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Strange burial rituals...
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What we're talking about
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is some kind of other-dimensional
travel for the soul to undertake.
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Elaborate chambers
filled with mysterious objects...
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The fact that these
boats existed inside
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tombs leads me to think that
they tried to reach some type
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of extraterrestrial realms.
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And bizarre burial
mounds found across the globe.
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When you start looking
at a structure inside
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the celestial alignments, you
start to wonder, was there
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contact between
some of these areas?
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Were the tombs of our
ancient ancestors actually
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gateways to the afterlife?
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Or were they really meant to connect
modern man with our alien ancestors?
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You have to ask yourself
if they are perhaps
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maps to guide the dead
back to the star systems,
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where they originally came from.
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Millions of people
around the world believe
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we have been visited in the past
by extraterrestrial beings.
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What if it were true?
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Did ancient aliens really
help to shape our history?
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And if so, might the secrets
of the ancient tombs reveal an
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otherworldly plan for mankind?
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Deafdude
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The Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
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The Taj Mahal, Agra, India.
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And King Pakal's Tomb,
Palenque, Mexico.
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Spectacular burial sites that
date back thousands of years
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are found across the world.
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According to mainstream
researchers, these locations are
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the final resting places
for ancient leaders.
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But might they also serve
a more profound, perhaps
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extraterrestrial purpose?
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Why do we have the
most massive of constructions
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of these tombs in the
far and distant past?
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Well, according to the ancient
texts and the ancient
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traditions, this knowledge was given
to our ancestors by the gods.
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If the sole function of tombs
was to house the dead, then why are
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virtually all of them connected
to notions of spiritual energy,
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images of astronomy, and a
strong belief in the existence
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of other, arguably more
spiritual, worlds?
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All cultures share this
notion of somehow opening a
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doorway, opening a stargate,
opening a gateway to another
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dimension so the soul can return.
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We know that it is meant because
the soul is gonna go on
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a voyage to the afterlife.
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In the ancient world,
there was a view
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that this life that we have,
this physical life, is our
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opportunity to prepare ourselves
for a vast destiny that lies
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beyond this life.
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Could ancient tombs
really have served another,
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more extraterrestrial purpose,
perhaps as portals to reunite
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the deceased with celestial beings?
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Many ancient astronaut theorists
believe the answers can be found
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by taking a closer look at the
mysterious texts of ancient Egypt.
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Saqqara... situated on the
west bank of the Nile River,
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20 miles south of Cairo,
this archaeological site is one
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of the oldest and largest
burial grounds in all of Egypt.
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Egyptologists called
these monuments tombs.
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But to the Egyptians, they were
not tombs, they were gateways
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to the afterworld.
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It is through these structures
that the king will begin a
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journey into the underworld,
in order to face obstacles,
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dangers, and threats.
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And if he will overcome these
threats, he will be given
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passage into the afterlife
kingdom of Osiris.
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Overlooking the immense
necropolis lies the
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Pyramid of King Teti, the first
ruler of Egypt's sixth dynasty.
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Teti built his pyramid and an
adjoining mortuary temple during
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his reign, more than
4,000 years ago.
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I'm walking on what's
left of the ancient
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causeway of King Teti I...
that's his pyramid... and here is
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his very-much-ruined
mortuary temple.
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Now, this pyramid is very
important, it contains the
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oldest, richest writing in the
world, the Pyramid Texts.
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According to archaeologists,
the Pyramid
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Texts are a collection of
ancient Egyptian religious
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writings that date back to 2400 BC.
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They contain passages about
Osiris, the Egyptian god of the
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afterlife, and descriptions of
how to prepare the pharaoh's
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remains during his ascent
to the heavens after death.
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The Pyramid Texts
are all about the stars.
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It's all about the
king becoming a star.
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It's all about the king ascending
to the sky and joining
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Osiris-Orion in the sky.
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But according to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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the Pyramid Texts didn't only guide
the pharaoh to an afterlife,
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they actually provided
instruction on how the pharaoh
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could travel to other worlds.
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What is important to
realize is that the ancient
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Egyptians say that about 25,000 years
ago, the gods lived amongst them.
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Then they disappeared again.
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What the Pyramid Texts are
saying is that we... the ancient
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Egyptians specifically, of course...
are able to reach the gods again.
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For this we have to die, but
once we're dead, we're able to
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join the gods once again.
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What we're talking about is some
kind of other-dimensional travel
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for the soul to undertake.
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Buried in the desert
sands for centuries,
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the ruins of Saqqara are home to
another ancient mystery just one
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half-mile away from the
Pyramid of King Teti.
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In 1850, French archaeologist
Auguste Mariette made
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an astonishing discovery.
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He unearthed a massive
underground bunker.
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This is a most strange
and mysterious place.
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It feels like being in the
bowels of the underworld.
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It's hard to describe...
it's like being in another world,
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the world of the dead.
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The Serapeum contains
enormous sarcophagi
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made from granite that was
believed to have been
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transported from the city of
Aswan, nearly 600 miles away.
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This is just one of the
many sarcophagus that are
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here, dozens and dozens of them.
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And they weigh about 70 tons apiece.
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They're made from a
solid block of granite.
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But the real mystery is how they
cut them so sharply...
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Swiss watch precision,
mirror smooth.
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When you look at the
inside of the boxes,
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you see the underside of the lid
is perfectly square with the
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vertical surface of the
inside of the box.
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Directly opposite, you have the
same condition, which means that
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those two surfaces, opposing each other,
must have been perfectly parallel.
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It's really amazing.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
question just how the
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ancient Egtians could have moved
these gigantic stones for
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miles and then wedge them into
the underground labyrinth.
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And to what purpose?
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So we have one big problem.
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Imagine, in ancient Egypt, they
dig out of the rock kilometers
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and kilometers of
subterranean tunnels.
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Right and left, they make niches.
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Then they go to two day's Aswan.
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In Aswan, they cut out of the rock
the hardest granite which exists,
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and they bring it, in a
complicated way we don't know,
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into these subterranean tunnels.
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Archaeologists still,
today, cannot figure out
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how these giant basalt
sarcophagi were made.
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They're perfectly made.
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And how they would even move
them into these catacombs that
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are underground.
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It's like they would have had to
levitate and put these 70-ton
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boxes... by some magical
means, like anti-gravity.
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Most scholars believe
the Serapeum and its
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massive sarcophagi were
constructed to house the
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mummified remains of the Apis bulls.
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The Egyptians believed
that these Apis bulls
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were descended from the sky,
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and they would have elaborate
ceremonies with these bulls.
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But when Mariette
opened the sarcophagi,
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they were empty,
apart from some bones.
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Only one Apis bull mummy was
discovered at the site.
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Some ancient astronaut theorists
believe the sacred bul may
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have been the creation of
extraterrestrials,
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and that these creatures were feared, not
worshipped, by the ancient Egyptians.
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The humans are afraid of
these monster, because
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they were created by the gods.
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They are holy animals.
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So they wait until the
monsters die of a natural way.
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And now the animal is dead, they smash,
crash the bones of the monster.
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They put it into the sarcophagi.
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In ancient Egypt, every
single living creature,
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after its death, was mummified.
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So the fact that we can find
boxes in which we have hacked-up
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bones, you have to ask yourself, why?
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So they made sure that, after
death, they would hack up the
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bodies, and then put a 35-ton
lid on top of that...
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so that those creatures would
never return in the future.
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Could the sarcophagi
have been constructed
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as a kind of prison to prevent the
return of the bulls after death?
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Or could they have served a different,
even more profound, purpose?
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Egyptologists are baffled,
and they don't know
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what the purpose of these things were.
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Also, why are some of them empty?
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And you have to wonder, too,
if these boxes had some other
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purpose originally.
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Are these really some kind of
interdimensional stargates, and
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then extraterrestrials are able to come
and go from this planet using that?
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Were the Serapeum
sarcophagi actually
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a teleportation system, as some
ancient astronaut theorists believe?
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Could they be a series of
chambers used to convey ancient
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humans, and perhaps, alien
visitors, to other planets?
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Perhaps another underground tomb
complex halfway around the globe
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can provide further clues.
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Northern Peru.
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1987.
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Archaeologist Walter Alva uncovers
the lost tomb of the Lord of Sipan.
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Intact and untouched by thieves,
this burial place is considered
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one of the richest in the world.
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The Lord of Sipan was
a Moche king,
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up in the Lambayeque region
of Peru, along the coast.
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They found gold and silver and
all these incredibly beautiful
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artifacts and textiles and art.
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Peruvian archaeologists...
they sometimes
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call it the King Tut's
Tomb of South America.
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And the objects that they found
in these tombs were unusual.
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The burial chamber
was filled with artifacts that
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included ceramic pots, gold,
copper and silver utensils,
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and feather ornaments some
researchers believe were
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intended to accompany and protect
the Lord of Sipan in the afterlife.
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Some archaeologists suggest that
several of his servants, wives
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and consorts were sacrificed,
and their bodies were placed
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inside to accompany him
into the afterlife.
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We see that Lord Sipan
is not buried in isolation.
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We see that he is buried with
some other people, and so when
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we extrapolate from this and
when we realize that other
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cultures have been doing the
same kind of schematic,
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what we're seeing is that these
people believed that the
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afterlife was very
much a physical place.
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It was believed that he would have
needed some of these helpers.
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It is believed that he would
probably want to be reunited,
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if not united, with his most
immediate family and some of his
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most trusted advisors.
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Among the incredible treasures
buried with the Lord of Sipan
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were strange statues that some
researchers believe are evidence
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of extraterrestrial beings.
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As well as servants
and all the artifacts, they
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even found these strange, kind
of weird anthropomorphized
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figurines that some people say
resemble beings from other worlds.
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They show bug-eyed people who do
not look like a normal human.
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So you have, at Sipan, really,
a tomb that seems to show
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extraterrestrial beings,
anthropomorphic beings that are
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half-animal, half-human, and
people who don't look like a
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normal human being...
that look like extraterrestrials.
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Lord of Sipan's tomb
has some very
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interesting relics that were
found within his burial.
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Were these beings that were
gonna help him go into the
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afterlife, possibly back into
space, or into the heavens?
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The Lord of Sipan's disciples
believed that he was
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not a mere mortal, but actually
half-god and half-man.
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But specifically what
is of interest is that he
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has a face mask, which is made
of gold, and his body largely is
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dressed with copper shielding.
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So, all of a sudden, we see
somebody whose dead body is
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meant to resemble
clearly a shining one.
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The divine being, which he was
once believed to be, but also,
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which in death, he was
believed to once again become.
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Was the Lord of Sipan
really half-man, half-god,
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as his followers believed?
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And might the figurines found in
his grave really represent the
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ancient ruler's
extraterrestrial origin?
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If so, is it possible that this
tomb, like the ones found in
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Egypt, really served as
a portal to the stars?
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Ancient astronaut theorists say
yes, and believe more evidence
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can be found by looking at the
boat-shaped coffins and strange
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burial rituals of the
ancient Torajan people.
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South Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Here can be found the cave tombs
of Tana Toraja, the site of a
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complex funeral ritual that
dates back to 3000 BC.
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The Torajan people believe death is a
gradual process toward the afterlife.
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Many cultures believe
in an afterlife,
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something that goes on
beyond the physical bodies.
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The Toraja people in Indonesia
are very interesting and
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unusual, because among the most
elaborate rituals they have are
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not rituals of life, but for death.
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They have incredible ceremonies
when people die, they have
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huge feasts, and they have these
incredible celebrations for the dead.
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The Torajan people put the
dead into these special
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coffins, which are also like
a model of a spaceship.
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And then they inter them
up on these cliffs.
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And their beliefs, too, are
that ultimately the dead are
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returning to the stars, and
that they as a people will also
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return to the stars, as well.
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As translated, the
name "Toraja" means
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"the people from above," and Torajans
believe their ancestors
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descended from the
stars in sky ships.
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Their elaborate coffins are
built in the form of a boat,
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and thought to resemble the sky ships
that carried their ancestors to Earth.
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A wooden effigy called a
tau tau is carved in the
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likeness of the dead person
and placed in the balcony to
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represent the deceased and
watch over their remains.
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The effigies are a
beautiful illustration with
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which they wanted to show us
that, once somebody is deceased,
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they can still look down upon
you, because being dead doesn't
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mean that it's over.
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Dead just means that you go on
to the next level of existence.
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And it's an idea that has been
with us not just in our culture
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but in every ancient culture
and modern culture as well.
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The Torajan people, they
believe in sky gods who
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descended from the sky, who left
them a body of knowledge and
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then who disappeared.
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And they very much believed that
by doing what our ancestors did
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when these creatures were here
that they will therefore also be
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able to join these divine
beings which were once here.
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And specifically, that upon
death, they will be able to
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join them in the home
of these deities.
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That is very much on par with
what we see throughout the world.
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Is it possible, as some
researchers believe,
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that ancient astronauts visited
Earth thousands of years
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ago, and inspired our ancestors
to build boat-shaped coffins
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that emulated their space vehicles?
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If so, could the presence of
boat coffins mean that our
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ancestors were preparing to
make a journey to the stars?
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Some believe the ultimate proof
can be found in a mysterious
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burial mound in Ireland...
one with star maps that give
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clues, not just to where the
ancient visitors came from,
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but where the dead may have,
in fact, chosen to return.
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Oldcastle, Ireland.
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Amid the ruins of a Stone Age
cemetery lies a 5,000-year-old
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tomb, nearly 120 feet in diameter.
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It is named after the mythical
poet-king, Ollahm Fodhla.
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With Ollahm Fodhla's
tomb, what we see is
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this connection between
the Earth and the sky.
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Some people have suggested it
might be a celestial observatory.
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But I think it's much more
likely that it was sort of a
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temple, a place of worship, that
connected the sky and the earth.
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According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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astronomical hieroglyphs carved
on the interior of the stone
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walls may have been the work
of otherworldly beings.
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At Ollahm Fodhla we can
find an incredibly
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accurate astronomical chart,
and one has to wonder how
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those ancestors were able to do this
without any knowledge of astronomy.
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In fact, the legends of that
part of the world tell us that
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they had assistance, that
these topics were taught to
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those people by none other than
the shining ones who descended
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from the sky.
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Ollahm Fodhla has inside
of it celestial charts.
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So you have to ask yourself if
they are perhaps maps for these
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extraterrestrial visitors to show
them the way home, back to the stars.
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Could extraterrestrials,
as ancient astronaut theorists
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suggest, have taught our ancient
ancestors how to build a
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so-calle"celestial observatory"?
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And if so, might the cemetery
have served as a staging area?
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A place for extraterrestrials
to observe, predict and record
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stellar movements in preparation
for their return to the stars?
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Perhaps the answer can be found
by examining the ancient burial
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structures of Japan.
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Sakai, Japan.
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Here, in this city located 250
miles southwest of Tokyo, lies
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the Daisen Kofun, one of over 40 ancient
crypts within a six-mile radius.
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More than twice the length of the
Great Pyramid of Giza, it is
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one of the largest tombs in the world.
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Constructed in the 5th century
AD, it is believed to be the
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resting place of Nintoku,
the 16th emperor of Japan.
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But of all the various types and
designs that make up the Kofun
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structures, perhaps the most
mysterious are those in the
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shape of a keyhole, one that
can only be seen from above.
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The very fact that this
was made to look like a
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keyhole, that this was made
only to be seen from the sky,
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would, to me, indicate this
could be a clear message to the
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gods to say, "Look here."
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And it was some kind
of reference for the stars,
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for the person in the tombs.
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So is this some kind of tomb
for the extraterrestrial gods
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so that they could find and return
to the stars where they had come?
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Were the Kofun meant
to serve as markers for
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extraterrestrials that planned
to return to Earth, as some
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ancient astronaut theorists contend?
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Perhaps more evidence can be
found by examining one of the
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most immense archaeological finds
of the 20th century...
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the vast tomb of
China's first emperor.
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Shaanxi Province, China.
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In 1974, farmers digging a well
outside the town of Xi'an made
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an astonishing discovery...
a life-size clay soldier
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intricately carved and
dressed for battle.
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Further excavation revealed
thousands of these sculptures,
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known as the Terra Cotta
Warriors, each with remarkably
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realistic facial expressions.
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Entombed in the earth for over
2,000 years, the warriors are
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part of a massive underground
mausoleum built for China's
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first emperor of the Qin
Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang.
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The tomb of Qin Shi Huang
is quite extraordinary.
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Over 8,000 terra cotta soldiers
have been found there,
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along with 520 horses, 130 chariots,
most of which are still buried.
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Qin Shi Huang is literally
the first emperor in China.
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He established the Qin
dynasty in the year 221 BC.
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And he established many things
that actually continued to
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function throughout the
imperial period in China.
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Qin conquered and
united China, built the Great
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Wall, and standardized the
monetary and legal system.
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But Qin Shi Huang was also obsessed
with finding the secret of immortality.
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This is an emperor who
goes in search of the
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islands of immortality.
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This is an emperor who's obsessed
with rediscovering lost knowledge.
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His ambition is to become,
life, like the gods.
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To this end, Qin spent
over three decades
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forcing more than 700,000
laborers to construct
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the four-layered subterranean city
that would serve as his resting place.
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At the heart of the ancient complex
is one of China's greatest mysteries.
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The tomb actually
covers a very large area.
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Only a few areas in the
surrounding, the border part
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of the tomb complex
have been excavated.
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Archaeologists believe
that underneath this
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central burial mound is the chamber
containing Emperor Qin's remains.
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To date, the site is still
unexcavated, due to dangerously
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high levels of mercury.
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What's thought to be inside
is an exact model of the
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universe in miniature, with the
ceiling, uh, made to look like
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the sky with all the stars
represented by pearls.
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And then the rivers in China
would be on the ground, and it
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is the mercury that is supposed
to look like the rivers.
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A conductive
element used in gauges,
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electronics, and automobiles,
mercury is a liquid metal that
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was discovered by archaeologists
in an Egyptian tomb that dates
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back to 1500 BC.
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Some researchers believe the
presence of mercury indicates
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the existence of modern
technology in the ancient world.
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The presence of mercury,
also, in these tombs, is unusual.
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Mercury is something which is
not really very useful to us,
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except in very high-tech devices.
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And it could have been used as
part of the extraterrestrials
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and their technology on this planet.
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Was the first emperor
of China influenced by
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visitors from another world to
create his monument, as ancient
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astronaut theorists propose?
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And could the mercury found
at the tomb be proof of
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extraterrestrial technology at work
in China thousands of years ago...
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technology that was not
intended to merely help bury
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the dead, but to launch otherworldly
beings back into space?
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Perhaps more clues can be found
by taking a closer look at the
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mysterious burial mounds
found all over our world.
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Gyeongju, South Korea.
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Here, near the shores of the Sea of
Japan, lie the ruins of Cheonmachong.
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Excavated in 1973, researchers
believe this mound-shaped tomb
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was constructed for a
fifth-century ruler from the
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Silla dynasty, which spanned
nearly a thousand years.
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The main feature of this
tomb is that it has
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what's known as a "heavenly
horse" drawn onto it, and it's
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often called the Heavenly Horse Tomb.
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And this horse has eight
fiery legs that are flaming.
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It's clearly not a living,
naturalistic horse.
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It almost looks more like a
combination of a horse and a
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dragon flying through the air.
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This may represent the journey
of the spirit, the soul,
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or taking the soul up
to the afterlife.
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According to most
historians, this equestrian
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illustration represents not only
the importance of horses in
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ancient Korean culture, but also the
king's belief in the spirit world.
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But ancient astronaut
theorists have another,
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much more profound interpretation.
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They believe the painting of
the winged horse symbolizes
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how the deceased noble would actually
journey to another distant realm.
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Tibetans and Mongolians
also have, uh,
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similar legends of
these flying horses.
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And these horses, too, would be
analogous to the vimanas, uh,
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in Sanskrit, which are these
flying machines, the chariots
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of the gods that Erich von
Daniken talked about.
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And often they're depicted
as this horse, which was the
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familiar vehicle that people could
travel in, only these horses could fly.
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They were flying vehicles.
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If you look at it even
more closely, it resembles
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more some type of a dragon.
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Because, out of its feet, there's
fire coming out, and the
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feet themselves, their legs,
don't really look like legs but
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they look as if they are
some type of wings.
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We have to remember that our
ancestors were not familiar with
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space vehicles, so whatever they
saw up in the sky could best be
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described as an eight-legged
horse descending from the sky.
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Could the so-called "heavenly
horse" of Cheonmachong
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really be a representation of
an extraterrestrial flying
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transport, as ancient
astronaut theorists contend?
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And if so, would this help to
prove their their theory that
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many ancient tombs
were, in fact, portals
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to other extraterrestrial worlds?
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Perhaps more clues can be found
in the mysterious drawings
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of another burial mound located
more than 5,000 miles away.
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The Boyne River Valley in Ireland.
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Here, 31 miles north of Dublin,
lies Newgrange, a tumulus tomb
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dating back to 3200 BC, and similar
to the one found in South Korea.
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Of the many ancient burial
chambers discovered in the region,
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it is one of the best-preserved.
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Newgrange would have
been one the largest
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man-built structures on Earth at
the time of its construction.
465
00:34:48,509 --> 00:34:51,847
It dates from around 5,000 years ago,
perhaps even a little bit more.
466
00:34:53,881 --> 00:34:55,349
Predates the Great Pyramids.
467
00:34:55,383 --> 00:34:58,518
So, this was a tremendous
undertaking, by a very
468
00:34:58,553 --> 00:35:01,888
well-established culture, to
build such a massive monument.
469
00:35:01,923 --> 00:35:06,026
Newgrange's inner passage
was constructed with
470
00:35:06,061 --> 00:35:07,796
remarkable precision.
471
00:35:09,731 --> 00:35:14,401
And its design provides an accurate
means of measuring the solar year.
472
00:35:17,205 --> 00:35:19,756
It is astronomically aligned
on the winter solstice,
473
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,509
so that, right at the winter solstice,
and only at the winter solstice...
474
00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,614
a sun dagger shoots down through
475
00:35:27,615 --> 00:35:31,785
the central passageway into the
tomb and illuminating the inner
476
00:35:31,803 --> 00:35:32,969
chamber of the tomb.
477
00:35:33,004 --> 00:35:36,256
This inner chamber is carved
with very enigmatic megalithic
478
00:35:36,307 --> 00:35:39,326
symbols... which we still don't
really understand... and really
479
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,663
displays an amazing competence of
this culture on many, many levels.
480
00:35:43,698 --> 00:35:46,600
We don't
know exactly what it meant to
481
00:35:46,634 --> 00:35:49,519
those ancient peoples, but we
can imagine that they gathered
482
00:35:49,570 --> 00:35:52,856
there at the time of the winter
solstice, that there were many
483
00:35:52,907 --> 00:35:57,611
celebrations, and that the
priests and priestesses would go
484
00:35:57,662 --> 00:36:02,199
into this inner chamber to
witness this miracle every year.
485
00:36:02,250 --> 00:36:07,454
We have essentially the death
of the sun on the winter solstice.
486
00:36:07,522 --> 00:36:11,792
On this day, we have the lowest
point of the sun and then we
487
00:36:11,843 --> 00:36:14,678
have rebirth in new life.
488
00:36:14,712 --> 00:36:20,517
So what better for a tomb and to
talk about the journey to the
489
00:36:20,551 --> 00:36:28,692
afterlife than a death and a rebirth
and starting the cycle again?
490
00:36:28,726 --> 00:36:33,613
Is it possible the
celestial alignment at Newgrange
491
00:36:33,648 --> 00:36:36,767
was created to represent a
journey to the afterlife,
492
00:36:37,018 --> 00:36:40,055
as some ancient astronaut
theorists believe?
493
00:36:41,989 --> 00:36:46,426
"Spiral galaxies" is one of those
terms which we use all the time.
494
00:36:46,461 --> 00:36:47,527
And so the question might be:
495
00:36:47,578 --> 00:36:52,532
are some of the spirals somehow
linked with this galactic travel?
496
00:36:52,550 --> 00:36:56,403
And based upon what we know from
the belief of the people who
497
00:36:56,437 --> 00:36:59,790
built Newgrange and their
belief, specifically, about the
498
00:36:59,824 --> 00:37:03,861
voyage of the dead, we know that
this was a voyage in space.
499
00:37:07,282 --> 00:37:11,485
When you look at these
famous tumulus tombs that
500
00:37:11,519 --> 00:37:16,389
are all over the world, they are
these circular mounds, so you
501
00:37:16,407 --> 00:37:22,946
have a shape, in a sense, of
a flying saucer or a UFO.
502
00:37:22,997 --> 00:37:27,951
And the whole idea of the
spiral and the vortex is often
503
00:37:28,002 --> 00:37:31,738
used to symbolize time travel,
and that is the way that
504
00:37:31,756 --> 00:37:35,592
extraterrestrials would
be coming to Earth.
505
00:37:35,676 --> 00:37:38,929
Could the hundreds
of burial mounds found around
506
00:37:39,013 --> 00:37:44,684
the globe be linked through
some otherworldly connection?
507
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:49,589
And if so, is it really possible
that extraterrestrials used
508
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:54,561
these tumuli as portals to
travel from galaxy to galaxy,
509
00:37:54,595 --> 00:37:59,482
as ancient astronaut
theorists suggest?
510
00:37:59,534 --> 00:38:03,403
Perhaps such far-fetched notions
aren't as hard to imagine as
511
00:38:03,454 --> 00:38:07,574
they seem, especially when
considering that such things are
512
00:38:07,625 --> 00:38:14,464
happening right now, in the
southwest region of North America.
513
00:38:19,300 --> 00:38:22,900
Sierra County,
New Mexico, 2010
514
00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:27,055
Three, two, one, fire.
515
00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:34,778
Aerospace company
Celestis Incorporated launches
516
00:38:34,846 --> 00:38:39,783
one of the world's first private
memorial spaceflights, providing
517
00:38:39,818 --> 00:38:41,853
a unique new funeral
service for the deceased.
518
00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:46,291
What this company
does is, essentially, launch the
519
00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:51,813
ashes of dead people into space,
including the Star Trek creator
520
00:38:51,847 --> 00:38:56,736
Gene Roddenberry,
1960s icon Timothy Leary,
521
00:38:56,770 --> 00:39:00,539
even the astronaut Gordon Cooper,
who was part of the Mercury program
522
00:39:00,557 --> 00:39:02,843
that NASA created.
523
00:39:05,178 --> 00:39:08,480
Celestis rents
compartments on board
524
00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:12,150
conventional rockets assigned
to carry satellites and other
525
00:39:12,217 --> 00:39:13,886
payloads into orbit.
526
00:39:15,053 --> 00:39:18,956
They only do, like, seven
grams of ashes that
527
00:39:18,990 --> 00:39:23,210
they send out there in small,
tiny containers, and so, to me,
528
00:39:23,262 --> 00:39:27,164
this is quite an incredible
thing because we now have the
529
00:39:27,215 --> 00:39:32,687
possibility of sending cremated
remains into outer space.
530
00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:36,857
We have to wonder if this
is now replicating some of
531
00:39:36,892 --> 00:39:40,144
the ancient things that we've
seen by using a boat or some
532
00:39:40,195 --> 00:39:44,115
type of symbology that the
pharaoh or the king in the
533
00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:47,053
afterlife was being prepared
to go back into the heavens.
534
00:39:50,587 --> 00:39:54,459
But why would we want to send
our dearly departed into space?
535
00:39:55,777 --> 00:40:00,031
Does it, in fact, fulfill some
unconscious human desire to
536
00:40:00,098 --> 00:40:03,834
return to the stars after death?
537
00:40:03,952 --> 00:40:07,655
And could this, in some way,
be connected to mankind's
538
00:40:07,739 --> 00:40:12,776
centuries-old belief in Heaven...
a utopian world that exists far
539
00:40:12,794 --> 00:40:16,212
above and beyond our own?
540
00:40:16,846 --> 00:40:18,965
I think it's interesting
that the people who
541
00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:22,552
do this are the ones who have
been the visionaries, the ones
542
00:40:22,603 --> 00:40:27,641
who really wanted to take mankind
into deep space and take
543
00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:31,278
us on a voyage of discovery,
trying to find out whether there
544
00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:35,831
are human beings there, and I
think it's interesting that in
545
00:40:35,849 --> 00:40:39,068
the future we're probably going
to see more and more of this,
546
00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:41,621
and that we're going to become
more and more in tune with what
547
00:40:41,706 --> 00:40:44,006
our ancestors were thinking.
548
00:40:44,157 --> 00:40:47,377
Maybe, at one point in the
future, we will be able to
549
00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:52,632
physically send an entire body
into deep space, on a voyage to
550
00:40:52,717 --> 00:40:54,935
reconnect with our ancestors.
551
00:40:56,586 --> 00:41:03,125
We're all made of stars,
and the whole universe is
552
00:41:03,159 --> 00:41:06,261
created out of the dust of
stars, and so it seems natural
553
00:41:06,328 --> 00:41:12,284
for some people to want to have
their ashes sent back into space.
554
00:41:12,435 --> 00:41:18,140
In the ancient world, we were seen
fundamentally as immortal souls
555
00:41:18,174 --> 00:41:23,145
briefly incarnated in human
bodies and, and possibly
556
00:41:23,212 --> 00:41:26,681
reincarnating and coming
back again and again.
557
00:41:26,716 --> 00:41:30,952
It was understood that some
aspect of the individual lived
558
00:41:30,987 --> 00:41:34,489
on beyond this physical life, and
the tomb was, in a sense, an
559
00:41:34,523 --> 00:41:38,160
immortal home for that
aspect of the individual.
560
00:41:38,194 --> 00:41:43,180
Is it possible, as some
researchers believe, that mankind
561
00:41:43,231 --> 00:41:47,469
has long tried to make a connection
with our otherworldly origins?
562
00:41:48,104 --> 00:41:52,806
And, if so, might ancient tombs
throughout the world have
563
00:41:52,841 --> 00:42:00,214
been constructed to facilitate this
celestial journey, even after death?
564
00:42:00,248 --> 00:42:02,717
It's hard to know what our
earliest ancestors were
565
00:42:02,751 --> 00:42:04,987
thinking when they looked
up into the night sky.
566
00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:08,517
Perhaps they felt dwarfed
by its immensity.
567
00:42:08,618 --> 00:42:11,818
Perhaps they wondered what
the stars were, up in the sky.
568
00:42:14,021 --> 00:42:17,023
Probably they projected their
mythology or maybe invented
569
00:42:17,091 --> 00:42:21,094
mythology about goddesses and
gods and other spiritual beings,
570
00:42:21,128 --> 00:42:24,714
living in a heavenly
world above them.
571
00:42:24,765 --> 00:42:27,167
Maybe that's why so many of
their ancient temples were
572
00:42:27,201 --> 00:42:30,270
aligned with these heavenly bodies.
573
00:42:30,337 --> 00:42:33,640
Our ancestors were building
these structures so
574
00:42:33,674 --> 00:42:38,577
that they could be seen by the
gods in the sky and by the souls
575
00:42:38,612 --> 00:42:40,897
on their way to the gods in the sky.
576
00:42:40,981 --> 00:42:43,533
What our ancestors are saying,
what our ancestors are
577
00:42:43,617 --> 00:42:49,672
reinforcing, is that the soul is going
to go on a voyage into the stars.
578
00:42:50,823 --> 00:42:54,028
All over the world,
we have very similar
579
00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:59,966
types of ceremonies that have
to do with entombing people,
580
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,053
and you have to wonder a little bit
if your body is being preserved
581
00:43:04,088 --> 00:43:06,740
and it's going to be used again.
582
00:43:07,675 --> 00:43:11,144
And if we could do this, that's
something that extraterrestrials
583
00:43:11,178 --> 00:43:13,480
would be able to do, too.
584
00:43:14,014 --> 00:43:15,820
Tombs...
585
00:43:17,087 --> 00:43:21,687
interconnected by design,
tradition, and a desire for
586
00:43:21,688 --> 00:43:23,426
a peaceful passage from life
587
00:43:25,143 --> 00:43:26,643
to death.
588
00:43:26,744 --> 00:43:30,096
Is it possible ancient burial
chambers were built from
589
00:43:30,164 --> 00:43:36,286
knowledge passed on to our ancient
ancestors by celestial beings?
590
00:43:36,837 --> 00:43:41,591
And if so, might we one day
reunite with these beings
591
00:43:41,675 --> 00:43:44,394
through an otherworldly portal?
592
00:43:44,428 --> 00:43:49,182
Perhaps the answer will be
revealed in our lifetime...
593
00:43:49,717 --> 00:43:55,555
or, perhaps, only after
we take our final breath.
594
00:43:55,589 --> 00:43:58,510
sync and corrections by bellows
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00:43:59,305 --> 00:44:05,824
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