1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:02,160 (music playing) 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:06,380 NARRATOR: Sealed vaults believed to be cursed-- 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,180 DAVID WILCOCK: There seems to be a bizarre magical power 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,080 that hides behind that door. 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,000 NARRATOR: --mysterious relics under guard from above. 6 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:16,340 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: And as they approach, 7 00:00:16,460 --> 00:00:19,320 the skies opened up and the gods intervene. 8 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:24,120 NARRATOR: --and riches so great, it has cost men their lives. 9 00:00:24,180 --> 00:00:25,420 PAUL DILLMAN: People have died over this. 10 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,200 This is for real. 11 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,000 NARRATOR: On every continent, there 12 00:00:30,060 --> 00:00:31,480 are stories of incredible treasures 13 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,120 that have been lost for centuries. 14 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,340 But how have these vast fortunes remained hidden for so long? 15 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,400 Is it possible that the world's greatest 16 00:00:41,460 --> 00:00:46,300 lost treasures have a connection to otherworldly beings? 17 00:00:47,420 --> 00:00:48,320 DAVID CHILDRESS: Man has always been 18 00:00:48,380 --> 00:00:51,420 fascinated with ancient treasures, the gold, 19 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,300 the silver, the jewels. 20 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,060 But in other cases, it can be technology 21 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,400 of the extraterrestrial gods themselves. 22 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:02,120 NARRATOR: Millions of people around the world 23 00:01:02,180 --> 00:01:04,280 believe we have been visited in the past 24 00:01:04,340 --> 00:01:07,060 by extraterrestrial beings. 25 00:01:07,180 --> 00:01:09,280 What if it were true? 26 00:01:10,140 --> 00:01:14,240 Did ancient aliens really help to shape our history? 27 00:01:15,100 --> 00:01:18,060 And if so, might the proof lie hidden 28 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,480 with the treasures of the gods? 29 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,080 (theme music) 30 00:01:54,220 --> 00:01:57,080 Cumran, the West Bank. 31 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:02,480 It was here between 1947 and 1956 32 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,400 that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, 33 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,160 religious writings 34 00:02:10,220 --> 00:02:13,100 that include the earliest known surviving manuscripts 35 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:15,360 of works from the Hebrew Bible. 36 00:02:18,020 --> 00:02:21,200 But one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in cave three 37 00:02:21,260 --> 00:02:23,420 was much different than the rest. 38 00:02:25,380 --> 00:02:29,240 Known as the Copper Scroll, it is the only scroll that 39 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:32,060 is not parchment or papyrus. 40 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,000 ROBERT FEATHER: The first translation 41 00:02:38,060 --> 00:02:39,260 of the Copper Scroll was probably 42 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,440 done by John Allegro in 1956. 43 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,040 And he immediately realized that it was a list 44 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,020 of treasure-- buried treasure. 45 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:49,080 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: The Copper Scroll is 46 00:02:49,140 --> 00:02:52,260 possibly the greatest treasure map in human history. 47 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,240 It gives us 64 locations where a treasure 48 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:02,280 that is worth potentially $2 billion could be found. 49 00:03:03,460 --> 00:03:08,160 ROBERT FEATHER: People assume that the 64 items of treasure 50 00:03:08,220 --> 00:03:11,440 had to have been borrowed or come from Jerusalem 51 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,400 because there clearly were references 52 00:03:14,460 --> 00:03:16,460 to temple type treasure. 53 00:03:18,020 --> 00:03:19,440 A number of very intrepid explorers 54 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,460 have tried to find the treasure but no one 55 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:23,020 has been successful yet. 56 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,080 It has not been discovered in Jerusalem. 57 00:03:26,340 --> 00:03:29,320 NARRATOR: Does the vast treasure described in the Copper Scroll 58 00:03:29,420 --> 00:03:32,380 remain buried in Jerusalem to this day 59 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:36,280 or is it possible that it has remained hidden for all 60 00:03:36,340 --> 00:03:39,460 these years because it's actually buried 61 00:03:40,140 --> 00:03:42,440 in another part of the world? 62 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,280 Metallurgist and treasure Hunter Robert Feather 63 00:03:47,380 --> 00:03:50,220 has spent years studying the Copper Scroll 64 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:54,480 and believes that the treasure isn't that of the Israelites. 65 00:03:56,260 --> 00:03:58,460 As a metallurgist, the first thing I kind of noticed 66 00:03:59,020 --> 00:04:02,040 was you don't measure gold in kilograms, 67 00:04:02,100 --> 00:04:03,460 which is what they were doing. 68 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,180 So I looked at it again. 69 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,460 And interspersed amongst the ancient Hebrew letters 70 00:04:12,020 --> 00:04:14,320 were Greek letters-- 14 Greek letters. 71 00:04:14,380 --> 00:04:18,060 And also the weight terms were Egyptian. 72 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:24,080 And it's engraved on highly pure copper, 99.9%. 73 00:04:27,220 --> 00:04:30,120 I began to research it and realized 74 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:33,180 the only place that you could find copper 75 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,360 of that purity was in Egypt. 76 00:04:38,260 --> 00:04:41,320 NARRATOR: After examining the Copper Scroll from every angle, 77 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:44,360 Robert came to the conclusion that the treasure 78 00:04:44,420 --> 00:04:48,360 does not lie in Jerusalem but over 600 79 00:04:48,420 --> 00:04:51,100 miles southwest in Egypt. 80 00:04:52,180 --> 00:04:54,460 ROBERT FEATHER: When you start to analyze the phraseology, 81 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:57,320 you get things like (non-english),, 82 00:04:57,420 --> 00:04:59,420 which is great river. 83 00:05:01,460 --> 00:05:04,460 There's no great river near Jerusalem or in Judea 84 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:06,120 at that time at all. 85 00:05:06,180 --> 00:05:08,000 The only great river, and it's always 86 00:05:08,060 --> 00:05:10,260 referred to in those same terms, is the Nile. 87 00:05:12,060 --> 00:05:14,420 NARRATOR: But most compelling of all Robert's finds 88 00:05:15,180 --> 00:05:17,460 was a name he found hidden within the text 89 00:05:18,020 --> 00:05:19,280 of the Copper Scroll. 90 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:23,220 ROBERT FEATHER: I took the first 10 Greek letters. 91 00:05:24,020 --> 00:05:27,420 I put them together and read the name Akhenaten. 92 00:05:30,460 --> 00:05:32,440 I came to the conclusion the Copper 93 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,340 Scroll was talking about at Amarna, the capital 94 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,460 city of Pharaoh Akhenaten. 95 00:05:41,100 --> 00:05:43,140 NARRATOR: Is it possible that the famous treasure 96 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,280 of the Copper Scroll, millions of dollars in gold and silver, 97 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,360 is really hidden not in Jerusalem 98 00:05:51,140 --> 00:05:53,320 but somewhere in Amarna, Egypt? 99 00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:58,340 And if Robert Feather's analysis of the scroll 100 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,420 is correct, why is there a connection to Akhenaten? 101 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:08,060 Akhenaten was known historically, 102 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:11,240 or rather through modern history, as the heretical pharaoh. 103 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Akhenaten banishes multiple gods 104 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:19,480 and declares that there is only one god, Aten. 105 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,420 And the Aten is the sun disk. 106 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,400 NARRATOR: Ancient astronaut theorists 107 00:06:28,460 --> 00:06:33,060 contend that Aten was not merely a symbolic deity 108 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:38,180 but based on something Akhenaten actually witnessed in the sky. 109 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,200 Akhenaten and other Atenists are 110 00:06:42,260 --> 00:06:46,020 seen worshipping this special disk of a sun that 111 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,100 is reaching down to touch them. 112 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,160 And you have to wonder if this sun disk isn't 113 00:06:53,220 --> 00:06:57,440 a representative of some kind of alien spaceship or a flying saucer. 114 00:07:03,220 --> 00:07:04,260 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: Prior to Akhenaten, 115 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,260 the pharaoh was one of the gods but not god incarnate. 116 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Akhenaten changes this. 117 00:07:11,260 --> 00:07:14,240 With Akhenaten, he is the living god in a way 118 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:16,400 that no pharaoh had been before. 119 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,180 Akhenaten was a very interesting fellow 120 00:07:21,380 --> 00:07:24,020 because of the way he looked. 121 00:07:24,380 --> 00:07:30,280 He had a very bizarre face with an elongated skull, 122 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:37,160 with a spindly body, sort of a potbelly, and chicken legs. 123 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:43,240 And so some have proposed that Akhenaten himself might 124 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:46,120 have been an extraterrestrial. 125 00:07:50,260 --> 00:07:53,140 NARRATOR: Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists 126 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,040 contend, that Akhenaten was actually 127 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:58,160 an extraterrestrial being? 128 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:04,000 Curiously, much like the treasure written 129 00:08:04,060 --> 00:08:07,080 of in the Copper Scroll, the fate of Akhenaten 130 00:08:07,140 --> 00:08:09,220 remains shrouded in mystery. 131 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:19,140 There was a concerted effort to eliminate Akhenaten. 132 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:23,120 His name was stricken, carved out of the temple walls. 133 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,100 The Amarna heresy, as it was known, 134 00:08:26,220 --> 00:08:29,400 had to be completely deleted from the Egyptian record. 135 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,060 NARRATOR: In 1932, when British archeologist John Pendlebury 136 00:08:38,180 --> 00:08:41,140 excavated Akhenaten's tomb, he found 137 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:45,160 no evidence that Akhenaten had ever been buried there. 138 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:51,000 Some speculate the final resting place of the pharaoh 139 00:08:51,060 --> 00:08:55,240 was in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, tomb 55. 140 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,400 However, recent archeological evidence 141 00:08:59,460 --> 00:09:03,240 has led others to suggest the body found in this tomb 142 00:09:03,300 --> 00:09:05,400 belongs to someone else. 143 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:09,320 ROBERT BAUVAL: Egyptologists would 144 00:09:09,380 --> 00:09:14,420 agree that the bodies found in his tomb is not Akhenaten. 145 00:09:16,420 --> 00:09:19,000 Akhenaten just disappeared. 146 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:22,300 But had his tomb survived, for example, 147 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,280 one would imagine that the treasures, the wealth, 148 00:09:25,340 --> 00:09:27,340 would have been probably equivalent, if not more 149 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,340 than, Tutankhamen's tombs. 150 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,000 DAVID CHILDRESS: One of the great mysteries 151 00:09:35,060 --> 00:09:40,200 of ancient Egypt is where the body of Akhenaten is. 152 00:09:41,220 --> 00:09:43,140 If they could find his body, it might 153 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,140 reveal that he was, in fact, part extraterrestrial 154 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,240 and that this is why he looked as he did. 155 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:54,000 NARRATOR: Could the treasure locations given 156 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:57,000 on the Copper Scroll also lead to the mummy 157 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:59,080 of the heretic pharaoh? 158 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:05,100 And if Akhenaten truly had alien origins, as ancient astronaut 159 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,000 theorists suggest, might this treasure 160 00:10:08,060 --> 00:10:11,480 hold some value to beings from beyond our world? 161 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,340 According to author Zecharia Sitchin Sumerian texts 162 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,440 suggest ancient humans were made to mine gold 163 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:26,300 for their gods, gods who were, in fact, extraterrestrials. 164 00:10:27,020 --> 00:10:29,080 Many ancient cultures were in the pursuit 165 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:33,080 of finding precious gold, and silver, and jewels. 166 00:10:33,340 --> 00:10:35,160 They always did this under the premise 167 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:37,280 that they were gathering it for their gods. 168 00:10:37,340 --> 00:10:39,340 It's very possible that, just like we have 169 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,040 from the ancient Sumerian texts, man 170 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:44,340 was actually created to mine the gold 171 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,000 and precious jewels for the gods. 172 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,480 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: Zecharia Sitchin 173 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,400 speculates that gold is absolutely 174 00:10:50,460 --> 00:10:53,440 necessary for the people of the 12th planet, who 175 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,120 we often think of as the extraterrestrials who 176 00:10:56,180 --> 00:10:57,420 visit us as gods. 177 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,040 NARRATOR: Gold has also proven to be a valuable element 178 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:04,420 for space travel. 179 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:06,360 MICHAEL DENNIN: Gold is highly conductive. 180 00:11:06,420 --> 00:11:08,020 And obviously, you would probably 181 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,300 have a lot of electrical based equipment on your ship. 182 00:11:12,100 --> 00:11:14,160 Gold also has great thermal properties. 183 00:11:14,220 --> 00:11:16,160 It's incredibly easy to work with. 184 00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:18,100 You can make it very thin. 185 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,060 So I think the properties of gold 186 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:23,200 really make it very useful for interstellar travel. 187 00:11:27,060 --> 00:11:29,080 NARRATOR: Might our ancestors have secreted 188 00:11:29,140 --> 00:11:32,260 away vast caches of gold upon the orders 189 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,160 of extraterrestrial gods? 190 00:11:36,060 --> 00:11:40,000 Or if the treasure described in the Copper Scroll is truly 191 00:11:40,060 --> 00:11:43,360 buried in Amarna, hidden with the mummy of Akhenaten, 192 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:46,300 is it possible that once it is found, 193 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,320 it will reveal something even more valuable than just 194 00:11:49,380 --> 00:11:51,400 gold and silver? 195 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,080 Could the treasure be buried with some type 196 00:11:55,140 --> 00:11:57,300 of alien technology? 197 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:03,240 I think the Copper Scroll will lead to much more than just 198 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:06,300 the simple finding of material treasure. 199 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:10,140 The more I immerse myself in the subject, 200 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,200 the more I realize that it opens up 201 00:12:12,260 --> 00:12:15,400 a whole panoply of truths that are far more 202 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:18,140 important than gold and silver. 203 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,120 NARRATOR: Once the code is finally cracked, 204 00:12:23,460 --> 00:12:27,460 will the Copper Scroll lead us to evidence that aliens visited 205 00:12:28,020 --> 00:12:30,280 Earth in the distant past? 206 00:12:31,020 --> 00:12:35,160 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes and believe that, 207 00:12:35,220 --> 00:12:38,160 not far from where the Copper Scroll was found, 208 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:41,340 a treasure of even greater significance 209 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,200 is still waiting to be uncovered. 210 00:12:50,260 --> 00:12:56,180 Temple Mount, Jerusalem, summer 2013. 211 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:01,360 Just 164 feet from the Temple Mount's southern wall, 212 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:06,420 archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar makes a stunning discovery, 213 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:12,940 an inscribed earthenware jug that dates back 3,000 years 214 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,060 to the time of King Solomon. 215 00:13:18,140 --> 00:13:21,180 The discovery may confirm what many historians have 216 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:25,000 suggested, that Solomon's temple once 217 00:13:25,060 --> 00:13:27,220 stood at this exact location. 218 00:13:28,940 --> 00:13:31,300 In addition to the historical significance, 219 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,060 the find intrigues treasure hunters 220 00:13:34,220 --> 00:13:36,300 as it may indicate that other much 221 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:41,200 more valuable relics may also lie buried at Temple Mount. 222 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:47,100 Solomon's temple was built in the 10th century BC 223 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,360 by the great king of Israel, Solomon. 224 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:54,180 And it was built initially to house the Ark of the Covenant. 225 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:59,940 NARRATOR: According to the Hebrew Bible, 226 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,160 Solomon's temple was constructed upon direct orders from God. 227 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,340 Although it is best known for having housed 228 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:12,400 the Ark of the Covenant and possibly even the Holy Grail, 229 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,420 some treasure hunters believe another relic 230 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,080 of profound historical significance 231 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,400 may lie buried at the site, a relic 232 00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:24,280 that ancient astronaut theorists claim 233 00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:26,960 is of extraterrestrial origin, 234 00:14:30,140 --> 00:14:31,280 Solomon's ring. 235 00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:33,360 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: One of the lesser 236 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:36,280 known great treasures of history is Solomon's ring. 237 00:14:36,380 --> 00:14:38,940 And it is said that this ring had 238 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,220 the name of God engraved upon it in a very 239 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,420 secret and cryptic way. 240 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,280 ARIEL BAR TZADOK: The ring was representative of the authority 241 00:14:48,340 --> 00:14:50,060 from beyond this world. 242 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,940 The wielder of that ring would be 243 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,180 able to compel any and all who recognized 244 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,320 that source of extraterrestrial power to do whatever he wished. 245 00:15:04,020 --> 00:15:07,260 JONATHAN YOUNG: the Islamic records, the ring of Solomon 246 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,240 was given to him by angels. 247 00:15:10,380 --> 00:15:13,080 It gave him magical powers. 248 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:18,180 Through this ring, he could control the djinn or genies. 249 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:23,360 NARRATOR: According to both the Quran and the Hebrew Talmud, 250 00:15:23,980 --> 00:15:28,080 Solomon's ring also aided him in constructing the temple itself. 251 00:15:30,340 --> 00:15:32,340 MIKE BARA: Somehow this ring gave him 252 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,980 the power to control otherworldly beings, 253 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,320 for want of a better term. Demons. 254 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:40,160 You can call them genies or you can call them extraterrestrials. 255 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,400 ARIEL BAR TZADOK: Solomon was in need of a higher technology 256 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,180 in order to build his temple. 257 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:52,040 He knew that he had to contact Ashmedai, later 258 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,100 known by the Greek name Asmodeus, 259 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,100 who is the head of the demons. 260 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,260 With this ring, clearly not of human origins, 261 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,280 Ashmedai was hereby compelled and required 262 00:16:07,380 --> 00:16:09,940 to provide for Solomon whatever he 263 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,400 needed to fulfill the building of the temple of God. 264 00:16:14,300 --> 00:16:18,960 So Ashmedai gave to Solomon something called the shamir. 265 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:22,060 Now the shamir is described in traditional literature 266 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,340 as this little world you'd put on the stone 267 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:27,080 and it would cut it precisely. 268 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,140 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: The shamir was a, quote unquote, "worm" 269 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:35,080 that could cut and drill through even the hardest of stones 270 00:16:35,140 --> 00:16:37,100 rather with ease. 271 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:41,360 What if this shamir was some type of laser cutting device? 272 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,320 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Solomon possessed 273 00:16:47,380 --> 00:16:52,000 an extraterrestrial device wielding incredible power, 274 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,400 power that gave its bearer control and command 275 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,200 of otherworldly beings? 276 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,940 And if so, might this explain the mystery 277 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,080 surrounding the disappearance of Solomon's ring? 278 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:08,340 ARIEL BAR TZADOK: Solomon's ring, 279 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:11,220 like many of the other temple treasures, 280 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:13,120 like the Ark of the Covenant, 281 00:17:13,380 --> 00:17:17,420 were considered too hot to handle by average human beings. 282 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:22,240 These things were concealed when the time was made proper. 283 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:28,020 In 586 BC, the first temple, Solomon's temple, 284 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:31,240 was destroyed, sacked by Nebuchadnezzar, 285 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:33,040 the Babylonian king. 286 00:17:33,260 --> 00:17:37,340 One theory holds that the most fabulous treasure we can almost 287 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,980 conceive of-- gold, silver, the Ark of the Covenant, 288 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,940 possibly Solomon's ring-- 289 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,320 are buried in a secret chamber beneath the Temple Mount. 290 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,200 NARRATOR: Could the Ring of Solomon, 291 00:17:50,300 --> 00:17:53,280 like the Ark of the Covenant, have been hidden somewhere 292 00:17:53,340 --> 00:17:56,360 under Temple Mount for hundreds of years, 293 00:17:57,100 --> 00:17:59,940 or has it been discovered and secreted 294 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,040 away to another location? 295 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:08,340 In 1867, British army engineers mapped the vault 296 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,000 under the temple ruins and discovered 297 00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:15,060 pointed arches with key stones after the Gothic style. 298 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,260 Archaeologists would later discover artifacts, including 299 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:24,380 a sword, a spur, a lance, and a small cross, 300 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,060 all of which belonged to the 12th century Warrior monks 301 00:18:30,140 --> 00:18:32,300 known as the Knights Templar. 302 00:18:33,260 --> 00:18:37,400 Originally formed in 1118 AD to protect pilgrims 303 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,220 traveling to Jerusalem, the Knights Templar 304 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,080 were based at Temple Mount. 305 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:47,100 During their time in Jerusalem, the group of warrior monks 306 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:50,020 rose from relative obscurity to being the most 307 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:52,180 powerful order of the Crusades. 308 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,200 SEAN MARTIN: By 1139, the pope makes them answerable to nobody 309 00:18:57,260 --> 00:18:59,940 except himself. 310 00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,960 MIKE BARA: When you look at ancient biblical histories, 311 00:19:03,020 --> 00:19:04,960 and I do treat them as histories, 312 00:19:05,060 --> 00:19:08,220 basically the Ark of the Covenant and Solomon's ring 313 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,280 are the two most powerful weapons of the Bible. 314 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:13,020 And the possession of either one of those 315 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,240 would have made their order, the Knights Templar, 316 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:17,220 virtually invincible. 317 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,300 NARRATOR: Did the Knights Templar 318 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:23,120 actually find the lost temple treasures, 319 00:19:23,180 --> 00:19:25,140 including Solomon's ring? 320 00:19:25,420 --> 00:19:27,980 If so, could they have discovered 321 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,180 that the ring really did possess some otherworldly power? 322 00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:37,300 And might that power have led to their untimely end? 323 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:46,300 On a Friday the 13th in 1307, the Knights Templar 324 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:50,180 were rounded up and burned at the stake for heresy. 325 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,340 With their demise, did Solomon's Ring 326 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:58,360 and its other-worldly powers vanish from the earth forever? 327 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:02,940 Or might it have been spirited away 328 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,260 and hidden with the rest of the purported Templar treasures? 329 00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:10,000 KATHLEEN MCGOWAN COPPENS: It is said that Solomon 330 00:20:10,060 --> 00:20:13,260 imprisoned the demon Asmodeus to protect 331 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:16,240 the treasure in his temple. 332 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:19,140 Later on in the legends of the Knights Templar, 333 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,240 we discover that the Templars are 334 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:23,300 communicating with Asmodeus. 335 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,160 And to this day, there is a church in the southwest 336 00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:31,040 of France, near (french),, known to be a Templar stronghold, 337 00:20:31,360 --> 00:20:36,040 which has a statue of Asmodeus in the front of the church. 338 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,000 (suspenseful music) 339 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:43,240 NARRATOR: Was Solomon's Ring more than just a myth? 340 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,220 And will it someday be rediscovered with the rest 341 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,280 of the Templar treasure? 342 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:53,300 And is it possible that this ancient artifact, 343 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,340 along with a treasure of the Copper Scroll, 344 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,000 could reveal an alien connection in the distant past? 345 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:04,280 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 346 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,940 and claim that yet another long-lost treasure 347 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,960 with a direct link to extraterrestrials 348 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,180 may still lie hidden on the other side of the world. 349 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,220 (ominous music) 350 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:28,180 Kanab, Utah, located on the western Colorado plateau. 351 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:33,340 This town of less than 4,000 is the site of a treasure hunt 352 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,160 that's been going on for over a century. 353 00:21:38,180 --> 00:21:41,140 And what many believe is hidden here among the Red Rocks 354 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,980 and canyons is one of the greatest 355 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:45,960 lost treasures in the world. 356 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,240 PAUL DILLMAN: Something's buried here that's very valuable, 357 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:54,220 that cost people their lives. 358 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,160 People have died over this. 359 00:21:56,920 --> 00:21:59,120 This ain't no fun and games. This is for real. 360 00:22:00,100 --> 00:22:01,100 DANIEL DILLMAN (VOICEOVER): If you've ever seen 361 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,220 "Indiana Jones" or "National Treasure," 362 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,240 that's fictional, but the treasure that we're 363 00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:07,880 looking after is real. 364 00:22:07,980 --> 00:22:10,900 And that's what all of those movies were based off of 365 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,360 is the truth and history of the ancients. 366 00:22:13,980 --> 00:22:16,000 20 years of investigation and research 367 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:17,920 has us convinced that Montezuma's 368 00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:20,160 treasure is here in Utah. 369 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:24,160 NARRATOR: Montezuma's treasure? 370 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:31,880 In the American Southwest, why would the lost treasure 371 00:22:31,940 --> 00:22:35,880 of a culture that existed in Mexico hundreds of years ago 372 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,000 lie hidden in Utah? 373 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,260 According to legend, the ancestral birthplace 374 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:48,900 of the Aztec people is, in fact, somewhere in this area 375 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,940 of the United States. 376 00:22:51,260 --> 00:22:53,980 The Aztec mythology says that they 377 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,920 came from a land called Aztlan. 378 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:59,120 And this is a city that was apparently in what's 379 00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:01,060 now the American Southwest-- 380 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,960 a very, very advanced civilisation. 381 00:23:04,340 --> 00:23:08,120 NARRATOR: In the Aztec stories, their homeland of Aztlan 382 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:13,000 was created through an extraordinary event; an event 383 00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:15,900 that according to ancient astronaut theorists, 384 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:19,900 depicts an encounter with extraterrestrial beings. 385 00:23:23,020 --> 00:23:26,260 The Aztec chronicler Geronimo de Mendieta 386 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,880 recorded a very interesting creation myth in which 387 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:34,180 a goddess threw a giant, flint knife from the heavens 388 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,900 into the seven caves of Chicomoztoc, 389 00:23:38,340 --> 00:23:42,260 causing the birth of 1,600 gods. 390 00:23:42,940 --> 00:23:44,320 Now, imagine for a moment that you 391 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,240 know nothing about high tech. 392 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:51,980 You'll use words with which to best describe what you see. 393 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,140 And all of a sudden, you have these giant, flint knives 394 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,340 descending from the sky. 395 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,160 DAVID WILCOCK: So what are we really looking at here? 396 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,200 Could it have been that these 1,600 settlers were, in fact, 397 00:24:08,260 --> 00:24:11,920 extraterrestrials who had crash landed on Earth 398 00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:15,220 and then brought their civilization to the Indigenous 399 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:16,960 people of that time? 400 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,240 NARRATOR: According to Aztec codices, 401 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,260 their ancestors were instructed by the gods 402 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:30,060 to migrate south to Mexico around 1064 AD. 403 00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:34,060 Over the course of the next 500 years, 404 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:37,220 they grew to be the greatest empire in North America. 405 00:24:40,340 --> 00:24:45,100 But on June 29th, 1520, King Montezuma II 406 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,160 was killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, 407 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,140 and the Aztec empire came to an end. 408 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,900 What happened in the aftermath is debated by historians. 409 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,120 But according to some accounts, the Aztecs 410 00:25:05,180 --> 00:25:07,020 gathered as much of their valuables 411 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,880 as they could carry and fled to the north. 412 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,980 This treasure was spectacular. It was epic. 413 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,280 It was hundreds of pounds of gold and silver 414 00:25:19,340 --> 00:25:22,880 and priceless objects; a golden disk the size 415 00:25:22,940 --> 00:25:25,160 of a cartwheel that was shaped like the sun. 416 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,980 They needed to get this treasure out to a safe place. 417 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,940 And this is the story behind the Aztec exodus north 418 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:35,240 and what we now know as the American Southwest. 419 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,300 NARRATOR: The Aztecs are said to have carried tens of thousands 420 00:25:39,360 --> 00:25:43,080 of pounds of gold, silver, and priceless relics 421 00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:46,220 north, in the direction of their ancestral homeland. 422 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:49,260 But why? 423 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,180 Why would the Aztecs travel nearly 2,000 miles, putting 424 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,960 both their lives and their treasure 425 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:57,880 at risk to reach a homeland that they had 426 00:25:57,940 --> 00:26:00,260 left over 500 years earlier? 427 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,340 According to their own stories, the Aztecs' 428 00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:08,880 vast treasure was a gift for their most important god. 429 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,260 This wealth of the Aztecs was being held in safekeeping 430 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,280 for their god, Quetzalcoatl. 431 00:26:17,340 --> 00:26:19,880 So it was a sacred treasure. 432 00:26:19,940 --> 00:26:22,140 Quetzalcoatl is said to have brought understandings 433 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,280 of astronomy and astrology. 434 00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:28,280 He is really the father of the Aztec empire. 435 00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:32,060 But we have to ask ourselves, is it possible 436 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:35,160 that Quetzalcoatl was an historical figure and not 437 00:26:35,220 --> 00:26:37,180 just a mythological being? 438 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,880 ERICH VON DANIKEN: Quetzalcoatl is represented 439 00:26:40,940 --> 00:26:42,280 as a feathered serpent. 440 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:47,180 But also, he's represented-- he's a big being with a helmet. 441 00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:52,060 And he's sitting on a half-open sort of egg. 442 00:26:53,120 --> 00:26:56,280 Quetzalcoatl was definitely an extraterrestrial. 443 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:02,260 NARRATOR: If Quetzalcoatl really was an alien being 444 00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:05,300 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest, 445 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,160 could this be further proof of Zecharia Sitchin's theory 446 00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:11,920 that gold is an important commodity 447 00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:15,040 to extraterrestrial space travelers? 448 00:27:16,220 --> 00:27:18,940 And might Aztec's have brought their treasure 449 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,000 back to their ancestral homeland in the hopes 450 00:27:22,060 --> 00:27:25,960 that Quetzalcoatl would exact vengeance on their enemies? 451 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,980 The purpose of this treasure was 452 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,240 to preserve it as tribute for Quetzalcoatl 453 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:33,980 when he returned and helped them hopefully, 454 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,920 eventually vanquish their enemies. 455 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:37,900 What's really interesting is that as you 456 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,040 get into the American Southwest, what you find 457 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:42,140 is that there are Aztec writings, 458 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:45,240 Aztec hieroglyphs and petroglyphs on rocks 459 00:27:45,300 --> 00:27:47,960 even as far north as Utah. 460 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,200 Perhaps somewhere, they actually do have these treasures still 461 00:27:52,260 --> 00:27:54,300 stored away, still waiting for the day 462 00:27:54,360 --> 00:27:56,340 when Quetzalcoatl returns. 463 00:27:59,340 --> 00:28:01,080 (soft music) 464 00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:04,300 NARRATOR: In the 1950s, four stone tablets 465 00:28:04,360 --> 00:28:07,880 known as the Peralta Stones were discovered 466 00:28:07,940 --> 00:28:10,900 near the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. 467 00:28:12,260 --> 00:28:15,020 Treasure-hunters Paul and Dan Dillman 468 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:18,180 are convinced that the symbols carved on these stones, 469 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,340 along with a fifth tablet they discovered in 1982, 470 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,920 will one day lead them to the legendary gold 471 00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:30,360 of Montezuma, hidden here in the mountains and canyons of Utah. 472 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,160 PAUL DILLMAN: Check this out. Look at the markings. 473 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:35,260 DANIEL DILLMAN: This is amazing, man. 474 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:36,920 PAUL DILLMAN: You got an Indian headdress. 475 00:28:36,980 --> 00:28:38,020 You got the sun symbol. 476 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,280 The sun symbol, just like the tablet. 477 00:28:39,340 --> 00:28:41,200 PAUL DILLMAN: Right here-- cave, 478 00:28:41,940 --> 00:28:46,140 wavy lines, and the arch, the T. Everything's on here. 479 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,300 It matches the tablet perfect. 480 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,180 PAUL DILLMAN: Yeah. 481 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,040 NARRATOR: But if the Dillmans ever do uncover the entrance 482 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:56,160 to the Aztec homeland of Aztlan and the hiding 483 00:28:56,220 --> 00:28:58,980 place of Montezuma's gold, might they 484 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,940 find more than they bargained for? 485 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,200 MIKE BARA: If Aztlan was founded by an extraterrestrial god, 486 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:10,880 as treasure hunters get closer and closer to perhaps finding 487 00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:14,980 the location of Aztlan, do they really want to break that seal? 488 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,880 Because no one really knows what's behind it 489 00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:19,340 and what the consequences of such a find 490 00:29:19,900 --> 00:29:22,280 might actually be to the human race. 491 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,280 NARRATOR: Is Kanab, Utah, really the hiding place 492 00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:30,080 of the lost Aztec treasure? 493 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,900 And if so, when it is found, might it 494 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:38,180 reveal evidence of alien contact in the distant past? 495 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,140 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 496 00:29:42,260 --> 00:29:45,220 and claim that more evidence of a connection 497 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,020 between the world's greatest lost treasures 498 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,200 and extraterrestrial intervention 499 00:29:50,300 --> 00:29:52,920 can be found in Greece. 500 00:29:57,020 --> 00:30:00,820 (ominous music) 501 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:02,960 Delphi, Greece. 502 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,860 Near the Gulf of Corinth, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, 503 00:30:08,020 --> 00:30:11,780 a religious shrine known as the Sanctuary of Apollo 504 00:30:11,900 --> 00:30:16,020 was established some time before 1200 BC. 505 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,860 It was here that the legendary Oracle of Delphi, 506 00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:24,660 a succession of priestesses of Apollo, 507 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,660 prophesies for the people of Greece. 508 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,800 According to the Greek author Plutarch, 509 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,060 the Oracle would enter a small chamber 510 00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:36,880 in the Temple of Apollo, take her seat on a tripod, 511 00:30:37,580 --> 00:30:39,620 and inhale sweet-smelling vapors, 512 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,640 inducing a trance-like state from which he could 513 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,800 communicate with the gods. 514 00:30:46,060 --> 00:30:48,940 RICHARD RADER: It was the seat of Apollo's Oracle. 515 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,800 So he was the one who provided prophecies there. 516 00:30:52,020 --> 00:30:54,940 The priestess is there just as a conduit for it. 517 00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:58,700 And in fact, she has no power of her own. 518 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,840 So Apollo himself is not going to show up to actually 519 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:04,940 deliver the oracles. He's on Mount Olympus. 520 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,060 He's with the other Olympian gods. 521 00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:09,840 His line is open for questions, but he's 522 00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,720 not going to show up himself. 523 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,880 Lots of people came to visit, looking for answers 524 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:16,980 to questions that they had. 525 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,960 And these are people not only in mythology, 526 00:31:20,020 --> 00:31:22,920 but, in fact, actual people in history coming to visit. 527 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:25,700 If you go to Delphi today, you can 528 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:29,940 see inscriptions of the answers that were given to questions. 529 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,980 NARRATOR: Although the Oracle made her final prophecy 530 00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:43,600 over 1,600 years ago, for many, the Sanctuary of Apollo 531 00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:46,580 remains an important site because 532 00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,620 of the relics and offerings that may 533 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,720 still lie there to this day. 534 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,580 But some believe that among these riches 535 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,940 lies a much more profound treasure, 536 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,760 an omphalos stone. 537 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,760 In Greek, the word omphalos literally translates to navel. 538 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,000 And while there were numerous omphalos stones 539 00:32:10,060 --> 00:32:13,040 throughout Greece, the egg-shaped omphalos stone 540 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,020 at Delphi was the most significant. 541 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,980 This navel really just represents sort of the center 542 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,580 of the Earth-- now, not the center of what we think 543 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,760 of as the Earth, but the center as in the most important 544 00:32:27,820 --> 00:32:30,000 place for the Olympian gods. 545 00:32:31,660 --> 00:32:33,760 One story is that Zeus sent some birds 546 00:32:33,820 --> 00:32:35,580 flying in different directions, and where 547 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,680 they met was the omphalos. 548 00:32:37,740 --> 00:32:39,580 That was the navel of the Earth. 549 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,020 This is where this Oracle would be established. 550 00:32:45,980 --> 00:32:48,800 NARRATOR: But in addition to marking the center of the Earth 551 00:32:48,860 --> 00:32:52,900 for the Olympians, in some ancient Greek accounts, 552 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:57,780 the omphalos stone was also the source of her prognostications. 553 00:33:00,580 --> 00:33:01,940 RICHARD RADER: Well, sometimes the omphalos stone 554 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,640 exerts some power. 555 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:10,600 Sometimes it's just a vessel for gaseous fumes that get you high 556 00:33:10,660 --> 00:33:14,680 and put you in the right mindset to talk to the gods. 557 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,660 Sometimes it's just a stone. 558 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:23,060 GIORGIO A. TSOUKALOS: If true communication took place 559 00:33:23,620 --> 00:33:26,760 between our world and extraterrestrials, which 560 00:33:26,820 --> 00:33:29,980 the ancient Greek gods were, then I 561 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:34,600 prefer to think that some type of transmitter was used 562 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:37,840 and only the Oracle knew how to operate it. 563 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:39,700 Why? 564 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:43,620 Because she was the chosen one. 565 00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:48,020 It may be that the omphalos stone is a depiction 566 00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:51,680 of a working technological device that 567 00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:53,940 was not made of stone at all. 568 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:02,580 NARRATOR: Could the omphalos really 569 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,020 have been a technological device that 570 00:34:04,580 --> 00:34:08,040 enabled humans to communicate with extraterrestrials? 571 00:34:09,860 --> 00:34:12,620 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes. 572 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,720 And as proof, they point to the stories 573 00:34:15,780 --> 00:34:19,680 of what happened to those who dared to go after the treasure. 574 00:34:23,860 --> 00:34:27,580 According to the second century Greek author Pausanias, 575 00:34:27,700 --> 00:34:32,880 in 279 BC, the Celtic King Brennus led an attack on Greece 576 00:34:32,940 --> 00:34:36,920 with a force of more than 200,000 men intent 577 00:34:36,980 --> 00:34:39,780 on claiming the treasure of Delphi. 578 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,620 And it is said that the Celts were coming to Delphi 579 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,580 in order to steal the treasure. 580 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:47,940 But as they approach and they get close to the Oracle, 581 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:51,680 the skies open up, and the gods intervene. 582 00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:53,020 (thunder cracking) 583 00:34:53,580 --> 00:34:55,640 JONATHAN YOUNG: Apollo caused the ground to shake 584 00:34:55,700 --> 00:35:00,000 and fierce storms and landslides 585 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,660 and, finally, a terrible frost. 586 00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:06,680 Legends grew that the great treasure was protected. 587 00:35:11,820 --> 00:35:15,900 NARRATOR: After over 1,500 years of offering divine guidance, 588 00:35:16,060 --> 00:35:19,640 the Temple of Apollo was shut down by Roman 589 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:23,600 emperor Theodosius in 395 AD. 590 00:35:23,820 --> 00:35:26,040 And ever since, the fate of the Delphi 591 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,900 treasure and the omphalos has remained a mystery. 592 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,900 This was probably one of the most 593 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:38,700 important centers for a Greek religion in the ancient world. 594 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,920 And so, of course, it just got a big, old bull's eye on it once 595 00:35:41,980 --> 00:35:44,640 Christianity starts taking off. 596 00:35:44,780 --> 00:35:46,000 And the omphalos stone-- 597 00:35:46,060 --> 00:35:49,620 which if you believe that was invested with the power 598 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,660 that made the Oracle whir, they would 599 00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:54,640 naturally get rid of that. 600 00:35:55,660 --> 00:35:57,820 NARRATOR: Curiously, a Roman recreation 601 00:35:57,880 --> 00:35:59,840 of the omphalos stone carved with 602 00:35:59,900 --> 00:36:03,820 an intricate, net-like pattern remains in the Museum of Delphi 603 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,040 to this day. 604 00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:09,960 And there are those that believe that the original was not, 605 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:13,000 in fact, destroyed, but confiscated 606 00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,060 and hidden away at the Vatican. 607 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,580 (tense music) 608 00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:23,640 But others believe the omphalos still lies in Greece. 609 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,980 And in 1936, the German government 610 00:36:27,580 --> 00:36:30,600 funded an excavation of Olympia and Delphi 611 00:36:30,660 --> 00:36:32,880 headed by archaeologist Hans Schleif, 612 00:36:33,020 --> 00:36:36,840 a member of the famous Nazi Ahnenerbe Society. 613 00:36:37,740 --> 00:36:40,780 The Nazi Ahnenerbe Society was basically 614 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,960 the SS paranormal division. 615 00:36:43,020 --> 00:36:45,920 It apparently was the inspiration for films 616 00:36:45,980 --> 00:36:47,780 like "Raiders of the Lost Ark." 617 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,940 And the purpose of it was to find relics and evidence 618 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,980 and possibly weapons from these very advanced Aryan gods 619 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,700 that the Nazis believed they were directly descended from. 620 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,880 The Ahnenerbe expeditions in Delphi 621 00:37:00,980 --> 00:37:04,860 were looking for something mysterious, something hidden. 622 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,820 Was it just a treasure of gold and jewels? 623 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:09,740 Or was it something more? 624 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,960 MIKE BARA: It may not have been a treasure hunt at all. 625 00:37:12,020 --> 00:37:14,740 It may have been an attempt to establish direct communication 626 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,900 between the Nazis and the gods. 627 00:37:19,060 --> 00:37:21,720 If the omphalos stone was, in fact, 628 00:37:21,780 --> 00:37:24,580 a piece of ancient alien technology, 629 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:26,860 then their ability to have obtained 630 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,900 that could have actually changed the outcome of the war. 631 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,920 NARRATOR: If the omphalos stone is, indeed, a direct line 632 00:37:36,980 --> 00:37:39,740 to advanced beings from other worlds, 633 00:37:39,980 --> 00:37:43,740 could its power be used for destructive ends? 634 00:37:45,580 --> 00:37:50,020 And if so, is that why it remains hidden to this day? 635 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:53,580 Ancient astronaut theorists say yes 636 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:57,640 and suggest there is yet another extraterrestrial treasure 637 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,240 with even more devastating powers yet to be found. 638 00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:09,800 (suspenseful music) 639 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,860 Kerala, India, 2011. 640 00:38:14,660 --> 00:38:17,540 Police officers with high-powered rifles 641 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,760 stand guard at the entrance to the Sri Padmanabhaswamy 642 00:38:20,820 --> 00:38:24,980 Temple, a sacred Vedic structure dedicated 643 00:38:25,540 --> 00:38:27,560 to the Hindu god Vishnu. 644 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:30,520 Under orders from the India Supreme Court, 645 00:38:30,580 --> 00:38:33,520 appointees unlock five secret vaults 646 00:38:33,620 --> 00:38:37,580 hidden beneath the temple that have been sealed for centuries. 647 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:40,640 And door after door, they unearth 648 00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:46,000 giant caches of relics, together valued at nearly $22 billion. 649 00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:50,780 But when they reach the final chamber, 650 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,660 Chamber B, it cannot be opened. 651 00:38:55,740 --> 00:38:57,520 JONATHAN YOUNG: It has three doors on it. 652 00:38:57,580 --> 00:39:00,700 The first one is a kind of a grating metal door. 653 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,840 And the second has a heavy, wood door. 654 00:39:03,900 --> 00:39:07,580 Finally, it was a strong, iron door that is shut. 655 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:08,940 It's stuck. 656 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,820 Among the warnings in Chamber B are depictions of cobras, 657 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:18,640 a terrifying image suggesting bad things 658 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:21,540 will happen if you open this. 659 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:23,980 DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: And then the last door has no locks. 660 00:39:24,540 --> 00:39:25,860 It has no latches. 661 00:39:26,580 --> 00:39:29,640 According to legend, it was sealed with a mantra. 662 00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:34,640 It's called (non-english speech) mantra, and no 663 00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:37,580 one knows what that mantra is. 664 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,920 There seems to be a bizarre curse around whatever 665 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:44,520 is in this room. 666 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:49,600 Anyone who tries to get into the room has all sorts of bad luck 667 00:39:49,660 --> 00:39:52,540 or even illness or fatalities. 668 00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:59,700 NARRATOR: On July 17, 2011, just three weeks 669 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,600 after the first five chambers were accessed, the person who 670 00:40:03,660 --> 00:40:05,680 petitioned the court to force the chambers 671 00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:10,780 opened, TP Sundarajan, came down with a fever and died. 672 00:40:12,580 --> 00:40:15,720 The following month, a group of Indian diviners 673 00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:19,520 issued a dire warning that opening the final chamber 674 00:40:19,660 --> 00:40:22,560 would have deadly consequences for the people involved 675 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:24,580 and for the land. 676 00:40:24,900 --> 00:40:26,720 DEEPAK SHIMKHADA: The locals started circulating 677 00:40:26,780 --> 00:40:29,920 the rumors that any attempt made by a man 678 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,600 would cause tremendous harm. 679 00:40:32,980 --> 00:40:34,960 We do not know what is in the chamber, 680 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,760 and there has been rumors that it contains deadly weapons. 681 00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:43,000 NARRATOR: But what is it that lies 682 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,540 behind the door of Chamber B? 683 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:47,920 Could it be simply monetary treasure? 684 00:40:48,940 --> 00:40:51,940 Or is it something more profound and dangerous? 685 00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,920 Indian texts, such as the Mahabharata, 686 00:40:56,980 --> 00:41:00,660 describe gods wielding ancient, divine weapons 687 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:04,520 and waging epic battles in the sky. 688 00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:08,580 In the Mahabharata, there is a fierce battle that reads like 689 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:12,760 modern-day science fiction with reference to unknown weapons 690 00:41:12,820 --> 00:41:17,620 and a single projectile charged with all the power 691 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,840 in the universe, an iron thunderbolt, 692 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,720 a gigantic messenger of death which 693 00:41:24,780 --> 00:41:27,580 reduced everything to ashes. 694 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,960 NARRATOR: Is it possible that Chamber B is the hiding 695 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,700 place for the kind of deadly technology 696 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:39,540 described in the Vedic texts? 697 00:41:40,580 --> 00:41:41,660 DAVID CHILDRESS: What's behind it 698 00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:44,740 is something special and dangerous. 699 00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:50,580 It's possible that what's inside of this unopened chamber 700 00:41:50,720 --> 00:41:53,000 is some kind of extraterrestrial technology 701 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,880 that could change the world. 702 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,540 You're talking about extraterrestrial technology 703 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:04,600 which is not meant to be found, it is not 704 00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:06,680 meant to be understood, and it is not 705 00:42:06,740 --> 00:42:08,840 meant to be utilized by man. 706 00:42:12,620 --> 00:42:13,860 NARRATOR: Could Vishnu's treasures, 707 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,600 sealed behind the ironclad door of Chamber B, 708 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:19,780 really be an ancient link to some 709 00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,000 devastating alien technology? 710 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:23,680 (thunder roiling) 711 00:42:23,740 --> 00:42:26,720 And if so, might this mysterious treasure, 712 00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:30,720 like other so-called ancient lost treasures in Egypt, 713 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:35,800 Greece, Jerusalem, or the American Southwest, 714 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:39,580 be far more valuable or perhaps dangerous 715 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,900 than mere monetary riches? 716 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:44,800 JONATHAN YOUNG: The buried treasure 717 00:42:44,860 --> 00:42:48,700 may not be the reason for our yearning or our searching. 718 00:42:48,860 --> 00:42:49,940 It might be the meaning of life. 719 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:51,880 It might be the good life itself. 720 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:54,560 DANIEL DILLMAN: Life is so full of mysteries. 721 00:42:54,620 --> 00:42:55,920 You have to open your eyes. 722 00:42:55,980 --> 00:42:58,760 There's so much to uncover here, so much treasure, 723 00:42:58,820 --> 00:43:00,700 and it's not just gold and silver. 724 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:01,820 It's knowledge. 725 00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:03,940 DAVID CHILDRESS: Man has always been fascinated 726 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,860 with ancient treasures and discovering 727 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,520 these treasures-- the gold and silver, the jewels. 728 00:43:10,620 --> 00:43:12,860 But in other cases, it can be technology 729 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,960 of the extraterrestrial gods themselves. 730 00:43:19,580 --> 00:43:21,660 (dramatic music) 731 00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:23,940 NARRATOR: Could the world's lost treasures, 732 00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:26,720 like those listed on the Copper Scroll, 733 00:43:26,860 --> 00:43:30,900 serve as a direct link to our extraterrestrial ancestors 734 00:43:31,620 --> 00:43:34,600 as ancient astronaut theorists suggest? 735 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,620 And if so, would finding them help 736 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,840 us unlock the mysteries of the universe 737 00:43:41,980 --> 00:43:45,640 or lead to our own destruction? 738 00:43:48,740 --> 00:43:52,680 Perhaps it's meant to be a puzzle, one designed 739 00:43:52,740 --> 00:43:54,840 to take centuries to solve. 740 00:43:55,720 --> 00:43:59,560 And only after solving it will we know the truth 741 00:43:59,720 --> 00:44:01,980 about our alien origins.