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Prehistoric
rock art depicting astronauts.
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Oh, look at that.
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- The spaceman?
- The spaceman!
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Exactly! Look at the helmet.
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An ancient temple
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covered
in otherworldly writings.
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It's all here,
in this sanctuary,
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the whole story of
humanity's place in the stars.
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Incredible petroglyphs
of mysterious flying objects.
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So this one here
looks like a UFO.
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For more than a decade,
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Ancient Aliens has examined
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the oldest and most
mysterious carvings on Earth
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up close and in person.
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Now we take a look back
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at some of
the most extraordinary glyphs.
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Glyphs, that according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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tell a worldwide
story of alien visitation.
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On Ancient Aliens, we have
traveled across the world
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examining some of the most
mysterious stone carvings,
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often referred to as glyphs.
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Our ancestors spent countless
hours carving images and symbols
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as a record
of what they thought were
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the most important
pieces of their history.
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Many glyphs depict strange,
humanoid figures,
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and tell stories of visitors
coming down from the sky.
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William Henry got to see
some of these incredible glyphs
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up close in
the mountains of northern Italy.
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Val Camonica, Italy.
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June 13, 2019.
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Ancient astronaut
theorist William Henry
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has traveled to this
UNESCO world heritage site
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to investigate what he believes
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could be forensic evidence
that the early civilizations
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of this region came into
contact with extraterrestrials.
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Hi, I'm William.
Nice to meet you.
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Joining him is Luca Giarelli,
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the head
of the Val Camonica Historical
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and Anthropological Society.
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Luca has spent years
studying this mysterious region
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of northern Italy and wants to
show William the rock carvings
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for which this
alpine valley is famous.
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This place is massive.
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I'm ready, let's go.
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I'm here at Val
Camonica because it is
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a treasure trove of images
from the ancient world that have
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been well-documented
and studied by scholars.
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They don't agree on the meaning
of the images but some of them
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are very open minded
to the ancient astronaut theory.
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Footprints. Wow!
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Look like deer.
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Look at this, incredible.
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Wow.
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Oh, look at that.
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The spaceman, exactly.
Look at the helmet!
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Right. It's like he's glowing.
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The Camunian Rose.
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Wow.
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19 Camunian Roses?
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Archaeologists call this
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mysterious symbol
the Camunian Rose
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because of
its flower-like shape.
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While its exact meaning
is lost to history,
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some believe
it to be a religious symbol
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or a representation of
the movement of the stars.
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But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest it might
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also depict something else...
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the vessel
that brought these helmeted
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figures to Val Camonica.
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Look at that.
That looks like a spaceship.
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It's like you'd look up
in the sky,
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and you would see this kind of
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twirling,
spinning ship in the sky.
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It seems to me, just looking
at it, they are trying to talk
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about beings coming from other
worlds, maybe to this place.
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Tell me about
that five-pointed star.
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Mm-hmm.
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Sometimes
the-the stars mean energy,
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like energy from the stars
would come to this place
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or star beings
would come to this place.
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- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
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Okay, so this is
like a newspaper then.
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It says, this was in
the sky above us
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at some point,
and this spaceman came down
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and maybe met
the Camunian people.
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According
to the ancient stories,
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the city of Turin, just
155 miles from Val Camonica,
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was founded by a character
from Greek mythology called
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Phaeton who came
to Earth from the stars.
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Legend states that Turin
was founded by the god Phaeton,
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who is a son of the sun god
Helios and in the myth
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of Phaeton,
we learn the story of how
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he descended
to Earth in a fiery chariot.
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Perhaps crashing
into Mount Musinè.
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This also led
to something fortuitous
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because he brought gifts
to this place.
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He had great skills,
was a metallurgist.
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And taught this
to the local people.
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When we look
at myths such as the myth of Phaeton,
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here is
really the story of a UFO
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landing on a mountain
and interacting with the locals.
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Given the-the
connection with the spacemen
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that are etched into the rock,
that we have to be open
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to the possibility that what
the ancient artist is trying
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to portray is something
that he actually saw in the sky,
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something
coming out of the heavens.
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Is there a connection
between the stone carvings found
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at Val Camonica and the story of
Phaeton's descent from the sky?
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And do other clues exist here
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that point
to ancient alien contact?
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Were there any other cultures
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that were
connected with the valley?
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- What sort of engravings?
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Mm-hmm. Oh, the horned god,
yeah. Right.
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That means the Celts were here.
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So is the only location
where we see the spaceman?
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- Even deeper into the woods?
- Yeah.
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I'd love to go. All right.
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Luca guides William
up a steep portion of the valley
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for a rare look
at another carving
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hidden from public view.
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I'm all right, thanks.
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Wow.
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We're-we're like on
the edge of a cliff here.
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Wait a minute, that-that's one
of them, isn't it right there?
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Yeah. How cool!
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Wow!
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- Like the other one.
- Yeah, these are just like the other guys.
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Exactly.
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- The detail is amazing.
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Mm-hmm.
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There's clearly
some kind of an exchange
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that's happening here.
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It's like they're
making a photograph
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of what happened at this place.
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They're trying to say,
"At this spot,
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this is what we saw here."
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Of-of all places
to find a rock like this.
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This is a very secretive,
almost initiatory place
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where select people would be
brought here to be told
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- this story about these extraterrestrials.
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Do the so-called "spacemen"
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of Val Camonica commemorate
an extraterrestrial visitation,
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as ancient astronaut theorists
suggest?
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Perhaps
further clues can be found
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by examining an Egyptian
temple covered in hieroglyphs...
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that tell the story
of the creation of humankind.
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Of all the mysterious
glyphs we've examined
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on Ancient Aliens,
some of the most astounding
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can be found in Egypt, where
they're known as hieroglyphs.
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One the most extensive
collections of hieroglyphs
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is at the Temple of Edfu,
and in 2018,
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Ramy Romany gave us
a rare opportunity
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to see them for ourselves.
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Edfu, Egypt. April 2018.
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Egyptologist Ramy Romany has
invited author and researcher
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Andrew Collins
to join him on a visit
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to one of the most impressive
and best-preserved shrines
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in Egypt, the Temple of Edfu,
located on the west bank
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of the Nile,
465 miles south of Cairo.
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Look at this temple.
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This is, like,
my most favorite façade
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in all of
the temples of ancient Egypt.
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According to mainstream
archaeologists, Edfu is believed
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to have been built
sometime between 237 and 57 BC.
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It is dedicated to
the falcon-headed god, Horus...
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The son of Osiris and Isis.
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This temple was one of
the last temples that was ever
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built in ancient Egypt,
during the Roman times.
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When they built
that temple, they were like,
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"We want
to preserve the stories.
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"So let's
gather all the mythology
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of ancient Egypt and
try to put it in one temple."
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It took 150 years
to make this happen.
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And then finally,
we have the book
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of ancient Egyptian mythology.
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It's right in front of us
on all these walls.
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Every wall
is absolutely covered,
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uh, in hieroglyphs and images,
not only of the foundation
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of ancient Egypt
and the first temple,
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but also how
the world came into being.
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How Egypt came into being,
how the universe
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was essentially
founded in the first place.
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I mean,
there's just so much here.
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The most sacred
part of Edfu is its inner sanctum,
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featuring a 12-foot-tall
granite stone.
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This is it, right here.
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This is how it all began.
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Every symbol, every text,
every little drawing in here
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represents the most sacred thing
for ancient Egyptians.
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The question that humans now
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still ask themselves,
"How did it all began?
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What created us?"
Every religion talks about it.
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Scientist tries to figure out.
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Ancient Egyptians had an answer,
and it was right there.
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Right on top
of this is the pyramidion.
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That pyramidion is
the primeval mound
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that appeared in the middle of
marshes where all the gods came
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and landed on for the first
time to start creating humanity.
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This is
the beginning of humanity.
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And the pyramidion is
almost like a miniature
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of what we see at Giza,
with the Great Pyramid,
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uh, which is so fascinating,
because what we have here is
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a focus of all of
these chapels finishing
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with this incredible structure
pointing towards the stars.
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It's actually pointing towards
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the origins
of the gods themselves.
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There's another piece
of evidence here
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that you might like.
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This is the boat
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or a symbol of the boat
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that they believed
the gods came on to the first
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primeval stone.
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- Oh, that's quite extraordinary.
- The first primeval mound.
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The gods would have arrived
on this ship.
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So it's all here, in this
sanctuary, the whole story
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of humanity's beginning,
you know, its place
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in the stars,
and how it arrived here
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in the first place. This to me
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strongly suggests
that they were aware
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that our origins are
found amongst the stars.
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Or could it just simply be
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humans trying to make religions
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explain what
science can't explain?
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But I don't think
it's about religion.
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This is about cosmology.
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An ancient cosmology
that we're now beginning
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to understand for the first
time, within science.
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We can now essentially
say that the idea that
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life came from the stars
is almost certainly a reality.
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Whether it came here
on a meteorite, or whatever,
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somehow
the ancient Egyptians knew this.
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Are the ancient
hieroglyphs carefully inscribed
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on the granite
stone at the Temple of Edfu
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merely the fanciful notions
of ancient Egyptian priests,
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or could they be based
on actual historical events?
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Perhaps the answers
can be found
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by examining an ancient glyph
that can only be seen
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from the sky.
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On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled
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around the world investigating
incredible glyphs that,
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for me, prove we are
not alone in the universe.
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Some of the most dramatic
examples of this are geoglyphs...
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Enormous symbols
that have been carved
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into the Earth and can
only be seen from the sky.
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In 2018, David Childress
got a bird's-eye view of one
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of the most amazing
geoglyphs we've ever examined.
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Located in the
desert just west of the Arizona border,
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an estimated
300 gigantic figures
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can be seen
etched in the arid ground.
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Known as the Blythe Intaglios,
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these ancient carvings
depict animals, spirals,
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and perhaps most significantly,
gigantic humanoid figures.
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These intaglios are unique
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in that they're always found on
the shorelines of ancient lakes
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that existed
12,500 years ago and prior.
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In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
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David Childress
traveled to Blythe to meet
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with historian Patricia Robles
and Alfredo Figueroa,
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an elder of
the local Chemehuevi tribe.
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He is also known
to many in the region as
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"The Guardian of the Glyphs."
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David was eager to see
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firsthand whether
the legends surrounding
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these unique
geoglyphs could be true.
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They can only be seen
from the air, really, right?
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Well, they can be
seen from the ground
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but you can see it all intact.
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If you're walking on it,
you really don't know what
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- you're walking on.
- Exactly. Yeah, right.
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We'll be able to see it
with the drone, I think.
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Oh, that's excellent,
you got a drone?
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- Excellent, excellent.
- Yes, we got... Let me get...
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- Oh, that's wonderful.
- It's the best way.
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- Okay, let me get it.
- Thank you.
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Who builds this and-and why?
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The original tribes
here were the Aztecas.
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- The Aztecs.
- Right.
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- Okay.
- How about...
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There he goes.
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Wow, that's pretty interesting.
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With the drone
camera, David, Patricia and Alfredo
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are able to see the Blythe
Intaglios from a vantage point
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that their creators
never could have...
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At least, not without the
aid of some form of aircraft.
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But if this is true,
then why were they created?
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And for whom?
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- All right, this is...
- Is Omecihuatl.
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"Cihuatl" means "woman."
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And she is pregnant,
right here, see.
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She's like having a baby then.
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- Aw, okay.
- And right next to her,
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is the Ocelot.
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Ocelot is the jaguar.
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Okay, so you can see it's a cat
because it has a very long tail.
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- Uh, is that...?
- Well, the tail is supposed to be
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- like a "U."
- A loop.
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And in the cosmos, it represents
the-the Big Dipper.
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Here in this place,
they came down.
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And because they descended from
the cosmos,
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our ancestors created
these images
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and aligned them
with the constellations.
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So that we would
understand that story.
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But of all the Blythe Intaglios,
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the ones Alfredo is
most eager to show David are
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those that are the largest
and arguably the most dramatic.
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This is big. This thing is huge.
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That's right.
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They are the ones
representing the Aztec gods Kokopelli...
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Better known as Quetzalcoatl...
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And Cicimitl,
the Aztec star god.
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Which glyph is this one?
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What we're seeing here
is Kokopelli.
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And he represents Quetzalcoatl.
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The Aztec,
uh, god of Quetzalcoatl.
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- So this one is...
- Cicimitl.
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Cicimitl.
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His face there.
You see his nose.
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He's not like
a normal person, is he?
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No, he looks just like a...
an E.T.
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He looks like an
extraterrestrial, uh-huh, yeah.
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An extraterrestrial?
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Is it possible that these
incredible geoglyphs represent
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not just mythological gods,
but actual alien beings
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whose arrival on Earth was
witnessed by the Azteca people?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and Alfredo Figueroa is
convinced that it was here,
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the location of
the Aztecs' legendary home
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of Aztlan where extraterrestrial
visitors came down from the sky.
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Aztlan is very
important in Aztec mythology.
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It was a place
where the gods came down
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to give them
the information and prophecies
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that the Aztecs had.
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I mean, you're maintaining
that this whole area here,
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around Blythe
and the Colorado River
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is an ancient homeland
of-of the Aztecs
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- and-and the gods, too?
- Yes.
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The geoglyphs were made by...
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the Nahuatl people.
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The Nahuatl are the origin
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of the Aztecas and the Mexicas.
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So, they're the ones
that made 'em at-at first.
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And then the Nahuatl
people made these geoglyphs
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to-to honor...
the-the creator gods.
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Right, and to not
forget where we came from.
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Where we came from,
that's right.
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Could it
be that Blythe, California
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really was the ancestral
home of the Aztec people,
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and that more
than 1,000 years ago
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the area was visited
by extraterrestrial beings?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that the answers may be
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found by examining the most
mysterious glyphs of all.
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Incredible images of visitors
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from the sky.
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Any discussion ofd
mysterious glyphs has to include
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the incredible ancient rock
art of the Native Americans.
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In 2013,
I got the rare opportunity
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to examine
a remarkable collection
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of petroglyphs in the Zuni
territory of New Mexico
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with tribal elder,
Clifford Mahooty.
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Located at an
elevation of over 6,000 feet,
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this barren desert land
has been home to the Zuni
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for at least 1,300 years.
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Stretching
roughly 700 square miles,
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it contains literally
thousands of ancient carvings
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that most outsiders
have never laid eyes on.
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And the Zuni
claim that some of these
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petroglyphs depict
visitations from star beings.
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To the Zuni people and other tribes,
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there's a spiritual
connection with the star beings.
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They're the ones that actually
rule the-the universe
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or the world that we're on.
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If you look at the petroglyphs,
there's a lot of references
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to those type of, uh, entities.
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There's definitely
evidence that aliens visited
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North America
in the distant past.
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And there are petroglyphs
throughout this part
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of the country carved
by ancient Americans
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that depict just that.
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In 2013,
ancient astronaut theorist
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Giorgio Tsoukalos,
traveled to New Mexico
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to meet with Zuni elder
Clifford Mahooty,
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and get an exclusive look
at this mysterious rock art.
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What can you tell me about
this petroglyph right here?
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Well, you know, if you can
see on top of that
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where maybe a head would be,
it's kind of eroded off.
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But on the next part of it
there's four compartments
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look like extension
of something sticking out.
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Yeah, almost like legs.
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00:22:49,876 --> 00:22:53,346
It could be something
that they saw in the air.
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Isn't there a legend that beings
visited on top of this mountain?
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Oh, yes.
Uh, on all of the mesas.
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Look at that triangle up there.
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And you've got the
dots around it that have been carved
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into the rock that remind me
of, like, stars.
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In conjunction with all
the stories of star people
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descending from the sky in fiery
shields and things like this,
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when I see a pattern like that,
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I always think, what if this
is something that they saw,
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and then
they carved onto a rock?
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For something like this
that they saw maybe in the sky
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or had an encounter,
they would come over here
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00:23:36,089 --> 00:23:38,669
and say, "Well, it, um,
it looked like this."
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00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:42,089
So they were put on there
and say, "Well, the best
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of my-my recollection,
here's what it looked like."
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So they would put it on there.
So this is a permanent record.
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00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:50,983
- Right. Oh, no. That is why stone was used.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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00:23:51,104 --> 00:23:53,814
- It is the only permanent record that we have.
- Mm-hmm.
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00:23:53,940 --> 00:23:57,650
Yes. And-and
the thing about it is that...
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how does
it connect to present day?
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I mean, there
are certain things out here
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where you can look at it.
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00:24:04,951 --> 00:24:06,831
Okay, for example, the UFO.
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We didn't know anything about
UFOs until the last century.
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But all those years,
they knew about them.
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They saw them,
and somebody says, "Okay,
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I'm going to put this
down here for longevity."
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And they say,
"Grandson, I want to show you
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what I saw
when I was a young man."
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00:24:21,468 --> 00:24:23,178
And they'll come over
and show you,
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that's exactly what I saw
and here's what it looked like.
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Is it possible
that these ancient rock carvings
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in remote areas
of the Zuni territory
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provide a historical record
of extraterrestrial contact?
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You can find petroglyphs
that are similar to those
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in the Zuni territory all
throughout North America.
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And surprisingly,
nearly identical drawings
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can be found on
the other side of the planet.
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New South Wales, Australia.
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The Bulgandry preservation site
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00:25:06,054 --> 00:25:08,931
is one of numerous
sacred Indigenous locations
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where ancient rock art
and engravings can be found.
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00:25:12,853 --> 00:25:15,893
Many are believed to
date back thousands of years.
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Wow.
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In February 2016, researcher
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00:25:22,863 --> 00:25:24,903
and publisher Giorgio Tsoukalos
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00:25:25,031 --> 00:25:26,701
traveled to Australia to meet
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with Aboriginal Elder
Kevin Gavi Duncan
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00:25:29,786 --> 00:25:33,836
to learn about one of the oldest
carvings that can be found here.
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So what are we looking at here?
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So this image is
an actual image of what we say
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is our Godfather
creator being, Baiame.
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00:25:48,555 --> 00:25:51,265
- That's what our people believe.
- Okay.
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00:25:51,391 --> 00:25:55,101
Baiame came from a place
that we call the Morning Star
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- within the Mirrabooka.
- Mm-hmm.
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00:25:57,397 --> 00:26:00,567
"Mirra" means "stars"
and "book a" means "river."
447
00:26:00,692 --> 00:26:03,112
That is the Milky Way
that flows across the night sky.
448
00:26:03,236 --> 00:26:04,986
- No kidding? Okay.
- Yes.
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00:26:06,907 --> 00:26:09,617
And so he is one
of those Sky-Heroes
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00:26:09,743 --> 00:26:11,743
that has descended
from the Milky Way?
451
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,040
Yes.
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00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,830
He's a Sky-Hero.
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00:26:16,917 --> 00:26:18,835
And Baiame is carved
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in the manner that you see,
he has his arms out.
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And he holds
the Moon in one hand...
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...and the Morning Star
in the other...
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which is a bit like
what we call planet Earth.
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And these are the two moons
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which exist
around the Morning Star
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and the Mirrabooka
that Baiame came from.
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00:26:43,610 --> 00:26:45,069
Mm-hmm.
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And this is the canoe.
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He sailed
through the river of life,
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um, in the Mirrabooka across
the sky world.
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00:26:54,454 --> 00:26:56,080
So he sailed
through the Milky Way?
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00:26:56,164 --> 00:26:58,374
Yes, he sailed
through the Milky Way.
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00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:01,177
And this was his vessel
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00:27:01,294 --> 00:27:04,384
that he sailed,
and he landed, to the Earth.
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00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,014
And he crushed the top
of the mountain which is
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the sacred mountain of
Mount Yengo not far from here.
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00:27:13,974 --> 00:27:16,100
And when he landed,
they said the fire
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00:27:16,184 --> 00:27:18,644
came from his feet and it burnt
the mount... the top
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of the mountain and all
around it every time he landed.
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So the landings
were always associated
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- with a lot of noise, smoke and fire?
- Yes!
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The fire trail that was
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left when Baiame was
leaving the top of the mountain
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00:27:32,075 --> 00:27:36,205
into the sky world, when
Baiame had left was so bright...
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people interpret
that as a spaceship
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- of some kind as coming and going.
- Yeah.
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But this is the way we simply
interpret Baiame's spaceship.
482
00:27:46,881 --> 00:27:49,011
Right. But it's
because the vocabulary
483
00:27:49,134 --> 00:27:50,801
didn't exist at the time.
484
00:27:50,885 --> 00:27:53,055
- Yes.
- So, to me, those are all
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00:27:53,179 --> 00:27:57,559
wonderfully poetic ways to
describe eyewitness accounts
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of things that were incredible.
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Yes. This site is considered
488
00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:05,691
around 8,000
to 10,000 years old.
489
00:28:05,775 --> 00:28:07,235
Wow!
490
00:28:08,194 --> 00:28:11,864
These carvings. These rock
paintings, these are our books.
491
00:28:11,948 --> 00:28:14,608
They are considered to be
492
00:28:14,701 --> 00:28:17,081
basically our truth.
493
00:28:19,414 --> 00:28:23,374
Do the petroglyphs
found in Australia and North America
494
00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:26,671
tell the same
story of alien visitation?
495
00:28:26,755 --> 00:28:30,265
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
496
00:28:30,383 --> 00:28:33,263
and suggest that another series
of rock carvings
497
00:28:33,386 --> 00:28:35,388
found in Australia
498
00:28:35,472 --> 00:28:39,182
may reveal the truth about
how these otherworldly visitors
499
00:28:39,267 --> 00:28:42,067
arrived on planet Earth.
500
00:28:46,566 --> 00:28:50,026
On Ancient Aliens,
we've examined glyphs all over
501
00:28:50,111 --> 00:28:53,401
the world and we find strikingly
similar imagery again and again.
502
00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:56,241
But what
was completely unexpected
503
00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:58,918
was the discovery of
what are clearly Egyptian
504
00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:02,797
hieroglyphs not in Egypt,
but in Australia.
505
00:29:03,917 --> 00:29:07,837
Central Coast,
New South Wales, Australia.
506
00:29:09,297 --> 00:29:12,137
Deep in
the Brisbane Water National Park
507
00:29:12,258 --> 00:29:15,508
is a mysterious site
known as the Gosford Glyphs.
508
00:29:17,263 --> 00:29:20,763
The site consists of two
massive, eight-foot-high walls
509
00:29:20,850 --> 00:29:24,350
engraved with
over 300 ancient carvings.
510
00:29:24,437 --> 00:29:30,277
Carvings that experts say do
not resemble Indigenous artwork,
511
00:29:30,402 --> 00:29:32,442
but Egyptian hieroglyphs.
512
00:29:36,616 --> 00:29:38,786
After deciphering the texts,
513
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:41,660
21st century
Egyptologist Ray Johnson
514
00:29:41,788 --> 00:29:43,748
believed them to
reveal the burial site
515
00:29:43,832 --> 00:29:46,462
of Lord Nefer-Ti-Ru,
516
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:48,711
a member of the Egyptian
royal family
517
00:29:48,795 --> 00:29:51,295
who died while visiting
the area with his brother
518
00:29:51,381 --> 00:29:56,131
sometime
between 2637 and 2614 BC.
519
00:30:04,853 --> 00:30:07,103
Absolutely beautiful out here.
520
00:30:07,188 --> 00:30:08,518
Oh, I know.
521
00:30:08,648 --> 00:30:11,978
While visiting the area in 2016,
522
00:30:12,068 --> 00:30:13,728
Giorgio Tsoukalos
523
00:30:13,820 --> 00:30:16,440
met with local
ancient astronaut theorist
524
00:30:16,531 --> 00:30:19,158
Evan Strong
to get a firsthand look
525
00:30:19,242 --> 00:30:21,322
at these enigmatic carvings.
526
00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:22,833
- And here we are.
- Wow!
527
00:30:24,497 --> 00:30:26,587
That's incredible.
528
00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:31,040
I had no idea.
I mean, this looks totally
529
00:30:31,171 --> 00:30:32,881
different than on pictures.
530
00:30:34,132 --> 00:30:36,967
So what do
these hieroglyphs say?
531
00:30:37,051 --> 00:30:39,970
Well, at least one
panel talks about two brothers,
532
00:30:40,054 --> 00:30:42,224
two princes,
coming here from Egypt.
533
00:30:42,348 --> 00:30:43,928
They were shipwrecked.
534
00:30:44,017 --> 00:30:46,936
One of 'em ended up getting
bitten by a snake. He then died.
535
00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:49,270
The theory is
then he was interred here
536
00:30:49,355 --> 00:30:51,524
and that's why you've
got hieroglyphs here.
537
00:30:51,608 --> 00:30:53,484
- Mm-hmm.
- Because he died here.
538
00:30:53,568 --> 00:30:56,987
But there's these other
walls with a mixture of symbols.
539
00:30:57,071 --> 00:31:00,571
This one over here,
it's more of a philosophical
540
00:31:00,700 --> 00:31:04,530
astrophysics style
thing with symbols meaning
541
00:31:04,621 --> 00:31:07,911
all sorts
of esoteric stuff so...
542
00:31:08,041 --> 00:31:10,331
Now, have-have
these symbols at all been
543
00:31:10,418 --> 00:31:12,248
interpreted by Egyptologists?
544
00:31:12,378 --> 00:31:15,498
- There've been a few actually.
- Mm-hmm.
545
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:17,710
A few different
people have done that.
546
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,510
- And what was their reaction?
- Well, Raymond Johnson was one
547
00:31:20,595 --> 00:31:22,685
of the first people
to come here and-and translate.
548
00:31:23,723 --> 00:31:26,559
He actually sent some
of his translations off
549
00:31:26,643 --> 00:31:30,893
to the Cairo library
and Dr. Abu Dhia Ghazi,
550
00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:33,522
ended up saying, "Yep,
you're on the right track."
551
00:31:33,608 --> 00:31:35,738
It's something
called pro to-Egyptian.
552
00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:38,070
And how old
do you reckon these are?
553
00:31:38,154 --> 00:31:40,698
We're thinking
because of the prevalence,
554
00:31:40,782 --> 00:31:43,992
at least in one
panel of pro to-Egyptian,
555
00:31:44,077 --> 00:31:46,328
that it's about 4,600 years old.
556
00:31:46,412 --> 00:31:49,122
Wow. Are there any hieroglyphs
557
00:31:49,249 --> 00:31:50,619
that stand out to you?
558
00:31:50,750 --> 00:31:52,250
Yeah, definitely.
Follow me down here,
559
00:31:52,335 --> 00:31:55,045
and I'll show you
this other one.
560
00:31:57,423 --> 00:31:59,303
So this one here, um, we call
561
00:31:59,425 --> 00:32:01,469
the UFO glyph and people have
called it that since they've
562
00:32:01,553 --> 00:32:04,263
been coming here because
it kind of looks like a UFO.
563
00:32:04,347 --> 00:32:06,647
Yeah, it definitely
has the classic UFO shape.
564
00:32:06,766 --> 00:32:08,726
It's got the-the rays
565
00:32:08,810 --> 00:32:11,270
or whatever you want to call it.
566
00:32:11,354 --> 00:32:13,644
What would you suggest
if anyone says, "Well,
567
00:32:13,773 --> 00:32:16,192
"this is not a UFO.
It's some other symbol,
568
00:32:16,276 --> 00:32:17,826
but certainly not that"?
569
00:32:17,944 --> 00:32:20,154
I think someone
suggested that it's jewelry
570
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:21,947
but it's a completely
different symbol that's
571
00:32:22,031 --> 00:32:24,241
upside down and
it really doesn't quite fit in.
572
00:32:24,325 --> 00:32:26,665
It's one of
those symbols here that,
573
00:32:26,786 --> 00:32:28,496
that doesn't fit into the canon.
574
00:32:28,621 --> 00:32:31,290
In your opinion,
why do you think the Egyptians
575
00:32:31,374 --> 00:32:33,164
made it all the way
to Australia?
576
00:32:33,293 --> 00:32:37,003
I think they were looking
for esoteric wisdom, definitely.
577
00:32:37,130 --> 00:32:39,670
- From the Aboriginals?
- Yes.
578
00:32:42,635 --> 00:32:46,645
The ancient Egyptians,
we have stories, and Aboriginal stories,
579
00:32:46,764 --> 00:32:49,314
about their arrival,
and about their visits
580
00:32:49,434 --> 00:32:51,854
long before
Europeans had arrived here.
581
00:32:53,313 --> 00:32:56,023
Naturally we would
have shared ceremony
582
00:32:56,149 --> 00:32:59,649
with these people, because they
have the same similar beliefs
583
00:32:59,777 --> 00:33:01,537
as our people.
584
00:33:01,654 --> 00:33:04,034
Egyptians have that same
585
00:33:04,157 --> 00:33:07,077
spiritual connection
to the sky world.
586
00:33:10,538 --> 00:33:13,158
Hieroglyphs found in Australia?
587
00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:16,331
Might the continent
have actually served
588
00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:19,041
as a pilgrimage site
for visitors seeking
589
00:33:19,172 --> 00:33:22,382
a direct connection
to the so-called gods?
590
00:33:22,508 --> 00:33:25,378
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
591
00:33:25,511 --> 00:33:30,351
and suggest further evidence
of this otherworldly link can be
592
00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:34,025
found in one of the most
remote places in the world.
593
00:33:41,444 --> 00:33:44,113
What's fascinating
about many of the glyphs
594
00:33:44,197 --> 00:33:46,115
we've examined on Ancient Aliens
is that they depict
595
00:33:46,199 --> 00:33:50,279
the natural world of our
ancestors with extreme accuracy.
596
00:33:50,370 --> 00:33:53,289
But every now and then
we find a bird that looks
597
00:33:53,373 --> 00:33:57,167
more like an airplane
or a serpent with wings...
598
00:33:57,251 --> 00:34:00,921
or even a turtle
descending from the sky.
599
00:34:01,047 --> 00:34:03,927
And this is exactly
what I found at one
600
00:34:04,050 --> 00:34:06,550
of the most remote locations
in the world,
601
00:34:06,636 --> 00:34:08,306
the Marquesas Islands.
602
00:34:13,893 --> 00:34:16,562
Ancient astronaut theorists
603
00:34:16,646 --> 00:34:19,231
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and David Childress
604
00:34:19,315 --> 00:34:22,445
set out to explore
the remote Marquesas Islands,
605
00:34:22,568 --> 00:34:25,318
in search of evidence
that extraterrestrial contact
606
00:34:25,405 --> 00:34:28,075
took place here
in the remote past.
607
00:34:29,158 --> 00:34:32,158
- Hello. I'm Giorgio.
- Hello.
608
00:34:32,245 --> 00:34:34,085
- Pleasure to meet you.
- I'm Aniata.
609
00:34:34,205 --> 00:34:35,455
Hi, I'm David.
610
00:34:35,581 --> 00:34:37,499
Arriving on
the island of Nuku Hiva,
611
00:34:37,583 --> 00:34:41,253
they are met by local guide,
Aniata Kimitete.
612
00:34:41,337 --> 00:34:42,880
- Let's go explore.
- Great.
613
00:34:42,964 --> 00:34:44,594
All right.
614
00:34:47,009 --> 00:34:48,761
She has
brought them to an area known
615
00:34:48,845 --> 00:34:50,345
as Kamuihei,
616
00:34:50,430 --> 00:34:52,430
a sacred place
believed to be rich
617
00:34:52,557 --> 00:34:57,027
in what the natives call
"mana" or "spiritual power."
618
00:34:58,062 --> 00:35:01,482
So we are arriving at
this spot where I really
619
00:35:01,607 --> 00:35:03,947
- wanted to show you about this site.
- Oh, look at this.
620
00:35:05,361 --> 00:35:08,361
What we see here,
it's what we call petroglyphs.
621
00:35:08,448 --> 00:35:09,698
Yeah.
622
00:35:09,782 --> 00:35:12,618
So you have three turtles.
So one,
623
00:35:12,702 --> 00:35:14,662
two, three.
624
00:35:14,787 --> 00:35:16,246
Here.
625
00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:20,709
And also on the rock
you can see a canoe.
626
00:35:20,793 --> 00:35:23,503
- Okay.
- So you have the head of the canoe here
627
00:35:23,629 --> 00:35:25,798
that looks
a little bit like a bird.
628
00:35:25,882 --> 00:35:28,462
Their canoes had
a bird head at the front.
629
00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:30,552
You see the beak.
630
00:35:30,636 --> 00:35:32,721
- Yeah, that looks like a bird head.
- Yeah.
631
00:35:32,805 --> 00:35:35,355
And what is the significance
of the turtles?
632
00:35:35,475 --> 00:35:37,768
The turtle is actually
633
00:35:37,852 --> 00:35:42,692
the messenger from the gods.
He was a very sacred animal.
634
00:35:42,815 --> 00:35:45,401
People were
not allowed to eat them.
635
00:35:45,485 --> 00:35:47,736
You know, I think
this is really interesting what you said
636
00:35:47,820 --> 00:35:50,570
that the turtle is regarded
here as messenger of the gods,
637
00:35:50,656 --> 00:35:53,242
because
this is not something new.
638
00:35:53,326 --> 00:35:56,078
It's not something
native to this area.
639
00:35:56,162 --> 00:35:58,789
There are other
parts of the world where...
640
00:35:58,873 --> 00:36:02,793
the turtle is described by
having descended from the sky.
641
00:36:02,877 --> 00:36:06,547
And the idea that this
is here too considered
642
00:36:06,672 --> 00:36:10,259
a messenger of the gods,
that to me is a connection
643
00:36:10,343 --> 00:36:13,183
to potential extraterrestrials.
644
00:36:15,807 --> 00:36:17,057
Throughout the planet,
645
00:36:17,183 --> 00:36:19,893
numerous ancient cultures
have origin stories
646
00:36:20,019 --> 00:36:23,189
that involve some sort
of divine or cosmic turtle.
647
00:36:24,857 --> 00:36:28,367
Followers of Japanese Shinto
venerate the Kame-ishi.
648
00:36:28,486 --> 00:36:32,406
A stone turtle that portends
the end of the world.
649
00:36:32,532 --> 00:36:37,032
In Guatemala, there are
legends of giant flying turtles
650
00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:40,831
and even artifacts that feature
the image of a man wearing what
651
00:36:40,915 --> 00:36:44,875
appears to be a helmet
lying inside a turtle shell.
652
00:36:46,045 --> 00:36:49,555
In North America,
the Iroquois Indians tell tales
653
00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:53,264
of a "sky goddess" who falls
to Earth from the heavens,
654
00:36:53,386 --> 00:36:57,896
whereupon a giant turtle rises
up from the ocean to catch her.
655
00:36:59,725 --> 00:37:03,275
I think it's interesting
here this canoe which would
656
00:37:03,396 --> 00:37:06,565
have been very large,
has the bird head on it.
657
00:37:06,649 --> 00:37:08,609
And you have the bird men
658
00:37:08,734 --> 00:37:11,034
of Easter Island that are
so famous.
659
00:37:11,904 --> 00:37:14,574
One of Easter Island's
ancient traditions
660
00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:18,949
involves Tangata manu,
or the Bird man cult.
661
00:37:19,078 --> 00:37:23,248
According to legend,
the creator god Make-Make
662
00:37:23,332 --> 00:37:27,292
was looking in a mirror and
saw a bird land on his shoulder.
663
00:37:27,420 --> 00:37:30,130
Seeing his image
combined with the bird,
664
00:37:30,256 --> 00:37:34,343
he decided to make a son
who was half man, half bird.
665
00:37:34,427 --> 00:37:37,937
In turn, the Rapa Nui
people of Easter Island
666
00:37:38,055 --> 00:37:42,725
worshiped the bird man as
the predecessor of all humans.
667
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,560
One of the central
focuses of the rituals,
668
00:37:47,648 --> 00:37:51,358
the annual
rituals at Easter Island...
669
00:37:52,361 --> 00:37:57,031
...was that of Tangata manu,
the bird man.
670
00:37:57,116 --> 00:38:00,666
And the bird man is
a universal symbol that we find
671
00:38:00,786 --> 00:38:05,249
in many parts of the globe
that relates to ancestry
672
00:38:05,333 --> 00:38:07,963
associated with figures,
673
00:38:08,085 --> 00:38:11,045
characters in
feather coats who were seen
674
00:38:11,130 --> 00:38:15,800
to be able to go between
this world and the next.
675
00:38:15,927 --> 00:38:20,187
And here we have
the same ideas on Easter Island.
676
00:38:20,306 --> 00:38:22,856
Is there
more to see on the island?
677
00:38:22,975 --> 00:38:26,061
- We have a lot more to see on the island.
- Okay.
678
00:38:26,145 --> 00:38:27,354
- So let's go.
- Okay.
679
00:38:27,438 --> 00:38:29,098
After showing Giorgio
680
00:38:29,190 --> 00:38:31,400
and David
the ancient petroglyphs,
681
00:38:31,484 --> 00:38:34,194
Aniata takes them
to a site that has
682
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:37,070
some of the most striking
statuary in the Marquesas.
683
00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:40,909
Right now we are
at the Tohua of Temehea.
684
00:38:40,993 --> 00:38:43,373
So the Tohua
is the gathering place.
685
00:38:43,496 --> 00:38:47,624
And so this sculpture
here is a modern sculpture.
686
00:38:47,708 --> 00:38:50,748
But, is this
based on something old?
687
00:38:50,836 --> 00:38:54,840
Yes. Because the
site that we are on was rebuilt.
688
00:38:54,924 --> 00:38:57,514
Even though it's modern,
it's really based
689
00:38:57,635 --> 00:38:59,515
on the original statue.
690
00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:02,227
Oh, wow.
Okay. Is this considered a Tiki?
691
00:39:02,348 --> 00:39:06,028
Yes, this Tiki
represents the population.
692
00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:09,187
So to the Marquesan
people, what is a Tiki?
693
00:39:09,271 --> 00:39:11,981
A Tiki at first
was the representation
694
00:39:12,066 --> 00:39:15,076
of our god of magic and sorcery.
695
00:39:15,194 --> 00:39:17,944
He was one of
the only god in French Polynesia
696
00:39:18,030 --> 00:39:20,530
that has the face of a man.
697
00:39:21,701 --> 00:39:26,581
He became our protector,
because when you have a Tiki
698
00:39:26,706 --> 00:39:29,506
by your side, then you are
protected from your enemy.
699
00:39:30,626 --> 00:39:34,129
In the Marquesas,
the word "Tiki" can be used to refer
700
00:39:34,213 --> 00:39:35,713
both to an ancestral figure
701
00:39:35,798 --> 00:39:38,268
that came
to the islands in ancient times,
702
00:39:38,384 --> 00:39:41,470
as well as the statues
that represent him.
703
00:39:41,554 --> 00:39:45,304
They are variously
carved in both wood and stone,
704
00:39:45,391 --> 00:39:49,141
and often depict a being
with large, goggle-like eyes.
705
00:39:50,229 --> 00:39:53,439
And this is what Tiki looks
like... as a god?
706
00:39:53,566 --> 00:39:57,527
Yes, because they say
in the legend that when Tiki
707
00:39:57,611 --> 00:39:59,691
left the Earth,
they made the sculpture
708
00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:02,070
of how he looked like, just...
709
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:04,819
to have something
to remember from Tiki.
710
00:40:04,910 --> 00:40:07,370
So that's how
he looked like actually.
711
00:40:07,455 --> 00:40:10,085
It looks very strange to me.
712
00:40:10,207 --> 00:40:12,587
If this is
a representation of what
713
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:16,670
your ancestors thought
this figure looked like,
714
00:40:16,756 --> 00:40:20,466
it doesn't look like a man,
it looks weird.
715
00:40:20,593 --> 00:40:23,263
Yeah. I mean, he-he sort
of looks like a man,
716
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:27,182
but with these big goggle eyes
and the elongated head
717
00:40:27,266 --> 00:40:30,436
and everything, he looks
like an extraterrestrial.
718
00:40:31,604 --> 00:40:34,104
Is it possible that
glyphs found on nearly
719
00:40:34,190 --> 00:40:36,270
every continent reveal
720
00:40:36,358 --> 00:40:38,358
that ancient people
all over the world
721
00:40:38,444 --> 00:40:42,364
encountered
extraterrestrial visitors?
722
00:40:42,448 --> 00:40:45,168
Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest that some
723
00:40:45,284 --> 00:40:47,202
rock art provides a record
724
00:40:47,286 --> 00:40:50,706
not only of alien contact,
but even
725
00:40:50,790 --> 00:40:53,290
of how they got here.
726
00:40:54,210 --> 00:40:56,878
Could these
mysterious petroglyphs
727
00:40:56,962 --> 00:41:00,802
provide the best evidence
yet of ancient alien contact?
728
00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:04,761
To me, the ultimate proof
lies in the fact that
729
00:41:04,845 --> 00:41:07,389
all over the world,
cultures that were separated
730
00:41:07,473 --> 00:41:09,263
by thousands of miles
731
00:41:09,350 --> 00:41:13,890
carved the same strange figures
and symbols again and again,
732
00:41:13,979 --> 00:41:16,297
leaving us with
a record of extraterrestrial
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00:41:16,383 --> 00:41:18,463
intervention on Earth.
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Our alien origins are in
plain sight for anyone to see.
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00:41:23,447 --> 00:41:26,712
You only need to read
the writing on the wall.
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