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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,185 --> 00:00:04,955 A mysterious cloth bearing a divine image. 2 00:00:05,457 --> 00:00:09,924 It represents the supernatural transformation of a human. 3 00:00:10,563 --> 00:00:15,063 Gold hats worn by strange, mystical beings. 4 00:00:15,664 --> 00:00:19,433 The wearing of a golden hat would tend to amplify 5 00:00:19,435 --> 00:00:22,836 the signal that you were getting from higher-up beings. 6 00:00:22,838 --> 00:00:27,773 And powerful stones believed to have otherworldly origins. 7 00:00:28,646 --> 00:00:31,931 It is said that every wish was granted. 8 00:00:31,933 --> 00:00:35,902 Could these mysterious objects simply be the 9 00:00:35,904 --> 00:00:40,156 targets of human imagination? Or are they evidence of 10 00:00:40,158 --> 00:00:42,543 something even more profound? 11 00:00:42,945 --> 00:00:47,431 We have to wonder if possibly all of these metallic books... 12 00:00:48,333 --> 00:00:52,035 aren't part of some extraterrestrial library. 13 00:00:52,337 --> 00:00:56,071 Millions of people around the world believe we have 14 00:00:56,073 --> 00:00:59,909 been visited in the past by extraterrestrial beings. 15 00:00:59,911 --> 00:01:05,348 What if it were true? Did ancient aliens really help 16 00:01:05,350 --> 00:01:10,136 to shape our history? And if so, might the evidence be 17 00:01:10,138 --> 00:01:15,257 found in the world's most mysterious relics? 18 00:01:15,259 --> 00:01:17,092 19 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:36,093 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com 20 00:01:46,094 --> 00:01:50,094 The White House, February 11, 2013. 21 00:01:51,594 --> 00:01:55,731 President Barack Obama presents a Medal of Honor to Army Staff 22 00:01:55,733 --> 00:01:59,969 Sergeant Clinton Romesha for his courageous actions during the 23 00:01:59,971 --> 00:02:02,989 deadly battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan. 24 00:02:02,991 --> 00:02:11,831 These 53 Americans were surrounded by more than 300 Taliban fighters. 25 00:02:11,833 --> 00:02:15,318 If you seek a measure of that day, you need to look no further 26 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:19,622 than the medals and ribbons that grace their chests. 27 00:02:19,624 --> 00:02:25,161 This tradition of honoring brave soldiers by 28 00:02:25,163 --> 00:02:29,015 decorating their chest with medals dates back to at least 29 00:02:29,017 --> 00:02:33,853 the second century B.C., when the ancient Roman military used 30 00:02:33,855 --> 00:02:39,025 sculpted discs of metal to reward superior acts of service. 31 00:02:39,027 --> 00:02:43,229 But why? What is it about the properties 32 00:02:43,231 --> 00:02:47,949 of metal that make them chosen objects of adornment and commemoration? 33 00:02:49,551 --> 00:02:51,486 The tradition of adorning people 34 00:02:51,488 --> 00:02:56,075 with metal really goes back thousands of years. 35 00:02:56,077 --> 00:02:58,961 In the case of the Bible, we have stories about how the 36 00:02:58,963 --> 00:03:02,732 priests actually had to wear certain metals before they were 37 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:09,255 able to enter the Holy of Holies and make contact with the divine. 38 00:03:09,257 --> 00:03:13,709 Today, we are confronted with symbolism. 39 00:03:13,711 --> 00:03:17,230 Our heroes are given pins and medals because somehow we set 40 00:03:17,232 --> 00:03:22,217 them apart as great people who somehow have superseded the 41 00:03:22,219 --> 00:03:27,273 human race, but in the past, this was to be taken literally. 42 00:03:27,275 --> 00:03:32,061 Do certain metals actually enhance mankind's 43 00:03:32,063 --> 00:03:35,781 ability to connect with divine, or some would say, 44 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:40,620 extraterrestrial forces? And is this the reason why gold, 45 00:03:40,622 --> 00:03:44,624 platinum and silver jewelry, along with other metal 46 00:03:44,626 --> 00:03:49,343 adornments and relics, have been so prized throughout human history? 47 00:03:51,345 --> 00:03:53,098 Definitely the belief is that 48 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:56,418 we hold the relic there, because the relic is 49 00:03:56,420 --> 00:04:03,276 linked either to a deity or to something magical. 50 00:04:03,278 --> 00:04:06,145 Relics can be any number of things. 51 00:04:06,147 --> 00:04:08,764 Pieces of wood, bits of statues, literally anything can 52 00:04:08,766 --> 00:04:12,768 be a relic if it has been kind of invested with a divine power. 53 00:04:12,770 --> 00:04:16,872 And that means you have a piece of the god, and therefore a 54 00:04:16,874 --> 00:04:20,042 piece of the god's power with you. 55 00:04:20,044 --> 00:04:23,112 It seems to have always been the case with human 56 00:04:23,114 --> 00:04:26,999 beings that they've wanted to possess items which they 57 00:04:27,001 --> 00:04:32,471 thought were, uh, either from the gods, to do with the gods, 58 00:04:32,473 --> 00:04:36,792 or in some way associated with the gods. 59 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:43,649 Berlin, Germany, 1996. 60 00:04:43,651 --> 00:04:48,303 The Museum of Prehistory and Early History acquires a 61 00:04:48,305 --> 00:04:52,575 glittering artifact from an anonymous Swiss collector. 62 00:04:52,577 --> 00:04:58,331 A tall, cone-shaped hat crafted from a thin sheet of pure gold, 63 00:04:58,333 --> 00:05:03,536 and embellished with dozens of sun and moon symbols. 64 00:05:03,538 --> 00:05:07,206 It is one of four that have been unearthed at various sites 65 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:11,427 throughout Europe, and is believed by historians to date 66 00:05:11,429 --> 00:05:14,430 back as far as 1000 B.C. 67 00:05:14,432 --> 00:05:17,833 What is so important about them is that 68 00:05:17,835 --> 00:05:21,437 they indicate that there was a common culture. 69 00:05:21,439 --> 00:05:26,726 The images on them represent astronomy, the study of the stars. 70 00:05:26,728 --> 00:05:29,228 They also have complicated mathematical implications, 71 00:05:29,230 --> 00:05:32,865 suggesting a level of philosophical development that's 72 00:05:32,867 --> 00:05:38,537 very advanced for what we thought was available at that time. 73 00:05:38,539 --> 00:05:41,690 German researchers carefully studied the symbols on 74 00:05:41,692 --> 00:05:45,745 the golden hat, and concluded they represent a complex 75 00:05:45,747 --> 00:05:50,750 mathematical table. One that can accurately 76 00:05:50,752 --> 00:05:55,388 calculate the long-term cycles of the sun and the moon. 77 00:05:55,390 --> 00:05:59,708 But how could such ancient people have been able to make 78 00:05:59,710 --> 00:06:04,814 such advanced and highly sophisticated astronomical predictions? 79 00:06:04,816 --> 00:06:08,550 The suggestion is that they belonged 80 00:06:08,552 --> 00:06:14,273 to what might be referred to as oracles, people that could fall 81 00:06:14,275 --> 00:06:18,611 into an altered state and prophesize. 82 00:06:18,613 --> 00:06:22,331 Could come up with statements relating to the future or 83 00:06:22,333 --> 00:06:25,418 otherworldly situations. 84 00:06:25,420 --> 00:06:31,006 Though most mainstream scholars believe 85 00:06:31,008 --> 00:06:34,293 these mysterious hats were worn by king-priests during religious 86 00:06:34,295 --> 00:06:38,914 ceremonies, ancient astronaut theorists have another, even 87 00:06:38,916 --> 00:06:41,917 more astounding theory. 88 00:06:41,919 --> 00:06:45,521 The golden hats are kind of interesting, because if 89 00:06:45,523 --> 00:06:49,024 gold is something that actually enhances your connection with 90 00:06:49,026 --> 00:06:53,863 energies and higher-up celestial beings, then the wearing of a 91 00:06:53,865 --> 00:06:57,283 golden hat, especially in a conical shape, would tend to 92 00:06:57,285 --> 00:07:01,270 amplify the signal that you were getting from on high. 93 00:07:01,272 --> 00:07:05,825 So, it seems to me that ancient cultures logically would build 94 00:07:05,827 --> 00:07:08,878 them to get connected with the gods who had perhaps left them 95 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:13,499 behind and gone back to their celestial birthplace. 96 00:07:13,501 --> 00:07:16,719 In the case of the golden hats, what we're seeing 97 00:07:16,721 --> 00:07:19,722 there is that all of this technology seems to have been 98 00:07:19,724 --> 00:07:23,843 part of a larger framework, whereby once again it seems this 99 00:07:23,845 --> 00:07:27,513 is a civilization which made contact with the gods. 100 00:07:27,515 --> 00:07:31,984 But we just don't know who would have made these 101 00:07:31,986 --> 00:07:36,071 or why, and they're so incredibly unusual and tall. 102 00:07:36,073 --> 00:07:42,912 Perhaps the extraterrestrial gods were wearing some kind of 103 00:07:42,914 --> 00:07:45,647 conical hat like this. 104 00:07:45,649 --> 00:07:49,368 Could the so-called king-priests of the ancient past 105 00:07:49,370 --> 00:07:54,489 have been otherworldly visitors, utilizing metal's unique 106 00:07:54,491 --> 00:07:59,328 properties? If so, might additional evidence 107 00:07:59,330 --> 00:08:03,265 be found of other ancient peoples using metal relics for 108 00:08:03,267 --> 00:08:10,356 advanced, even metaphysical purposes? 109 00:08:10,358 --> 00:08:18,847 Khirbet Qumran, Israel, 1952. Hidden deep in a cave on the 110 00:08:18,849 --> 00:08:23,852 desert cliffs, archaeologists discover a mysterious 111 00:08:23,854 --> 00:08:28,073 2,000-year-old manuscript written on a sheet of copper. 112 00:08:28,075 --> 00:08:33,528 Known as the Copper Scroll, this mysterious relic was found at 113 00:08:33,530 --> 00:08:36,749 the same site as the ancient religious writings known as the 114 00:08:36,751 --> 00:08:39,418 Dead Sea Scrolls. 115 00:08:39,420 --> 00:08:43,088 All the Dead Sea Scrolls that have been found 116 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:47,542 were written on either, uh, leather or papyrus. 117 00:08:47,544 --> 00:08:50,545 The Copper Scroll is the only one made of copper. 118 00:08:50,547 --> 00:08:53,766 You got to keep in mind, copper was valuable, and to hammer out 119 00:08:53,768 --> 00:08:58,487 a whole scroll would take a lot of time and a lot of technique, 120 00:08:58,489 --> 00:09:03,242 - so it has to be very important. - Scholars examining 121 00:09:03,244 --> 00:09:06,561 the language on the Copper Scroll agree it is unlike 122 00:09:06,563 --> 00:09:10,449 anything found in other texts of the period. 123 00:09:10,451 --> 00:09:13,586 The script that's on it is-is a 124 00:09:13,588 --> 00:09:15,955 little different, but it's not just in Hebrew; it's in... 125 00:09:15,957 --> 00:09:17,572 or Aramaic. 126 00:09:17,574 --> 00:09:21,176 It also has Greek, uh, letters on it. 127 00:09:21,178 --> 00:09:24,463 So it's quite peculiar. The thing that makes the Copper 128 00:09:24,465 --> 00:09:27,516 Scroll so fascinating is that it mentions hidden treasures. 129 00:09:27,518 --> 00:09:32,354 The Copper Scroll lists 64 locations in Jerusalem 130 00:09:32,356 --> 00:09:38,611 and around that area that buried treasure is located. 131 00:09:38,613 --> 00:09:43,482 Maybe the key is, in the 64th location, it says there's 132 00:09:43,484 --> 00:09:51,106 another copper scroll that will help explain the rest of it. 133 00:09:51,108 --> 00:09:54,109 Because we haven't found the treasure yet, I somehow suspect 134 00:09:54,111 --> 00:10:01,733 there could be another code within this treasure map, a code within a code. 135 00:10:01,735 --> 00:10:06,686 What is the origin of the mysterious Copper Scroll? 136 00:10:06,688 --> 00:10:10,792 And at is its true purpose? 137 00:10:10,794 --> 00:10:13,628 Mainstream scholars and archaeologists have been puzzled 138 00:10:13,630 --> 00:10:18,317 by these questions for more than half a century. 139 00:10:18,319 --> 00:10:24,907 Maybe the Copper Scroll is missing a piece. 140 00:10:24,909 --> 00:10:29,528 Many times with treasure maps, you need a second piece in order 141 00:10:29,530 --> 00:10:34,348 to complete the entire map, so who knows if there's a piece missing? 142 00:10:36,350 --> 00:10:40,519 It seems to be an oddball... artifact. 143 00:10:40,521 --> 00:10:42,758 And it's written in metal. 144 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:46,879 And you have now the stories of other ancient books supposedly 145 00:10:46,881 --> 00:10:51,833 written in sheets of gold. Joseph Smith, Jr., who began 146 00:10:51,835 --> 00:10:55,854 the-the Mormon Church, he claimed also to have been shown 147 00:10:55,856 --> 00:11:01,677 gold-plated books. So we have to wonder if possibly 148 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:06,365 all of these metallic books written in copper or gold plates 149 00:11:06,367 --> 00:11:13,122 aren't part of some extraterrestrial library. 150 00:11:13,124 --> 00:11:15,958 Could the mysterious Copper Scroll have 151 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:20,796 extraterrestrial origins? And is the fact that it is made 152 00:11:20,798 --> 00:11:24,883 of copper evidence of a connection between metal objects 153 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:32,558 and otherworldly beings? yes and believe further proofsay 154 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:37,062 can be found by examining the similarly strange properties 155 00:11:37,064 --> 00:11:43,602 attributed to other mysterious relics found all over the world. 156 00:11:43,603 --> 00:11:50,766 Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast. 157 00:11:50,768 --> 00:11:55,437 July 2010. Here, in the ruins of a medieval 158 00:11:55,439 --> 00:12:00,609 church on St. Ivan Island, six small human bone fragments are 159 00:12:00,611 --> 00:12:05,681 discovered inside a marble hagus. 160 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:10,786 Through radiocarbon dating and DNA testing of one knucklebone, 161 00:12:10,788 --> 00:12:14,406 scientists conclude that the bones are from the first 162 00:12:14,408 --> 00:12:19,211 century A.D. But what is even more incredible 163 00:12:19,213 --> 00:12:23,249 is the belief by many that the bones are actually those of 164 00:12:23,251 --> 00:12:26,051 St. John the Baptist. 165 00:12:26,053 --> 00:12:29,722 In Christianity, John the Baptist 166 00:12:29,724 --> 00:12:32,558 is specifically important because he is known as the 167 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:38,547 forerunner, the precursor, the one who comes before the Messiah. 168 00:12:38,549 --> 00:12:41,817 And in the stories of John the Baptist, he becomes extremely 169 00:12:41,819 --> 00:12:44,737 important for Christians because he announces that a greater 170 00:12:44,739 --> 00:12:48,991 messiah is coming after him. And the legends around John's 171 00:12:48,993 --> 00:12:52,411 bones were always legends of extreme power. 172 00:12:52,413 --> 00:12:57,283 John was a prophet. 173 00:12:57,285 --> 00:12:59,336 Now on tour in churches throughout Bulgaria, 174 00:12:59,338 --> 00:13:03,523 tens of thousands of the faithful come to visit, pray 175 00:13:03,525 --> 00:13:07,844 and even worship these tiny bone fragments. But why? 176 00:13:08,346 --> 00:13:12,131 What is it about ancient bones... even those thought to have 177 00:13:12,133 --> 00:13:16,850 belonged to a saint... that compel people to come and visit them? 178 00:13:16,952 --> 00:13:22,438 Could it be they possess some mystical or otherworldly power? 179 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:25,444 The idea of saints' 180 00:13:25,446 --> 00:13:28,614 bones and relics having power is something that goes back to the 181 00:13:28,616 --> 00:13:32,818 very early days of Christianity. And certainly in the latter part 182 00:13:32,820 --> 00:13:35,454 of the Dark Ages and the Middle Ages, they became very big 183 00:13:35,456 --> 00:13:38,290 business. If you had saints' relics in 184 00:13:38,292 --> 00:13:40,793 your church or in your cathedral, you could bring in a 185 00:13:40,795 --> 00:13:46,114 lot of pilgrims who would also There was a strong belief by the 186 00:13:46,116 --> 00:13:48,884 nobility and the royalty that the bones of these saints 187 00:13:48,886 --> 00:13:52,388 actually did contain some kind of power. 188 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:57,960 Humans always want to worship their celebrities, their kings. 189 00:13:57,962 --> 00:14:02,848 Whatever was linked with mysteries, humans worshipped it. 190 00:14:02,850 --> 00:14:08,637 So, in antiquity, it entered already into altars. 191 00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:13,692 When a high priest died, part of his body, part of his bones, was 192 00:14:13,694 --> 00:14:17,663 sometimes separated, brought to different countries. 193 00:14:17,665 --> 00:14:21,200 And everyone worshipped the bone in an altar. 194 00:14:21,202 --> 00:14:26,255 That's still happening in Christianity. 195 00:14:26,257 --> 00:14:32,160 Kushinagar, India. 483 B.C. 196 00:14:32,162 --> 00:14:35,764 Siddhartha Gautama, the great spiritual teacher upon whom 197 00:14:35,766 --> 00:14:41,670 Buddhism is founded, dies. According to legend, after 198 00:14:41,672 --> 00:14:45,557 Buddha was cremated, several small pieces of his body 199 00:14:45,559 --> 00:14:50,863 remained intact and were retrieved from the ashes. 200 00:14:50,865 --> 00:14:55,200 After his cremation, the ashes were fought over by a 201 00:14:55,202 --> 00:14:57,536 lot of his disciples. 202 00:14:57,538 --> 00:15:01,707 And finally, they resolved to the problem by dividing, um, 203 00:15:01,709 --> 00:15:04,376 them into eight different parts. 204 00:15:04,378 --> 00:15:08,047 When the Buddha's ashes were divided... and there's a claim 205 00:15:08,049 --> 00:15:11,700 that there's a tooth found there... it was considered... 206 00:15:11,702 --> 00:15:15,888 it was very valuable. Right away, when the tooth was 207 00:15:15,890 --> 00:15:22,428 given to a king, the relic... the tooth relic itself... became 208 00:15:22,430 --> 00:15:26,598 associated with the power of kingship. 209 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,384 And it is believed that the king who possesses the tooth 210 00:15:29,386 --> 00:15:32,738 will be able to rule properly and there will be peace and 211 00:15:32,740 --> 00:15:34,876 prosperity in his kingdom. 212 00:15:35,877 --> 00:15:38,377 Could such a tiny but tangible 213 00:15:38,378 --> 00:15:41,479 relic from the mouth of the dead Buddha really 214 00:15:41,481 --> 00:15:45,400 have such power? Is a physical link to a holy and 215 00:15:45,402 --> 00:15:48,954 venerated leader really a means of connecting to the afterlife 216 00:15:48,956 --> 00:15:55,594 and, even more profoundly, some divine life force? 217 00:15:55,596 --> 00:15:59,465 The worship of relics, actually, is as old as the 218 00:15:59,467 --> 00:16:04,269 Buddhist religion itself and many other religions, too. 219 00:16:04,271 --> 00:16:08,807 The Buddha himself approves of the worship of relics because 220 00:16:08,809 --> 00:16:13,529 he believes that his followers need something very concrete to 221 00:16:13,531 --> 00:16:17,649 remind them of his presence and his teachings. 222 00:16:17,651 --> 00:16:21,103 The relics are supposed to be actually the essence of the 223 00:16:21,105 --> 00:16:24,272 saints. So, in a way, the relics are the 224 00:16:24,274 --> 00:16:30,662 saints themselves, so they have the powers of the saints. 225 00:16:30,664 --> 00:16:33,632 The importance here is why is it that objects like 226 00:16:33,634 --> 00:16:38,837 this can gain such an incredible spiritual value? 227 00:16:38,839 --> 00:16:43,959 And, quite clearly, it's to do with the-the psychology of the 228 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:48,480 importance of-of individuals like the Buddha, who is seen to 229 00:16:48,482 --> 00:16:52,901 be personifications of God or the gods themselves and that 230 00:16:52,903 --> 00:16:56,738 just to own this or to have some part of it imbues you with the 231 00:16:56,740 --> 00:17:00,475 same power as the gods themselves. 232 00:17:00,477 --> 00:17:05,647 So you have to wonder just why these relics 233 00:17:05,649 --> 00:17:07,149 are so important. 234 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:10,819 We give them power, these bones and these teeth. 235 00:17:10,821 --> 00:17:13,922 But what they are...at least in a scientific manner... is a piece 236 00:17:13,924 --> 00:17:18,927 of DNA from the Buddha himself. 237 00:17:18,929 --> 00:17:24,683 I think they knew that in a far future, the gods, 238 00:17:24,685 --> 00:17:27,936 the extraterrestrials, would return again. 239 00:17:27,938 --> 00:17:31,506 And some of these gods may have said to one of his darlings on 240 00:17:31,508 --> 00:17:36,011 planet Earth, "If we find your body or your cells are still 241 00:17:36,013 --> 00:17:43,068 existing, then we are able to reconstruct your body." 242 00:17:43,070 --> 00:17:50,075 Cloning dead saints using DNA from their relics? 243 00:17:50,077 --> 00:17:53,579 Could this incredible notion be one of the reasons why bone 244 00:17:53,581 --> 00:17:57,365 fragments and other human remains have been so prized 245 00:17:57,367 --> 00:18:01,753 throughout the centuries? And might this now very real 246 00:18:01,755 --> 00:18:05,891 scientific possibility be connected to ancient religious 247 00:18:05,893 --> 00:18:08,710 notions of rebirth and resurrection? 248 00:18:08,712 --> 00:18:13,548 Perhaps the answers can be found in another mysterious relic that 249 00:18:13,550 --> 00:18:20,405 some believe depicts the greatest religious figure of all time. 250 00:18:20,407 --> 00:18:28,780 The Cathedral of Turin, Northern Italy. 251 00:18:28,782 --> 00:18:35,671 Here lies the sacred relic known as the Shroud of Turin, a large 252 00:18:35,673 --> 00:18:39,241 piece of linen which, when photographed, bears the eerie 253 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:43,578 image of what appears to be a crucified man. 254 00:18:45,915 --> 00:18:49,184 The Shroud of Turin is a piece of ancient linen 255 00:18:49,186 --> 00:18:52,854 cloth, measures about 14 feet long by three and a half feet 256 00:18:52,856 --> 00:18:55,757 wide, and what's so important about this cloth is, there's a 257 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,528 very faint imprint of a human being on the cloth who appears 258 00:18:59,530 --> 00:19:02,864 to have been crucified, which matches the biblical 259 00:19:02,866 --> 00:19:04,149 descriptions of Jesus Christ. 260 00:19:04,151 --> 00:19:07,435 So, many believe that this shroud, this relic, is the 261 00:19:07,437 --> 00:19:14,276 actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ, and bears the wounds of crucifixion. 262 00:19:14,278 --> 00:19:17,963 The Shroud of Turin has such a fascinating history, 263 00:19:17,965 --> 00:19:20,615 Is it authentic? 264 00:19:20,617 --> 00:19:24,219 Those who are against it say, no, this could easily have been 265 00:19:24,221 --> 00:19:28,657 a fake, and a body would never have left such an image and so on. 266 00:19:28,659 --> 00:19:32,227 The chemicals of an embalmed body would not have done such a thing. 267 00:19:32,229 --> 00:19:35,130 But the people who say that are not able to explain how the 268 00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:37,733 figure did get there. It's not painted. 269 00:19:37,735 --> 00:19:41,853 It doesn't seem to be a pigment that's applied to the cloth. 270 00:19:41,855 --> 00:19:46,358 The shroud has been studied, actually, by some of 271 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,361 the top scientists and researchers in the world. 272 00:19:49,363 --> 00:19:53,248 And with all the scientific knowledge and equipment, we 273 00:19:53,250 --> 00:19:58,320 still do not know how the image of the shroud was produced. 274 00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:02,424 And this is what I think continues to fascinate us about it. 275 00:20:02,426 --> 00:20:05,093 Regardless of what you believe, whether you are a Christian and 276 00:20:05,095 --> 00:20:07,846 a believer and bieve that this is the image of the resurrected 277 00:20:07,848 --> 00:20:11,266 Christ, or if you just believe that there is some other 278 00:20:11,268 --> 00:20:15,270 extraordinary metaphysical event that causes this, you have to be 279 00:20:15,272 --> 00:20:19,775 fascinated by the fact that this extraordinary relic could not 280 00:20:19,777 --> 00:20:27,215 have been created by any means that in the 21st century we can identify. 281 00:20:27,217 --> 00:20:35,123 Could the Shroud of Turin really be a divine relic? 282 00:20:35,125 --> 00:20:39,578 Tangible evidence of the existence of an almighty power? 283 00:20:39,580 --> 00:20:44,750 And in 2011, Italian scientists were able to prove 284 00:20:44,752 --> 00:20:47,969 that the Shroud of Turin was created by a supernatural 285 00:20:47,971 --> 00:20:53,058 flash of light, an unearthly flash of light. 286 00:20:53,060 --> 00:20:58,213 In my opinion, the Shroud of Turin is proof that Jesus 287 00:20:58,215 --> 00:21:01,883 transformed himself into a being of light, and projected himself 288 00:21:01,885 --> 00:21:04,986 through the Shroud of Turin. 289 00:21:04,988 --> 00:21:09,074 Does the Shroud of Turin actually contain an image 290 00:21:09,076 --> 00:21:14,896 of the crucified Jesus? Or could this sacred object be 291 00:21:14,898 --> 00:21:19,918 something else? Might it, in fact, be evidence 292 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:24,906 of an incredibly advanced, otherworldly technology? 293 00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:30,345 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining another, even more 294 00:21:30,347 --> 00:21:35,917 perplexing, ancient artifact. One found on a land known as the 295 00:21:35,919 --> 00:21:37,934 Emerald Isle. 296 00:21:37,935 --> 00:21:41,935 Southern Ireland. Here, approximately five miles 297 00:21:50,630 --> 00:21:57,018 northwest of the small city of Cork, lies the Blarney Castle. 298 00:21:57,020 --> 00:22:01,857 Built more than 500 years ago, this nearly 90-foot-tall 299 00:22:01,859 --> 00:22:06,862 fortress houses the world-famous Blarney Stone, a relic that more 300 00:22:06,864 --> 00:22:12,250 than 300,000 people come to kiss each year. 301 00:22:12,252 --> 00:22:15,653 It is not in a convenient location. 302 00:22:15,655 --> 00:22:18,823 It's in the castle wall high up on the outside. 303 00:22:18,825 --> 00:22:22,711 So, to kiss it, you've got to dangle over or sneak around so 304 00:22:22,713 --> 00:22:28,266 that you're really at some peril of falling a very great distance. 305 00:22:28,268 --> 00:22:31,353 According to legend, it grants whoever 306 00:22:31,355 --> 00:22:36,224 kisses it the power to speak in an articulate and charismatic 307 00:22:36,226 --> 00:22:41,863 way and to flatter and blandish in any circumstance. 308 00:22:41,865 --> 00:22:44,682 Here you have a stone that has been kissed and 309 00:22:44,684 --> 00:22:47,852 revered by probably millions of people. 310 00:22:47,854 --> 00:22:51,356 Blarney is the gift of gab, and so the idea is that somehow 311 00:22:51,358 --> 00:22:55,076 kissing this stone gives you the ability to talk better or to 312 00:22:55,078 --> 00:22:58,747 somehow amplify your verbal prowess. 313 00:22:58,749 --> 00:23:02,918 Composed of a single block of bluestone... 314 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:07,255 the same material used at Stonehenge...this stone relic's 315 00:23:07,257 --> 00:23:10,558 magical powers are widely renowned. 316 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,095 But could a stone really have such power? 317 00:23:14,097 --> 00:23:19,901 One that could actually affect an individual's power of speech? 318 00:23:19,903 --> 00:23:23,571 And the story is, in the 15th century, Cormac 319 00:23:23,573 --> 00:23:27,275 MacCarthy had a court case coming up, and he was concerned 320 00:23:27,277 --> 00:23:30,946 about this and called upon the goddess Cliodhna, the Queen of 321 00:23:30,948 --> 00:23:34,666 the Banshees, to help him find the right words and present a 322 00:23:34,668 --> 00:23:36,835 good case. She did. 323 00:23:36,837 --> 00:23:40,622 She said, "Listen, on your way to court, kiss the first stone 324 00:23:40,624 --> 00:23:44,292 you see, and you'll be eloquent, you'll find the words." 325 00:23:44,294 --> 00:23:46,928 And he did this. He went to court, he was very 326 00:23:46,930 --> 00:23:51,433 persuasive, and won his case. On his way home, he picked up 327 00:23:51,435 --> 00:23:55,270 that rock and carried it back, and had his workman fashion it 328 00:23:55,272 --> 00:23:59,441 into a stone and set it into the wall of his castle 329 00:23:59,443 --> 00:24:01,063 where it is still to be found. 330 00:24:03,464 --> 00:24:06,564 When you look at Irish mythology as a whole, 331 00:24:06,565 --> 00:24:09,434 it starts to become pretty obvious 332 00:24:09,436 --> 00:24:13,204 that these people such as Cliodhna were not ordinary 333 00:24:13,206 --> 00:24:16,875 earthborn humans, but were, in fact, most likely 334 00:24:16,877 --> 00:24:20,278 extraterrestrial humans, who came to the earth and shared 335 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,298 their technology. And Blarney being the gift of 336 00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:27,302 gab, the gift of talking more eloquently, is something that 337 00:24:27,304 --> 00:24:31,056 may have been impregnated into the stone by an extraterrestrial 338 00:24:31,058 --> 00:24:34,476 technology using energetic means that we're not now aware of. 339 00:24:34,478 --> 00:24:38,179 Is it possible, as ancient astronaut theorists 340 00:24:38,181 --> 00:24:43,068 suggest, that the Blarney Stone is actually evidence of some 341 00:24:43,070 --> 00:24:48,239 ancient and otherworldly power? Technology that helps to prove 342 00:24:48,241 --> 00:24:52,844 that ancient man was in direct contact with highly-developed 343 00:24:52,846 --> 00:24:56,014 beings from another part of the galaxy? 344 00:24:56,016 --> 00:25:01,052 If so, might the character known in Irish folklore as the goddess 345 00:25:01,054 --> 00:25:06,191 Cliodhna, actually have been a celestial traveler? 346 00:25:06,193 --> 00:25:10,211 Perhaps more clues can be found by investigating another 347 00:25:10,213 --> 00:25:16,634 mysterious stone relic, located just 160 miles away. 348 00:25:16,636 --> 00:25:25,226 County Meath, Ireland. On top of this mound, known as 349 00:25:25,228 --> 00:25:30,365 the Hill of Tara, lies the Lia F?il, or Stone of Destiny... 350 00:25:30,367 --> 00:25:34,736 one of four magical treasures said to have been brought to Ireland 351 00:25:34,738 --> 00:25:37,688 by mythical deities called the Tuatha De Danann. 352 00:25:37,690 --> 00:25:42,744 The Lia F?il was a stone that was considered 353 00:25:42,746 --> 00:25:46,381 magical. All of the kings of Ireland, up 354 00:25:46,383 --> 00:25:49,551 until the fifth century of the common era, were said to have 355 00:25:49,553 --> 00:25:52,554 been crowned on this. It seemed to know who the true 356 00:25:52,556 --> 00:25:55,757 king was. They say, if the true king put 357 00:25:55,759 --> 00:26:01,262 his feet up on it, it would roar with delight. 358 00:26:01,264 --> 00:26:04,649 It also had the power to give strength to the leader, to help 359 00:26:04,651 --> 00:26:09,853 him solidify his rule, and, in some cases, to heal, if that was necessary. 360 00:26:09,955 --> 00:26:14,007 To mainstream scientists and archaeologists, 361 00:26:14,009 --> 00:26:18,860 this stone relic represents nothing more than the coronation stone 362 00:26:18,862 --> 00:26:20,980 of Ireland's ancient kings. 363 00:26:20,982 --> 00:26:23,550 But according to Irish mythology, 364 00:26:23,652 --> 00:26:28,737 the Hill of Tara was also a sacred dwelling place for the gods. 365 00:26:28,739 --> 00:26:31,491 The Hill of Tara is a mound and, 366 00:26:31,493 --> 00:26:33,077 like many mounds in Ireland, like many of these 367 00:26:33,079 --> 00:26:37,465 s??dhe mounds, it is allegedly the entrance to the realm of the 368 00:26:37,467 --> 00:26:41,085 s??dhe, or these otherworldly people. 369 00:26:41,087 --> 00:26:44,022 The word s??dhe means both the people themselves, the 370 00:26:44,024 --> 00:26:48,892 otherworldly people, and the mounds in which they are said to dwell. 371 00:26:48,929 --> 00:26:52,815 And the Hill of Tara is allegedly an entrance to the other world. 372 00:26:53,617 --> 00:26:58,934 The Hill of Tara is considered the sacred center of Ireland. 373 00:26:58,936 --> 00:27:01,771 The kings ruled from there for 374 00:27:01,773 --> 00:27:06,110 many centuries in ancient and in, uh, early history. 375 00:27:06,112 --> 00:27:10,165 And this was considered a sacred portal to another dimension, to 376 00:27:10,167 --> 00:27:14,952 the other world, so it had more than the authority of kingship. 377 00:27:14,954 --> 00:27:18,473 It had the authority of the supernatural. 378 00:27:18,475 --> 00:27:22,393 In Irish mythology, the Tuatha De Danaan 379 00:27:22,395 --> 00:27:27,465 were gods who had magical powers. 380 00:27:27,467 --> 00:27:32,470 They arrived from the landof the west, these mythical lands 381 00:27:32,472 --> 00:27:36,641 of the gods. They were said to come in these 382 00:27:36,643 --> 00:27:41,162 dark clouds, which then landed in the mountains of Ireland. 383 00:27:41,164 --> 00:27:46,334 And when they came, there were three nights and three days of 384 00:27:46,336 --> 00:27:49,987 darkness. So you have to ask yourself what 385 00:27:49,989 --> 00:27:53,424 kind of power they had, and were they some kind of celestial 386 00:27:53,426 --> 00:27:57,213 visitors arriving in UFOs? 387 00:27:57,615 --> 00:28:00,232 Maybe the extraterrestrials found 388 00:28:00,233 --> 00:28:01,833 a way to help society make advancements, 389 00:28:01,834 --> 00:28:05,220 including the selection of a virtuous leader. 390 00:28:05,222 --> 00:28:09,724 It's entirely possible that this stone is not just something that 391 00:28:09,726 --> 00:28:15,063 was coming out of a mythology, that the Lia F?il was an 392 00:28:15,065 --> 00:28:21,402 engineered device, that those leaders were able to be 393 00:28:21,404 --> 00:28:26,407 assessed by the stone and even maybe see into their destiny, 394 00:28:26,409 --> 00:28:29,077 see into their future. 395 00:28:29,079 --> 00:28:33,364 Might the Lia F?il, a stone relic imbued with power 396 00:28:33,366 --> 00:28:37,868 like the Blarney Stone, really be evidence of highly advanced 397 00:28:37,870 --> 00:28:42,540 knowledge brought to mankind by the so-called gods? 398 00:28:42,542 --> 00:28:48,229 And do these sacred objects provide proof of ancient man's 399 00:28:48,231 --> 00:28:53,551 extraterrestrial connections? Perhaps the answers can be 400 00:28:53,553 --> 00:29:00,306 found by examining strange and unusual relics fallen from the sky. 401 00:29:02,535 --> 00:29:08,355 Valley of the Kings, Egypt. 402 00:29:08,357 --> 00:29:14,177 November 1922. Archaeologist Howard Carter 403 00:29:14,179 --> 00:29:18,199 discovers King Tutankhamun's tomb, containing a treasure 404 00:29:18,201 --> 00:29:23,120 trove of artifacts. Among them is King Tut's 405 00:29:23,122 --> 00:29:28,192 magnificent breastplate with a yellow jewel as its centerpiece, 406 00:29:28,194 --> 00:29:33,631 a jewel created as the result of a meteorite impact. 407 00:29:33,633 --> 00:29:37,801 In Egyptian culture, there was a fascination 408 00:29:37,803 --> 00:29:41,305 with Libyan desert glass. 409 00:29:41,307 --> 00:29:44,708 And while it's not actually a meteorite, Libyan desert glass 410 00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:48,646 is the product of a meteorite impact. 411 00:29:48,648 --> 00:29:52,650 Millions of years ago, an enormous meteorite crashed into 412 00:29:52,652 --> 00:29:57,554 what is today the Egyptian desert, and the heat and 413 00:29:57,556 --> 00:30:02,359 pressure of that impact melted the sand in the desert, forming 414 00:30:02,361 --> 00:30:05,364 a beautiful yellow impact glass. 415 00:30:06,966 --> 00:30:10,034 And it crystallizes the sand; it forms glass. 416 00:30:10,036 --> 00:30:14,038 And you get these wonderful, almost like jewel stones you get. 417 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,240 And they clearly imagined these stones to be celestial, to have 418 00:30:17,242 --> 00:30:20,678 been created by the impact of a star. 419 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:25,382 And therefore they were given cosmic meaning. 420 00:30:25,384 --> 00:30:28,686 Humans have long had a fascination with 421 00:30:28,688 --> 00:30:34,091 meteorites and have fashioned many tools and spiritual objects from them. 422 00:30:34,093 --> 00:30:37,194 But why? 423 00:30:37,196 --> 00:30:40,114 There are many magical stories of meteors, 424 00:30:40,116 --> 00:30:42,533 meteorites and meteor showers. 425 00:30:42,535 --> 00:30:44,935 Aeschylus in Prometheus Unbound 426 00:30:44,937 --> 00:30:49,707 talks about an angry Zeus throwing rocks down at the Earth. 427 00:30:49,709 --> 00:30:53,911 In the Aeneid, Virgil speaks of meteors. 428 00:30:53,913 --> 00:30:59,466 He describes a meteor shower as indicating Troy is about to fall. 429 00:30:59,468 --> 00:31:03,287 Such folk liefs about meteors, shooting stars, meteorites were 430 00:31:03,289 --> 00:31:07,624 common in the ancient world, where, clearly, a piece of stone 431 00:31:07,626 --> 00:31:13,230 from the heavens is worshipped as a divine item. 432 00:31:13,232 --> 00:31:16,133 The reason why they were so important was 433 00:31:16,135 --> 00:31:21,304 because they inherently had the power of the gods in them 434 00:31:21,306 --> 00:31:26,143 because they were already forged in the universe and they 435 00:31:26,145 --> 00:31:28,979 descended from the sky. 436 00:31:30,999 --> 00:31:34,618 Meteoric gemstones like Libyan desert glass have 437 00:31:34,620 --> 00:31:38,155 been venerated throughout history. 438 00:31:38,157 --> 00:31:41,258 But one particularly mysterious green gemstone could be the 439 00:31:41,260 --> 00:31:45,963 most sought-after relic of all time. 440 00:31:45,965 --> 00:31:49,099 Moldavite is the name given to a green impact 441 00:31:49,101 --> 00:31:54,772 glass of extraordinary beauty and rarity that's only found in 442 00:31:54,774 --> 00:31:58,008 one small region of the Czech Republic. 443 00:31:58,010 --> 00:32:00,477 It's very old. 444 00:32:00,479 --> 00:32:04,114 Metaphysically, moldavite creates thistrange 445 00:32:04,116 --> 00:32:10,487 pulsating energy field that amplifies human thoughts or intention. 446 00:32:10,489 --> 00:32:12,990 If you're a loving or compassionate person, it will 447 00:32:12,992 --> 00:32:16,994 amplify that, or it can bring chaos if your thoughts and 448 00:32:16,996 --> 00:32:19,496 energy and emotions are chaotic. 449 00:32:21,532 --> 00:32:25,368 According to some legends, the Holy Grail, the 450 00:32:25,370 --> 00:32:29,372 cup from which Jesus and his apostles drank during the Last 451 00:32:29,374 --> 00:32:33,510 Supper, was carved from a green gemstone that had fallen to 452 00:32:33,512 --> 00:32:35,381 Earth from the heavens. 453 00:32:36,982 --> 00:32:37,982 It is said that there 454 00:32:37,983 --> 00:32:42,019 was discord in the heavens involving Lucifer, and a stone 455 00:32:42,021 --> 00:32:46,407 dropped. It was a stone that at one time 456 00:32:46,409 --> 00:32:51,560 had been the center of Lucifer's crown when he was an important angel. 457 00:32:51,562 --> 00:32:53,897 It dropped to Earth. 458 00:32:53,899 --> 00:32:58,419 It was then a piece of Heaven on Earth and had great power and 459 00:32:58,421 --> 00:33:01,705 was greatly venerated. It was carved into the Holy 460 00:33:01,707 --> 00:33:04,208 Grail, which was not made of metal but of this beautiful 461 00:33:04,210 --> 00:33:10,580 emerald, a precious stone from Heaven. 462 00:33:10,582 --> 00:33:13,517 Could the green gemstone that supposedly fell 463 00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:17,521 from Lucifer's crown have been made not of emerald but of 464 00:33:17,523 --> 00:33:21,258 moldavite? Perhaps more evidence can be 465 00:33:21,260 --> 00:33:25,729 found in the legends of another sacred stone that fell from the 466 00:33:25,731 --> 00:33:30,317 sky more than 4,000 miles away. 467 00:33:30,319 --> 00:33:40,244 Yumbulakang Palace, Southern Tibet. 468 00:33:40,246 --> 00:33:45,282 Here, according to legend, the 28th king, Lha Thothori 469 00:33:45,284 --> 00:33:50,053 Nyantsen, obtains a magical jewel called Cintamani. 470 00:33:50,055 --> 00:33:52,756 It is said to be one of four revered relics that fell from 471 00:33:52,758 --> 00:33:54,929 the sky in a chest. 472 00:33:57,930 --> 00:33:59,230 The Cintamani Stone 473 00:33:59,231 --> 00:34:02,733 is a fascinating myth that could well have meteorite 474 00:34:02,735 --> 00:34:06,770 associations. It describes a jewel that's 475 00:34:06,772 --> 00:34:10,640 meant to have enormous properties that it can bestow 476 00:34:10,642 --> 00:34:14,477 upon its owner, and there are legends that some of the 477 00:34:14,479 --> 00:34:18,332 greatest warriors and leaders in all of history, including King 478 00:34:18,334 --> 00:34:22,286 Solomon, owned this jewel, that it was passed from one great 479 00:34:22,288 --> 00:34:25,655 ruler or leader to another. 480 00:34:25,657 --> 00:34:29,593 In both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, um, there 481 00:34:29,595 --> 00:34:35,182 are stories relating to a so-called wishing jewel. 482 00:34:35,184 --> 00:34:40,137 And it wielded great power. It had a-a connection between 483 00:34:40,139 --> 00:34:46,443 this world and the next, that it could be used to interact, uh, 484 00:34:46,445 --> 00:34:51,147 not just with other worlds but the center of the universe itself. 485 00:34:51,549 --> 00:34:56,286 It is said that whoever possessed the Cintamani stone was able to control 486 00:34:56,288 --> 00:35:00,390 destiny, that every wish was granted. 487 00:35:00,392 --> 00:35:04,962 Now, a stone or an object which is able to change reality, truly 488 00:35:04,964 --> 00:35:09,532 that is something which is a piece of technology, and how our 489 00:35:09,534 --> 00:35:13,303 ancestors got this is a gigantic question mark, which fortunately 490 00:35:13,305 --> 00:35:16,139 our ancestors have answered for us. 491 00:35:16,141 --> 00:35:19,009 Their answer is that this came from the sky, that it was given 492 00:35:19,011 --> 00:35:23,847 to us by the gods, and that it played a role in this exchange 493 00:35:23,849 --> 00:35:26,516 between us and the divine. 494 00:35:26,518 --> 00:35:30,020 Could the legends of the Cintamani stone be based 495 00:35:30,022 --> 00:35:34,024 on fact? If so, might this otherworldly 496 00:35:34,026 --> 00:35:38,495 stone, as well as other sacred and mysterious relics, hp 497 00:35:38,497 --> 00:35:41,731 forge a connection between mankind and extraterrestrial 498 00:35:41,733 --> 00:35:45,752 forces? Ancient astronaut theorists say 499 00:35:45,754 --> 00:35:50,173 yes, and believe the ultimate proof can be found in one of the 500 00:35:50,175 --> 00:35:54,461 most sacred objects in the world. 501 00:35:54,463 --> 00:35:57,463 Mecca, Saudi Arabia. 502 00:36:04,273 --> 00:36:09,860 50 miles from the Red Sea, this is Islam's holiest city. 503 00:36:09,862 --> 00:36:15,399 It was here in 2000 B.C. that Muslims believe the prophet 504 00:36:15,401 --> 00:36:18,969 Abraham built the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that draws 505 00:36:18,971 --> 00:36:24,941 millions of pilgrims each year. But just what is it about this 506 00:36:24,943 --> 00:36:28,578 building that is so sacred? And why do so many people line 507 00:36:28,580 --> 00:36:30,964 up to touch it? 508 00:36:30,966 --> 00:36:35,252 On the eastern side of the Kaaba is a 509 00:36:35,254 --> 00:36:42,476 meteorite stone which is embedded in the corner of the Kaaba. 510 00:36:42,478 --> 00:36:46,129 Now, according to Muslim belief, this meteorite stone was sent 511 00:36:46,131 --> 00:36:50,984 from heaven to Adam and Eve. And that stone was used to build 512 00:36:50,986 --> 00:36:53,803 the first temple. 513 00:36:53,805 --> 00:36:59,409 And this really makes Mecca the most holy place to Muslims. 514 00:36:59,411 --> 00:37:05,832 Muhammad himself threw out all of the other gods, 515 00:37:05,834 --> 00:37:10,320 the deities and statues. 516 00:37:10,322 --> 00:37:16,159 But he retained the one strange the black 517 00:37:16,161 --> 00:37:20,681 stone, the extraterrestrial object that's still worshipped 518 00:37:20,683 --> 00:37:24,434 today at Mecca. So, you have to wonder why 519 00:37:24,436 --> 00:37:31,858 Muhammad specifically chose that object as part of his religion 520 00:37:31,860 --> 00:37:35,195 that would remain, as part of the Muslim faith. 521 00:37:35,197 --> 00:37:41,151 It would have to be some memory of an extraterrestrial event. 522 00:37:41,153 --> 00:37:46,022 Might the black stone of Mecca and other sacred 523 00:37:46,024 --> 00:37:49,543 relics really possess great power? 524 00:37:49,545 --> 00:37:53,463 Could they be gateways, not only to ancient knowledge, but to 525 00:37:53,465 --> 00:37:57,834 other worlds and even other dimensions? 526 00:37:57,836 --> 00:38:03,056 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining what many believe 527 00:38:03,058 --> 00:38:07,010 to be the most sacred and powerful of all the Earth's 528 00:38:07,012 --> 00:38:12,933 the cross of Jesus Christ. 529 00:38:16,134 --> 00:38:21,090 Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 530 00:38:23,992 --> 00:38:25,446 According to some researchers, 531 00:38:25,448 --> 00:38:29,450 this sacred site is the place where the crucified Jesus was 532 00:38:29,452 --> 00:38:36,573 buried, and after three days, rose from the dead. 533 00:38:36,575 --> 00:38:41,194 And it was near here, in 326 A.D., that the remains 534 00:38:41,196 --> 00:38:48,702 of a relic thought to be Jesus's cross were discovered by a Roman empress. 535 00:38:48,704 --> 00:38:51,805 Empress Helena was the mother of the emperor 536 00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:55,309 Constantine, and she was an early convert to Christianity. 537 00:38:55,311 --> 00:38:58,712 According to legend, she journeyed to the holy land to 538 00:38:58,714 --> 00:39:01,482 found a number of churches there, and when she was there 539 00:39:01,484 --> 00:39:05,986 she was drawn to the-the Hill of Calvary, where Jesus was 540 00:39:05,988 --> 00:39:10,491 allegedly executed. And she had the pagan temple 541 00:39:10,493 --> 00:39:14,111 which she found there torn down, and in the rubble of that 542 00:39:14,113 --> 00:39:17,731 temple, she allegedly discovered the true cross, the cross where 543 00:39:17,733 --> 00:39:19,918 Jesus was crucified. 544 00:39:20,420 --> 00:39:25,339 She found three crosses. Well, Christ was crucified with 545 00:39:25,341 --> 00:39:29,126 two thieves, so three crosses might be the right artifacts. 546 00:39:29,128 --> 00:39:32,579 But to test them, she brought a woman with terminal disease, 547 00:39:32,581 --> 00:39:36,266 very near death, to touch the crosses. 548 00:39:36,268 --> 00:39:39,937 She touched the first two and her condition was unchanged. 549 00:39:39,939 --> 00:39:43,190 When she touched the third cross, she was miraculously 550 00:39:43,192 --> 00:39:50,263 healed, and Helena declared that to be the true cross upon which Christ died. 551 00:39:50,265 --> 00:39:54,034 The true cross, it's sacred. 552 00:39:54,036 --> 00:39:57,037 Sacred to many, many, many people. 553 00:39:57,039 --> 00:40:01,158 And people collect these, or like to say that they... they 554 00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:05,212 may have pieces of this cross, because it brings them closer to 555 00:40:05,214 --> 00:40:10,050 the one they love, or their Lord and Savior, call it what you will. 556 00:40:10,052 --> 00:40:12,803 Literally hundreds of Christian churches lay claim to the fact 557 00:40:12,805 --> 00:40:17,174 that they have pieces of the actual cross that Jesus died on. 558 00:40:17,176 --> 00:40:21,562 Like many relics or pieces of saints' bodies, the 559 00:40:21,564 --> 00:40:25,182 true cross where Jesus was crucified was believed to have 560 00:40:25,184 --> 00:40:28,969 all kinds of miraculous powers, including healing powers and the 561 00:40:28,971 --> 00:40:33,690 power to grant, um, salvation. So if you were to touch or own a 562 00:40:33,692 --> 00:40:37,194 relic of the true cross, a piece of the true cross, some of that 563 00:40:37,196 --> 00:40:41,314 power that Christ had would transfer itself to you through 564 00:40:41,316 --> 00:40:43,316 the power of touch. 565 00:40:43,318 --> 00:40:46,703 It's a fascinating thought that relics like the 566 00:40:46,705 --> 00:40:52,843 true cross could contain some divine energy that will heal 567 00:40:52,845 --> 00:40:57,497 people, even raise them from the dead. 568 00:40:57,499 --> 00:41:01,568 So is it possible that they are some kind of extraterrestrial 569 00:41:01,570 --> 00:41:07,840 artifacts with some kind of power in them that we don't understand? 570 00:41:08,342 --> 00:41:11,044 Could fragments of Jesus's cross, 571 00:41:11,046 --> 00:41:14,565 like other ancient stones and relics, 572 00:41:14,567 --> 00:41:18,702 really have harnessed strange extraterrestrial energy? 573 00:41:18,704 --> 00:41:24,239 Could legends concerning mysterious healing powers really be true? 574 00:41:25,041 --> 00:41:27,410 It's very human for people to want to possess, 575 00:41:27,412 --> 00:41:31,713 whether it's a piece of cloth, a stone, uh, a follicle of hair... 576 00:41:31,715 --> 00:41:34,784 to posses an object that means something to them, 577 00:41:34,786 --> 00:41:38,203 an object that can perhaps help them in their life. 578 00:41:38,405 --> 00:41:42,923 Could these relics assist us in-in invoking otherworldly power? 579 00:41:43,429 --> 00:41:46,563 I think we need to be open. We need to be open to that 580 00:41:46,565 --> 00:41:51,384 possibility. Clearly, our ancestors thought so. 581 00:41:51,386 --> 00:41:55,388 Well, ancient relics were very important to many 582 00:41:55,390 --> 00:41:59,893 different ancient cultures, um, just as they still are today to religions. 583 00:41:59,895 --> 00:42:03,113 And the reason for this is that it was believed that they were 584 00:42:03,115 --> 00:42:08,452 access points to otherworldly environments wherein the gods, 585 00:42:08,454 --> 00:42:13,240 the spirits, the immortals dwelled. 586 00:42:13,242 --> 00:42:17,678 Throughout history, we find that some of our most 587 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:23,183 powerful figures, our most powerful leaders, have gone on relic quests. 588 00:42:23,185 --> 00:42:29,456 They're looking for the Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny, the Key of Life. 589 00:42:29,458 --> 00:42:33,443 And the belief is that if we can acquire these relics, we will 590 00:42:33,445 --> 00:42:37,531 acquire powers beyond human comprehension. 591 00:42:37,533 --> 00:42:40,984 Powers that originally came from the gods that will make us more 592 00:42:40,986 --> 00:42:44,872 godlike if we can get our hands on them. 593 00:42:44,874 --> 00:42:49,293 The relic tradition, this tooth from a-a deity, the 594 00:42:49,295 --> 00:42:52,546 bone from a saint, all of these aspects really tie in that 595 00:42:52,548 --> 00:42:57,450 somehow, this deity, this saint is able to link us mere mortals 596 00:42:57,452 --> 00:43:00,120 to the realm of the divine. 597 00:43:04,008 --> 00:43:09,980 Sacred bones... golden hats... 598 00:43:09,982 --> 00:43:13,984 and fragments of sacred objects thought to possess healing 599 00:43:13,986 --> 00:43:18,021 properties. Is it possible that these 600 00:43:18,023 --> 00:43:21,191 ancient and mysterious relics help to prove that 601 00:43:21,193 --> 00:43:25,078 extraterrestrials not only visited Earth in the ancient 602 00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:30,033 past, but remain strangely connected to us throughout space 603 00:43:30,035 --> 00:43:34,671 and time? Perhaps the truth of mankind's 604 00:43:34,673 --> 00:43:39,092 origins has been right before our eyes for hundreds and 605 00:43:39,094 --> 00:43:46,183 thousands of years, in fabric, metal and stone, and in the DNA 606 00:43:46,185 --> 00:43:51,355 of holy saints and martyrs, who someday, thanks to modern 607 00:43:51,357 --> 00:43:54,988 science, may even rise again. 608 00:43:54,989 --> 00:43:58,289 sync and corrections by bellows www.addic7ed.com 609 00:43:58,339 --> 00:44:02,889 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 55463

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