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Narrator:
Incredible stone monuments
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Erected thousands of years ago.
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The precision engineering
of the obelisks in egypt
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Is absolutely ingenious.
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Narrator:
These ancient monoliths
display mysterious
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Electromagnetic power.
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They were like
lightning rods
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That absorbed electrical
energy from the heavens.
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Narrator:
And ancient traditions
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Connect them
to interstellar travel.
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Childress:
This obelisk was thought of
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As being a stargate,
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Through this
inter-dimensional portal.
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Narrator:
Were megalithic obelisks
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Simply created to memorialize
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The pharaohs
and kings of ancient egypt?
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Or did they serve
a far more profound purpose?
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Tsoukalos:
These standing stones are
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Pointing to the stars.
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Why? Because that is
where we came from.
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Narrator:
There is a doorway
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In the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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We have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is
right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Standing in
the most honored locations
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Of the greatest cities on earth
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Are massive stone obelisks
pointing to the sky.
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William henry:
When you look at true
power cities around the world--
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Paris, london,
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New york,
washington, d.C.--
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They all have one thing
in common: Obelisks.
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Jonathan young:
There are obelisks
at key locations
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In some of the most important
cities on the planet.
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In a key square in istanbul,
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There is an ancient obelisk
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From egypt with hieroglyphics.
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Another is in paris,
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At the place de la concorde,
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Which is in
the largest square in paris.
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Narrator:
Although they are found
across the globe,
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The vast majority
of the world's obelisks
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Have a single point of origin:
Ancient egypt.
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In fact, most obelisks
that adorn major cities
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Were originally part
of egypt's ancient landscape.
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In ancient egypt,
there were over 100 obelisks
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That were sculpted and erected.
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Only nine or ten of them
remain in egypt,
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But a lot, actually,
are outside of egypt.
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Obelisks have literally become
the spoils of war,
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Where a country invades egypt,
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Or a country overtakes egypt.
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And this goes back
to roman times.
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And they would
take obelisks away
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To erect
in their own capital city,
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Whether it was rome,
under roman times,
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Or, later, constantinople.
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Narrator:
The removal of obelisks
from egypt
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Continued right into
the 19th century.
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The paris obelisk was carried
from luxor in 1833.
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London purchased its obelisk
from egypt in 1878.
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Cleopatra's needle was
given to new york
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As a gift from
the egyptian government in 1881.
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Andrew collins:
Why would you want
to move them around
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And take them
to foreign countries?
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And I think the answer
must lie in the fact
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That they were seen to have
an inherent power within them.
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Romany:
The egyptian obelisk
is one of the most unique
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Pieces of architecture
in ancient egypt.
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Every obelisk you look at,
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It is a perfect
mathematical equation.
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Geometrically perfect,
physics-wise perfect.
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They were always
made of granite,
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And they were four-sided,
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And towered upwards
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And eventually ended
in this perfect pyramid.
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Most obelisks are found
in pairs,
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Often at the entrance
to certain temples.
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And most of the obelisks
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Have beautiful hieroglyphs
carved into them.
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Most hieroglyphs
that are on the obelisks
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Are always the king
asking the gods
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To be there for him
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On his journey
through the afterlife,
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So that he can arrive
to the afterlife
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And live for immortality.
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And the top was always
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Dedicated to the sun god ra,
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One of the most powerful gods
in ancient egypt.
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Narrator:
The pyramid-shaped stone
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On top of each obelisk,
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Called the benben stone,
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Was a design
rooted in egyptian mythology.
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The benben was a vehicle
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Which atum,
the god of all creation,
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Used to travel back and forth
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Between the heavens and earth.
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Henry:
We think of the benben
as a craft, because
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It is believed to have come
from the stars, originally.
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When the god atum arrived
on earth,
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He arrived in the benben.
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When the god atum left
the earth,
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He rose in the benben
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And presumably went
back to the stars.
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Narrator: Curiously,
the ancient egyptian gods
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Were often depicted
as human-like figures
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Who came from the stars
and possessed incredible powers.
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And as far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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Accounts of gods traveling
in the benben
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Could be a case
of misunderstood technology.
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We always have to remember
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That the technological
frame of reference
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That our ancestors had
cannot be compared
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To the technological frame
of reference that we have today.
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Our ancestors
perhaps witnessed
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Some type of a craft
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Descending from the sky,
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Out of which
these extraterrestrials came
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And jump-started civilization.
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And they tried
to replicate the vehicles
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Which those gods arrived in.
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Narrator:
Could it be true
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That the top of every obelisk
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Commemorates
an alien visitation?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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And they suggest
the obelisks hold
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Far more profound secrets.
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The ancient city, located more
than 500 miles south of cairo
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On the eastern bank
of the nile river,
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Was the southern center of trade
for the egyptian empire
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More than 3,000 years ago.
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It was also the home
of a sacred stone quarry
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Rich in red granite.
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Henry:
At aswan, at the first
cataract of the nile,
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You find this
immense red granite quarry.
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This is where almost all
the red granite
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That's used in the temples
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And even the pyramids
of egypt originates.
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And here is
where you find the quarry
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That the obelisks came from.
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Narrator:
Many of the obelisks
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That were carved out of
the aswan quarry
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Were then transported
hundreds of miles
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To their final destinations.
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But how people living
thousands of years ago
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Were able to move and erect
such massive monuments
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Continues to baffle
modern engineers.
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Romany:
We have inscriptions
on the walls in ancient egypt
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That shows us
how the process happened,
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With multiple ropes
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And people dragging it
on tree trunks
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All the way
to the port on the nile,
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Where they then
have to put it on
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Sometimes 27, 30,
35 ships attached together
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To carry this
one massive obelisk,
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And then sailing it on the nile,
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All the way to the port
that is closest to the temple,
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And then arriving to the spot
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Where you have
to erect an obelisk
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That is 400 tons or more.
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That is 130 feet or more
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Up into a 90-degrees angle
without modern machinery.
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But years and years later,
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People tried
to replicate the process
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And have failed miserably.
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Transporting an obelisk
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And putting it in place,
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Let alone sculpting it
in a quarry,
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Is still a big mystery
to us today.
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Narrator:
While researchers agree
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That the rope and pulley method
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Can explain the transport
of some obelisks,
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Ancient astronaut
theorists point to
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Another, more profound method,
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That was documented as well.
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We have some references
in ancient egyptian texts
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That also speak of
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Some of these obelisks
being levitated.
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And the way that worked
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Is that a magical white powder
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Had to be strewn
across the stones
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And then water was added
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And through some
"magical incantations,"
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Then those rocks
lifted themselves
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And they could
levitate into place.
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Childress:
Were the egyptians using
some kind of alien technology?
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Not just to quarry the obelisk,
but to lift it up?
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To move it, and then
to ultimately stand it up?
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Narrator: Although
mainstream archeologists
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Dismiss the idea
that such advanced technology
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Could have been available
to the ancient egyptians,
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There is one obelisk
that still lies unfinished
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In the aswan quarry
that defies explanation
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As to how it would
have been moved
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To its final destination
using mere ropes and pulleys.
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The unfinished obelisk
of queen hatshepsut.
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It was actually
the biggest obelisk,
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The tallest obelisk ever made,
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Never completely finished.
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It would have stood
over 130 feet into the air.
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It would have weighed maybe
1,200 tons, it's estimated.
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Romany:
The unfinished obelisk
was abandoned
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Because, as they were
sculpting the obelisk,
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It had a crack
that started showing.
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Every obelisk had to survive
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For the rest of time
and even more.
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So, one little crack,
it was not acceptable
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And they had to abandon it.
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Narrator:
Considering the immense amount
of work it took to quarry,
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Carve, and transport obelisks,
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Could these monuments have
had some practical purpose
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Beyond mere adornment?
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According to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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There is evidence that these
incredible stone structures
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May have been used
for the transmission
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Of energy.
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Narrator:
One of the many mysteries
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Surrounding
egypt's ancient obelisks
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Is why the original builders
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Chose to use stone
from the aswan quarry
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When, in most cases, other stone
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Was more easily available.
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It was very important
to the ancient egyptians
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That when they erected
an obelisk,
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That it be all
one piece of stone
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And that they be carved
from the "correct rock,"
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Which was this
very high-quality granite
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Found in aswan
in southern egypt.
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Kaku:
These monoliths were made
out of granite.
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And there's some quartz
inside the granite.
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And quartz has some
rather interesting properties.
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Like the piezoelectric effect.
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If I take quartz crystal
and I squeeze it,
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I can generate electricity.
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Now, some people believe
that the obelisks
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Were like lightning rods
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That absorbed electrical energy
from the heavens.
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Narrator:
Could the egyptian obelisks
have been designed
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To attract energy?
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In addition to the conductivity
of quartz stone,
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It has been found that when
the obelisks were first erected,
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They were capped with
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A naturally occurring
metal alloy called electrum.
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We know that they were covered
or capped, in many cases,
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With electrum, which is a
combination of gold and silver,
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And they may have been
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Meant to attract plasma,
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Electrically charged particles.
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Narrator:
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
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The obelisks were almost
certainly intended
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To conduct energy.
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And they suggest that
the source of this energy
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May not have been from
the heavens, but instead
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From the world's most
extraordinary ancient structure.
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On the western bank
of the nile river
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Stands a marvel
of ancient engineering:
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The great pyramid.
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The largest structure
in the giza pyramid complex
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Stands roughly 450 feet tall
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And consists of over
two million stone blocks,
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Some of which are made
from the same red granite
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That was used
to create the obelisks
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Throughout the country.
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While egyptologists believe
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That it was built around 2570 bc
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With earthen ramps,
ropes and pulleys,
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Definitive proof
of how it was constructed
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And how old
the giant structure is
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Remains a mystery.
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Romany:
The great pyramid of giza
is a marvel of architecture.
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Every block was five tons
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And there is about
two million of them
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To create a perfect
pyramid shape
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That is one of the seven
ancient wonders of the world.
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The most ancient one
of them all and--
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And the only one standing.
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Christopher dunn:
The great pyramid at giza
covers 13 acres.
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It's a very remarkable building.
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The precision of this building,
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Uh, exceeds anything that
we require of builders today.
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For instance, the area--
over 13 acres--
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Was leveled within
seven-eighths of an inch.
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That's about
the thickness of a thumbnail.
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The casing stones
are joined line to line,
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To within 10/1000 of an inch.
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And their joints are
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Filled with some kind of
mysterious cement.
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But nobody's been able
to figure out
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What the formula is.
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This is not the work
of primitive people
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Who have copper chisels.
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Inside the great pyramid are
a number of fascinating
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Chambers and corridors,
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Like the grand gallery,
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This towering stairway
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That goes up into
the so-called king's chamber.
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Narrator:
Mainstream scholars theorize
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That the great pyramid
was built as a tomb
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For the pharaoh khufu,
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Who reigned
from 2589 to 2566 bc.
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But archaeologists have yet
to find any human remains
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Or authentic grave markers
within the structure.
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The design of the tunnel system
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And chamber rooms
within the great pyramid
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Have convinced
engineering expert chris dunn
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That the true purpose
of the massive structure
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Was to act as a power plant,
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Distributing energy
through obelisks.
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Dunn:
We're taught in school
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That the great pyramid
is a tomb.
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But if you look at
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The complexity
of these buildings,
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The precision
with which they were built,
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The features
that you see on the inside,
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These various shafts
and passageways...
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For me, it looks like a machine.
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Narrator:
With more than 50 years
of experience
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In the aerospace industry,
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Dunn believes that
chemical reactions took place
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Within the great pyramid
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That generated
electromagnetic waves.
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Dunn:
You have two shafts leading
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Into the queen's chamber.
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And these shafts delivered
the chemicals to the chamber
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That they would mix
and boil off hydrogen
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And then hydrogen
would pass through
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Another passageway
to the grand gallery,
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And then into
the king's chamber.
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Narrator:
Dunn speculates
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That once the hydrogen gas
reached the king's chamber,
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Vibrations energized and
converted the hydrogen atoms
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Into microwaves.
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You have evidence to support
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The, uh, theory that
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Hydrogen was being fed
down the northern shaft
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Which leads
to the king's chamber,
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And then it enters the chamber
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And collects the energy that has
accumulated in that chamber
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And then directs it
through the southern shaft
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For the microwaves
to spread out.
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So, that energy, uh,
would reach large distances.
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And I think
if you had an obelisk
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At any distance,
it could actually affect
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That particular structure.
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The great pyramid is itself
a power generator.
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And that energy, it is
broadcast from the pyramid,
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It's picked up
by the transmitters,
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Which are the obelisks,
placed at key sites,
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Made of red granite,
that are able to be tuned
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To the specific frequencies
coming from the pyramid.
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Narrator:
Could it be true--
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As some researchers and experts
like chris dunn believe--
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That the great pyramid of giza
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Was actually a power plant?
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And that obelisks were used
as receiver towers
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Designed to distribute
the generated power?
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While such a sensational notion
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May sound like science fiction,
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Egypt's pyramids and obelisks
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Served as inspiration
for the first person
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To wirelessly transmit
electricity
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In the modern world:
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Nikola tesla.
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Narrator: When
engineering expert chris dunn
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First presented his theory
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That the great pyramid was
used to generate electricity
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In his 1998 book
the giza power plant,
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It ignited
a firestorm of controversy.
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But he was not the first
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To propose
this audacious notion.
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A century earlier,
in the 1890s,
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Nikola tesla,
the famed engineer and inventor
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Of the first alternating current
motor and power system,
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Studied the ancient
structures of egypt
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While working
to develop a system
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For transmitting electricity
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Without the use of wires.
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Seifer: Tesla studied
the ancient egyptians.
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He was fascinated
by the ancients
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And their understanding
that quartz produced
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Electrical frequencies.
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He thought that they understood
what quartz was all about.
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Tesla used crystals.
He used quartz.
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And all of that can be found
in the ancient obelisks.
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Narrator: According
to chris dunn's theory,
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Chemical reactions took place
inside the great pyramid
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To create microwave energy
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And transmit it to the obelisks
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Through the air.
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But tesla believed
the ancient egyptians may
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Have instead been amplifying
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The natural energy currents
present in the earth.
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In 1898,
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He began building an electrical
tower in colorado springs
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Based on this hypothesis,
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And, three years later,
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Announced that he had succeeded
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In creating
the modern world's first
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Wireless energy transmitter.
404
00:20:49,974 --> 00:20:51,824
It's really interesting to me
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That when nikola tesla was
putting together
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His colorado experiments,
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He was getting information
from an expedition
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00:21:00,668 --> 00:21:03,819
That j.P. Morgan was
paying for in egypt.
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And he was getting information
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About the size of the pyramids
and the obelisks
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And tesla was talking
about using these towers
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To send power
that he takes from the earth
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Around the world
to people wirelessly.
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It was a large tower
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That has a ray conductor
on top of it
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And then a large conducting
pipe that went way deep
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Into the granite basin
underneath it.
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He was grounding
his system into the earth,
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Electrically connecting it
to the earth,
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And then he would
tune this system
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Until it reached
a certain frequency.
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He drives the energy
into the ground.
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He then put light bulbs
all along the mountains
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And all these light bulbs lit.
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That was his proof that he could
send electrical energy
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Through a wireless system.
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Narrator:
After the success of
his initial experiment,
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Tesla began devising
a much more ambitious plan
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For wirelessly
transmitting electricity.
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In March of 1901,
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After relocating
to long island, new york,
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Tesla began construction on
a nearly 200-foot-tall structure
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00:22:12,573 --> 00:22:15,482
Known as wardenclyffe tower.
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The larger structure
would allow him
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00:22:18,412 --> 00:22:22,322
To generate more energy
to send into the earth.
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00:22:22,416 --> 00:22:24,733
Tesla's wardenclyffe tower
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Was supposed to be
his crowning achievement.
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A lasting monument
that would generate energy,
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And send energy
over hundreds of miles.
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Tesla thought he could
energize entire cities.
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00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:40,249
Unfortunately,
it was never tested
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00:22:40,267 --> 00:22:42,193
Because he ran out of money.
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Narrator:
Although nikola tesla was unable
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To realize his grand vision
445
00:22:48,593 --> 00:22:50,534
For wirelessly
transmitting energy
446
00:22:50,686 --> 00:22:52,036
With wardenclyffe tower,
447
00:22:52,187 --> 00:22:55,021
Is it possible
that he was on the brink
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00:22:55,116 --> 00:22:57,357
Of recreating a technology
449
00:22:57,377 --> 00:22:59,602
That the ancient
egyptians possessed
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Nearly 4,000 years before him?
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00:23:02,623 --> 00:23:05,216
Taylor:
Tesla's original designs
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For the wardenclyffe tower
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00:23:07,445 --> 00:23:10,279
Was to be the same height
as the king's pyramid in giza.
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00:23:10,372 --> 00:23:12,372
I find it really interesting.
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00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:15,451
Was he thinking that
the ancient egyptians
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Were actually sending power,
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00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:19,397
Collecting it
from the earth somehow,
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And transmitting it
with these obelisks?
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00:23:22,793 --> 00:23:25,144
If nikola tesla was onto
something like that,
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00:23:25,238 --> 00:23:27,405
Perhaps that was
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00:23:27,556 --> 00:23:29,407
What the ancient egyptians
were doing.
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Narrator:
But if egypt's obelisks
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Were designed to conduct energy,
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00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,138
The question remains:
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What purpose did this serve?
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Was it to create a source of
electricity for the community?
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00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:46,165
Or could the power
of the obelisks
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00:23:46,317 --> 00:23:49,501
Have served
an otherworldly purpose?
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00:23:49,654 --> 00:23:53,413
Perhaps clues can be found
at the temple of edfu,
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Which contains thousands
of hieroglyphs
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00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:59,437
Detailing the customs
and mythology of ancient egypt.
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According to
the so-called edfu texts,
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A 160-foot-tall obelisk
once stood
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At the sun temple
of abu gorab in memphis,
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Where the people could
commune with the gods.
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Tsoukalos: According
to the ancient egyptian
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Building texts from edfu,
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Abu gorab was known as
"the place of the gods."
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00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:24,203
And what's so interesting
is that
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Most mainstream egyptologists
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00:24:26,615 --> 00:24:28,132
Are actually saying that
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We know it as a place
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Where the ancients connected
with "divine energies."
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Young:
The obelisk itself was
the point of contact
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00:24:36,550 --> 00:24:39,125
Between humans and the gods.
486
00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:42,480
We communicated with the gods
through that stone.
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00:24:44,132 --> 00:24:45,649
Henry:
I think it's quite possible that
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Where you find
these obelisks were
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Places of communion
or communication
490
00:24:50,639 --> 00:24:52,305
With the sky gods,
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00:24:52,399 --> 00:24:53,782
With extraterrestrials.
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Narrator:
Could it be that the obelisks
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Were alien
communication devices,
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00:25:00,224 --> 00:25:03,075
Allowing the ancient
egyptians to make contact
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00:25:03,227 --> 00:25:05,669
With their
extraterrestrial gods?
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00:25:06,839 --> 00:25:10,323
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:13,010
And suggest
further evidence can be found
498
00:25:13,161 --> 00:25:17,348
By examining the story
of egypt's most famous son:
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The prophet moses.
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Narrator:
Cairo, egypt.
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Roughly 20 miles northeast of
the giza pyramids and the sphinx
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Is a site
that was of great significance
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To the ancient egyptians:
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The sacred city of heliopolis.
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Here, at the site of
a 70-foot-tall obelisk,
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The pharaohs were said
to commune
507
00:25:47,955 --> 00:25:51,290
With a council of nine gods
called the "ennead,"
508
00:25:51,442 --> 00:25:54,385
Who brought technology
and knowledge to mankind.
509
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:59,056
One of the oldest obelisks
we have today
510
00:25:59,283 --> 00:26:01,950
Is one that was of
a pair of obelisks
511
00:26:01,969 --> 00:26:04,453
That stood in heliopolis,
512
00:26:04,471 --> 00:26:07,856
The city of the sun god ra,
so close to cairo today.
513
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:12,052
In heliopolis,
the pharaoh of egypt
514
00:26:12,071 --> 00:26:15,814
Would have to consult
with the nine gods, the ennead,
515
00:26:15,966 --> 00:26:17,741
With every aspect in life
516
00:26:17,968 --> 00:26:20,986
To make sure
he is doing the right thing.
517
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,323
Every ancient egyptian would
have their full trust
518
00:26:24,417 --> 00:26:29,569
That anything coming out
from the mouth of the king
519
00:26:29,589 --> 00:26:32,214
Is the word of the nine gods.
520
00:26:33,408 --> 00:26:35,317
And the obelisk is there
521
00:26:35,336 --> 00:26:37,486
To receive the messages
522
00:26:37,579 --> 00:26:40,080
And deliver it to its people.
523
00:26:40,174 --> 00:26:42,749
Collins:
So, once more,
524
00:26:42,843 --> 00:26:45,844
We have the idea of the obelisk
525
00:26:45,938 --> 00:26:48,254
Associated with
526
00:26:48,274 --> 00:26:51,933
Communication with some kind
of higher intelligence.
527
00:26:53,428 --> 00:26:55,946
Narrator:
What makes heliopolis
of particular interest
528
00:26:56,173 --> 00:26:59,099
To ancient astronaut
theorists is the fact
529
00:26:59,118 --> 00:27:02,602
That it is associated
with a famous biblical figure
530
00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:06,439
Who also created a device for
communicating with the heavens:
531
00:27:06,459 --> 00:27:08,125
The prophet moses.
532
00:27:09,295 --> 00:27:11,370
According to the book of exodus,
533
00:27:11,522 --> 00:27:15,040
Moses was born in egypt
to hebrew parents,
534
00:27:15,134 --> 00:27:18,193
Who set him afloat on the nile
in a reed basket
535
00:27:18,212 --> 00:27:19,953
To save him from an edict
536
00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,473
Calling for the death
of all newborn hebrew males.
537
00:27:24,126 --> 00:27:26,535
Found by the pharaoh's daughter,
538
00:27:26,553 --> 00:27:28,704
He was raised
in the egyptian court,
539
00:27:28,722 --> 00:27:31,890
And educated in heliopolis.
540
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,151
We know from the bible
541
00:27:34,378 --> 00:27:37,946
That moses was raised
in the house of pharaoh.
542
00:27:39,383 --> 00:27:42,217
He was raised
amongst the priests
543
00:27:42,236 --> 00:27:44,477
Of the egyptian religion.
544
00:27:44,497 --> 00:27:46,497
They had knowledge
545
00:27:46,648 --> 00:27:48,314
Of the ancient wisdoms
546
00:27:48,334 --> 00:27:50,225
And the ancient technologies.
547
00:27:50,244 --> 00:27:54,963
Moses learned many of
these things from them.
548
00:27:56,083 --> 00:28:00,068
So, years later,
when god speaks to moses
549
00:28:00,162 --> 00:28:01,845
And commands moses to bring
550
00:28:02,072 --> 00:28:04,907
The children of israel
out of egypt,
551
00:28:04,925 --> 00:28:09,578
Moses brought with him
many of these secrets.
552
00:28:09,671 --> 00:28:12,189
Narrator:
In the book of exodus,
553
00:28:12,416 --> 00:28:14,917
Moses frees the israelites
from enslavement
554
00:28:14,935 --> 00:28:16,985
And leads them out of egypt.
555
00:28:18,513 --> 00:28:20,589
Collins:
The israelites were taken out
556
00:28:20,682 --> 00:28:23,425
Into the wilderness of sinai.
557
00:28:23,444 --> 00:28:28,688
And they came
to mount sinai itself.
558
00:28:28,708 --> 00:28:32,284
And moses went up
the top of the mountain
559
00:28:32,378 --> 00:28:34,712
And he saw yahweh
560
00:28:34,939 --> 00:28:38,382
In the form of
an incredibly bright light.
561
00:28:39,534 --> 00:28:41,534
And during this time,
562
00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:43,887
God gives him
the ten commandments.
563
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,282
But what he also does
564
00:28:47,301 --> 00:28:49,542
Is give him the instructions
565
00:28:49,562 --> 00:28:51,895
On how to make
the ark of the covenant.
566
00:28:53,457 --> 00:28:55,474
Narrator:
The ark of the covenant
is described in the bible
567
00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:57,960
As the sacred wooden box
568
00:28:58,053 --> 00:29:00,462
That would hold
the ten commandments.
569
00:29:00,481 --> 00:29:03,148
It was also said to enable
570
00:29:03,300 --> 00:29:05,576
Direct communication with god.
571
00:29:07,304 --> 00:29:10,655
Is it possible that
moses's education in egypt
572
00:29:10,808 --> 00:29:14,234
Influenced the construction
of the ark of the covenant,
573
00:29:14,253 --> 00:29:17,996
A sacred vessel believed
to be a communication device
574
00:29:18,148 --> 00:29:20,148
And possessing the same powers
575
00:29:20,167 --> 00:29:22,426
Attributed to the obelisks?
576
00:29:24,263 --> 00:29:27,580
Curiously, within the
ancient egyptian temple of seti
577
00:29:27,674 --> 00:29:30,342
In abydos,
there is a mural
578
00:29:30,436 --> 00:29:33,829
That depicts an object which,
to some researchers,
579
00:29:33,847 --> 00:29:36,940
Looks strikingly similar
to the ark of the covenant:
580
00:29:38,335 --> 00:29:40,778
The so-called osiris device.
581
00:29:41,005 --> 00:29:44,097
Henry:
At the temple of seti at abydos
582
00:29:44,116 --> 00:29:47,843
Is a depiction of a very
technological-looking apparatus.
583
00:29:47,861 --> 00:29:49,953
That is the osiris device.
584
00:29:51,273 --> 00:29:54,440
Now, when we look
at the platform
585
00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:58,353
Upon which the pillar portion
of the osiris device rests,
586
00:29:58,372 --> 00:30:01,465
That platform looks
exactly like depictions
587
00:30:01,692 --> 00:30:04,117
Of the biblical
ark of the covenant.
588
00:30:04,211 --> 00:30:06,637
This is no coincidence.
589
00:30:06,788 --> 00:30:09,932
This is
a continuity of tradition.
590
00:30:11,293 --> 00:30:14,812
Now, if this is
a real communications device,
591
00:30:14,963 --> 00:30:17,556
It actually, honestly,
must have worked
592
00:30:17,708 --> 00:30:21,393
With some form of a technology.
593
00:30:21,545 --> 00:30:24,470
Narrator:
According to some researchers,
594
00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:27,825
Not only was the ark of
the covenant based on technology
595
00:30:28,052 --> 00:30:30,661
That moses learned about
in heliopolis,
596
00:30:30,812 --> 00:30:32,888
But the fact
that it was described
597
00:30:32,906 --> 00:30:34,665
As a communication device
598
00:30:34,892 --> 00:30:37,793
Points to a connection
with the obelisks.
599
00:30:40,414 --> 00:30:45,584
Collins:
This is a box that's covered
over in gold in layers.
600
00:30:45,678 --> 00:30:47,569
And then it has a lid,
601
00:30:47,662 --> 00:30:49,588
The so-called "mercy seat,"
602
00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:52,516
With the two cherubim
facing each other
603
00:30:52,667 --> 00:30:56,502
And god would appear
604
00:30:56,522 --> 00:31:00,932
Between those two cherubim
as this blinding light.
605
00:31:02,010 --> 00:31:04,695
We have elements here
in connection with the obelisks.
606
00:31:06,090 --> 00:31:08,256
They, too,
would seem to have had
607
00:31:08,350 --> 00:31:11,034
Gold placed at their apexes.
608
00:31:11,186 --> 00:31:13,704
And we also know
that the pyramids
609
00:31:13,855 --> 00:31:16,448
Had capstones made of gold
610
00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,878
And that gold is an incredible
conductor of electricity.
611
00:31:22,456 --> 00:31:25,941
Childress:
So here we have the obelisks
as, perhaps, electrical devices
612
00:31:25,959 --> 00:31:29,778
And also communication devices.
613
00:31:29,871 --> 00:31:32,631
And then you have
the ark of the covenant.
614
00:31:32,783 --> 00:31:35,875
And they seem to have
the same function.
615
00:31:35,895 --> 00:31:37,452
And you have to ask yourself,
616
00:31:37,471 --> 00:31:39,545
Could it be the same technology
617
00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,732
Coming from the egyptian gods?
618
00:31:45,387 --> 00:31:46,811
Narrator:
Was the ark of the covenant
619
00:31:46,964 --> 00:31:49,406
A portable version
of an obelisk?
620
00:31:49,557 --> 00:31:52,150
An energetic device
that provided
621
00:31:52,302 --> 00:31:54,152
A direct communication link
622
00:31:54,304 --> 00:31:56,246
To otherworldly beings?
623
00:31:56,398 --> 00:32:00,308
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
624
00:32:00,327 --> 00:32:04,237
And suggest that
further evidence can be found
625
00:32:04,331 --> 00:32:08,150
In a place where tradition holds
that the ark of the covenant
626
00:32:08,168 --> 00:32:10,335
Has remained hidden
for centuries--
627
00:32:10,487 --> 00:32:13,838
A place that also happens
to be home
628
00:32:13,991 --> 00:32:16,725
To the largest collection
of obelisks on earth.
629
00:32:24,685 --> 00:32:26,168
Narrator:
Aksum, ethiopia.
630
00:32:26,186 --> 00:32:28,428
This ancient city
631
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:30,855
Was once the heart
of the kingdom of aksum,
632
00:32:30,950 --> 00:32:35,118
A powerful empire that thrived
for nearly 900 years
633
00:32:35,270 --> 00:32:39,105
Starting in
the first century ad.
634
00:32:39,124 --> 00:32:42,960
It is also home to more than
a dozen ancient obelisks.
635
00:32:47,024 --> 00:32:49,524
Henry:
What's curious about aksum is
636
00:32:49,543 --> 00:32:51,710
The large number of obelisks
that are there.
637
00:32:51,804 --> 00:32:53,804
It's a city of obelisks.
638
00:32:53,955 --> 00:32:56,139
It's practically
a forest of obelisks.
639
00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:59,810
Newman:
There, the obelisks are
a whole different thing.
640
00:32:59,961 --> 00:33:03,463
These aren't just
perfectly smooth.
641
00:33:03,557 --> 00:33:06,817
These have got almost, like,
windows going up in levels.
642
00:33:08,545 --> 00:33:10,988
One of them even has, like,
a doorway carved on the bottom
643
00:33:11,139 --> 00:33:14,049
With a small handle,
just carved out of solid rock.
644
00:33:14,067 --> 00:33:18,403
Narrator:
The obelisks of aksum were not
topped with a pyramidion
645
00:33:18,555 --> 00:33:22,240
Or carved from the aswan quarry
like those in egypt,
646
00:33:22,392 --> 00:33:25,393
But they were equally as massive
647
00:33:25,487 --> 00:33:28,672
And were each made
from a single stone.
648
00:33:28,823 --> 00:33:31,842
Childress:
The largest obelisk that we know
that was ever erected
649
00:33:32,069 --> 00:33:35,345
Was not erected in egypt
but in aksum.
650
00:33:35,572 --> 00:33:38,240
There were over 100 obelisks
at one time.
651
00:33:38,333 --> 00:33:42,019
And the biggest
is a huge obelisk
652
00:33:42,170 --> 00:33:45,147
That weighed
well over 1,000 tons.
653
00:33:46,841 --> 00:33:50,193
Narrator:
But why did the people
of aksum make so many obelisks?
654
00:33:52,422 --> 00:33:53,846
Could they have
learned the secrets
655
00:33:53,940 --> 00:33:56,091
Of the ancient egyptians?
656
00:33:56,184 --> 00:33:58,777
According to some researchers,
657
00:33:58,929 --> 00:34:01,872
These obelisks may have been
erected to indicate
658
00:34:02,023 --> 00:34:05,691
That aksum has a profound
connection to the heavens.
659
00:34:05,786 --> 00:34:09,546
A connection that may combine
two ancient technologies:
660
00:34:09,773 --> 00:34:11,940
The obelisks
661
00:34:11,958 --> 00:34:14,551
And the ark of the covenant.
662
00:34:14,702 --> 00:34:16,294
The ark of the covenant.
663
00:34:16,446 --> 00:34:18,963
The great mystery: Where is it?
664
00:34:19,116 --> 00:34:21,892
The bible, of course,
has its own traditions
665
00:34:22,043 --> 00:34:23,727
And teachings on this.
666
00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,956
But out of the ethiopian culture
667
00:34:28,049 --> 00:34:30,625
We have an alternate teaching,
668
00:34:30,644 --> 00:34:34,053
An alternate lesson
about where is the ark.
669
00:34:34,073 --> 00:34:37,299
They believe that
the ark of the covenant
670
00:34:37,392 --> 00:34:39,409
Is there residing with them.
671
00:34:40,913 --> 00:34:43,729
Narrator:
The mystery of what happened
to the ark of the covenant
672
00:34:43,749 --> 00:34:46,808
Began in 587 bc,
673
00:34:46,827 --> 00:34:49,644
When the babylonians
conquered jerusalem
674
00:34:49,663 --> 00:34:51,496
And looted solomon's temple,
675
00:34:51,648 --> 00:34:55,317
Where the ark had been housed
for 350 years.
676
00:34:55,335 --> 00:34:57,260
After this event,
677
00:34:57,412 --> 00:34:59,504
The ark of the covenant
disappears
678
00:34:59,656 --> 00:35:01,932
From the historical record,
679
00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:05,251
But, curiously,
there is also no record
680
00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:08,163
Of the babylonians
having taken it.
681
00:35:08,181 --> 00:35:11,441
While there are many theories
as where the ark went,
682
00:35:11,668 --> 00:35:14,002
One of the most prominent
claims can be found
683
00:35:14,095 --> 00:35:16,238
In ancient ethiopian history.
684
00:35:19,434 --> 00:35:23,603
One version of the fate
of the ark of the covenant
685
00:35:23,622 --> 00:35:28,683
Is contained within
a ethiopian holy book
686
00:35:28,702 --> 00:35:31,294
Known as the kebra nagast.
687
00:35:31,521 --> 00:35:34,205
It's a story involving
king solomon,
688
00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:36,800
Who had the ark,
689
00:35:37,027 --> 00:35:40,119
And his meeting
with the queen of sheba.
690
00:35:40,139 --> 00:35:43,214
And it was said
that they had a liaison,
691
00:35:43,308 --> 00:35:46,885
And that a son was born
to the queen of sheba
692
00:35:47,037 --> 00:35:48,961
By the name of menelik.
693
00:35:48,981 --> 00:35:52,374
And that, eventually,
menelik traveled
694
00:35:52,467 --> 00:35:55,301
From his homeland of ethiopia
695
00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:00,157
To visit his father solomon
in israel.
696
00:36:00,308 --> 00:36:02,550
Narrator:
According to the story,
697
00:36:02,569 --> 00:36:04,810
When menelik left israel,
698
00:36:04,905 --> 00:36:09,315
He and his men secretly took
the ark with them back to aksum.
699
00:36:09,409 --> 00:36:11,393
Devoted followers believe
700
00:36:11,486 --> 00:36:14,296
It still resides there today.
701
00:36:15,916 --> 00:36:17,248
Reverend michael j.S. Carter:
Many believe,
702
00:36:17,401 --> 00:36:19,567
Especially ethiopian
orthodox christians,
703
00:36:19,661 --> 00:36:21,327
That the ark of the covenant
704
00:36:21,421 --> 00:36:23,513
Is in a small chapel
705
00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:27,350
Called our lady mary
of zion church.
706
00:36:28,854 --> 00:36:32,764
And monks are there
who guard this day and night.
707
00:36:32,916 --> 00:36:35,250
On pain of death,
they cannot leave the grounds.
708
00:36:35,343 --> 00:36:39,254
So, something is there that is
709
00:36:39,272 --> 00:36:41,773
Worth these monks saying,
710
00:36:41,925 --> 00:36:45,368
"I will die
before I leave this compound."
711
00:36:46,780 --> 00:36:49,539
Henry:
You wonder, why are there
so many obelisks
712
00:36:49,766 --> 00:36:51,783
In this place,
at the very same place
713
00:36:51,935 --> 00:36:54,285
Where the ark of the covenant
is said to have been located?
714
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:56,004
Is there a connection?
715
00:36:57,457 --> 00:37:00,217
Carter:
Aksum, at one time,
716
00:37:00,368 --> 00:37:04,221
Was a center of power
and prestige
717
00:37:04,372 --> 00:37:07,390
In the ancient world.
718
00:37:07,542 --> 00:37:09,300
It was the trading route
719
00:37:09,394 --> 00:37:14,122
Between persia and rome.
720
00:37:14,215 --> 00:37:16,233
And so they were connected to...
721
00:37:16,460 --> 00:37:18,960
To other parts
of the ancient world.
722
00:37:18,979 --> 00:37:21,887
And now you have
the ark of the covenant,
723
00:37:21,982 --> 00:37:24,482
And you have the obelisks.
724
00:37:24,576 --> 00:37:26,985
If you connect the dots,
725
00:37:27,137 --> 00:37:30,488
It's very difficult
not to think
726
00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:35,310
That civilization got
its knowledge from egypt.
727
00:37:35,403 --> 00:37:38,421
Childress:
In aksum, they believe
that the ark of the covenant
728
00:37:38,573 --> 00:37:40,482
And the obelisks
are all connected.
729
00:37:40,575 --> 00:37:42,650
So we have to ask ourselves,
730
00:37:42,669 --> 00:37:46,838
Were the ancient people using
some kind of super technology?
731
00:37:46,990 --> 00:37:49,432
It remains a mystery
to this day.
732
00:37:50,936 --> 00:37:53,586
Narrator:
Could the obelisks
of ancient egypt,
733
00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:56,606
Which still mystify
modern engineers,
734
00:37:56,758 --> 00:38:00,777
Have been highly advanced tools
of otherworldly technology?
735
00:38:00,928 --> 00:38:04,447
While the truth may
remain hidden in the past,
736
00:38:04,599 --> 00:38:06,932
Ancient astronaut
theorists believe
737
00:38:06,952 --> 00:38:11,529
That, today, obelisks may
still provide a connection
738
00:38:11,681 --> 00:38:13,456
To our alien ancestors.
739
00:38:19,947 --> 00:38:21,539
Narrator:
Washington, d.C.
740
00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:24,950
December 6, 1884.
741
00:38:25,045 --> 00:38:27,137
The final stone is placed
742
00:38:27,288 --> 00:38:29,864
At the top of
the washington monument,
743
00:38:29,883 --> 00:38:32,809
An egyptian-style obelisk
744
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,629
Dedicated to the first president
of the united states:
745
00:38:36,723 --> 00:38:39,040
George washington.
746
00:38:39,133 --> 00:38:41,059
Henry:
The washington monument
747
00:38:41,211 --> 00:38:43,803
Is considered the tallest
obelisk in the world.
748
00:38:43,897 --> 00:38:45,989
It's 555 feet tall.
749
00:38:47,551 --> 00:38:49,326
Tsoukalos:
It's fascinating
that the largest obelisk
750
00:38:49,553 --> 00:38:52,478
Currently exists
in washington, d.C.
751
00:38:52,497 --> 00:38:56,057
And you have to ask
the question, why?
752
00:38:56,076 --> 00:38:59,836
Because, worldwide,
there has been a fascination
753
00:38:59,987 --> 00:39:02,897
That goes back
into deep antiquity
754
00:39:02,990 --> 00:39:04,341
About these standing stones.
755
00:39:05,585 --> 00:39:07,752
The vatican, ancient egypt,
756
00:39:07,846 --> 00:39:09,679
In new york city,
757
00:39:09,831 --> 00:39:11,497
Aksum, in ethiopia,
758
00:39:11,516 --> 00:39:15,185
All over the world
you have these obelisks,
759
00:39:15,412 --> 00:39:18,671
These markers
that point to the sky.
760
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:22,100
Narrator:
Since the decline
of the egyptian empire
761
00:39:22,252 --> 00:39:24,861
Approximately 2,000 years ago,
762
00:39:25,088 --> 00:39:28,013
Nearly 30 obelisks
have been moved
763
00:39:28,108 --> 00:39:32,110
From their original locations
to sites across the globe.
764
00:39:32,262 --> 00:39:34,204
But why?
765
00:39:36,266 --> 00:39:39,267
Newman: There may have been
something more magical at play.
766
00:39:39,285 --> 00:39:42,879
Because I believe
these ancient cultures
767
00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:46,883
Had mastered things we are only
just starting to understand.
768
00:39:48,553 --> 00:39:51,221
And perhaps the power of
these obelisks has been kept
769
00:39:51,372 --> 00:39:54,391
For multiple generations
in secret.
770
00:39:55,877 --> 00:39:58,061
In fact,
the symbol of the obelisk
771
00:39:58,288 --> 00:40:00,730
Became part
of many secret societies.
772
00:40:02,308 --> 00:40:07,070
It became part of the masonic
founding of washington, d.C.
773
00:40:07,297 --> 00:40:09,814
And where they're placed
around the world
774
00:40:09,966 --> 00:40:11,983
Is also very interesting,
775
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:14,469
Because they're not placed
in just random positions.
776
00:40:14,562 --> 00:40:16,638
They're placed geodetically,
777
00:40:16,731 --> 00:40:19,582
Often linked with ancient egypt.
778
00:40:21,086 --> 00:40:22,827
Carter:
What is it about the obelisks
779
00:40:22,979 --> 00:40:25,422
That attracts us,
that resonates with us?
780
00:40:25,573 --> 00:40:28,483
Well, number one is
781
00:40:28,501 --> 00:40:31,094
Humanity's always striving.
782
00:40:32,413 --> 00:40:35,265
We're always reaching up
to the stars.
783
00:40:35,416 --> 00:40:38,250
Because, I think,
in some cellular memory,
784
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:41,679
We get it: That that's really
where we come from.
785
00:40:41,773 --> 00:40:45,090
Even if we don't realize
786
00:40:45,110 --> 00:40:47,852
That what
we're probably doing is
787
00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:51,781
Commemorating
our extraterrestrial origins.
788
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:57,011
Tsoukalos:
I think the evidence is right
in front of our eyes.
789
00:40:57,030 --> 00:41:01,624
These standing stones
are pointing to the stars.
790
00:41:01,851 --> 00:41:06,129
Why? Because that
is where we came from.
791
00:41:07,782 --> 00:41:10,374
Henry:
In washington, d.C.,
they put the reflecting pool
792
00:41:10,527 --> 00:41:12,969
Beside the obelisk.
793
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,788
This draws our eye
into the heavens,
794
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,866
Because we see
the reflections of the stars
795
00:41:18,885 --> 00:41:21,126
And the heavens
in that reflecting pool.
796
00:41:21,221 --> 00:41:24,147
And we instantly connect that
the obelisk and the heavens--
797
00:41:24,298 --> 00:41:27,108
And d.C., in fact--
are all connected.
798
00:41:28,545 --> 00:41:30,545
Narrator:
Could the towering
stone obelisks
799
00:41:30,563 --> 00:41:34,157
Of ancient egypt represent
an advanced technology
800
00:41:34,308 --> 00:41:37,994
That existed on earth
thousands of years ago?
801
00:41:39,498 --> 00:41:41,572
Have we placed them
in important locations
802
00:41:41,725 --> 00:41:44,225
All around the world
803
00:41:44,244 --> 00:41:47,337
Because of our innate awareness
of their profound power?
804
00:41:48,581 --> 00:41:50,840
While the original function
805
00:41:51,067 --> 00:41:53,676
Of the obelisks
may be lost to time,
806
00:41:53,903 --> 00:41:56,495
Perhaps they now serve
a new purpose:
807
00:41:56,589 --> 00:41:58,906
To stand as a testament
808
00:41:58,925 --> 00:42:00,350
To the enduring connection
809
00:42:00,577 --> 00:42:04,521
Between humanity
and our alien creators.
810
00:42:04,672 --> 00:42:07,524
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