and that we're going to become more and more in tune with what 547 00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:44,006 our ancestors were thinking. 548 00:40:44,157 --> 00:40:47,377 Maybe, at one point in the future, we will be able to 549 00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:52,632 physically send an entire body into deep space, on a voyage to 550 00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,935 reconnect with our ancestors. 551 00:40:56,586 --> 00:41:03,125 We're all made of stars, and the whole universe is 552 00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,261 created out of the dust of stars, and so it seems natural 553 00:41:06,328 --> 00:41:12,284 for some people to want to have their ashes sent back into space. 554 00:41:12,435 --> 00:41:18,140 In the ancient world, we were seen fundamentally as immortal souls 555 00:41:18,174 --> 00:41:23,145 briefly incarnated in human bodies and, and possibly 556 00:41:23,212 --> 00:41:26,681 reincarnating and coming back again and again. 557 00:41:26,716 --> 00:41:30,952 It was understood that some aspect of the individual lived 558 00:41:30,987 --> 00:41:34,489 on beyond this physical life, and the tomb was, in a sense, an 559 00:41:34,523 --> 00:41:38,160 immortal home for that aspect of the individual. 560 00:41:38,194 --> 00:41:43,180 Is it possible, as some researchers believe, that mankind 561 00:41:43,231 --> 00:41:47,469 has long tried to make a connection with our otherworldly origins? 562 00:41:48,104 --> 00:41:52,806 And, if so, might ancient tombs throughout the world have 563 00:41:52,841 --> 00:42:00,214 been constructed to facilitate this celestial journey, even after death? 564 00:42:00,248 --> 00:42:02,717 It's hard to know what our earliest ancestors were 565 00:42:02,751 --> 00:42:04,987 thinking when they looked up into the night sky. 566 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:08,517 Perhaps they felt dwarfed by its immensity. 567 00:42:08,618 --> 00:42:11,818 Perhaps they wondered what the stars were, up in the sky. 568 00:42:14,021 --> 00:42:17,023 Probably they projected their mythology or maybe invented 569 00:42:17,091 --> 00:42:21,094 mythology about goddesses and gods and other spiritual beings, 570 00:42:21,128 --> 00:42:24,714 living in a heavenly world above them. 571 00:42:24,765 --> 00:42:27,167 Maybe that's why so many of their ancient temples were 572 00:42:27,201 --> 00:42:30,270 aligned with these heavenly bodies. 573 00:42:30,337 --> 00:42:33,640 Our ancestors were building these structures so 574 00:42:33,674 --> 00:42:38,577 that they could be seen by the gods in the sky and by the souls 575 00:42:38,612 --> 00:42:40,897 on their way to the gods in the sky. 576 00:42:40,981 --> 00:42:43,533 What our ancestors are saying, what our ancestors are 577 00:42:43,617 --> 00:42:49,672 reinforcing, is that the soul is going to go on a voyage into the stars. 578 00:42:50,823 --> 00:42:54,028 All over the world, we have very similar 579 00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:59,966 types of ceremonies that have to do with entombing people, 580 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,053 and you have to wonder a little bit if your body is being preserved 581 00:43:04,088 --> 00:43:06,740 and it's going to be used again. 582 00:43:07,675 --> 00:43:11,144 And if we could do this, that's something that extraterrestrials 583 00:43:11,178 --> 00:43:13,480 would be able to do, too. 584 00:43:14,014 --> 00:43:15,820 Tombs... 585 00:43:17,087 --> 00:43:21,687 interconnected by design, tradition, and a desire for 586 00:43:21,688 --> 00:43:23,426 a peaceful passage from life 587 00:43:25,143 --> 00:43:26,643 to death. 588 00:43:26,744 --> 00:43:30,096 Is it possible ancient burial chambers were built from 589 00:43:30,164 --> 00:43:36,286 knowledge passed on to our ancient ancestors by celestial beings? 590 00:43:36,837 --> 00:43:41,591 And if so, might we one day reunite with these beings 591 00:43:41,675 --> 00:43:44,394 through an otherworldly portal? 592 00:43:44,428 --> 00:43:49,182 Perhaps the answer will be revealed in our lifetime... 593 00:43:49,717 --> 00:43:55,555 or, perhaps, only after we take our final breath. 594 00:43:55,589 --> 00:43:58,510 sync and corrections by bellows 595 00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:05,824 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org 53772

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