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Mysterious golden orbs
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believed to be part
of an ancient power plant,
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a sacred wooden box
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said to facilitate
communication with the heavens,
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and an elaborately carved
ancient tomb
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that appears to depict
an astronaut.
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For more than a decade,
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Ancient Alienshas
examined evidence
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of what could be
the remnants of an advanced
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and perhaps otherworldly
civilization.
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Now we're going to explore ten
of the most compelling examples
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of unexplained technologies
ever discovered.
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Technologies that just
may hold the proof
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that Earth has been visited
by extraterrestrials.
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History and mythology are
filled with incredible stories
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of human encounters
with otherworldly beings,
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flying ships and powerful
weapons that defy explanation.
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For ancient astronaut theorists
like me,
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these are descriptions
of misunderstood technology
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that might be
extraterrestrial in origin.
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And some of the most
compelling evidence
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that our ancestors
witnessed alien technology
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can be found in ancient artwork,
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like a mysterious carving
in Egypt
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created thousands of years ago
that appears strikingly similar
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to an electrical device
from the modern world.
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At number ten on our countdown
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of the top ten
unexplained technologies:
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the Dendera light bulb.
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Dendera, Egypt.
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370 miles south
of the Giza Plateau
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stands the Hathor Temple.
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This 2,000-year-old monument
is remarkably well-preserved
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and covered with elaborate
artwork inside and out.
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Among the hundreds of carvings,
a curious object can be found
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that, according
to Egyptologists,
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is a representation
of a lotus flower.
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We have depictions
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of this so-called
"lotus flower" of, Dendera.
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And there are not
just a few inside the crypt,
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but they're, in fact,
also on the outside wall on top.
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So, what are we looking at here?
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Egyptology suggests
that this bulb-like thing
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is the depiction
of the beautiful aroma
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of a lotus flower.
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What's often not discussed is
the surrounding hieroglyphics,
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that say that this has something
to do with a bringer of light.
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When physicists
and electrical engineers
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and people look at this,
they can readily see
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that there appears to be
what is a filament
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inside this tube that could be
interpreted as a glass tube.
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It appears to be a blueprint
for what we would say is a...
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an incandescent light bulb.
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It's got a filament inside it
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that looks like a snake.
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There's a cable
coming out of the back.
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It's then attached
to a small box.
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So, here we have
what appears to be a depiction
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of an electrical device.
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This means that
the ancient Egyptians,
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they knew about electricity,
they were actually lighting
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many of their temples and tombs
with electrical lights.
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How did the ancient Egyptians
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light the insides
of their structures?
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Because some structures
are deep underground
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and filled with hieroglyphics.
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The ancient astronaut theory
suggests
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that perhaps
the ancient Egyptians
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had access to electricity,
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and these lighting materials
were given to the Egyptians
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by the extraterrestrials.
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The idea that ancient Egyptians
had light bulbs
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almost 2,000 years
before Thomas Edison
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introduced them in modern times
is truly amazing.
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And in the 1930s,
an archeologist in Iraq
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discovered incredible artifacts
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that may reveal
just where they got the power
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to illuminate the ancient world.
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Number nine on our countdown
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of the top ten
unexplained technologies:
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the Baghdad Battery.
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Baghdad, Iraq, 1938.
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While combing through
the collection
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at the Baghdad
Archeological Museum,
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a German archeologist discovers
several terra-cotta pots
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and copper cylinders dating
to around the first century BC.
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Remarkably, the pots
appear to have been used
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for generating electricity
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more than 1,800 years
before the invention
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of modern batteries.
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The Baghdad
Battery is a very interesting piece
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of ancient technology.
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They're made up of very
simple materials from that region.
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Usually a clay pot,
copper and an iron rod
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surrounded by
an asphalt stopper.
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In 2009,
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ancient astronaut
theorist Jason Martell
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showed Giorgio Tsoukalos
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just how the so-called
Baghdad Batteries work.
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This is
made out of a clay pot,
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clay just found naturally in
that region in southern Iraq.
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And then they would
use a small copper lining,
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and an asphalt stopper
wrapped around an iron rod.
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What we're gonna
do is, basically just
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fill the clay pot with
some weak acidic acid...
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orange juice, in this case.
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And we'll go ahead and put
the copper rod back in there.
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Okay.
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And these all applied
together creates electricity.
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You can consistently
get about four volts
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with something about that large.
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So, if we think of
a Baghdad Battery
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around this size
generating four volts,
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what if we increased the
size to around six feet?
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That might generate
20, 30, 50 volts
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and have the sufficient power
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to actually utilize energy
in a way that we do today.
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So, it's very possible
that the Baghdad Battery
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was being utilized
in conjunction
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with other
technological devices.
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When we look at this through
the ancient astronaut lens,
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we see that throughout history,
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man has been given
technology by the gods.
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We have to wonder
if Baghdad Batteries
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aren't pieces of technology
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that were given to man
by the extraterrestrials.
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Next on our list is a weapon
used by the Roman Empire
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that was so powerful,
it struck terror
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throughout the ancient world.
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But what's even more intriguing
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is that this blazing device
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has baffled scientists
for over 1,600 years.
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Number eight on our
countdown: Greek fire.
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Constantinople.
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674 AD.
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The magnificent capitol
of the Roman Empire
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is under attack by a
fleet of 5,000 Arab ships.
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To defend his city,
Emperor Constantine IV
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unleashes a powerful and
mysterious new weapon
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that destroys the
Arab navy in minutes.
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It was the most devasting
weapon of the time,
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and was called "Greek fire."
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Greek fire
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was a liquid that could
be pumped through hoses.
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It was like the early
flamethrowers of the time,
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and when it was ignited as
it came out of these hoses,
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it would then be
directed onto ships
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or sometimes onto
docks and things like that.
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And it would start
a tremendous fire
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and water could not put it out.
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It was said
to burn so violently and so hot
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that even in the
greatest of rainstorms,
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the fire would not go out.
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And when projected out to sea,
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when it sunk into the water
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it would still burn on
the bottom of the ocean.
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It gave them enormous
technological advantage
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in naval and land battles.
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Some of the chroniclers
would say that
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water would, in fact,
enhance its ability.
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Perhaps
even more astounding
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than the incredible
power of Greek fire
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is the fact that scientists
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have not been
able to reproduce it
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even after 1,600 years.
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The recipe for
this Greek fire had been
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very closely
guarded as a secret,
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and it still represents
one of the greatest
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enigmas in ancient history.
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What was
this mysterious technology?
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And, more importantly,
where did it come from?
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One
story goes that Greek fire
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was given to the
Romans by an angel.
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Just change the word
"angel" to "extraterrestrial,"
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and all of a sudden, the
whole story makes sense.
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You have to
ask, why would an angel
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offer such a powerful weapon
and advantage to the Romans?
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Is this an example of
extraterrestrial interference
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in human affairs?
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For ancient astronaut
theorists like me,
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some of the most
intriguing accounts
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of unexplained technology
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can be found in the pages
of the Old Testament.
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Like the next item on our
list, which we all know as
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the vessel used to hold
the Ten Commandments.
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But it is also written that
this mysterious wooden box
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could part rivers,
destroy armies
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and even communicate
with otherworldly beings.
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At number seven on our countdown
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of the top ten
unexplained technologies:
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the Ark of the Covenant.
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Mount Sinai, Egypt.
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According to the book of
Exodus in the Hebrew Bible,
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it was here that the prophet
Moses was instructed by God
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to build one of the
most important artifacts
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in Judeo-Christian tradition:
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The Ark of the Covenant.
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Moses was given very
specific measurements.
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It was to be four feet long
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and about two feet
wide and two feet deep.
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The container must be
made of acacia wood.
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That it must be
covered with gold.
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The top of the ark
was to be surmounted
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by two cherubim
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that would face each other.
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God
commands Moses to build
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this chest, which the
original Ten Commandments
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was to be placed.
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And the presence of God
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would then be seen.
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Sounds very simple, but
yet there were properties
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to the Ark that made it far more
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than just a symbolic
representation
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of something religious.
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Biblical
accounts of the Ark portray it
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as possessing mysterious
powers that aided the Israelites
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during their journey
to the Promised Land.
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Helping to part rivers,
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level mountains,
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and destroy armies.
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The most important
thing about trying to understand
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how the Ark of the
Covenant functioned
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is the fact that specific
instructions were given by God
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to Moses about how
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it was to be manufactured.
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The exact size.
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How it is to be
raised off the ground.
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How it is to be carried.
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And this tells us
almost certainly
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that we are dealing
with technology.
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Is it possible
that the baffling powers
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ascribed to the Ark
provide evidence
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that it held highly advanced
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and perhaps
extraterrestrial technology?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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and suggest clues can
be found in rabbinical texts
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that describe what
the Ark contained.
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It is said that the Ark housed...
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the actual Hebrew
word is "kavod,"
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or "glory" of God.
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Now this in quote "glory of God"
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was not something symbolic,
it was something actual,
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something tangible,
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something energetic.
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We know from the biblical story
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that when the two sons
of the high priest Aaron
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came forth to make an offering,
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fire entered into the nostrils
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and burned them from the inside,
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leaving their
external forms intact.
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We might refer to that
as an electrocution.
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According
to religious texts,
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the Ark of the Covenant was
placed inside Solomon's Temple.
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And then it simply vanished.
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But the extraordinary
and unexplained powers
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of the Ark continue
to interest researchers
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and ancient astronaut
theorists to this very day.
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What are we missing here
in the biblical understanding
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of this mysterious box?
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It was clearly far more
than just a religious icon.
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There was a technology involved.
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And that is what makes
the Ark, to this day,
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one of the greatest
mysteries of our history.
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Another ancient description
of the Ark of the Covenant
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can be found in a
sacred Hebrew text
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called the Zohar.
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And according
to one translation,
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the Ark contained
another mysterious device
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that supplied the Israelites
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with limitless supplies of food.
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Number six on our countdown:
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the Manna Machine.
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According
to the Hebrew Bible's
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book of Exodus, after
Moses helped the Israelites
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escape across the Red Sea,
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he led them into
the Sinai Desert,
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where they lived for 40 years.
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It is said that they survived
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by eating a mysterious food
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called "manna."
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Manna is this magical
substance that's
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sort of white like cardamom
with a taste like honey.
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You know, the Bible
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tells us, this is
what feeds people.
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Moses commands the
people to take some,
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put in a jar, keep it
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so that you can
always tell the story
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of how God fed you.
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And that's one of
the things that's put,
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in the Ark of the Covenant.
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That's how special this is.
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While the
story of the Israelites receiving
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manna from heaven is
traditionally understood
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as divine intervention,
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some researchers have suggested
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that it could also
be interpreted
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as an event involving some kind
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of advanced technology.
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In 1978, linguistic
expert George Sassoon
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and electrical engineer
Rodney Dale publish
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The Manna Machine.
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In it, they point to an
ancient rabbinical text
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called the Zohar
that describes manna
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coming from a curious device.
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George
Sassoon and Rodney Dale,
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by reading the Zohar,
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determined that the
translation was wrong.
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It was supposed to be
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the "transportable
one of the tanks."
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What does that mean?
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So they actually came
to the conclusion that
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what is described was
a type of a machine
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that they proposed was driven
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with nuclear power
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and that that produced
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the so-called manna
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to the Hebrews
wandering out in the desert.
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Is it possible
that the Ark of the Covenant
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contained a
nuclear-powered device?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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and point to clues in the Bible.
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In the Bible, we
have multiple stories
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of people not only dying
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when they came in
contact with the Ark,
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but some only died
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a week or two later.
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And how did they die?
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Because they had
boils on their skin
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and their hair
started to fall out.
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Well, that is a sign of
radioactive poisoning.
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And the only way
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that such a result
could have been gotten
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is if the Ark is
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an extraterrestrial
device that is radioactive.
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We're coming up
on the halfway point
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in our countdown of the top
ten unexplained technologies.
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And the next item on
our list can be found
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across the globe in the form
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of mysterious stone statues
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and strange figures
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painted on canyon walls.
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In my opinion, these
images aren't just products
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of our ancestors' imagination,
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but instead are depictions
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of space travelers.
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Number five on our countdown:
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ancient astronauts.
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American
archaeologists Matthew Stirling
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and Philip Drucker
begin an excavation
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of an ancient pyramid mound.
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Over the next two decades,
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they unearth
extraordinary statues,
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carvings and mosaics
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from a previously
unknown culture,
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the Olmecs.
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A civilization that emerged
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around 1400 BC.
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The discovery is a
major archeological find
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and produced a
sensational piece of evidence
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for the ancient
astronaut theory.
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At the Museum of Natural
History in New York City
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there is a Olmec figurine.
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And if you look
at this figurine,
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you can tell that this guy is
wearing some sort of a suit.
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He has some type of controls
with tubes on his chest.
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On the side, you have six
wings coming out of him.
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So you have to wonder,
what is depicted here?
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And in my opinion,
it is the smoking gun
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of our ancestors having
access to aviation technology.
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Could it be that a
figurine made more than 2,400 years ago
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depicts a person
wearing some sort
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of advanced flying technology?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes,
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and suggest even more
compelling imagery can be found
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1,700 miles to north in Utah.
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Here, along the walls
of Ninemile Canyon,
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dozens of ancient cave
paintings depict figures
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wearing very curious attire.
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One of the most important
galleries is referred to
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as "the Family Panel."
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What's interesting
about this one is that
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it shows these
apparently luminous,
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humanoid-type beings
that appear to have
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spacesuits on, a
helmet, even antenna.
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The Navajos themselves claim
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that these petroglyphs
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were from people who
were before the flood,
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before this cataclysm
had come to the Earth.
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And they maintain
that these images were
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many thousands of years old.
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Could
it be that these figures
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really depict beings
in spacesuits?
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Halfway across the world,
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in Northwestern Australia,
are dozens of cave paintings
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that depict other
mysterious beings
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who appear to be
wearing spacesuits
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known as the Wandjina.
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The
Wandjinas are incredible
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because they have
these gigantic heads
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and these long bodies.
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It seems as if they're inside
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some sort of a pressurized suit.
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Now, the stories behind
the Wandjinas goes
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that they descended from the sky
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and gave knowledge
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and jumpstarted
civilization in Australia
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thousands and
thousands of years ago.
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Now, this is accepted
history in Australia.
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So my suggestion is
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that the extraterrestrials
that came to Earth
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thousands and
thousands of years ago
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didn't just visit Australia,
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they visited each and
every continent on Earth,
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and that is why we
have the similar motifs.
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When it comes to evidence
of unexplained technology
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in the distant past,
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sometimes the best examples
are hiding in plain sight.
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Like the next item
on our countdown,
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which, when you
know how to look at it,
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reveals what I consider to be
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an actual depiction of
an ancient astronaut.
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Coming in at number four:
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King Pakal's Tomb.
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Under a pyramid
called the Temple of Inscriptions
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at the ruins of Palenque,
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archaeologist
Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
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00:22:31,393 --> 00:22:34,178
discovers a mysterious
underground stairway
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obstructed with large stones.
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Over the next three
years, Ruz and his team
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carefully clear the stairwell
consisting of 71 steps.
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When the door at the base of
the stairwell is finally opened,
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they encounter room after
room of skeletons and artifacts.
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And in the final room,
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they find the tomb of
King K'inich Janahb Pakal.
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The tomb of Pakal is
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one of the most amazing pieces
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00:23:04,295 --> 00:23:06,559
of Maya art that
we've ever found.
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On the top of the lid is
a very elaborate carving
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that we believe is
a depiction of Pakal
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falling into the
underworld upon his death.
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Although many
historians and archaeologists interpret
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the carving on Pakal's lid
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as the king's descent
into the underworld,
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ancient astronaut
theorists suggest it depicts
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a very different
type of journey.
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The sarcophagus of Lord
Pakal forever will remain
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one of the smoking guns of
the ancient astronaut theory.
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He is in a reclining position.
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He has a breathing
apparatus attached to his nose,
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his hands are
manipulating some buttons
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and his feet are on pedals.
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It looks as if
Pakal is lifting off
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into space inside some
type of a rocket vehicle.
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As far as ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
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the idea that King
Pakal's sarcophagus lid
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depicts a journey to space
is supported by Maya writing
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00:24:15,105 --> 00:24:18,021
that surrounds
the iconic carving.
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Those Maya glyphs say
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that this is King Pakal's
journey to Xibalba.
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Xibalbameans "underworld."
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Well, archeologists...
about 15 years ago...
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revisited the term
Xibalba and concluded
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that, actually, Xibalbacan
also be translated
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as "Milky Way."
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And all of a sudden, this
depiction makes sense,
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because what we have here is
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a representation of King Pakal
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on his journey to the Milky Way.
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Located in central Mexico are
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the ruins of a mysterious
city that is home
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to some of the most
impressive pyramids ever built.
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While the purpose of this
complex is still unknown,
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00:25:10,073 --> 00:25:13,468
archaeologists have found
evidence of what appears to be
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the makings of an advanced
technological device.
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Number three on our countdown
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of the top ten
unexplained technologies:
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Teotihuacan.
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Located just 35
miles northeast of Mexico City is
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one of the most unique
ancient sites on Earth.
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Called Teotihuacan,
this vast metropolis was
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discovered by the
Aztecs in the 15th century.
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According to Aztec writings,
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this city was once home to
powerful otherworldly beings.
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The name
Teotihuacan basically means
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"birthplace of the gods."
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And the Aztecs believed
that the gods themselves,
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out of Aztec mythology,
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were born there at Teotihuacan.
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The
city of Teotihuacan
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covers an area of
eight square miles,
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which is roughly the
same size as ancient Rome.
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At its heart is a two-mile-long
thoroughfare named
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the Avenue of the Dead that
connects three massive pyramids.
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The
Pyramid of the Moon sits
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at the very beginning of
the Avenue of the Dead.
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The Pyramid of the Sun sits
about midway along the length
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of the Avenue of the Dead.
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Those are their
two big buildings.
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Then they built the
Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
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The temple of Quetzalcoatl is
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the most ornate building
in all of Teotihuacan.
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Its entire face is covered
with mosaic stones
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with the face of Quetzalcoatl
or the plumed serpent...
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with his feathers
coming off of his face
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and his snake head
coming out of the building.
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Most mainstream
historians believe this city was once
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00:27:18,071 --> 00:27:20,029
a religious center.
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00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,553
But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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00:27:22,684 --> 00:27:24,730
the city's massive
buildings once served
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a more profound purpose.
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And as evidence, they point
to an extraordinary discovery
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made beneath the
Temple of Quetzalcoatl.
513
00:27:34,827 --> 00:27:37,090
In May 2013,
514
00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:39,222
researchers
employed a small robot
515
00:27:39,353 --> 00:27:41,877
called Tlaloc II-TC,
516
00:27:42,008 --> 00:27:44,532
to explore a chamber
under the pyramid.
517
00:27:45,838 --> 00:27:48,405
Inside, archeologists found
518
00:27:48,536 --> 00:27:51,365
more than a hundred
gold-colored metallic spheres.
519
00:27:53,846 --> 00:27:56,283
These
balls are probably
520
00:27:56,413 --> 00:27:58,024
anything between an inch
521
00:27:58,154 --> 00:28:00,853
to about five
inches in diameter.
522
00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:04,247
Nobody knows
the purpose of them,
523
00:28:04,378 --> 00:28:07,424
why they were made,
or even who made them,
524
00:28:07,555 --> 00:28:09,470
but the fact that
they're there tells us
525
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,385
they are of utmost importance
526
00:28:11,515 --> 00:28:12,715
to what went on at the temple.
527
00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:15,389
Many
archeologists believe
528
00:28:15,519 --> 00:28:18,000
the gold spheres
are representations
529
00:28:18,131 --> 00:28:21,612
of celestial bodies
observed in the night sky.
530
00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:24,964
But ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
531
00:28:25,094 --> 00:28:28,010
they could have served
a more profound purpose
532
00:28:28,141 --> 00:28:31,666
and point to another discovery
made almost a mile away
533
00:28:31,797 --> 00:28:34,887
at the Pyramid of
the Sun in 1906.
534
00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:38,412
At Teotihuacan,
535
00:28:38,542 --> 00:28:40,936
huge mica sheets have been found
536
00:28:41,067 --> 00:28:44,984
beneath a layer
of stone flooring
537
00:28:45,114 --> 00:28:48,639
that were 90 feet square
538
00:28:48,770 --> 00:28:51,512
and they were placed
directly on top of each other,
539
00:28:51,642 --> 00:28:52,905
and yet you couldn't see them.
540
00:28:54,645 --> 00:28:58,911
So they clearly weren't
decorative or aesthetic.
541
00:28:59,041 --> 00:29:02,915
They were clearly
functional in their use.
542
00:29:03,045 --> 00:29:05,178
So, what were they doing there?
543
00:29:06,832 --> 00:29:10,096
We use mica
today in spacefaring technology.
544
00:29:10,226 --> 00:29:12,315
It's a heat shield
545
00:29:12,446 --> 00:29:15,579
for high, very, very
high temperatures.
546
00:29:15,710 --> 00:29:17,756
What is it doing at Teotihuacan?
547
00:29:19,105 --> 00:29:21,411
Curiously, mica wasn't
548
00:29:21,542 --> 00:29:25,589
the only unusual substance
found within the ancient site.
549
00:29:26,852 --> 00:29:28,636
They
actually found mercury
550
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,507
under some of the
pyramids as well.
551
00:29:30,638 --> 00:29:31,770
So, what does this all mean?
552
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:33,728
Well, mercury is used
553
00:29:33,859 --> 00:29:35,599
in different electrical
components
554
00:29:35,730 --> 00:29:37,776
and it conducts electricity.
555
00:29:37,906 --> 00:29:39,560
So, can we suggest
556
00:29:39,690 --> 00:29:40,996
that they were using this
557
00:29:41,127 --> 00:29:43,303
for some advanced
technological purpose?
558
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:46,741
Mercury
itself is very special.
559
00:29:46,872 --> 00:29:50,005
It's a metal, it's a liquid,
it's an electrical conductor.
560
00:29:50,136 --> 00:29:53,269
Mercury can be used
for many, many devices,
561
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,141
all of which are high tech.
562
00:29:55,271 --> 00:29:56,664
So you have to wonder
563
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,623
what is going on
here at Teotihuacan?
564
00:29:59,754 --> 00:30:02,278
Are these small balls
565
00:30:02,409 --> 00:30:07,153
and the mica and the
mercury all working together
566
00:30:07,283 --> 00:30:11,766
to create some kind
of electrical device
567
00:30:11,897 --> 00:30:14,029
that's doing something?
568
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,684
That would seem to be the case.
569
00:30:21,384 --> 00:30:24,170
In 2017, Erich von
Däniken and I were thrilled
570
00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:27,651
to visit the National History
Museum of Transylvania
571
00:30:27,782 --> 00:30:30,393
to examine one of the
most exciting artifacts
572
00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:32,004
I've ever seen.
573
00:30:32,134 --> 00:30:35,268
It is a 40,000-year-old
aluminum relic
574
00:30:35,398 --> 00:30:38,140
that may provide
definitive evidence
575
00:30:38,271 --> 00:30:40,316
of extraterrestrial visitation.
576
00:30:42,797 --> 00:30:45,060
Number two in our countdown
577
00:30:45,191 --> 00:30:48,672
of the top ten
unexplained technologies:
578
00:30:48,803 --> 00:30:50,849
The Wedge of Aiud.
579
00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:02,948
Workers digging a
trench along the banks of the Mures River
580
00:31:03,078 --> 00:31:06,690
unearth two giant
bones, and with them,
581
00:31:06,821 --> 00:31:09,476
a mysterious metal object
582
00:31:09,606 --> 00:31:13,349
buried 35 feet
beneath the surface.
583
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,525
Intrigued by what they found,
584
00:31:15,656 --> 00:31:18,746
the crew takes their
discovery to a nearby museum.
585
00:31:20,835 --> 00:31:23,446
The object
was ten meters in depth,
586
00:31:23,577 --> 00:31:26,188
associated with some bones,
587
00:31:26,319 --> 00:31:30,062
which they later identified
as mammoth bones.
588
00:31:30,192 --> 00:31:33,239
Mammoth were extinct
40,000 years ago,
589
00:31:33,369 --> 00:31:36,677
so considering the association
with the mammoth bones,
590
00:31:36,807 --> 00:31:40,420
then the object could be
older than 40,000 years ago.
591
00:31:42,291 --> 00:31:46,513
This strange object,
known today as the wedge of Aiud,
592
00:31:46,643 --> 00:31:49,081
continues to baffle
archaeologists
593
00:31:49,211 --> 00:31:51,692
because it is made
from a mysterious alloy
594
00:31:51,822 --> 00:31:53,650
and appears to have been created
595
00:31:53,781 --> 00:31:55,783
thousands of years before humans
596
00:31:55,914 --> 00:31:59,091
were able to smelt
or fabricate metal.
597
00:31:59,221 --> 00:32:01,341
The wedge of
Aiud weighs about five pounds,
598
00:32:01,441 --> 00:32:04,357
it's about nine inches long,
599
00:32:04,487 --> 00:32:09,449
and it is made out of
about 89% aluminum.
600
00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:11,712
And this was very
curious to researchers
601
00:32:11,842 --> 00:32:16,630
because the wedge of Aiud
had to be a very old artifact.
602
00:32:18,327 --> 00:32:20,162
Humans didn't
really start working with aluminum
603
00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:22,853
until well into the 1800s,
604
00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:25,378
but when you look at this
wedge and you analyze it,
605
00:32:25,508 --> 00:32:27,684
it really has most of
the modern properties
606
00:32:27,815 --> 00:32:29,251
we would associate
with aluminum.
607
00:32:30,470 --> 00:32:34,213
On January 18, 2017,
608
00:32:34,343 --> 00:32:37,172
at the National History
Museum of Transylvania,
609
00:32:37,303 --> 00:32:39,348
ancient astronaut theorists
610
00:32:39,479 --> 00:32:42,134
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Erich von Däniken
611
00:32:42,264 --> 00:32:45,050
were offered a rare
opportunity to get a firsthand look
612
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:47,748
at the wedge of Aiud.
613
00:32:49,706 --> 00:32:52,927
Museum curator Ana Gruia
614
00:32:53,058 --> 00:32:54,755
has taken it out
of a storage locker
615
00:32:54,885 --> 00:32:56,198
where it has been
deliberately hidden
616
00:32:56,278 --> 00:32:59,542
from the public
since the early 1970s.
617
00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:00,674
Okay.
618
00:33:02,067 --> 00:33:03,285
This is exciting.
619
00:33:03,416 --> 00:33:05,809
- Okay.
- So, this is it.
620
00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:07,768
- Wow.
- Okay.
621
00:33:07,898 --> 00:33:09,995
Here, this is the...
where they took the sample out
622
00:33:10,075 --> 00:33:11,997
- and here to make the analysis.
- Yeah.
623
00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:14,905
And here, you see two pieces
that are broken off, sort of.
624
00:33:15,036 --> 00:33:18,474
So, maybe it was
attached or something.
625
00:33:18,605 --> 00:33:20,302
But very strange.
626
00:33:20,433 --> 00:33:22,870
So what does the museum
have to say about this?
627
00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:25,699
- This is a very strange piece.
- It is,
628
00:33:25,829 --> 00:33:28,223
it is a strange
piece for us as well.
629
00:33:28,354 --> 00:33:31,052
We don't know
what it was used for,
630
00:33:31,183 --> 00:33:35,752
and we acknowledge these
uncertainties about its dating
631
00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:38,277
and its composition as well.
632
00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:40,801
We
have a real mystery here.
633
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:46,154
But you see this patina
over this whole object?
634
00:33:46,285 --> 00:33:47,565
And this creates
another problem.
635
00:33:47,677 --> 00:33:49,070
Yes.
636
00:33:49,201 --> 00:33:51,899
Because you
cannot fake a patina.
637
00:33:53,770 --> 00:33:58,123
The patina is a thin
coating of various metal compounds
638
00:33:58,253 --> 00:34:00,386
that forms on the
surface of the aluminum
639
00:34:00,516 --> 00:34:03,650
during exposure to
atmospheric elements.
640
00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:06,348
It was
covered with aluminum oxide,
641
00:34:06,479 --> 00:34:07,958
which they said would've taken
642
00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:10,700
300 or 400 years
to have developed.
643
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:14,313
And that also
baffled scientists.
644
00:34:15,966 --> 00:34:17,968
So for
what can you use this?
645
00:34:18,099 --> 00:34:20,884
It looks like a hammer
or a shovel, but...
646
00:34:21,015 --> 00:34:23,017
Giorgio, what is
the word of,
647
00:34:23,148 --> 00:34:24,547
in English...
648
00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:26,107
An excavator tooth.
649
00:34:26,238 --> 00:34:28,327
Well, it-it looks like this.
650
00:34:28,457 --> 00:34:30,031
- It could have been something like it.
- Yeah.
651
00:34:30,111 --> 00:34:31,939
But
these excavator tooths
652
00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:33,252
are never made out of aluminum.
653
00:34:33,332 --> 00:34:35,421
No, it's too weak.
654
00:34:35,551 --> 00:34:37,299
- Aluminum is too soft.
- Yeah.
655
00:34:37,379 --> 00:34:38,953
A lot of
people dismiss this as a tooth
656
00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:40,948
on an excavation bucket.
657
00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,732
If you ever looked
at these excavators,
658
00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:44,524
they usually have a
row of teeth in the front,
659
00:34:44,604 --> 00:34:46,352
and that's designed to
cut through the material.
660
00:34:46,432 --> 00:34:48,347
I think, first of all,
they would've noticed
661
00:34:48,477 --> 00:34:49,783
they were missing one.
662
00:34:49,913 --> 00:34:51,654
Second of all, they
don't use aluminum,
663
00:34:51,785 --> 00:34:54,527
and they're usually made
out of hardened steel.
664
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:59,923
If the wedge of
Aiud really is over 40,000 years old,
665
00:35:00,054 --> 00:35:04,102
could it be part of an even
more advanced technology?
666
00:35:04,232 --> 00:35:09,237
According to ancient astronaut
theorists, the answer is yes,
667
00:35:09,368 --> 00:35:11,674
and they suggest
it is a fragment
668
00:35:11,805 --> 00:35:14,416
of an extraterrestrial device.
669
00:35:15,983 --> 00:35:19,421
An aeronautical engineer
who saw the Aiud wedge,
670
00:35:19,552 --> 00:35:21,945
looked at it and said, "That's
a piece of a landing gear
671
00:35:22,076 --> 00:35:25,949
for a vertical take-off
and landing aircraft."
672
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,387
Ancient astronaut
theorists have also looked
673
00:35:28,517 --> 00:35:31,085
at this wedge and
surmised that it's possible
674
00:35:31,216 --> 00:35:33,827
that it's part of a crashed
extraterrestrial craft.
675
00:35:36,395 --> 00:35:39,746
Aluminum
is often used in spacecraft
676
00:35:39,876 --> 00:35:42,357
because it's a
very light material.
677
00:35:42,488 --> 00:35:45,665
So could it be that
the object of Aiud
678
00:35:45,795 --> 00:35:48,450
was part of some
type of a spacecraft?
679
00:35:48,581 --> 00:35:52,498
Perhaps. It certainly looks
680
00:35:52,628 --> 00:35:56,893
as if it was part
of a larger object.
681
00:35:57,024 --> 00:36:00,158
And the question
is, well, what object?
682
00:36:00,288 --> 00:36:03,117
And at what time was this?
683
00:36:03,248 --> 00:36:07,034
Perhaps there is an
extraterrestrial connection.
684
00:36:09,819 --> 00:36:12,170
There is only one
unexplained technology
685
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:14,084
left on our countdown.
686
00:36:14,215 --> 00:36:17,131
And this one has truly
stood the test of time.
687
00:36:22,049 --> 00:36:23,362
We've reached the
end of our countdown
688
00:36:23,442 --> 00:36:25,531
of the top ten
unexplained technologies,
689
00:36:25,661 --> 00:36:30,449
and this last one is as
extraordinary as it is massive.
690
00:36:30,579 --> 00:36:33,930
It's a towering monument
of ancient Egypt
691
00:36:34,061 --> 00:36:35,889
built thousands of years ago
692
00:36:36,019 --> 00:36:39,066
that some believe was
an energy generator.
693
00:36:40,589 --> 00:36:43,201
Number one on our list:
694
00:36:43,331 --> 00:36:45,377
The Great Pyramid Powerplant.
695
00:36:51,818 --> 00:36:54,864
On the
western bank of the Nile River,
696
00:36:54,995 --> 00:36:59,478
stands the most extraordinary
example of ancient engineering,
697
00:36:59,608 --> 00:37:01,828
the Great Pyramid.
698
00:37:03,351 --> 00:37:07,877
It towers above the landscape
at roughly 450 feet tall
699
00:37:08,008 --> 00:37:12,447
and consists of over
two million stone blocks.
700
00:37:12,578 --> 00:37:16,930
The Great Pyramid
of Giza is a marvel of architecture.
701
00:37:17,060 --> 00:37:19,628
Every block was five tons,
702
00:37:19,759 --> 00:37:22,152
and there is about two
million of them to create
703
00:37:22,283 --> 00:37:25,721
a perfect pyramid shape
704
00:37:25,852 --> 00:37:29,072
that is one of the Seven
Ancient Wonders of the World.
705
00:37:29,203 --> 00:37:33,555
The most ancient one of them
all and-and the only one standing.
706
00:37:36,602 --> 00:37:41,998
Inside the Great Pyramid are a
number of fascinating chambers
707
00:37:42,129 --> 00:37:45,524
and corridors, like
the Grand Gallery,
708
00:37:45,654 --> 00:37:48,440
this towering stairway
709
00:37:48,570 --> 00:37:52,618
that goes up into the
so-called King's Chamber.
710
00:37:57,144 --> 00:38:00,234
Mainstream scholars
theorize that the Great Pyramid
711
00:38:00,365 --> 00:38:02,889
was built as a tomb
for the Pharaoh Khufu,
712
00:38:03,019 --> 00:38:08,373
who reigned from
2589 to 2566 BC.
713
00:38:09,765 --> 00:38:13,073
But many experts claim
this dating is based on
714
00:38:13,203 --> 00:38:16,729
highly questionable data
and suggest the origins
715
00:38:16,859 --> 00:38:20,298
of the three pyramids at
Giza are far more profound.
716
00:38:22,474 --> 00:38:24,345
Archaeologists and
Egyptologists claim
717
00:38:24,476 --> 00:38:26,565
that they were tombs
for the pharaohs,
718
00:38:26,695 --> 00:38:29,829
and yet, no Egyptian
pharaoh was ever found
719
00:38:29,959 --> 00:38:31,483
in a pyramid in Egypt.
720
00:38:33,398 --> 00:38:36,139
We have found the mummies
of many Egyptian pharaohs,
721
00:38:36,270 --> 00:38:39,317
but they're found in
vaults deep underground
722
00:38:39,447 --> 00:38:41,928
at the Valley of
the Kings in Luxor,
723
00:38:42,058 --> 00:38:44,539
hundreds of miles
away from the pyramids.
724
00:38:46,628 --> 00:38:48,681
We're taught in
school that the Great Pyramid is a tomb,
725
00:38:48,761 --> 00:38:52,939
but if you look at the
complexity of these buildings,
726
00:38:53,069 --> 00:38:56,508
the precision with
which they were built,
727
00:38:56,638 --> 00:38:59,859
the features that
you see on the inside,
728
00:38:59,989 --> 00:39:05,168
these various shafts
and passageways,
729
00:39:05,299 --> 00:39:06,866
for me, it looks like a machine.
730
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:11,392
The design of the
tunnel system and chamber rooms
731
00:39:11,523 --> 00:39:14,961
within the Great Pyramid have
convinced engineering expert
732
00:39:15,091 --> 00:39:17,616
Chris Dunn that the
massive structure
733
00:39:17,746 --> 00:39:22,055
was actually an advanced
technological device.
734
00:39:22,185 --> 00:39:24,623
I propose that
the Egyptians built
735
00:39:24,753 --> 00:39:26,842
the Great Pyramid
to be a power plant.
736
00:39:28,583 --> 00:39:33,545
The pyramids were actually
geomechanical devices.
737
00:39:34,894 --> 00:39:39,028
In other words, they
were attached to the Earth.
738
00:39:39,159 --> 00:39:43,859
They were tuned to vibrate
with the frequencies of the Earth,
739
00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:46,340
and they converted
the energies of the Earth
740
00:39:46,471 --> 00:39:49,038
into electromagnetic energy.
741
00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,260
That energy is broadcast
from the pyramid,
742
00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,305
it's picked up by
the transmitters,
743
00:39:55,436 --> 00:39:59,832
which are the obelisks,
placed at key sites,
744
00:39:59,962 --> 00:40:03,488
that are able to be tuned
to the specific frequencies
745
00:40:03,618 --> 00:40:05,577
coming from the pyramid.
746
00:40:09,450 --> 00:40:12,540
As far as ancient
astronaut theorists are concerned,
747
00:40:12,671 --> 00:40:15,587
the mysteries of the
Great Pyramid of Egypt
748
00:40:15,717 --> 00:40:18,154
require further study.
749
00:40:18,285 --> 00:40:22,115
And perhaps, someday
soon, advances in technology
750
00:40:22,245 --> 00:40:25,074
will shed new light
on its true purpose.
751
00:40:26,598 --> 00:40:30,819
Archaeology is
rooted in interpretation,
752
00:40:30,950 --> 00:40:32,952
just like the ancient
astronaut theory.
753
00:40:34,562 --> 00:40:39,828
Something extraordinary
happened right here in ancient Egypt,
754
00:40:39,959 --> 00:40:45,573
perhaps under the
tutelage of extraterrestrials,
755
00:40:45,704 --> 00:40:49,229
teachers from
another star system.
756
00:40:50,839 --> 00:40:54,669
Was the Great Pyramid of
Egypt a massive power plant?
757
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:56,715
The answer may never be known,
758
00:40:56,845 --> 00:40:59,021
but one thing is clear,
759
00:40:59,152 --> 00:41:02,634
from fire that can
burn underwater,
760
00:41:02,764 --> 00:41:06,376
to a 40,000-year-old
aluminum artifact,
761
00:41:06,507 --> 00:41:09,902
and a biblical relic that
could topple stone walls
762
00:41:10,032 --> 00:41:11,991
and feed the masses,
763
00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:15,995
the ancient past is
filled with evidence
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that highly
advanced civilizations
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were here on Earth.
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And perhaps once
we solve the riddle
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of these unexplained
technologies,
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we will finally
unlock the secret
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of our extraterrestrial past.
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