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IT'S GIGANTIC.
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WHY DID THEY BUILD IT
IN THIS ACE?
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SO, THERE'S SOMETHING
UNDEEATH US?
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[ LAUGHS ]
THAT'S STONE!
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LOOKT TH!
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SOMETHG JU WENRIGH
BYHE CERA.
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LET'S SEE
WHAT'S DOWN HERE.
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♪♪
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HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF BOLIA A PER
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IS ONE OF THE MOST INTRIGUING
PLACES ON THE PLANET-
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LAKE TITICACA.
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IT'S THE LARGEST LAKE
IN SOUTH AMERICA
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AND THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE
BODY OF WATER IN THE WORLD.
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AND ACCORDING TO LEGEND,
IT MIGHT ALSO HAVE BEEN HOME
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TO ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
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IN THE AMERICAS.
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I'M NOT LKING ABOUTHE INCA,
BUT A FAR OLDER
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AND MORE MYSTERIOUS CULTURE
KNOWN AS THE TIWANAKU.
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PREDATING THE INCA
BY MORTHAN,000EARS
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THEY BUILT MASSIVE STONE TEMPLES
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THAT, TO THIS DAY,
HAVE BARELY BEEN EXCAVATED.
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THE INCA BELIEVE THE TIWANAKU
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WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE
TO WALK THE EARTH
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AND THAT THEIR CAPITAL CITY WAS
ONCE SO MASSIVE AND SO COMPLEX,
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IT MUST HAVE BEEN BUILT
BY GODS OR GIANTS.
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THEY ERECTED BIZARRE STRUCTURES
WITH CRYPTIC SYMBOLS
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THAT HAVE GIVEN RISE
TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES
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OFLIENONTA.
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AND THIS DAY,
STORS PEIST
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THAT AN EVEN MORE
MAGNIFICENT CITY
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IS HIDDEN DEEP UNDERWATER.
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IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE NTASY,
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BUT RECENT SCANS
OF THEIR RUINED METROPOLIS
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REVEAL IT MIGHT BE LARGER
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AND MORE ADVANCED
THAN ANYONE BELIEVED.
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AND THE DISCOVERY
OF MYSTERIOUS SUNKEN RUINS
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HAS SOME PEOPLE SAYING
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THAT THE SO-CALLED
ATLANTIS OF THE ANDES
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MIGHT ACTUALLY BE REAL.
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SO, WHO BUILT THE CITY
OF TIWANAKU AND HOW?
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AND IS MORE OF TIR ANCIENT
EMPIRE REALLY HIDDEN UNDERWATER?
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A JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF
THE WORLD'S MOST LEGENDARY LAKE
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MIGHT FINALLY LEAD TO ANSWERS.
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♪♪
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MY NAME IS JOSH TES.
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LOOK! [ LAUGHS ]
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...EXPLORER, ADVENTURER...
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THAT IS IT!
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...AND A GUY WHO ENDS UP
IN SOMVERYTRAN SITTION
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AH, AH, AAH, HAA!
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WITH A DEGREE RCHALOGY
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AND A PASSION
FOR THE EXPLNED,
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TRAV TO E EN
OF T EARTH,
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INVESTATING
THE GREATEST LEGENDS IN HISTORY.
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OKAY, LET'S PUNCH IT.
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IS IS "EXPEDITION UNKNOWN."
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PTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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I'M IN BOLIVIA TO MEET AN EXPERT
ONHE TANAK
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IN THE HIGHEST CAPITAL CITY
ON EARTH.
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[ DOG BARKING ]
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[ PANTING ]
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♪♪
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WELC--
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
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[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
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FORGET IT.
FORGET IT.
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OH, GOD.
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"WELME TLA P"
IS WT I WAS GOING FOR.
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AT AN ALTITUDE OF 12,000 FEET,
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THIS PLACE LITERALLY
TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY,
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ESPECIALLY SINCE GETTING AROUND
MEANS GOING EV HIGR.
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♪♪
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THIS IS THE TEFERI.
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ITS THWORLS HIEST AND
LONGEST AERIAL CABLE-CAR SYSTEM.
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IT WAS BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO
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TO COUNTERACT THE CRUSHING
GRIDLOCK DOWN IN THE CITY.
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AND AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE
SIX DIFFERENT CABLE-CAR LINES,
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20 STATIONS,
AND MORE THAN 900 GONDOLAS,
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GLIDING ABOVE A SEA
HUMITY.
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♪♪
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ON THE CROWDED STREETS BELOW
ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE INCA,
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AYRA NATIVES,
AND EVEN THE ENIGMATIC TIWANAKU.
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IT A BND OCULTES
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THAT MAKES
FOR SOME INTERESNG SPPIN
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LIKE HERE,
AT THE WITCHES MARKET...
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HOLA.
...A ONE-STORITU SHO
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SEING EVERYTHING
FROM DRIED LLAMA FETUSES,
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WHICH IS LIKE THE LOCAL VERSION
OF A LUCKY RABBIT'S FOOT,
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TO THE UNAVOIDABLE
ANDEAN PAN FLUTE.
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YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THIS.
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I ACTULY TOOK FOUR YEARS
OF ANDEAN PAN FLUTE IN COLLEGE.
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[ PAN FLUTE MUSIC PLAYS ]
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STILL GOT IT.
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STILL GOT IT.
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I GIVE THE PIPES A REST
AND MAKE MY WAY
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TO THE LA PAZ
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM.
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I'VE ARRANGED TO MEET WITH
ARCHAEOLOGIST ALEXEIRANI,
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ONE OF THE WORLD'S FOREMOST
AUTHORITIES ON THE TIWANAKU.
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TIWANA, THIS IS NOT
A HOUSEHOLD NAME TO MOST PEOPLE.
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THIS IS NOT SOMETHING
EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF,
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SO, WHAT IS TIWANAKU?
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IT'S A PLACE UP AT 13,000 FEET
ABOVE SEA LEVEL
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RIGHT ON THE SHORES
OF LAKE TITICA.
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BUT IT'S ALSO A PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT IT?
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THE PEOPLE WHO BUILTT.
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YOU HAVE
THIS MEGALITHIC SITE.
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THE SCALE IS SO BIG.
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SOME OF THESE STONES
ARE TREMENDOUS.
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THESE STONES
ARE SO LARGE.
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WHEN THE FIRST TRAVELERS
CAME THROUGH,
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THEY REFERRED TO IT
AS THE AMERICAN STONEHENGE.
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WOW.
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Gates:
AND MUCH LIKE STONENGE,
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TIWANAKU IS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S GREATEST MYSTERIES.
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LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES
WEST OF LA PAZ,
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TIWANAKU WAS BUILT
AROUND 100 B.C.,
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MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS BEFORE
THE INCA ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.
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THE SITE CONSISTS OF A LARGE
COMPLEX OF HUGE STONE STRUCTURES
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BUILT NEAR THE COAST
OF LAKE TITICACA.
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YOU LOOK AT IT, AND YOU THINK,
"WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?
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WHY DID THEY BUILD IT
IN THIS PLACE?"
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IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF NOWHERE.
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YOU GO THERE,
AND THERE'S JUST NOTHING,
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WHICH HAS GIVEN RISE
TO A LOT OF WILD THEORIES.
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THE RUINS FEATURE CRYPTIC
GATEWAYS, OTHERWLDLY CARVINGS,
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AND IMPOSSIBLY LARGE WALLS,
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LEADING CONSPIRACY THEORISTS
TO CLAIM
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THSITEUST VE BN BUT
WITH ALIEN ASSISTANCE.
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EVEN THE INCA,
WHENHEY RIVEAT T RUI
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500 YEARS
AFTER THE TIWANAKU COLLAPSED,
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WERE STUNNED BY THE SIZE
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AND PERFECTION
OF THE STONEWORK.
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YOU KNOW, FACT,
THE INCA JUSTICAON TRULE
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WAS BASED ON THE IDEA
THAT THEY WERE THE FIRSTBORN.
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THE GODS MADE THEM.
THEY WENT OUT TO CONQUER.
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TH ALLF A DDEN
TH GETO TINAKU
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AND THEY'RE LIKE,
"OH, NO.
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THERE'S SOMETHING HERE
THAT'S CLEARLY OLDER THAN US
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AND EVEN BETTER."
RIGHT.
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SO, WHAT DO THEY DO?
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THEY JUST CHANGE
THEIR HISTORY AROUND.
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THEY SAID, "IN FACT,
WE WERE BORN HERE."
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SO, THE INCA SUDDENLY WERE BORN
AT TIWANAKU?
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THEY REARRANGED IT A BIT
AND SAID, "LOOK WHAT WE MADE."
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GHT.
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Gates:
THE ECISION STONEWORK AND
MASSIVE BLOCKS USED AT TIWANAK
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ARE MORE ADVANCED
THAN ANYTHING FOUND
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THEMERIS ATHE TE.
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SO, HOW DID THEY BUILD
THIS ENGINEERING MARVEL?
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YOU WILL NEED TOERSTAND
WHAT THE TIWANAKU WERE
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AND WHAT THE SITE IS LIKE.
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YOU HAVE TO GO
TO THIS ONE LOCATION.
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RFEC
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Gas:
SO EARLYHE NT MOING
ANI DOEAN RLY.
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...I DRIVE THE 50 MILES
FROM LA PAZ TO TIWANAKU...
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...TO MARK A VERY SPECIAL
OCCASION.
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IT'S JUST AFTER 5:00 A.M.,
AND I'VE ARRIVED AT TIWANAKU,
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A PLACE NAMED
AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS PEOPLE
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WHO CE LIVED HERE,
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, AT AM I DOING HERE
IN THE FREEZING DARKNESS?
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WE, TO THIS DAY,
LOCALS BELIEVE
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THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MOMENT OF THE YEAR
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IN THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACE --
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SUNRISE ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE.
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I'M NOT ALONE HERE.
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE
DESCENDING ON THIS ANCIENT SITE,
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SEEKG GO FORNE
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
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EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA,
EVO MORALES,
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IS IN ATTENDANCE,
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DONNING TRADITIONAL GARB
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TO SOAK IN
THE FIRST RAYS OF LIGHT
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AT A MYSTERIOUS STONE STRUCTURE
CALLED THE GATE OF THE SUN.
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THE TINAKU BELIED
THE N WACREATED
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BY A POWERFUL DEITY
KNOWN TO US AS THE STAFF GOD.
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THE INCA WOULD LATER
CALL HIM VIRACOCHA.
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LEGENDAYS HE EMERGED FROM
THE WATERS OF THE NEARBY LAKE,
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CREATING THE SUN AND BUILDING
E ADNCEDITY TIWAKU
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WITH THE HELP OF GIANT
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ALL AROUND ME ARE
THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TIWANAKU,
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AND WHILE IT MIGHT SOUND CRAZY,
MANY OF THEM REALLY BELIEVE
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AT TS SI WASUILT
BY AOD A AN MY OGIANTS.
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BUT WHEN THE SUN COM UP,
IT NOTARD SEEHY.
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AS THE FIRST RAYS OF LIGHT
PIERCE THE FRIGID AIR,
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THOUSANDS OF HANDS ARE HELD UP
TO THE RISING SUN...
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♪♪
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...AND THE MYSTERIOUS CITY
IS REVEALED.
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♪♪
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THERE ARE SPRAWLING TELES,
COSSALALLSCHANLS,
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AND STONE GUTTERS FOR WATER
AND MYSTERIOUS CARVINGS.
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TO FIND SOME HARD ANERS
AS THOW WASLL BLT,
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I WAIT FOR THE CROWDS
TO DISPERSE
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AND THEN MEET
WITH LEADING ARCHALOGIST
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JOSE IGNACIO GALLEGOS
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AT THE SO-CALLED
GATE OF THE SUN.
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SO, THE FIRST THING I NOTICE
ARE THESE BEAUTIFUL CARVINGS.
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SO LET'SALK ABOUT
THE BIG GUY IN THE MIDDLE.
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THIS IS VIRACOCHA?
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THE STAFF GOD?
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SO, HE LITERALLY COMES
OUT OF THESE WATERS,
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AND HE SORT OF CREATES
EVERYTHING?
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Gallegos: YEAH.
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THE REALLY IMPRESSIVE PART
OF THIS GATE, OF COURSE,
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IS JUST THE GATE ITSELF.
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ANSITE
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TH WAS ORIGINALLY
ONE PIECE OF STONE?
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AND THEY MOVED THIS BY HAND?
-YEAH.
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THAT'S THE PART OF THIS
I DON'T GET.
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YES, IT IS.
IT IS.
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AND EY DN'T ST ME
THIS STONE A FEW FEET.
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THE ANDESITE QUARRY
IS 55 MILES AWAY,
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BUT HOW IT GOT HERE
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IS JUST ONE
OF THE MANY MYSTERS
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SURROUNDING THE SUN GATE.
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I'VE ALSO HEARD SOME VERY
OUTLANDISH STORIES ABOUT, LIKE,
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ANIMALS THAT ARE HDEN HERE
IN THE GLYPHS.
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SO, WHAT DO PEOPLE
SEE HERE?
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AN ANCIENT ELEPHANT,
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OH, WITH, LIKE,
THE EYE AND THE TRUNK HERE?
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YEAH.
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PREHISTORIC ELEPHANTS
DISAPPEARED FROM SOUTH AMERICA
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MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO,
SUGGESNG TO SOMEHAT TIWANAKU
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00:11:03,030 --> 00:11:05,797
WAS E FIT MAJOR CITY
IN HUMAN HISRY
223
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AND INSPIRING WILD SPECULATION
224
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THAT IT WAS BUILT
WITH ANCIENT ALIEN ASSISTANC
225
00:11:12,039 --> 00:11:14,839
BUT JOSE HAS A MUCH LESS
"STARGATE"-Y THEORY.
226
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SO, THIS IS NOT EVIDENCE
OF ICE AGE ENCOUNTERS HERE?
227
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GOOD. OKAY.
NO, THIS IS GOOD.
228
00:11:25,852 --> 00:11:27,552
WE'RE GETTING
THE REAL STORY HERE.
229
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LIKEHIS.
230
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Gates: MODERN ARCHAEOLOGISTS
DATE THE GATE
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AND THE REST OF THE CITY
TO ABOUT 1,5 YEA AGO
232
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NOT 10,000.
233
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THAT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN
HOW THIS PLA WAS BUILT,
234
00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:41,332
AND JOSE SAYS THAT NEW FINDS
AT THE SITE
235
00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:43,868
ARE ONLY DEEPENING THE MYSTERY.
236
00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,136
Gates: ONE THING
YOU CAN'T TELL IN THE DARK
237
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IS HOW BIG
THIS PLACE IS.
238
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HOW BIG IS IT?
239
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TWO SQUAREILES
AH.
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THAT ONLY THE PARTS
YOU'VE EXCAVATED?
241
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YEAH.
THAT'S CRAZY.
242
00:11:55,282 --> 00:11:58,183
AND THIS HUGE MOUND THAT WE SEE
OVER HERE, IS THAT NATURAL?
243
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ALOF I
244
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THAT'S GIGANTI
245
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Gates: I'M IN BOLIVIA AMIDST
THE ANCIENT RUINS OF TIWANAKU,
246
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A CITY OF GIGANTIC STONES
THAT WERE SOMEHOW MOVED HERE
247
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NEARLY 2,000 YEARS AGO.
248
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LEGENDS SAY THE CITY
WAS BUILT BY AN ENIGMATIC GOD
249
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WHO CAME FROM THE NEBY LAKE
250
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OR EVEN UFOS.
251
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BUT I'M HERE F THERUTH,
252
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AND ARCHOLOGIST
JOSEGNACIO GALLEGOS
253
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MAY BE ABOUT TO CRACK THE CODE
254
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ONOWHIS COLOSSAL CITY
WAS REALLY MADE.
255
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ANTHIS HUGE MOUND THAT WE
SEE OVER HERE, IS THAT NATURAL?
256
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ALL IT?
YE
257
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, THIS IS
KE AYRAM?
258
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THAT'S GIGANTI
259
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HOMUCHF TH HASEEN
EXCAVATED?
260
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3% OF THE PYRAMID
HAS BEEN EXCAVATED?
261
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CRAZY.
262
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Gate THEKAPA PYRID
A MSIVETRUCRE
263
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THAT ONCE STOOD
FIVE STORIES TALL
264
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AND IS WIDER THAN THE GREAT
PYRAMID OF GIZA IN EGYPT.
265
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT,
AT THE CITY'S HEIGHT,
266
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BETWEEN 20,000 AND 40,000 PEOPLE
LIVED OR TRAVELED HERE.
267
00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:13,858
THIS CULTURE MAY HAVE
CONTROED AN EMPIRE
268
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THAT EXTENDED FROM THE COAST
OF PERU TO BOLIVIA
269
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AND NORTHERN CHILE.
270
00:13:18,932 --> 00:13:22,634
AND THE HEART OF THAT EMPIRE WAS
THE CAPITAL CITY OF TIWANAKU,
271
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HOME TO SOME OF
THMOSTYSTEOUS
272
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CONSTRUCTION ITHE RLD.
273
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D THE MOST BAFFLING OF ALL
IS THE PUMAPUNKU TEMPLE COMPLEX.
274
00:13:31,011 --> 00:13:32,944
AND THIS PLACE JUST GETS
WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.
275
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YEAH.
276
00:13:33,947 --> 00:13:35,146
WHAT ARE THESE HERE?
277
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EY ARE.
THEY'RLIKEIANT's.
278
00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:40,618
FEELS LIKE LEGO SET.
279
00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:45,323
SOLL TSE LTLE DENTIONS
THAT WE SEE ON THE SIDE,
280
00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:46,591
ALL THESE LITTLE ELEMENTS,
281
00:13:46,593 --> 00:13:48,693
THEY'RE MEANT TO LINK
THESE THINGS TOGETHER?
282
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:52,197
Gate INTERLOCKING CHANNELS
CARVED IN THE ROCKS,
283
00:13:52,199 --> 00:13:54,199
MYSTERIOUS SHAPES,
284
00:13:54,201 --> 00:13:55,533
CRYPTIC SYMBOLS,
285
00:13:55,535 --> 00:13:57,902
AND DOORWAYS WITHIN DOORWAYS.
286
00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:01,339
THE ORIGINAL FUNCTION OF THESE
RUINS HAS BEEN LOST TO TIME,
287
00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:05,510
BUT RECENT EXCAVATIONS
MAY OFFER CRUCIAL CLUES.
288
00:14:05,512 --> 00:14:08,613
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND
THOUSANDS OF CERAMIC VESSELS
289
00:14:08,615 --> 00:14:10,248
FOR DRINKING CHICHA --
290
00:14:10,250 --> 00:14:12,617
AN ALCOHOL BEVERAGE
MADEROM CORN,
291
00:14:12,619 --> 00:14:15,820
AS WELL AS IMAGERY
DEPICTING PSYCHEDELIRITUALS.
292
00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,388
THEY'VE EVEN
UNCOVERED IMPLEMENTS
293
00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:21,025
FOR SNORTING
HALLUCINOGENIC COMPOUN.
294
00:14:21,027 --> 00:14:22,594
IN SRT,
TH PLA MAYAVE EN
295
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THE ANCIENT EQUIVALENT
OF BURNING MAN,
296
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A REMOAL CTER
BUILTO HOR
297
00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:31,069
E ENMATIDEITIES
OF THE SUN AND THE NEARBY LAKE.
298
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:36,641
WAIT.
IS THIS ONE STONE?
299
00:14:40,714 --> 00:14:43,548
NO...WAY.
300
00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:45,817
Gates: THESE BLOCK
ARTHE GGESIN TANAK
301
00:14:45,819 --> 00:14:48,586
AND SOME OF THE LARGEST
IN THE ANCIENT AMERICAS.
302
00:14:48,588 --> 00:14:52,724
EACH WEIGHS AS MUCH AS 100 CARS,
AND CONSIDER THIS --
303
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,360
THE TIWANAKU
DIDN'T HAVE THE WHL,
304
00:14:55,362 --> 00:14:58,696
YETHE ILDERS SOMEHOW MOVED
EVERY STONE TO THE SITE
305
00:14:58,698 --> 00:15:00,865
FROM SOMEPLACE ELSE.
306
00:15:00,867 --> 00:15:02,901
THIS WAS NOT HERE?
NOPE.
307
00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,872
NO. IMPOSSIBLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
308
00:15:07,874 --> 00:15:09,707
CRAZY.
309
00:15:09,709 --> 00:15:11,209
tes:
ALL E STONES AT TIWANAKU
310
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WERE QUARRIED
FROM ONE OF TWO PLAC --
311
00:15:14,347 --> 00:15:16,948
FROM DEEP IN THE MOUNTAINS
10 MILES AWAY,
312
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:19,384
AND FROM THE OTHER SIDE
OF LAKE TITICACA,
313
00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,419
MORE THAN 55 MILES AWAY.
314
00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,556
AND IN A SUNKEN COURTYARD
NEARBY,
315
00:15:25,558 --> 00:15:27,225
YOU CAN EVEN COME
FACE-TO-FACE
316
00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:30,094
WITH SOME OF
THE ANCIENT BUILDERS.
317
00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,130
WOW, LK ATHAT!
318
00:15:37,404 --> 00:15:38,836
LEADERS AND PRIESTS...
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
319
00:15:38,838 --> 00:15:40,505
...KINGS.
320
00:15:40,507 --> 00:15:42,307
THAT, BY THE WAY,
IS AN ALIEN.
321
00:15:42,309 --> 00:15:43,441
THAT'S NOT HUMAN.
-NO.
322
00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,710
EVEN YOU THINK
THAT DOESN'T LOOK HUMAN.
323
00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:47,345
IT'S EITHER AN UGLY GUY
OR AN ALIEN,
324
00:15:47,347 --> 00:15:48,546
BUT I THINK, CASE CLOSED,
325
00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:50,315
THISLACEAS BLT
EXTTERRESTRIALS.
326
00:15:50,317 --> 00:15:51,416
THAT'S IT.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
327
00:15:51,418 --> 00:15:53,217
THIS PLACE WAS BUILT
BY ALIENS, FOR SURE.
328
00:15:53,219 --> 00:15:55,086
Gates:
ALL JOKING ASIDE, JOSE BELIEVES
329
00:15:55,088 --> 00:15:57,588
THE REAL ANSWER
TO HOW TIWANAKU WAS BUIL
330
00:15:57,590 --> 00:15:59,457
ISN'T UP IN THE STARS,
331
00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:02,126
BUT RATHER LIES HIDDEN
BENEATH OUR FEET.
332
00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:08,833
REVOLUTIONARY SCANS
CONDUCTED BY UNESCO
333
00:16:08,835 --> 00:16:12,804
USED 3-D IMAGING DRONES
TO BUILD A TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP.
334
00:16:12,806 --> 00:16:15,540
THIS MAP REVEALED DISTURBANCES
IN THE LANDSCAPE
335
00:16:15,542 --> 00:16:18,142
THAT JOSE IS RACING
TO INVESTIGATE.
336
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,682
SO, THESE ARE THE THINGS
THAT WE OW AUT.
337
00:16:24,684 --> 00:16:26,718
WHAT DID YOU FIND ON THE SCAN
THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT?
338
00:16:31,858 --> 00:16:33,958
35 ACRES OF NEW FINDS?
339
00:16:35,095 --> 00:16:37,795
Gates:
TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE,
THE SCAN SUGGESTS
340
00:16:37,797 --> 00:16:39,864
TIWANAKU IS
ABOUT 10 TIMES LARGER
341
00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:42,367
THAN ANYONE
PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED.
342
00:16:42,369 --> 00:16:45,103
JOSE THINKS THESE FOUNDATIONS
BURIED UNDERGROUND
343
00:16:45,105 --> 00:16:47,038
MAY BE THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING
344
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,541
HOW THE MASSIVE STONE STRUCTURES
OF TIWANAKU WERE BUILT.
345
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:57,715
SO, THAT'S A TOTALLY
BURIED STRUCTURE?
346
00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:58,716
AH.
347
00:17:00,086 --> 00:17:01,919
NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS?
348
00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:05,990
AND WHE IS THIS IN RELATION
TO WRE WE'RE SNDING?
349
00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:13,264
tes:OSE S
IMANG EERT STABY
350
00:17:13,266 --> 00:17:15,433
TO INVESTIGATE
THE BURIED RIDGES.
351
00:17:15,435 --> 00:17:19,804
WE MAKE OUR WAY TO THE SITE
WHERE I FIND A FAMILIAR FACE.
352
00:17:19,806 --> 00:17:20,805
BOB LEONARD.
353
00:17:20,807 --> 00:17:22,673
JOSH GATES,
HOW YOU DOING, BROTHER?
354
00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:24,542
Gates: I LAST RKED WITH HIM
IN GUATEMALA
355
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:28,646
ON MY SEARCH FOR T TOMBS
THE MAYA AKE KINGS.
356
00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:30,348
SO, WHAT'S
THE PLAN OUT HERUYS?
357
00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:31,783
WELL, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING
AT JOSE'S SCANS,
358
00:17:31,785 --> 00:17:33,484
AND THEY LOOK LIKE
THERE'S SOMETHG REALLY
INTERESTING HERE,
359
00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,119
AND SO WHAT WE DO NOW
IS GO IN AND CONFIRM IT
360
00:17:35,121 --> 00:17:36,320
WITHROUNPENEATIN
RADAR.
361
00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:38,756
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S ROCK AND ROLL. COME ON.
362
00:17:40,193 --> 00:17:42,527
Gates:PR SDS RIO WES
TO T GROD
363
00:17:42,529 --> 00:17:44,729
ANCAN TECT
THE ESEN OF RUCTES
364
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:46,864
DDENORE AN
DOZEFEETOWN.
365
00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,303
I DR THENIT
A ID PTERN
366
00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:54,972
OVER THE AREA
INDICATED BY THE SCANS
367
00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:58,509
WHILE BOB TAKES NOTE OF ANY
DISTURBANCES IN THE DATA.
368
00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:02,947
BOB, I JUST RAN OVER
SOME COW PP.
369
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:04,348
I'M SORRY.
GREAT.
370
00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:06,751
LET'S JUST CALL IT
A $15,000 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
371
00:18:06,753 --> 00:18:09,320
AND TRY TO KEEP IT OUT
OF THE [BLEEP] PLEASE.
372
00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:11,322
SORRY.
I'LL DO MY BEST.
373
00:18:11,324 --> 00:18:18,496
♪♪
374
00:18:18,498 --> 00:18:19,897
CAN YOU HOLD IT
RIGHT THERE, JOSH?
375
00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,065
TH LOO REALLY
INTERESTING.
376
00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:23,701
E HOTHATLUE T
LOT TTERHERE?
377
00:18:23,703 --> 00:18:24,702
LOOK AT THAT.
378
00:18:24,704 --> 00:18:26,170
YEAH.
YEAH.
379
00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:27,472
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE
A DEPRESSION.
380
00:18:27,474 --> 00:18:28,739
YEAH,
SOME KIND A PIT.
381
00:18:28,741 --> 00:18:31,476
THAT DIRT LOOKS DISTURBED.
382
00:18:34,314 --> 00:18:36,114
OKAY, GREAT.
LET'S GO BACK OVER THIS AIN,
383
00:18:36,116 --> 00:18:37,315
SEE IF WE HIT IT
ON THE OTHER WAY.
384
00:18:37,317 --> 00:18:38,516
ALL RIGHT.
385
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:41,185
Gates:
TAG OUR FIRST RADAR HIT --
386
00:18:41,187 --> 00:18:44,856
AN UNUSUAL SUNKEAREA
COVED OV WITTOPSL.
387
00:18:44,858 --> 00:18:48,793
IT APPEARS TO BE MAN-MADE,
SO WE CONTINUE SCANNING.
388
00:18:48,795 --> 00:18:50,995
WHOA! THAT'S GETTING
SOME GOOD HITS.
389
00:18:50,997 --> 00:18:52,730
LOOK AT THAT.
LOOK AT THAT.
390
00:18:52,732 --> 00:18:54,665
-RIGHT THERE!
-YEAH.
391
00:18:54,667 --> 00:18:55,700
YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY.
392
00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:56,868
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING
WE'VE HIT.
393
00:18:56,870 --> 00:18:58,035
SEE HOW THAT BUMPS UP?
394
00:18:58,037 --> 00:18:59,270
-YEAH.
-BUMPS UP.
395
00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,075
IT'S A MONSTER.
YEAH.
396
00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:05,409
SO THERE SOMETHING RIGHT
UNRNEA US
397
00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:06,777
THATUNS
THIS WHOLE LENGTH RE?
398
00:19:06,779 --> 00:19:08,246
YEAH.
399
00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:09,547
IT SSIB
TOIG I
400
00:19:13,419 --> 00:19:15,520
OKAY.
YEAH, LET'S DIG.
401
00:19:17,924 --> 00:19:20,191
tes: WORRS ARRIVE ON THS
402
00:19:20,193 --> 00:19:23,027
AND START CLEARINGY
THE THICK BRUSH
403
00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:24,762
FOR A SMALL TEST PIT.
404
00:19:27,700 --> 00:19:29,467
YOU OW, BOB, THERE ARE MORE
SHOVELS AROUND HERE, I THINK.
405
00:19:29,469 --> 00:19:30,568
I CAN GET YOU ONE.
406
00:19:30,570 --> 00:19:32,403
WELL, BUT MY HANDS
ARE FULL OVER HERE.
407
00:19:32,405 --> 00:19:34,071
I GOT, YOU KNOW,
EXPENSIVGEAR ALL OR ME
408
00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:35,773
OH, I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND.
409
00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:41,445
♪♪
410
00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:43,748
THE FIRST FOOT OR SO
YIEL NOTNG.
411
00:19:48,454 --> 00:19:51,189
T SOON,
FEEL SIANCE.
412
00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:52,423
-OH.
-HEY
413
00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:53,891
I GOSOTHING.
414
00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,593
YOU HAVE IT DOWN THERE?
YEAH.
415
00:19:55,595 --> 00:19:57,295
OH, THERE'S SOMETHING RE.
HOLD ON.
416
00:19:59,199 --> 00:20:01,299
!
LOOK ATHAT!
417
00:20:01,301 --> 00:20:03,601
THAT IS STONE!
418
00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:11,042
Gates:
I'M ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT
419
00:20:11,044 --> 00:20:15,213
W THMINDOGGLG ANENT
CITYF TINAKUAS BUILT.
420
00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:19,417
STONE BLOCKS WEIGHING 100 TONS
WERE MOVED HERE FROM FAR AWAY,
421
00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:20,685
BUT HOW?
422
00:20:20,687 --> 00:20:23,588
NOW SATELLITE SCANS
AND OUR OWN RADAR SURVEY
423
00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,890
HAVE REVEALED
SOMETHING HIDDEN UNDERGROUND
424
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:29,227
TH MIGHT PROVIDE THE ANSWER.
425
00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:30,461
OH.
426
00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:31,963
I GOT MEING.
427
00:20:31,965 --> 00:20:33,731
YOU HAVE IT DOWN THERE?
YEAH.
428
00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:36,434
OH, THERE'S SOMETHG HERE.
HOLD ON.
429
00:20:36,436 --> 00:20:37,501
STONE?
YEAH.
430
00:20:37,503 --> 00:20:40,037
HA! TH'S STONE!
LOOK AT THAT!
431
00:20:43,643 --> 00:20:46,344
THAT IS STONE!
432
00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:48,913
THIS IS A WALL.
AH.
433
00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:50,081
IT KEEPS GOING OVER.
HEY.
434
00:20:50,083 --> 00:20:52,049
I MEAN, THIS REALLY IS
THE EDGE OF A WALL.
435
00:20:55,188 --> 00:20:56,487
NICE WORK, MAN.
[ LAUGHS ]
436
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:59,690
Gates:
THIS IS A MAJOR FIND,
437
00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:03,527
BUT CURIOUSLY, ONE MEMBER
OF OUR TEAM ISN'T CELEBRATING.
438
00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:10,501
THE GPR HIT WAS BIGGER
THAN THAT,
439
00:21:10,503 --> 00:21:13,004
SO THERE'S GOT TO
BEORE LL.
440
00:21:13,006 --> 00:21:14,705
OKAY, LET'S TRY AND OPEN THIS UP
THIS WAY A LITTLE BIT.
441
00:21:14,707 --> 00:21:17,174
LET'S SEE
WHAT'SOWN HERE.
442
00:21:17,176 --> 00:21:20,478
SO, CLAY, SOMEORT
OF A SURFACE HERE, CLAY.
443
00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,080
WE CARULLY SCRAPE AWAY
MORE TOPSOIL.
444
00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:24,715
AND...
445
00:21:25,685 --> 00:21:27,518
AH, MORE STONE.
446
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,621
LOOK AT THAT.
CE WK, M.
447
00:21:30,623 --> 00:21:34,025
LO AND BEHOLD,
THERE'S ANOTHER STRUCTURE
448
00:21:34,027 --> 00:21:36,127
RUNNING PARALL TO THFIRST.
449
00:21:36,129 --> 00:21:37,528
THIS ISN'T JUST A ALPIECE.
450
00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:39,130
ONHEADARND ON YOUR SCANS,
451
00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,799
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT EXTENDS
WAY OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
452
00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:46,270
OKAY, SO, MILLION-DOLLAR
QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THIS?
453
00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,005
WHATRE WLOOKG AT
454
00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:52,877
LIKE CALS?
455
00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:55,880
D WH ABOUT THAT SUNKEN PIT
THAT WE SAW WITH THE RADAR?
456
00:21:55,882 --> 00:21:57,848
ULD THAT BE
TIED TO ALL THIS?
457
00:22:00,353 --> 00:22:02,887
THAT PIT IS SOME SORT OF
WATER-COLLECTION SYSTEM
458
00:22:02,889 --> 00:22:04,822
LIKE A RESERVOIR?
459
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:06,791
THERE IS EVIDENCE
ALL OVER TIWANAKU
460
00:22:06,793 --> 00:22:08,392
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER,
461
00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:09,927
LIKE THE MYSTERIOUS STAFF GOD
462
00:22:09,929 --> 00:22:12,863
WHSUPPEDLYAME
FROMHE WATERS OF THE LAKE
463
00:22:12,865 --> 00:22:15,933
AND THE GUTTERS AND CHANNELS
SEEN AROUND THE MAIN TEMPLE
464
00:22:15,935 --> 00:22:19,070
TO COLLECT AND CONVEY WATER
AROU THEITE.
465
00:22:26,979 --> 00:22:28,779
OKAY.
WHAT'D YOU FIND?
466
00:22:33,086 --> 00:22:35,686
JOSE THEORIZES THAT THE WALLS
WE JUST DISCOVERED
467
00:22:35,688 --> 00:22:37,355
WERE PART OF A CANAL SYSTEM
468
00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:40,691
THAT BROUGHT CONTROLLED
RIVERS OF WATER INTO THE CITY.
469
00:22:42,195 --> 00:22:43,828
AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONFIRMS
470
00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:46,464
THAT THESE CANALS CONNECTED
NATURAL WATERWAYS
471
00:22:46,466 --> 00:22:50,601
NEAR THE STONE QUARRY IN
THE MOUNTAINS DOWN TO THE CITY.
472
00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:59,243
EVEN IF THEY HAVE THESE CANALS
COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINS,
473
00:22:59,245 --> 00:23:01,979
HOW DO THEY GET
THE STONES DOWN THE CANALS?
474
00:23:01,981 --> 00:23:03,414
YOU FLOAT THEM?
475
00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:04,382
[BEP]
476
00:23:04,384 --> 00:23:05,816
[ LAUGHS ]O.
477
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,118
HOW DOOU FAT TM?
478
00:23:08,788 --> 00:23:10,921
REED BOATS?
LIKE THIS?
479
00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:12,556
BOATS MADE OUT OTHIS...
-YES.
480
00:23:12,558 --> 00:23:14,325
...FLOAT A 100-TON STONE?
481
00:23:20,266 --> 00:23:21,966
TH STI WORWITHHIS?
482
00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:27,905
IT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPROBABLE
SOLUTION
483
00:23:27,907 --> 00:23:30,708
TO THE MYSTERY
OF TIWANAKU'CONSUCTI.
484
00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:33,077
COULD BOATS
MA FROBLAD OF ASS
485
00:23:33,079 --> 00:23:36,347
REALLY CARRY STONES
WEIGHING HUNDREDS OF TONS?
486
00:23:36,349 --> 00:23:39,016
M SKTICA TO Y THLEAS
487
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:43,120
SO, I BID JOSE AND BOB FAREWELL
AND SET MY SIGHTS WEST
488
00:23:43,122 --> 00:23:45,656
TO THE PLACE
WHERE THE UROS PEOPLE STILL LIVE
489
00:23:45,658 --> 00:23:49,527
AND STILL CARRY ON TRADITIONS
THAT DATE BACK TO THE TIWANAKU.
490
00:23:49,529 --> 00:23:57,935
♪♪
491
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,570
OUTSIDOF THESE CITIES
IN BOLIVIA,
492
00:23:59,572 --> 00:24:01,739
THERE'A WHOLE LOOF,
WELL, NOT MUCH,
493
00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:02,973
BUT THERE IS ONE SITE
494
00:24:02,975 --> 00:24:05,743
THAT DOMINATES
THIS OTHERWISE DUSTY LANDSCAPE.
495
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:09,680
LAKE TITICACA.
496
00:24:09,682 --> 00:24:11,015
[ RECORD SCRATCHES ]
497
00:24:11,017 --> 00:24:12,116
AT ARE YOU, 12 YEARS OLD?
498
00:24:12,118 --> 00:24:13,451
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE LAKE.
499
00:24:13,453 --> 00:24:15,653
OKAY? THAT'S ITS NAME --
500
00:24:15,655 --> 00:24:17,221
LAKE TITICACA.
501
00:24:17,223 --> 00:24:20,758
LET'S JUST...
BACK TO THE PACKAGE, PLEASE.
502
00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:23,294
[ CLEARSHROAT ]
503
00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:24,962
AS I WAS SAYING, LAKE TITICACA
504
00:24:24,964 --> 00:24:27,264
IS THE LARGEST LAKE
IN SOUTH AMERICA
505
00:24:27,266 --> 00:24:30,801
AND THE HIGHEST NAVIGABLE
BODY OF WATER ON EARTH.
506
00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:36,674
THE ROE TO PUNO,
WHERE E UROS PEOPLE LIVE,
507
00:24:41,013 --> 00:24:44,915
THE LAKE IS SO BIG THAT IT
ACTUALLY SPANS TWO COUNTRIES,
508
00:24:44,917 --> 00:24:48,385
SO IT'S TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
TO BOLIVIA...
509
00:24:48,387 --> 00:24:50,221
AND HELLO TO PERU.
510
00:24:50,223 --> 00:24:51,956
GRACIAS.
511
00:24:55,862 --> 00:24:57,495
ACSS T SOROF BDER,
512
00:24:57,497 --> 00:25:00,297
I MAKE MY WAY TO THE WESTE
SHORE OF LAKE TITICACA
513
00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:02,032
AND THE VILLAGE OF PUNO.
514
00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,571
AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER,
I MEET AN OLD FRIEND,
515
00:25:07,573 --> 00:25:10,741
AN AUTHOR SPECIALIZING
IN ANCIENT ANDEAN CULTURES,
516
00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:11,909
BRIEN FOERSTER,
517
00:25:11,911 --> 00:25:14,545
AND AN EXPERT
IN THE UROS PEOPLE,
518
00:25:14,547 --> 00:25:16,847
LOCAL GUE GUAVO RALE
519
00:25:16,849 --> 00:25:18,282
THEY'VE SPENT DECADES
520
00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:20,618
INVESTIGATING
TIWANAKU'S LEGENDS.
521
00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:22,086
WELCOME
TO LAKE TITICACA.
522
00:25:22,088 --> 00:25:24,922
BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE
IN THE WORLD.
523
00:25:24,924 --> 00:25:27,625
I' JUSCOMEROM E RUS
AT TIWANAKU.
524
00:25:27,627 --> 00:25:29,226
HOW DID THEY GET
THESE STON THE?
525
00:25:29,228 --> 00:25:31,795
THE RED-SANDSTONE QUARRY
IS 10 MILES AWAY.
526
00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:32,863
YEAH.
527
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:34,498
AND THE ANDESITE QUARRY'S
55 MES AWAY.
528
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,367
WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE
BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART
529
00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:39,003
THAT REALLY I COULDN'T GET
MY HEAD AROUND, YOU KNOW?
530
00:25:39,005 --> 00:25:41,505
IN WORKING WITH
THE ARCHAEOLOGIST AT THE SITE,
531
00:25:41,507 --> 00:25:42,606
HE WAS SAYING THAT
ONE OF THE THEIES
532
00:25:42,608 --> 00:25:44,375
THEUSEDHIS UFF,
REEDS,
533
00:25:44,377 --> 00:25:46,343
AND SO HE WANTED ME
TO COME MEET THE UROS PEOPLE.
534
00:25:46,345 --> 00:25:47,978
NOW, WHO ARE THE UROS?
LET'S START WITH THAT.
535
00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:50,681
WELL, THE UROS IS ANOTHER
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION
536
00:25:50,683 --> 00:25:52,316
ALWAYS AROUND
THE LAKE TITICACA.
537
00:25:52,318 --> 00:25:54,285
AND THEY WERE EXPERTS
ON BUILDING WITH RDS.
538
00:25:54,287 --> 00:25:56,287
AND SO,
WHAT ABOUT THIS IDEA
539
00:25:56,289 --> 00:25:58,556
THAT THEY COULD'VE CONSTRUCTED
SOMETHING OUT OF REEDS
540
00:25:58,558 --> 00:26:01,792
TO MOVE TONS AND TONS
OF STONE?
541
00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:03,027
IS IT POSSIBLE?
542
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:04,295
I THINK IT IS.
543
00:26:04,297 --> 00:26:06,430
BUT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND,
YOU NEED TO E IT
544
00:26:06,432 --> 00:26:07,631
ANWE'VARRAED AOAT
545
00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,366
TO TAKE US ALL
TO THE UROS ISLANDS
546
00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:11,168
TO GO AND VISIT
THE UROS PEOPLE.
547
00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:12,636
OKAY, GREAT.
WHERE IS IT?
548
00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:14,471
OUT THERE.
WAIT, IS THIS IT?
549
00:26:14,473 --> 00:26:16,440
IS.
YES,HAT'S IT.
550
00:26:16,442 --> 00:26:18,509
[ LAUGHS ]
551
00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:20,077
IS THAT MADE OREEDS?
IT IS.
552
00:26:20,079 --> 00:26:21,879
COME ON.
553
00:26:21,881 --> 00:26:25,482
Gates:
THE BOAT APPROACHING THE DOCKS
IS A MARVEL OF ANCIENT DESIGN.
554
00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:26,650
NEARLY EVERYTHING,
555
00:26:26,652 --> 00:26:28,619
EVEN THE PUMA HEADS
ON THE FRONT,
556
00:26:28,621 --> 00:26:30,754
IS MADE FROM NATURAL REEDS.
557
00:26:30,756 --> 00:26:33,090
WE CLIMB ABOARD TO TEST IT OUT.
558
00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:39,697
♪♪
559
00:26:39,699 --> 00:26:42,800
THIS IS THE COOLEST BOAT
I'VE EVER SEEN.
560
00:26:42,802 --> 00:26:44,268
I'M AMAZED BY THIS THING.
561
00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:47,037
I MEAN, THESE REEDS RIGHT NOW
ARE CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF...
562
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,273
ONE, TWO, THREE,
FOUR, FI PEOPLE.
563
00:26:49,275 --> 00:26:51,442
JU T FACTHAT WE'RE
STANDING UP HERE
564
00:26:51,444 --> 00:26:54,578
MEANS THAT THESE REEDS ACTUALLY
CAN SUPPORT A LOT OF WEIGHT.
565
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:02,286
NINE TONS?
566
00:27:04,690 --> 00:27:05,956
OKAY.
567
00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,225
AND ACTUALLY, THE SIZE
OF THE BOAT IS UNLIMITED.
568
00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:09,693
ALL YOU DO IS ADD MORE
AND MORE REEDS,
569
00:27:09,695 --> 00:27:10,995
AND YOU GET BIGGER
AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
570
00:27:10,997 --> 00:27:12,363
RIGHT.
571
00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:16,967
SO, THESE THINGS REALLY
COULD HAVE CARRIED HUGE STONES.
572
00:27:16,969 --> 00:27:18,135
WELL, AS YOU'RE
ABOUT TO SEE,
573
00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:21,572
TH CANARRY
A LOMOREHAN AT.
574
00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:26,043
WE TAKE OUR PLANT-BASED
TRSPORFURTR IN THEAKE.
575
00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:29,079
ON, SEEPECKOF LD
ON THE HORIZON.
576
00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:30,948
GUSTAVO,
WHAT'S THIS AHEAD OF US?
577
00:27:30,950 --> 00:27:33,684
JOSH, WELCOME TO
THE UROS ISLANDS.
578
00:27:33,686 --> 00:27:35,319
THESARE N-MA?
YES, THEY ARE.
579
00:27:35,321 --> 00:27:36,820
ALL MADEF RES.
580
00:27:36,822 --> 00:27:38,722
OH, MAN!
581
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:48,766
Gates: I'M IN THE HEART
OF SOUTH AMERICA'S LAKE TITICACA
582
00:27:48,768 --> 00:27:50,234
INVESTIGATING THE THEORY
583
00:27:50,236 --> 00:27:53,136
THAT THE TIWANAKU USED BOA
MADE OF REEDS,
584
00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:54,872
LI THENE I'M ON RIGHT NO
585
00:27:54,874 --> 00:27:57,174
TOERRY STONES
TO THEIR CAPITAL.
586
00:27:57,176 --> 00:27:58,909
IT TURNS OUT
THAT THE UROS PEOPLE
587
00:27:58,911 --> 00:28:03,447
STILL USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TODA
AND ON ARAND SCALE
588
00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:05,282
GUSTAVO,
WHAT'S THIS AHEAD US?
589
00:28:05,284 --> 00:28:07,384
JOSH, LCOM
THEROS LAND
590
00:28:09,455 --> 00:28:11,088
THESE ARE MAN-MADE?
YES, THEY ARE.
591
00:28:11,090 --> 00:28:12,956
ALL MADE OF REEDS.
592
00:28:12,958 --> 00:28:14,658
OH, MAN!
593
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:17,961
BEFORE US IS A SIGHT
594
00:28:17,963 --> 00:28:20,464
UNLIKE ANYTHING I HAVE
EVER WITNESSED --
595
00:28:20,466 --> 00:28:23,667
A FLOATING CIVILIZATION
BUT WI INGUITY
596
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:26,403
AND BILLIONS OF BLADES
OF LAKE GRASS.
597
00:28:26,405 --> 00:28:28,305
IT'S LIKE ANOTHER WORLD.
598
00:28:32,878 --> 00:28:34,812
WE DOCK OUR FLOATING SALAD,
599
00:28:34,814 --> 00:28:39,416
AND I STEP OFF ONTO WHAT FEELS
LIKE TERRA FIRMA -- SORT OF.
600
00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:42,853
CANN BELIEVE I'M WALKING
ON AN ISLAND MADE OF REEDS.
601
00:28:42,855 --> 00:28:44,054
MM-HMM.
602
00:28:47,059 --> 00:28:49,326
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE ISLAND.
603
00:28:49,328 --> 00:28:52,463
THERE ARE HOUSES,
PLAYGROUNDS, KITCHENS,
604
00:28:52,465 --> 00:28:57,067
HOOL ANDHIS ING
ALBUILFROMHE SE STUFF.
605
00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:00,170
FAC
THERE ARE 120 REED ISLANDS
606
00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:02,506
FLOANG TETHE
LAKTITICA,
607
00:29:02,508 --> 00:29:05,676
AND THEY'RE GROWING
MORE OF THEM EVERY DAY.
608
00:29:05,678 --> 00:29:08,746
THE REED ISLANDS ARE CAPABLE
OF SUPPORTINFISHING...
609
00:29:08,748 --> 00:29:10,280
LIKE AN ICE-FISHING HOLE...
EXACY TH.
610
00:29:10,282 --> 00:29:11,949
...BUT A REED-FISHING HOLE.
YES.
611
00:29:11,951 --> 00:29:14,518
...AGRICULTURE, AND IF
THE CROPS AREN'T PLENTUL,
612
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:19,256
THE REEDS TURN OUT TO BE
PLENTY TASTY ON THEIR OWN.
613
00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:21,525
IT TASTES LIKEELERY.
IT REALLY DOES.
614
00:29:21,527 --> 00:29:22,760
YOU COULD BUIL
WITH THIS STUFF,
615
00:29:22,762 --> 00:29:25,929
AND YOU COULD MAKE
A KILLER BLOODY MARY.
616
00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:27,297
GIVE IT
A LITTLE STIR.
617
00:29:29,068 --> 00:29:31,902
Gates:
BUT BRIEN AND GUSTAVO DIDN'T
JUST BRING ME HERE TO PROVE
618
00:29:31,904 --> 00:29:35,405
THAT THESE REEDS COULD'VE
MOVED THE STONES AT TIWANAKU.
619
00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:37,875
THEY'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING
ANOTR MYERY
620
00:29:37,877 --> 00:29:40,144
RUMORS OF A LOST TIWANAKAN CITY
621
00:29:40,146 --> 00:29:43,046
SUNKEN IN THE DEPTHS
OF LAKE TITICACA.
622
00:29:43,048 --> 00:29:46,950
JOSH, SHE'S CRISTINA.
SHE'S THE CHIEF OFHIS ISLAND.
623
00:29:46,952 --> 00:29:50,921
Gates:
TO HEAR THE FOLKLORE BEHIND THE
SO-CALLED ATLANTIS OF THE ANDES,
624
00:29:50,923 --> 00:29:54,091
BRIAN AND GUSTAVO SIT ME DOWN
WITH THE ISLAND'S CHIEF,
625
00:29:54,093 --> 00:29:55,959
CRISTINA SUAÑA COILA.
626
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,528
THERE'S SO MANY STORIES
627
00:29:57,530 --> 00:30:00,063
OUT E TINAKU
HEREN TH LAK
628
00:30:00,065 --> 00:30:01,665
WHAT DO YOUR PEOPLE
KN ABO THE
629
00:30:01,667 --> 00:30:04,101
Translator:
I REMEMBER THAT, MANY TIMES,
630
00:30:04,103 --> 00:30:05,936
MY GRANDFATHER WOULD
TELL US STORIES
631
00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:09,473
ABOUT A TIWANAKAN CITY
UNDER LA TITICACA.
632
00:30:12,044 --> 00:30:13,310
HE SAID THAT SOMETIMES,
633
00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:15,245
YOU ULD E
E UNRWAT CITSHIN
634
00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:17,714
BECAUSE IT WAS
MADE OUT OF GOLD.
635
00:30:17,716 --> 00:30:19,383
DO YOU PUT ANY CREDENCE
IN THESE MYTHS
636
00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:21,151
THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
UNDER THE LAKE?
637
00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:24,555
I ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY
638
00:30:24,557 --> 00:30:26,423
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES
THAT KNOW THEIR HISTORY.
639
00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:27,624
RIGHT.
640
00:30:27,626 --> 00:30:28,859
ERE E MA STOES
OUT IS LT CITY.
641
00:30:28,861 --> 00:30:30,227
IT'S LIKE ATLANTIS.
RIGHT.
642
00:30:30,229 --> 00:30:31,328
IF THE RUINS ARE REAL,
643
00:30:31,330 --> 00:30:32,996
WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOCATED?
644
00:30:32,998 --> 00:30:34,832
THERE ARE NEW EFFORTS
TO EXPLORE THE LAKE,
645
00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:37,067
AND THERE ARE ARCHAEOLOGISTS
WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
646
00:30:37,069 --> 00:30:38,902
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE?
YES, THEY ARE.
647
00:30:38,904 --> 00:30:42,072
THERE ARE MANY ANCIENT SITES
ARND LAKE TITICACA
648
00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:44,741
TH MOSPERUANS
DOT KN ABO.
649
00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:49,847
ONE THAT WE FOUND RECENTLY HAS
A LARGE STONE COILED SERPENT,
650
00:30:49,849 --> 00:30:52,749
AND THE SERPENT'S EYES
ARE FACING TIWANAKU.
651
00:30:52,751 --> 00:30:54,885
AND THE AREA IS CALLED
WIYAMAA.
652
00:30:54,887 --> 00:30:56,186
WIÑAYAMARCA?
653
00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:59,356
WIÑAYAMARCA. AND WIÑAYAMARCA
MEANS "ETERNAL CITY."
654
00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:01,225
THAT'S ITS NAME?
YE
655
00:31:01,227 --> 00:31:04,361
THAT OBVIOUSLY
DESIBINA PLE
656
00:31:04,363 --> 00:31:06,096
LIKELY MADE
OUT OF STONE.
657
00:31:06,098 --> 00:31:07,431
RIGHT,
SOMETHING THAT LASTS.
658
00:31:07,433 --> 00:31:08,832
EXACTLY.
GREAT.
659
00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:10,701
CRISTINA,
THANK YOU VERY MH.
660
00:31:10,703 --> 00:31:12,135
GRACIAS.
I APPRECIATE IT.
661
00:31:12,137 --> 00:31:13,503
THANK YOU.
662
00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,105
Gates: WHILE BRIEN AND GUSTAVO
CONTINUE THEIR RESEARCH
663
00:31:15,107 --> 00:31:18,208
WITH THE UROS PEOPLE,
664
00:31:18,210 --> 00:31:21,778
I CATCH A NEW RIDE
TO BEGIN MY NEW MISSIO
665
00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:24,648
TO TRACK DOWN
THE TIMATE TIWAKU LEGEND --
666
00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:27,184
THE LOST CITY
OF LAKE TITICACA,
667
00:31:27,186 --> 00:31:30,120
THE FABLED ATLANTIS
OF THE ANDES.
668
00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:34,057
NOW, THIS IS WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
669
00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:35,993
LOOK AT THIS THING --
LAP OF LUXURY.
670
00:31:35,995 --> 00:31:38,395
THIS THING EVEN HAS
ARMCHAIR ASHTRAYS.
671
00:31:38,397 --> 00:31:40,464
YOU DON'T FIND THAT
ON A REED BOAT...
672
00:31:40,466 --> 00:31:42,499
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE
A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD.
673
00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:46,570
RIGHT NOW,
THIS HIGH-TECH HYDROFOIL
674
00:31:46,572 --> 00:31:49,206
IS CARRYING ME
FROM THE UROS FLOATING ISLANDS
675
00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:53,076
TO A PART OF THE LAKE CALLED
WIÑAYAMARCA, THE ETERNAL CITY.
676
00:31:55,147 --> 00:31:57,748
EXPLORERS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
DIFFERENT PARTS OF T LAKE
677
00:31:57,750 --> 00:32:00,817
FOR THE FABLED UNDERWATER CITY
FOR DECADES.
678
00:32:00,819 --> 00:32:03,854
IN 1968, THE GREAT
JACQUES COUSTEAU HIMSELF
679
00:32:03,856 --> 00:32:06,657
SPENT WEEKS
ARCHING FOR THE RUINS.
680
00:32:06,659 --> 00:32:09,960
BUT HE NEVER SEARCHED
THE WATERS OF WIÑAYAMARCA.
681
00:32:09,962 --> 00:32:12,229
NOW I'M MEETING
WITH UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGIST
682
00:32:12,231 --> 00:32:14,264
MARCIAL MEDINA HUANCA,
683
00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:16,300
WHO HAS UNCOVERED
THE BEST EVIDENCE YET
684
00:32:16,302 --> 00:32:19,603
OF THIS LOST ATLANTIS.
685
00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:21,805
MARCIAL, HOLA.
MUCHO GUSTO.
686
00:32:21,807 --> 00:32:22,839
JOSH.
MARCIAL.
687
00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:23,974
NICE TO MEET YOU.
688
00:32:23,976 --> 00:32:26,043
PLEASURE.
WHAT IS THIS?
689
00:32:26,045 --> 00:32:27,611
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
690
00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:30,981
Translator: THESE ARE REMAINS
OF A LOST TIWANAKU TEMPLE.
691
00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:32,649
IT IS?
YES.
692
00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:33,850
IT WAS A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
693
00:32:33,852 --> 00:32:36,486
WITH A COILED SNAKE
CARVED AT ITS CEER,
694
00:32:36,488 --> 00:32:38,021
PERHAPS REPRESENTING
A DEITY.
695
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:40,357
IT'S HUGE.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
696
00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:43,026
Gates: MARCIAL UNCOVERED
THESE RUINS ONLY RECENTLY,
697
00:32:43,028 --> 00:32:45,996
AND THEY'RE VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN
TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
698
00:32:45,998 --> 00:32:47,998
IF THEY WERE BUILT
BY THE TIWANAKU,
699
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,800
THEY WOULD BE AMONG
THE ONLY STRUCTURES
700
00:32:49,802 --> 00:32:51,969
FOUND OUTSIDE
OF THEIR MAIN CAPITAL.
701
00:32:51,971 --> 00:32:54,438
AND SO DO YOU THINK THERE WERE
OTHER TIWANAKU BUILDINGS HERE?
702
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,807
YES, I THINK THIS
WAS A CITY THAT SANK
703
00:32:56,809 --> 00:32:59,476
AS THE LEVELS
OF THE LAKE CHANGED.
704
00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:00,744
DO YOU THINK
THERE'S MORE OUT THE?
705
00:33:00,746 --> 00:33:02,813
.
CAN YOU PROVE IT?
706
00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:04,114
Sí, SE POR PROBAR.
707
00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:05,115
YEAH?
SE POR PROBAR.
708
00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:08,085
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
709
00:33:08,087 --> 00:33:10,487
tes: MARCIAL IS CONFIDENT
THAT THE RUINS LEAD OUT
710
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:12,389
TO AN UNDERWATER CITY.
711
00:33:12,391 --> 00:33:14,825
TO TT HITHEO,
HEATO T NEAY DOCKS
712
00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:16,960
TO MT HISONASCANNG TM,
713
00:33:16,962 --> 00:33:20,330
KRIST GERIENE AND ROB VEAL
FROM CODISCOVERY,
714
00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:23,533
A COANY ECIAZING
IN UNDERWATER SURVEY TECH.
715
00:33:23,535 --> 00:33:24,534
WEEADYO GO
716
00:33:24,536 --> 00:33:26,169
'RE L SE
L THE GEAR IS SET.
717
00:33:26,171 --> 00:33:27,938
OKAY.
718
00:33:31,410 --> 00:33:33,076
Gates:
WE CAST OFAND AD TO THE EA
719
00:33:33,078 --> 00:33:35,746
DIRECTLY OFFSHORE
FROM THE TEMPLE RUINS.
720
00:33:35,748 --> 00:33:37,514
THERE, WE'LL RUN A SEARCH GRID,
721
00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:39,583
WORKING OUR WAY
FROM THE CENTER OF THE LAKE
722
00:33:39,585 --> 00:33:41,284
BACK TOWARD THE TEMPLE.
723
00:33:41,286 --> 00:33:42,652
ES AQUí.
724
00:33:42,654 --> 00:33:43,887
-THIS IS IT?
-Sí.
725
00:33:43,889 --> 00:33:45,422
OKAY, GREAT.
'RE RE.
726
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:48,592
YOU GUYS READY TO SCAN?
727
00:33:48,594 --> 00:33:49,626
YEAH.
OKAY.
728
00:33:49,628 --> 00:33:50,894
YEAH, LET'S GET INTO IT.
COME ON.
729
00:33:50,896 --> 00:33:52,462
[ ENGINE STARTS ]
730
00:33:52,464 --> 00:33:55,632
TO SEE IF THE RUINS ONSHOR
ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG,
731
00:33:55,634 --> 00:33:57,134
WE'RE GOING TO
DEPLOY THE TEAM'S
732
00:33:57,136 --> 00:33:59,369
OTHERWORLDLY LOOKING
SECRET WEAPON.
733
00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:02,272
SO, THE NOVA RAY WAS DESIGNED
TO BE TOWED
734
00:34:02,274 --> 00:34:04,307
OR FLY UNDER ITS OWN POWER.
GOT IT.
735
00:34:04,309 --> 00:34:06,843
I'VE EQUIPPED THIS PARTICULAR
MODEL TODAY
736
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:09,079
WITH AN EXTERIOR
FORWARD-SCAN SONAR.
737
00:34:09,081 --> 00:34:10,380
AWESOME.
738
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,816
UNDER THE WING ON E SKIDS,
I HAVE A SIDE-SCAN SONAR,
739
00:34:12,818 --> 00:34:15,419
SO WE CAN LOOK SIDE TO SIDE
740
00:34:15,421 --> 00:34:17,120
AT THE SAME TIME
AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD.
741
00:34:17,122 --> 00:34:19,022
THIS THING'S GOT
TWO SONAR SYSTEMS
742
00:34:19,024 --> 00:34:20,824
AND ONE,WO, REE,
FO CAMAS OOARD
743
00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:21,992
THAT'S CORRECT.
744
00:34:21,994 --> 00:34:23,193
AND SO ARE YOU HELPING
TOANAGTHE TOW?
745
00:34:23,195 --> 00:34:24,995
CORRECT. I'LL BE
ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT
746
00:34:24,997 --> 00:34:26,763
MANAGING THE VEHICLE
AND THE CABLE.
747
00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:28,498
GOT IT. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, LET'S GET INTO IT, GUYS.
748
00:34:28,500 --> 00:34:30,167
COME ON.
LET'S DO IT.
749
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,039
Gates: WE GET THE UNIT
UP AND RUNNING...
750
00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:38,075
-THERE WE GO.
-SHE'S IN.
751
00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:39,776
...AND MONITOR
THE REINGS COMING IN
752
00:34:39,778 --> 00:34:42,279
AS THE NOVA RAY STITCH
THE DATA TOGETHER,
753
00:34:42,281 --> 00:34:45,816
PAINTING A DETAILED PICTURE
OF THE LAKE BED IN REAL TIME.
754
00:34:45,818 --> 00:34:48,051
LOOK AT THAT.
UNBELIEVABLE.
755
00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:49,820
MARCIAL, WHAT ARE WE
LOOKING FOR DOWN HE?
756
00:34:49,822 --> 00:34:51,822
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
757
00:34:51,824 --> 00:34:54,624
Translator: WE'RE LOOKING
FOR STONEWORK UNDERWATER,
758
00:34:54,626 --> 00:34:58,295
ANYTHING THAT CAN CONNECT
TO THE RUINS WE SAW ON LAND.
759
00:35:02,367 --> 00:35:05,669
Gates: AT FIRST, ALL WE SEE
IS AN ENDLESS BED OF REEDS.
760
00:35:05,671 --> 00:35:11,308
♪♪
761
00:35:11,310 --> 00:35:16,713
AND THEN WE CK USOMEING
UNUSL, SETHI BIG
762
00:35:16,715 --> 00:35:17,981
RIGHTHER
OK ATHAT.
763
00:35:17,983 --> 00:35:19,316
SOMETHING JUST WENT
RIGHT BY THE CAMERA.
764
00:35:19,318 --> 00:35:21,218
YEP, THAT HAD A NICE
STRAIGHT LINE.
765
00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:22,185
ERE'S SOMETHING ERE.
766
00:35:22,187 --> 00:35:24,020
EXCELEE!
767
00:35:28,894 --> 00:35:30,427
Gates:
ALL ALONG THE EDGE
768
00:35:30,429 --> 00:35:32,462
OF LAKE TITICACA
IN BOLIVIA AND PERU
769
00:35:32,464 --> 00:35:35,499
ARE ANCIENRUIN
WHE ORINS D MEINGS
770
00:35:35,501 --> 00:35:37,667
REMAIN SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.
771
00:35:37,669 --> 00:35:39,503
BUT ABOUT 50 MILES
FROM THE BORDER,
772
00:35:39,505 --> 00:35:43,206
THERE'S ONE SITE
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO VISIT.
773
00:35:43,208 --> 00:35:44,407
SO, THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
774
00:35:44,409 --> 00:35:46,943
THIS IS THE SO-CALLED
GATE OF THE GODS.
775
00:35:46,945 --> 00:35:49,246
THIS GIGANTIC STONE
CARVED DOORWAY
776
00:35:49,248 --> 00:35:53,416
THAT MAY DATE BACK TO THE INCA
OR EVEN TO THE TIWANAKU.
777
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:57,187
NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE
WHO MADE THE CARVING OR WHY,
778
00:35:57,189 --> 00:35:59,022
T LEND HDS
AT AINCARIEST
779
00:35:59,024 --> 00:36:00,657
FLEEING SPANISH CONQUISTADORS
780
00:36:00,659 --> 00:36:05,729
CAME HERE WITH A SACRED ARTIFACT
CALLED THE GOLDEN SUN DISC.
781
00:36:05,731 --> 00:36:08,565
HE INSERTED IT INTO A CIRCULAR
NOTCH IN THE CARVING
782
00:36:08,567 --> 00:36:11,468
AND WAS MIRACULOUSLY
TELEPORTED TO SAFETY.
783
00:36:13,172 --> 00:36:15,205
SO, I DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE
A GOLDUN DC,
784
00:36:15,207 --> 00:36:17,374
BUT ACCORDING TO THE STORY,
IF YOU JUST STEP INTO THE GATE,
785
00:36:17,376 --> 00:36:18,942
YOU'LL ACTUALLY DISA--
786
00:36:18,944 --> 00:36:22,179
GUYS!
GUYS, IT WORKS!
787
00:36:22,181 --> 00:36:24,447
IT TALLY WORKS!
788
00:36:24,449 --> 00:36:25,682
WHAT?
WHOO!
789
00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:31,054
Gates:
I'M INOUTH AMECA
790
00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:33,690
INVESTIGATING THE LEGEND
OF AN ANCIENT CITY
791
00:36:33,692 --> 00:36:36,626
BUILT BY THE MYSTERIOUS
TIWANAKU CIVILIZATION
792
00:36:36,628 --> 00:36:39,996
THAT MAY BE LOST
IN THE DEPTHS OF LAKE TITICACA.
793
00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:42,999
WE'VE USED SONAR TO SCAN
THE LAKE BED FOR RUINS
794
00:36:43,001 --> 00:36:46,036
AND JUST GOT A SIGNIFICANT HIT.
795
00:36:46,038 --> 00:36:47,304
RIT THE,
OK ATHAT
796
00:36:47,306 --> 00:36:48,605
SOMETHING JUST WENT
RIGHBY T CAMA.
797
00:36:48,607 --> 00:36:50,440
YEP, THAT HAD A NICE
STRAIGHT LINE.
798
00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:51,408
THERS SOMETHING ERE.
799
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:53,810
EXCELEE!
800
00:36:53,812 --> 00:36:55,545
THAT COULD BE A STONE.
801
00:36:57,316 --> 00:36:59,716
D THOSE STONES WOULD BE MADE
OUT OF WHAT MATERIAL?
802
00:36:59,718 --> 00:37:02,452
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
[ SPEAKING SPANISH ]
803
00:37:02,454 --> 00:37:04,788
ANDESITE.
804
00:37:04,790 --> 00:37:08,758
ANDESITE -- THE EXACT TYPE
OF STONE WE SAW AT TIWANAKU.
805
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:12,662
THIS COULD BE
A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH.
806
00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:15,732
MARCIAL AND I QUICKLY
GEAR UP TO INVESTIGATE.
807
00:37:19,438 --> 00:37:22,072
HIGH-ALTITUDE DIVING, THOUGH,
IS NO JOKE.
808
00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:24,608
BECAUSE WE'RE AT 12,500 FEET,
809
00:37:24,610 --> 00:37:27,611
THE PRESSURE UNDERWATER
IS THREE TIMES MORE INTENSE,
810
00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:29,746
WHICH MEANS
LESS TIME AT THE BOTTOM.
811
00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:35,051
♪♪
812
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:40,457
♪♪
813
00:37:40,459 --> 00:37:42,692
BEATTHE AT,
THE WAR IS CLE,
814
00:37:42,694 --> 00:37:44,961
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
IT'S EASY TO SEE.
815
00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:48,265
WE CAREFULLY ENTER
AN EERIE FOREST OF REEDS.
816
00:37:48,267 --> 00:37:50,300
♪♪
817
00:37:59,044 --> 00:38:01,244
♪♪
818
00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:19,829
WEONTINUE SEARCHING
FOR CUT STONE,
819
00:38:19,831 --> 00:38:22,565
BUT IT'S LIKE LOOKING FOR
A NEEDLE IN A REED STACK,
820
00:38:22,567 --> 00:38:24,301
AND EVERY TIME WE TOUCH
THE BOTTOM,
821
00:38:24,303 --> 00:38:28,571
GE CUDS SILRISEP
TO PLUNGE US INTO TWILIGHT.
822
00:38:37,482 --> 00:38:39,115
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
823
00:38:39,117 --> 00:38:40,517
WE HAVE JU 20 MINUTELEFT
824
00:38:40,519 --> 00:38:42,619
BERE WE'LL BFORCED
TO ASCEND.
825
00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:45,155
LUCKILY, THE THICK
VEGETATION CLEARS,
826
00:38:45,157 --> 00:38:48,058
REVEALING SOMETHING
TRULY INCREDIBLE.
827
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,978
THE WALL STRETCHES OUT
AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.
828
00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:11,915
WE FOLLOW IT AND REACH
A FAR LARGER STRUCTURE,
829
00:39:11,917 --> 00:39:16,119
RUINS OF SOMETHING BIG, PERHAPS
EVEN THE REMAI OF A CITY.
830
00:39:16,121 --> 00:39:21,358
♪♪
831
00:39:36,274 --> 00:39:38,575
WEE BO STUNNED
BY THE DISCOVERY
832
00:39:38,577 --> 00:39:41,211
AND DEEPLYUT OF BREATH
FROM THE ALTITUDE.
833
00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:44,013
MARCIAL AND I MAKE A FEW
MORE LAPS AROUND THE RUINS
834
00:39:44,015 --> 00:39:46,216
AND EN RURN
TO T SURCE.
835
00:39:48,353 --> 00:39:49,886
WHOO!
836
00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:52,355
WOW!
837
00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:53,356
UNBELIEVABLE.
838
00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:56,259
IT'S THIS HUGE STRUCTURE.
-MUC.
839
00:39:56,261 --> 00:39:57,527
YEAH,
THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF,
840
00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:00,063
AND U CAN SEE
ALL THE CUT STONES.
841
00:40:00,065 --> 00:40:01,531
[ SPEAKI SPANISH ]
842
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,767
Translator:
WE FOUND WALL AFTER WALL.
843
00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:05,168
IT'S CRAZY.
844
00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:08,938
YOU THINK THIS COULD BE
RT OF A CITY?
845
00:40:08,940 --> 00:40:10,140
Sí.
846
00:40:10,142 --> 00:40:13,042
ANWHAT PERCEAGE OFHIS LAKE
HAVE YOU SEARCHED?
847
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:16,312
Translator: 0.001%
848
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:17,580
ANWHAT PERCEAGE OFHIS LAKE
HAVETH'S IT?RCHED?
849
00:40:17,582 --> 00:40:19,716
[ LAUGHS
NOTHING.
850
00:40:19,718 --> 00:40:20,817
A LOT OF WORK LEFT
TO BE DONE.
851
00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:22,986
HEY, GREAT JOB.
852
00:40:22,988 --> 00:40:25,155
OH, THATAS AWESOME.
853
00:40:25,157 --> 00:40:26,523
WHOO!
LOCO.
854
00:40:26,525 --> 00:40:29,225
CRAZY.
LOCO IS RIGHT
855
00:40:29,227 --> 00:40:30,960
THAT'S LOCO.
856
00:40:33,498 --> 00:40:35,832
Gates:
MARCIAL AND HIS COLLEAGUES
WILL RETURN TO THE SITE
857
00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:39,235
WITH MORE RESOURCES TO SEE
IF THE ATLANTIS OF THE ANDES
858
00:40:39,237 --> 00:40:41,704
IS AS EXTENSIVE
AS LEGENDS CLAIM.
859
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:47,577
THE TIWANAKU WORSHIPPED
AN ENIGMATIC GOD
860
00:40:47,579 --> 00:40:49,212
WHO CAME FROM E LA,
861
00:40:49,214 --> 00:40:51,681
WHICH SEEMS FITTING
SINCE THESE WATERS APPEAR
862
00:40:51,683 --> 00:40:55,218
TO HAVE BOTH CREATED AND
DESTROYED THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
863
00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:59,389
DISCOVERIES SUGGEST
THEIR CAPITAL
864
00:40:59,391 --> 00:41:01,825
WAS A PLACE
OF MIND-ALTERING RITUALS
865
00:41:01,827 --> 00:41:03,893
BROUGHT TO LIFE BY CANALS
866
00:41:03,895 --> 00:41:07,363
USED TO FLOAT
MASTERFUL MONUMENTS INTO PLACE.
867
00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:11,934
♪♪
868
00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:14,571
AND NOT SES
ANOTHER OF THEIR CITIES
869
00:41:14,573 --> 00:41:17,040
MAY HAVE BEEN DROWD
BENEATH THE WAVES.
870
00:41:17,042 --> 00:41:20,677
BUT THANKS TO THE DETERMINED
CHAEOLOGISTS AND EXPLORERS
871
00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:23,246
INVESTIGATING
THE TIWANAKUS' HISTORY,
872
00:41:23,248 --> 00:41:26,916
THE TRUE EXTENT
OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS...
873
00:41:26,918 --> 00:41:28,951
IS FINALLY BEING REVEALED.
874
00:41:28,953 --> 00:41:33,189
♪♪