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Narrator: WHY DO SO MANY
OF OUR ANCIENT CULTURES

REFER TO GIANTS?

ARE THEY SIMPLY MYTH AND LEGEND,

OR DID THEY ONCE WALK THE EARTH?

AND ARE THERE TOMBS
AND SKELETONS OF THESE GIANTS

NOW BEING DISCOVERED
IN SARDINIA?

Dr. Stiglitz:
I AM AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

THAT WORK IN ARCHAEOLOGY
FROM 40 YEARS,

AND NEVER I SEEN
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

Gough:
I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE

THE GIANTS OF SARDINIA

WERE THE NEPHILIM
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE.

Theakston: DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT THIS TOOTH

MAY HAVE ONCE BELONGED
TO A GIANT?

Manca: I DON'T KNOW.

I NEVER SEEN TEETH OF THIS SIZE
BEFORE THIS DAY.

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Narrator: IT SOUNDS LIKE
SOMETHING FROM A FANTASY NOVEL,

BUT OVER THE LAST CENTURY OR SO,
ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE UNEARTHED

DOZENS OF VERY LARGE
BONE FRAGMENTS AND TEETH

FROM SITES ACROSS THE GLOBE

WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE
BELONGED TO GIANT-SIZED HUMANS,

WHO ARE BELIEVED
TO HAVE MEASURED

SEVERAL METERS IN HEIGHT.

ALTHOUGH THE INTERNET IS FULL
OF FAKE PICTURES LIKE THESE,

IN SARDINIA,

THEY BELIEVE THEY'VE FOUND
THEIR ACTUAL BURIAL SITES.

IN THIS EPISODE,
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON

TRAVELS TO THE ISLAND
OF SARDINIA

TO TRY AND UNRAVEL THE FACTS
FROM THE FICTION

AND FIND ANSWERS
TO THE BURNING QUESTIONS.

WHO ARE THESE CREATURES?

WHEN DID THEY LIVE?

AND WHY ARE THEY NOT RECOGNIZED
AS PART OF OUR HUMAN HISTORY?

PART OF THE PROBLEM

IS THAT GIANTS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH LEGENDS AND MYTHOLOGY

AND NOT REALITY.

AND YET THE OLD TESTAMENT,
IN THE BOOK OF GENESIS,

CLEARLY REFERS TO A RACE
OF GIANTS CALLED THE NEPHILIM

WHO, IT SAYS, WERE THE OFFSPRING
OF THE SONS OF THE GODS

WHO CAME TO EARTH
TO SEED THE DAUGHTERS OF MAN.

THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
ZECHARIA SITCHIN,

IN HIS EARTH CHRONICLE BOOKS,

CALLED THEM THE ANUNNAKI,
A RACE OF GIANTS

WHO CAME TO THE EARTH
AROUND 400,000 YEARS AGO

TO ENSLAVE HUMANS

AND TURN THEM
INTO A MINING COLONY.

ALTHOUGH MANY ACADEMICS DISMISS
HIS THEORIES AS FANCIFUL,

HE CLAIMED
THAT THE PROOF OF THIS

WAS WRITTEN
ON ANCIENT CUNEIFORM TABLETS

FROM AROUND 3000 B.C.
THAT WERE FOUND IN MESOPOTAMIA.

Gough: EARLY MIGRATIONS
IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C.

INDICATE THAT TRAVELERS CAME
TO SARDINIA.

AND THESE TRAVELERS,
WE HAVE IMAGES OF THEIR BOATS,

AND THEY RESEMBLE GREATLY
THE MESOPOTAMIAN BOATS.

AND SURE ENOUGH, ON SARDINIA
WE FIND STEP PYRAMIDS.

SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH

MESOPOTAMIANS
DID MAKE A MIGRATION

AROUND THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
INTO SARDINIA.

HOWEVER, THERE APPEAR
ALREADY AT THAT TIME

TO BE LEGENDS OF TRUE GIANTS,

GIANTS WHO WERE HUGE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
THAT'S VALIDATED,

AS WE KNOW,
IN THE BIBLE, IN GENESIS.

IN THOSE TIMES,
THERE WERE GIANTS ON THE EARTH.

WELL, WHAT SARDINIA HAS

IS NOT ONLY A RICH,
MEGALITHIC CULTURE

WHOSE TOMBS,
WHOSE STANDING STONES,

WHOSE MONUMENTS
ALL HEARKEN TO GIANTS...

THEIR NAMES ARE ABOUT GIANTS...

BUT WE HAVE SKELETAL REMAINS
OF PEOPLE THERE

OVER 8, OVER 10,
OVER 12 FEET IN SIZE.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
THAT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH

THERE'S SOME TRUTH
TO THOSE SKELETAL REMAINS.

Narrator: IN THE PAULI ARBOREI
REGION OF SOUTHERN SARDINIA,

OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS OR SO,

LOCAL PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN DISCOVERING

PARTS OF HUGE BONES, SKELETONS,
AND SKULLS IN THEIR FIELDS

WHICH, LEGEND HAS IT,

ONCE BELONGED
TO A RACE OF GIANTS

WHO LIVED ON THE ISLAND
LONG AGO.

IT'S BELIEVED THAT THESE GIANTS

WERE LAID TO REST
IN GIANT TOMBS,

THE REMAINS OF WHICH
ARE STILL VISIBLE TODAY

WITH ROUGHLY CUT HEADSTONES
AND LARGE, LONG TRENCHES.

BUT WHATEVER LAY INSIDE THEM
HAS LONG BEEN REMOVED.

MANY OF THE DISCOVERIES
ARE MADE BY LOCAL FARMERS,

WHO COME ACROSS THE REMAINS
AS THEY CULTIVATE THEIR CROPS.

AND IT'S CAUSED SOMETHING
OF A STIR ON THIS ISLAND

AS THE AUTHORITIES

HAVE STRUGGLED TO EXPLAIN
WHAT'S GOING ON

TO ITS INCREASINGLY BEMUSED
RESIDENTS.

THERE ARE EVEN ACCUSATIONS
OF A COVER-UP,

AS SOME OF THE BONES
THAT HAVE BEEN HANDED IN

SEEM TO HAVE BEEN LOCKED AWAY
BY THE AUTHORITIES

RATHER THAN EXAMINED
OR INVESTIGATED.

MARCELLO POLLASTRI
IS A SARDINIAN JOURNALIST

WHO'S BEEN INVESTIGATING
THIS STORY FOR SEVERAL YEARS,

CATALOGUING
THE REPORTS OF DISCOVERIES

AND INTERVIEWING WITNESSES.

HE'S CONVINCED THAT
THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON.

MARCELLO HAS ARRANGED FOR JAMIE
TO MEET A LOCAL FARMER AND MAYOR

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE DISCOVERED
SOME LEG BONES

AND THE SKULL
OF A VERY LARGE SKELETON

WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.

MARCELLO'S FRIEND MAURO
WAS THERE TO HELP TRANSLATE.

HOW BIG
WAS THE SKELETON?

PAOLO,
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE

ABOUT THE SKULL
THAT YOU FOUND.

Narrator: JAMIE ASKED THE FARMER

TO SHOW HIM THE BONES AND SKULL
THAT HE'D DISCOVERED.

BUT AS UNLIKELY AS IT SOUNDS,

THE FARMER SAID THAT
HIS FATHER HAD DESTROYED THEM

WHEN HE WAS STILL A BOY.

WHAT COULD'VE BEEN
REALLY FASCINATING EVIDENCE

WAS NO MORE.

SO, WAS HE MAKING UP THIS STORY
ABOUT FINDING A GIANT SKULL?

OF COURSE IT WAS POSSIBLE,

BUT AS IT WAS SO LONG AGO

AND HE WAS JUST A SMALL BOY
AT THE TIME,

IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE

THAT HE JUST MISIDENTIFIED
A LARGE ANIMAL SKULL.

JAMIE WAS KEEN TO TRY AND SEE

THE SO-CALLED GIANT'S TOMB
FOR HIMSELF.

SO MARCELLO AGREED TO TAKE HIM
TO AN ANCIENT BURIAL SITE

HIGH IN THE PAULI ARBOREI
REGION,

WHICH IS SAID TO DATE BACK
TO AROUND 2500 B.C.,

AND WHERE LARGE BURIALS
HAD BEEN UNEARTHED.

ONCE AGAIN,

MARCELLO'S FRIEND MAURO
TAGGED ALONG AS HIS TRANSLATOR.

AND THIS IS IT HERE?

OKAY.

QUESTA LA TOMBA
DI GIGANTE.

THIS IS THE TOMB HERE?
YES, YES.

AND THIS IS WHERE
YOU BELIEVE

THAT GIANTS WOULD HAVE BEEN
BURIED, HUH?

YES.
THIS IS VERY BIG.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

Theakston: WOW.

SO, WHEN WOULD THIS
HAVE BEEN MADE?

SO, THIS IS
BEFORE THE NURAGIC PERIOD?

SO, IS THIS, LIKE,
A STONE COFFIN?

SO, WHAT, THE BODIES WOULD HAVE
LAIN WHERE WE ARE NOW?

YES.
HERE.

ONE, TWO, THREE...

ONE ON TOP
OF THE OTHER.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

SO, HOW MANY BODIES
WOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED IN HERE?

100 NORMAL PEOPLE.
NORMAL-SIZED PEOPLE.

YOU BELIEVE THAT GIANTS
WOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED IN HERE.

Narrator:
ARE THESE ANCIENT BRONZE TABLETS

PROOF THAT A RACE OF GIANTS
LIVED ON THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?

A FASCINATING DISCOVERY
WITH AN UNEXPECTED TWIST

WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.

Narrator: DID A RACE OF GIANTS
LIVE ON THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA

OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?

ACCORDING TO LOCAL LEGENDS,
THE ANSWER IS YES.

BUT WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT IT?

JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
IS ON THE TRAIL OF CLUES,

WHICH HAVE SO FAR LEAD HIM

TO AN ANCIENT TOMB
HIGH ON A HILLTOP,

SAID TO BE BURIAL SITE
OF ONE OF THESE GIANTS.

BUT IS IT?

WHAT'S...

OKAY.
WHAT'S THIS?

YEAH, JUST FOLLOW.

MARCELLO WILL SHOW US
SOMETHING ELSE.

HE'S SAYING
LOOK AT HOW AMAZING

IS THE WALL
WHICH HAS BEEN BUILT.

YEAH, YEAH.

VERY HUGE STONES
LIKE THIS.

YEAH. BUT HOW DID THEY MOVE...
HOW DID THEY MOVE THESE?

LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT THE SIZE.

YEAH. [ CHUCKLES ]

AND HOW MUCH
WOULD THIS WEIGH?

THEY SAY IT'S LIKE
OVER 20 TONS.

20 TONS?

YES.

Narrator: WAS THIS REALLY
A BURIAL PLACE FOR A GIANT?

OR JUST AN ANCIENT TOMB
FOR A HIGH-STATUS HUMAN?

CERTAINLY THE LOCATION,

HIGH IN THE HILLS SHROUDED
IN THE LOW-LEVEL CLOUDS,

LENDS ITSELF TO ANCIENT MYTHS
AND LEGENDS.

AND IT'S EASY TO IMAGINE
A PRIMITIVE RACE

BELIEVING THAT
THIS WAS A SACRED SITE

CONNECTED TO THE GODS OF OLD.

BUT IS IT REALLY
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF GIANTS?

WHILE THE TOMB ISN'T
DEFINITIVE PROOF OF THE GIANTS,

THERE ARE CLUES
TO WHO THEY MIGHT BE

IN THE ANCIENT HISTORY
OF SARDINIA.

FROM AROUND 2000 B.C.,

AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE BRONZE AGE,

THERE WAS A RACE
LIVING ON THE ISLAND

KNOWN AS THE NURAGIC PEOPLE.

AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS,

THEY WERE MORE THAN
A LITTLE INTERESTING.

THEY WERE SEAFARERS,
THEY WERE HEALERS,

AND THEY WERE ASTRONOMERS,

BUILDING HUNDREDS
OF SMALL STONE OBSERVATORIES

ALL OVER THE ISLAND

THAT CAN STILL BE SEEN TODAY.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,

THEY SEEMED TO BE AWARE
OF THESE GIANTS.

ACCORDING
TO ANCIENT NURAGIC TABLETS,

THERE WAS A RACE OF GIANTS THAT
USED TO LIVE ON THIS ISLAND.

THE NURAGIC PEOPLE
BELIEVED THAT BULLS WERE SACRED

AND CARVED BULLS' HEADS
INTO THE SIDE OF THEIR TOMBS

SO THAT THE SUN WOULD PROJECT IT
ONTO THE INTERNAL WALLS.

PROFESSOR LUIGI SANNA
HAS SPENT A LIFETIME

ANALYZING AND DECODING A SERIES
OF VERY SMALL BRONZE TABLETS

WHICH WERE DISCOVERED
NEAR THE TOWN OF CABRAS.

THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A HUMAN THUMB,

AND SANNA BELIEVES THAT THEY
HAVE REFERENCES TO THESE GIANTS

INSCRIBED ON THEM.

HE THINKS THAT IT'S POSSIBLE

THAT THIS RACE OF GIANTS
WERE ANCIENT NAVIGATORS

WHO CAME BY BOAT FROM GREECE
AROUND 3,000 YEARS AGO.

THEY THEN CONQUERED

THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
OF SARDINIA,

MARRIED INTO THE LOCAL TRIBES,

AND BECAME WHAT HE BELIEVES
WERE THEIR GOD-KINGS.

Theakston: WHAT DO
THESE TABLETS TELL US?

WHAT'S WRITTEN
ON THE TABLET?

AMAZING...
THERE IS A KING IN THE MIDDLE.

THIS SIGN OF HIM,
THIS ONE.

THIS IS A KING?
THAT'S RIGHT.

YES.

YEAH, I SEE THAT.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

AND THAT IS THE SAME.

OKAY,
THIS IS THE BULL.

RIGHT.

THE HORNS.

AND THIS IS...
THE KING IS IN THE MIDDLE.

OKAY. 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN
NURAGIC TOMBS

THAT ARE IN THE SHAPE
OF THE BULL.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

AND HE'S SAYING
THAT SOMETIMES IT IS BULL,

BUT IS ALSO LA TOMBA DI GIGANTE,
THE TOMB OF THE GIANT.

THE TOMB OF THE GIANTS.

WHERE'S THE SYMBOL
FOR THE GIANT?

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

TWO OF
THE FOUR TABLETS...

THEY GOT
THE WORD "GIANT,"

WHICH IN SARDINE
IS "GIGANALLOI."

SO, HANG ON.

SO, THESE TABLETS HAVE THE WORD
"GIANT" WRITTEN ON THEM?

YEAH,
THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

GIGANALLOI,
WHICH MEANS GIANT ON THIS ONE.

AND ON THE OTHER ONE.
TWO OF THE FOUR.

WOW. 'CAUSE THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME,

BECAUSE
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME

I'VE SEEN ANY EVIDENCE
OR ANY REFERENCE TO GIANTS.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

THIS IS PROOF
THAT THE GIANTS WERE HERE.

Narrator:
IF THIS WAS HARD EVIDENCE

OF THE EXISTENCE OF GIANTS
IN SARDINIA

ABOUT 3,000 YEARS AGO,

THEN THERE WERE STILL PLENTY
OF QUESTIONS THAT REMAINED.

WHERE DID THESE GIANTS
COME FROM?

DO WE KNOW?

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

AND THE WRITING
IS CANAANITE, SEMITIC.

BUT THEY JOINED
LOCAL PEOPLE.

Gough: THE REASON WHY
THE GIANTS OF SARDINIA

COULD BE THE NEPHILIM
OF THE BIBLE IS,

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE
SKELETAL REMAINS,

WHICH ARE EXTRAORDINARY,

BUT THE LEGENDS
OF THESE INDIVIDUALS

GO BACK A VERY LONG TIME.

BEFORE MEDIA BECAME EXPLOITIVE,

THERE WERE LEGENDS
OF HUGE CREATURES.

AND THESE HUGE CREATURES
AREN'T ISOLATED TO SARDINIA.

THERE'S LEGENDS OF THESE HUGE,
GARGANTUAN SORT OF MEN AND WOMEN

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

THEY ALL FLOURISHED
AROUND MEGALITHIC CULTURES.

Narrator: JAMIE CONFRONTS
THE AUTHORITIES IN SARDINIA

WITH ACCUSATIONS OF A COVER-UP,

AND INVESTIGATES
THE DISCOVERY OF A HUGE TOOTH

WHICH IS BELIEVED
TO HAVE COME FROM THE REMAINS

OF AN ACTUAL GIANT
BURIED ON THE ISLAND.

MORE INCREDIBLE REVELATIONS

WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.

Narrator:
DID GIANTS REALLY EXIST ON EARTH

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?

IT SOUNDS LIKE
SOMETHING FROM A FAIRY TALE.

BUT HERE IN SARDINIA,

THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT
THE SKELETONS OF THESE CREATURES

HAVE BEEN DUG UP
ALL OVER THE ISLAND

AND THEN COVERED UP
BY THE AUTHORITIES.

JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON

IS ON A MISSION
TO REVEAL THE TRUTH.

HE'S ALREADY SEEN

WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE
A GIANT'S TOMB.

AND NOW, COULD THIS BE THE TOOTH
FROM ONE OF THESE CREATURES?

TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
JAMIE WAS TOLD

THAT THE AUTHORITIES
WERE COVERING UP THE TRUTH

AND THAT THE BONES WERE BEING
CONFISCATED BY THE POLICE

AND TAKEN TO LABORATORIES
IN THE MAIN CITY OF CAGLIARI.

ARMED WITH
THE EYEWITNESS SIGHTINGS

AND TESTIMONIES
OF THE LOCALS HE'D MET,

JAMIE HEADED OFF TO
THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM

TO CONFRONT ITS DIRECTOR
WITH THE ALLEGATIONS.

PROFESSOR MURRU,

WERE THERE ONCE GIANTS
HERE IN SARDINIA?

BUT I HAVE MET MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE TOLD ME

THAT THEY HAVE FOUND
GIANT BONES.

Narrator:
THE FURTHER JAMIE INVESTIGATED,

THE MORE SIGHTINGS
OF BIZARRE REMAINS

CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK.

INGINO ARGIOLAS
IS A LOCAL WOODWORKER

FROM THE TERRALBA REGION
IN CENTRAL SARDINIA,

WHICH IS WHERE HE SAYS
HE FOUND THREE HUGE SKELETONS

BACK IN THE 1950s.

DR. ALFONSO STIGLITZ

IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED
ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN SARDINIA.

HE'S UNDER NO DOUBT THAT
THE WHOLE GIANTS PHENOMENON

IS JUST A MYTH
THAT CAN BE EXPLAINED AWAY.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS,
YOU KNOW,

I'VE MET ALL THESE PEOPLE,
AND THEY ARE SENSIBLE PEOPLE,

AND THEY ARE TELLING ME

THAT THEY'VE FOUND
THESE GIANT BONES.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

WELL, BECAUSE...

FIRST, BECAUSE THE MYSTERY
IS BETTER THAN REALITY.

WE ARE MORE...

HOW CAN SAY...

WE'RE HAPPY IF WE THINK
THAT OUR ANCESTORS

WERE BIGGER THAN WE,
THAN US,

THEY WERE RICHER THAN US,
THEY WERE HAPPIER THAN US.

BUT THEY WERE PEOPLE,
NORMAL PEOPLE, LIKE US.

THEY WERE, OF COURSE,
A GIANT CULTURE.

EXTRAORDINARY CULTURE.

BUT MADE
BY NORMAL PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS
HISTORICAL FACT.

SO, HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT IT, JAMIE?

YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE YOU MEET THESE PEOPLE

WHO ALL SEEM VERY DOWN-TO-EARTH
AND VERY GENUINE

AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

THEY'VE SEEN LARGE BONES,

AND IT'S DIFFICULT
TO DOUBT THEIR INTEGRITY.

BUT IT'S JUST...

[ SIGHS ]

IT'S FRUSTRATING NOT BEING ABLE
TO SEE ANY EVIDENCE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME
ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

NO ONE CAN OFFER ME
ANY PROOF.

AND WHEN YOU TALK
TO THE EXPERTS

AND YOU TALK TO THE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT THE MUSEUM,

THEY ALL SAY
THE SAME THING.

THEY SAY, YOU KNOW,
THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE

TO SUGGEST THAT
THESE GIANTS EVER EXISTED.

AND YET,
IT'S DIFFICULT TO IGNORE

WHAT THESE PEOPLE
ARE SEEING.

YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE DIGGING UP BONES.

YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM
VERY CONFIDENT

IN WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.

AND YET THEY'RE NOT SHOWING ME
ANY EVIDENCE.

Narrator:
WITH JAMIE STILL ON THE HUNT

FOR SOME TANGIBLE EVIDENCE,

MARCELLO SAID THAT
HE'D DISCOVERED A LARGE TOOTH

IN ONE OF THE SO-CALLED
GIANTS' TOMBS A FEW YEARS AGO,

WHICH HE'D TAKEN TO A RESPECTED
LOCAL DENTIST FOR ANALYSIS.

THE DENTIST WAS CONVINCED
IT WAS HUMAN,

BUT OF A SIZE
HE'D NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE.

IN FACT, A SIZE
THAT HE BELIEVED WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

ENRICO, WHAT ARE
WE LOOKING AT HERE?

OKAY.
A FEW YEARS AGO,

I HAD A FRAGMENT
OF BONE AND TEETH.

AND I ANALYZED
THIS FRAGMENT,

AND I SAW
VERY BIG TEETH.

THE MEASURE WAS LARGER

THAN NORMAL HUMAN MEASURE
OF TEETH.

AND THIS TEETH WAS ALSO
INSIDE A FRAGMENT OF BONE.

AND IN THIS MOVIE,

I AM ANALYZING THIS STRUCTURE
UNDER MICROSCOPE.

AND WHAT IS IT
YOU'RE SEEING HERE?

TELL ME
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

I SAW THREE MOLARS,

VERY BIG MOLARS,

AND...

I SAW THREE MOLARS.
HUMAN MOLARS.

AND YOU'RE CERTAIN
THEY WERE HUMAN?

NOT ANIMAL?

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY HUMAN.
HUMAN MOLAR.

VERY LARGE HUMAN MOLAR.

OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN
MANY TEETH BEFORE.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ONE
THIS SIZE?

NO. NO, NO, NO, NO.
NEVER.

I NEVER SEEN TEETH THIS SIZE
BEFORE THIS DAY.

SO, HOW BIG IS
A NORMAL HUMAN MOLAR?

A HUMAN MOLAR, NORMALLY,
ARE 20 OR 25 MILLIMETER,

AND THIS MEASURE
IS FROM CUSPID,

THE POINT OF CUSPID
UNTIL THE APEX OF THE TOOTH.

AND HOW BIG
WAS THIS TOOTH?

30 MILLIMETER, ONE.

AND THE SECOND,
35 MILLIMETER.

ENRICO, IS THIS THE JAWBONE?
WHAT IS THIS?

THIS IS THE BONE,
AND THIS IS THE TEETH.

THE TOOTH.
ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

THE THIRD MOLAR.

AND HOW UNUSUAL IS IT
TO FIND A TOOTH THAT SIZE?

NO, IT'S NOT USUAL.

IT'S UNUSUAL ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S NOT USUAL.

AND HOW TALL WOULD A PERSON BE,
TO HAVE A TOOTH THAT SIZE?

OKAY. I CAN'T BE SURE,
BUT I THINK...

BUT IT'S ONLY
MY SUPPOSITION...

WE CAN TALK ABOUT
TWO METER AND HALF.

BUT IT'S ONLY
MY SUPPOSITION,

BECAUSE I NEVER SEE
PATIENT LIKE THAT.

Narrator: AND HERE,

THE DENTIST'S STORY
BECOMES A LITTLE WEIRD.

DR. MANCA SAID THAT HE HANDED
THE TOOTH BACK TO MARCELLO,

WHO THEN SENT IT
FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI

TO TRY TO GET SOME ACCURATE
DATING ON ITS AGE.

BUT AFTER WAITING MONTHS
FOR AN ANSWER,

THE UNIVERSITY CONTACTED HIM

TO SAY THAT THEY HAD LOST
THE TOOTH.

WHAT COULD'VE BEEN REAL EVIDENCE
OF THESE GIANTS HAD GONE,

LIKE SO MANY DISCOVERIES
BEFORE IT.

WHY IS IT, THOUGH,
THAT PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME

THAT THEY'VE HANDED OVER BONES
TO THE AUTHORITIES

AND THEN
THEY DISAPPEAR?

THEY BELIEVE
THERE'S SOME KIND OF COVER-UP.

WHAT DO YOU SAY
TO THAT?

NO, NO. THERE IS NO REASON
TO COVER SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I AM AN ARCHAEOLOGIST.

IF I FOUND SOMETHING
THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY,

IS NOT NORMAL ARCHAEOLOGY,
FOR ME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S GIANTS
OR OTHER THINGS.

SO, WHY I HAVE TO
COVER THIS?

I HAVE TO STUDY
AND PUBLISH.

AND I AM
AN ARCHAEOLOGIST

THAT WORK IN ARCHAEOLOGY
FROM 40 YEARS,

AND NEVER I SEEN SOMETHING
LIKE THIS

IN THE DIGGING
OR ONLY IN MUSEUMS.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO SOMEONE...

THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?

IF THEY WERE HERE RIGHT NOW,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?

I'D NORMALLY SAY,
"WELL, CAN WE SEE?

LET ME SEE THIS
OR WHERE YOU FIND THIS,

WHAT YOU SEE,

WHERE YOU HAVE FOUND
THIS."

BUT THEY'RE TELLING ME
THAT THEY HAVE DONE THAT.

THEY'VE TRIED TO DO THIS.
THEY'VE TAKEN THEIR BONES...

TO WHO? TO WHO?

[ LAUGHS ]

Narrator: JAMIE MEETS A MAN

WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE
ACTUAL GIANTS' BONES,

AND HEADS UNDERGROUND

TO INVESTIGATE
A NEWLY DISCOVERED TOMB.

NEW TWISTS
IN THIS INCREDIBLE STORY

WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.

Narrator: FOR MOST PEOPLE,

GIANTS ONLY EXIST
IN MYTHS AND LEGENDS.

BUT HERE IN SARDINIA,

MANY LOCAL PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE REAL.

NOT ONLY THAT,
BUT THEY CLAIM

THEY HAVE DISCOVERED
THEIR ACTUAL SKELETONS.

IN RESPONSE,
THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES SAY

PEOPLE ARE JUST MISIDENTIFYING
HUMAN AND ANIMAL REMAINS.

SO, WHAT'S GOING ON?

JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
WANTS TO KNOW THE ANSWER.

HE'S ALREADY BEEN SHOWN

WHAT'S CLAIMED TO BE
THE TOMB OF A GIANT

AND POSSIBLY A GIANT'S TOOTH.

BUT THE MYSTERY IS ABOUT TO GET
EVEN DEEPER AND MORE BIZARRE.

MARCELLO HAD ARRANGED

FOR JAMIE TO MEET
A LOCAL RESEARCHER

WHO HAD AMASSED A SUBSTANTIAL
COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS

CONNECTED TO THE GIANTS
AND THE NURAGIC PEOPLE.

THEY AGREED TO MEET
IN MARCELLO'S HOTEL ROOM,

AND THE MAN
HAD BROUGHT A SUITCASE

FULL OF WHAT HE SAID
WERE GIANTS' BONES

AND OTHER ITEMS
FROM THE NURAGIC PERIOD.

HE DID PRODUCE ONE LARGE BONE,

BUT IT WAS VERY HARD TO WORK OUT

WHAT PART OF THE BODY
IT COULD'VE COME FROM

OR WHETHER IT WAS HUMAN
OR ANIMAL.

THERE WERE ALSO TOOLS, WEAPONS,
AND VARIOUS OTHER OBJECTS

THAT COULD'VE COME
RIGHT OUT OF A MUSEUM DISPLAY.

SO, ALL IN ALL,
NOTHING VERY CONVINCING

WHEN IT CAME
TO HARD EVIDENCE OF GIANTS.

IF THIS WAS THE BEST MATERIAL

THAT THE TOMB RAIDERS
AND COLLECTORS

HAD TO PRESENT TO JAMIE,

THEN FRANKLY,
IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

THE GIANTS OF SARDINIA
IS A COMPLEX MYSTERY.

ON ONE HAND, THE IDEA OF
ACTUAL LIVING, BREATHING GIANTS

WALKING ON EARTH
SEEMED FANTASTICAL.

AND YET THE DOZENS OF LOCALS
THAT JAMIE MET SEEM CONVINCED

THAT THEY'VE SEEN
REAL GIANT SKELETONS.

NOT ONLY THIS,
BUT PROFESSOR SANNA BELIEVES

THAT HIS SMALL BRONZE TABLETS
ACTUALLY PROVE THEIR EXISTENCE,

AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

AND YET, ON THE OTHER HAND,

THE PROFESSIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGISTS SAY

THAT IT'S JUST A CASE
OF WISHFUL THINKING

MIXED UP WITH FAKES

AND MISIDENTIFIED HUMAN
AND ANIMAL REMAINS.

THERE WERE ANCIENT CULTURES
ON THIS ISLAND, THEY SAY,

BUT THEY WERE
REGULAR-SIZED PEOPLE.

JAMIE HAD BEEN ON THE ISLAND
FOR NEARLY A WEEK,

AND DESPITE MEETING
LOTS OF PEOPLE

WHO DESCRIBED WHAT THEY'D FOUND,

HE STILL HADN'T SEEN
ANY GIANT REMAINS FOR HIMSELF.

SO WHEN MARCELLO
AGREED TO TAKE HIM

TO A NEW UNDERGROUND SITE
THAT HE'D DISCOVERED,

JAMIE WAS HOPEFUL
THAT HIS BONE DROUGHT WOULD END.

THE SITE WAS
AN OLD OBSERVATION TOWER

FROM THE NURAGIC PERIOD,

ROUGHLY 3,000 YEARS AGO,

THAT HAD SINCE COLLAPSED
INTO THE GROUND.

SO, IT WAS JUST POSSIBLE

THAT IT MIGHT GIVE UP
SOMETHING INTERESTING.

BUT THERE WERE NO GUARANTEES.

WE'RE GOING INSIDE,
IN THIS TUNNEL.

IT'S BEEN ALREADY DONE.

IT'S SUGGESTED
TO ENTER STARTING WITH THE FEET.

SO, I SLIDE DOWN
INTO A TUNNEL FEET FIRST?

THERE MIGHT BE WATER.

OKAY.

Man: [ LAUGHS ]

I'M GONNA SLIDE DOWN
A MUD CHUTE FEET FIRST.

THIS IS THE...
WE GO IN HERE, HUH?

YEAH.

SO, THIS IS THE ENTRANCE.
RIGHT. OKAY.

THIS WHERE
WE START OUR ADVENTURE.

OKAY.
ARE YOU READY?

SO, IS IT...
SO, THIS IS...

DO WE HAVE TO CLIMB ALL THE WAY
DOWN INTO THERE?

YES.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

YES. PREGO.

OKAY. CAN I GO IN?

YES, YES, YES.

[ GRUNTING ]

DIFFICULT, JAMIE?

IS IT DIFFICULT?
DIFFICULT?

[ GRUNTS ]

I DON'T THINK
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IN.

NO?
I THINK I'M TOO BIG.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

IT'S TOO...
IT'S TOO NARROW FOR ME TO...

BEFORE YOU,
I SHOW YOU HOW TO ENTER.

BECAUSE
I'M GONNA GET STUCK.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

Narrator: THE TEAM DESCEND

DEEP INTO THE LABYRINTH
INSIDE THE MOUNTAIN

TO TRY AND FIND THE REMAINS
OF A GIANT'S TOMB.

UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.

Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON

IS ON THE TRAIL
OF AN INCREDIBLE STORY.

DID GIANTS LIVE
ON THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA

OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO?

IT SOUNDS FANTASTICAL,
BUT IN RECENT YEARS,

THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS
OF GIANT SKELETONS AND REMAINS

BEING FOUND
OUT IN RURAL AREAS.

THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES
HAVE DISMISSED THE FINDS

AS MISIDENTIFIED
HUMAN AND ANIMAL REMAINS,

BUT THE LOCALS ARE SURE
OF WHAT THEY'VE DISCOVERED.

SO WHAT'S THE TRUTH?

AND DOES THE ANSWER LIE BURIED
UNDER THIS HILLSIDE?

LOCAL RESEARCHER AND CAVER
MARCELLO POLLASTRI

HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING

THE MYSTERY OF THE GIANTS
FOR YEARS.

HE BELIEVES THAT REMAINS
HAVE BEEN DUG UP ON THE ISLAND

AND THEN COVERED UP
BY THE AUTHORITIES.

HE'S BROUGHT JAMIE
TO A NEWLY DISCOVERED TOMB

WHICH HE HOPES WILL CONTAIN
THE REMAINS OF A GIANT.

BUT WITH JAMIE STANDING
AT OVER 6½ FEET TALL,

HE'S HAVING DIFFICULTY

JUST GETTING
INTO THE ENTRANCE TUNNEL,

LET ALONE THE CHAMBERS BENEATH,

AND EVENTUALLY MAKES
A WISE DECISION

TO LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS.

I THINK,
IF I MANAGE TO GET IN THERE,

I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE
TO GET OUT.

OKAY, YOU GO,
AND I'LL MEET YOU OUTSIDE.

IF THERE WERE ANY GIANT
SKELETONS LURKING DOWN THERE,

THEN MARCELLO AND HIS TEAM

WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO FERRET THEM OUT.

MARCELLO AND HIS CREW

PLOWED AHEAD UNDERGROUND
WITHOUT JAMIE,

HEADING DEEPER AND DEEPER
INTO THE LABYRINTH,

HOPING THEY'D FIND SOME REMAINS.

AND EVENTUALLY THEY DID,

BUT IT WAS JUST THE BONES
OF A SMALL ANIMAL.

Theakston: HEY, GUYS.

HI.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

HERE YOU GO.
COME OVER.

HOW'D YOU...
ARE YOU OKAY?

YOU OKAY? MAURO.

SO, HOW WAS IT?

IT WAS AMAZING.
WAS IT GOOD?

SORRY FOR BEING LATE,
BUT IT WAS FANTASTIC.

WE ENCOUNTERED BATS,
SPIDERS.

WE ALSO FIND
SOME BONES, BUT...

I DON'T KNOW
IF THEY WERE A HUMAN'S,

BUT THEY WERE
VERY SMALL.

HAVE YOU GOT THEM
ON YOU?

NO, NO. WE LEFT THEM
BECAUSE WE COULD BE IN TROUBLE.

WE GOT EVERYTHING
ON THE CAMERA.

[ SPEAKING ITALIAN ]

SO, WHAT WAS IT LIKE
DOWN INSIDE?

LIKE A TUNNEL,

AND THEN YOU NEED TO SQUEEZE
YOURSELF UNDER A THE TUNNEL,

THEN THERE IS
ANOTHER ROOM.

BUT WE FOUND,
ALSO, SOME WRITING.

REALLY?

SO WE THINK
IT'S SOMETHING LIKE,

YOU KNOW,
YOU CALL IT SATANIC...

ALL RIGHT.

CANDLES EVERYWHERE.

Narrator: ANIMAL BONES AND
EVIDENCE OF A CULT GATHERING.

NOT EXACTLY WHAT
JAMIE HAD BEEN HOPING FOR.

BUT AS MARCELLO EXPLAINED,

HIS RESEARCH IS REALLY JUST
A CASE OF TRIAL AND ERROR

AND LOTS OF PERSISTENCE.

THE GIANT SKELETONS
ARE DOWN THERE, HE SAYS,

DOTTED ALL OVER THE ISLAND.

AND HE SAYS HE WON'T STOP
UNTIL HE'S DUG ONE UP.

Gough: THE SCRIPTURES SPEAK OF
A RACE CALLED THE NEPHILIM.

GIANTS WHO CAME FROM
ANOTHER PLANET TO EARTH.

HERE IN SARDINIA,

WE POTENTIALLY HAVE
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

FOR THE FIRST TIME
OF THESE GIANTS.

YET IT'S SUPPRESSED. WHY?

WELL, IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS
NO WAY, AT THIS POINT IN TIME,

THAT YOU CAN REWRITE
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION.

YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY INTRODUCE
THE NOTION OF INTERVENTIONISM,

AND LIFE WAS SEEDED
ON THIS PLANET,

EVEN THOUGH
THE SCRIPTURES SAY IT,

BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS.

IT HAS TO BE SUPPRESSED.

IT BEGS THE QUESTION,
IN MY MIND,

WHO DO YOU THINK OUR GODS WERE?

Narrator: FOR MOST OF US,

GIANTS ARE CREATURES
OF MYTH AND LEGEND,

SO THE IDEA THAT THEIR SKELETONS
WERE BEING DUG UP

ON THE ISLAND OF SARDINIA
IS QUITE A FAR-FETCHED CONCEPT.

THE STORIES OF THE LOCALS
THAT JAMIE MET ARE FASCINATING,

BUT IN EVERY CASE,

THEY FAILED TO PRODUCE
ANYTHING TANGIBLE

TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIMS.

SKULLS HAD BEEN CRUSHED,
BONES HAD BEEN CONFISCATED,

AND TEETH HAD SIMPLY VANISHED
INTO THIN AIR.

THE THEORIES OF PROFESSOR SANNA
HELD CONSIDERABLY MORE WATER.

BUT IN THE END,

IT'S A GOOD STORY WITH
EXTRAORDINARY POSSIBILITIES

TO REWRITE OUR ANCIENT HISTORY,

BUT THERE'S JUST NO PROOF
OF ANY GIANTS.

YET.