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NARRATOR:
A mysterious underground temple

that holds
gigantic stone coffins.

It's humungous.

You can walk underneath it.

NARRATOR:
A 16,000-year-old monument

that appears to float in midair.

NIKKI TSUKAMOTO:
This monolith
is said to be related to

the heavenly rock ship.

NARRATOR:
Ancient engineering feats
far ahead of their time.

Someone or some ones had
extraordinary knowledge here.

-This is not easy to build.
-No.

NARRATOR:
On Ancient Aliens,
we've traveled to many

mysterious sites that
seem to defy explanation.

Now we take a look back
at some of the most incredible

structures we've
visited all over the world.

Structures, that according
to ancient astronaut theorists,

provide undeniable evidence
of extraterrestrial contact.

♪ ♪

On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled to some

of the most incredible
structures on the planet.

Structures that
offer compelling evidence

that our ancestors were
visited by extraterrestrials.

And some of the world's
most extraordinary examples

can be found in ancient Egypt,
like the Great Sphinx,

the Pyramids of Giza
and the Luxor Temple.

But Egypt is also home
to a site that a lot of people

don't even know about,
and one I think is amazing.

The Serapeum of Saqqara.

And when I went
to see it in person

with Egyptologist Ramy Romany,

it absolutely blew my mind.

NARRATOR:
Saqqara, Egypt.

1850.

While on
an expedition to recover

ancient manuscripts
for the Louvre Museum

in Paris, French Egyptologist
Auguste Mariette

spots a strange object
sticking out of the sand.

Intrigued, Mariette
has the sand cleared away

and finds large rocks
blocking what looks to be

the entrance
to an underground chamber.

After using explosives to
remove them, he gains entrance

to a tomb complex,

also known as the Serapeum.

In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist

Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Egyptologist

and Cairo native Ramy Romany

visited this mysterious site.

-The Serapeum of Saqqara,
Giorgio.
-Yes.

Oh, it's magnificent.

The name
Serapeum comes from Serapis,

-which is Apis bull and Osiris.
-Yes.

-Right.
-Combined together
in one Greek god.

NARRATOR:
Located deep beneath
the desert surface,

lies a 790-foot-long passageway.

There, within a series
of alcoves

neatly carved
out of the limestone rock,

are 24 gigantic
stone sarcophagi.

Each sarcophagus measures
approximately 13 feet long,

seven and a half feet wide
and over ten feet tall.

But just how
the ancient Egyptians

managed to transport
these massive granite boxes

remains unknown,

as does their intended purpose.

ROMANY:
So this is one
of the most mysterious

places in all of Egypt, Giorgio.

Look how far all this goes.

The boxes themselves are,
what, 70 to 75 tons?

-Mm-hmm.
-And then the lids

are estimated
to be 20 to 25 tons.

It's one of the most
mysterious things about

this place is really how

they managed to bring

these heavy structures
all the way down here

when we're breathing
heavily just to get to the end.

Can we actually go
down to some of these?

Of course we can.

Wow.

You know,
I've always read about these.

I've seen pictures,
but it's humungous.

You can walk underneath it.

NARRATOR:
As far as conventional
Egyptologists

and archaeologists
are concerned,

the sarcophagi
were meant to house

the remains
of the sacred Apis bulls.

But as only one of the tombs
was found to contain

animal remains and all
the others were found empty,

the true nature of the Serapeum
is a source of deep contention.

The Apis bull is
a representation for god Osiris

and there's something
very important to mention.

Ancient Egyptians
did not worship animals.

Their concept was the gods
sent the animals to be

their messengers, and we have
to respect them in that way.

ANDREW COLLINS:
It was said that the first ever

Apis bull was created

when a ray of light

came down from heaven itself
and struck

this cow

who produced
the first Apis bull.

So there is
some relationship between

the bull itself and the stars.

The sides,
and also here the bottom...

(stammers)
the polishing is perfect.

And we can illustrate this by
just looking at the angle.

I mean,
it's a perfect 90-degree angle.

Check this out.
It is absolute perfection.

It's easy to cut limestone.

But to cut basalt is a...

(chuckles)
That's a different story.

What do these
inscriptions here say?

These inscriptions
were extremely important.

You see the doors, specifically,
the so-called false doors.

They were the doors that allowed
the spirit, the ka and the ba--

the spirit and the soul--
to come out from the mummy.

And then read
the hieroglyphic inscriptions.

They wanted to make sure

that these Apis bulls
come back to life.

Go to eternity,
so they could stay

with Osiris in the sky.

Ancient historians' accounts,

like Herodotus, Strabo,

Eusebius, all of these...

old, old chroniclers
speak of a...

a former glory age of Egypt
known as the Golden Age.

Which some have suggested
dates back as far as 10,500 BC.

So is it possible
that what we have right here

may be a remnant of that time?

When it comes to dating,
I don't have a response.

I can't tell you for a fact

that this was made
3,000 years ago.

Till today there's a debate
on when were these made.

NARRATOR:
Egypt's Golden Age
was a time when humans

are said to have shared
the Earth with the gods.

Gods that, according
to the ancient astronaut theory,

were not mythological figures,
but extraterrestrial visitors.

And there are those who believe
that the figure of the Apis bull

can be found carved
into one of the sarcophagi

not because these giant stone
coffins held mummified bulls,

but because
the Apis bull represented

a connection to the stars.

COLLINS:
It is a fact that
when most of these

gigantic sarcophagi were opened,
nothing was inside them.

But in my opinion...

I think that
this acted as some kind

of otherworldly environment

for communication
with the cosmos itself.

And that
the bulls simply represented

the points of contact with
the cosmic beings themselves.

It doesn't make sense that these
were built for mummified bulls.

First of all...

they're too big for the bulls.

They're beyond human scale.

In order for a human
to get into them,

you would first have
to remove the 15- to 20-ton lid

that was
placed on top of these boxes.

And then climb up
a ladder to get into them.

Is it possible that
what we're looking at here is

an extraterrestrial
technology that was used

thousands of years ago
in ancient Egypt?

What could possibly be
the purpose of these boxes?

What function did they serve?

It's an incredible question.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that the massive

sarcophagi contained
within the Serapeum of Saqqara

were constructed more
than 10,000 years ago

during a period
when extraterrestrials

inhabited the Earth?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and suggest an even more direct
ET connection can be found

by exploring the prehistoric
megaliths of Japan.

Some of the most incredible
structures to have traveled

that have me convinced
that we've been visited

by extraterrestrials are
the ones that look

just like flying craft.

And when I went to Japan,

I had the honor to see
two ancient stone carvings

that are believed
to represent flying ships

witnessed by the people
who lived there

thousands of years ago.

NARRATOR:
Honshu, Japan. April 2017.

Near the modern-day city
of Osaka,

Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
with fellow ancient astronaut

theorist Takeharu Mikami,
to investigate one of the oldest

and holiest sites
in the country.

The Ishi-no-Hoden megalith
is a giant stone monument

carved out of the bedrock on
the mountainside and is believed

by some researchers to date back
an astonishing 16,000 years.

(speaking Japanese)

TSOUKALOS:
Wow.

It's gigantic.

This is... I had no idea.

I mean, it is massive.

(speaking Japanese)

TSUKAMOTO:
The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.

-500 tons? Wow.
-Yes.

Okay. That's amazing.

I-I want to...
I need to walk around.

Very weird.

I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.

(Mikami speaking Japanese)

So you want to just
look down below here.

It looks like
it's floating over the water.

TSOUKALOS:
It really does.

(Mikami speaking Japanese)

TSUKAMOTO:
The name for this rock is...
(speaks Japanese)

or "the floating rock
from the heavens."

(speaking Japanese)

TSUKAMOTO:
So this monolith is said to
be related to one of the first

gods that descended
from the heavens to Japan,

and he is said to have
traveled over the country

on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,

which was called
"Ama no Iwafune,"

which is
"the heavenly rock ship."

So what you're telling me
is that there is

an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity

flying around in the sky

with a gigantic
vehicle made of stone?

-Absolutely.
-(Tsoukalos laughs)

So do you think that is
the reason why it was called

a vehicle made of stone,

because it was
so powerful and strong

and virtually indestructible

that the story became,
it's a vehicle made of stone?

(speaking Japanese)

You're absolutely right,
because the gods were

flying over
the land on a giant ship.

It wasn't a plane
because it didn't have wings.

It looked like a ship made
out of very hard material

that was like a very hard stone.

And they would descend
from the heavens

and down onto the land,

and thus, they would travel
around the country.

TSOUKALOS:
It's absolutely impressive.

To me, the Ishi-no-Hoden
megalith was an attempt

by our ancestors to document
an extraterrestrial visitation.

And they chose
this incredibly hard stone

as a way to represent
the color and indestructible

nature of the craft
they saw in the sky.

As if this wasn't
proof enough of alien contact,

during my trip to Japan,
I investigated

another ancient site
with an almost identical legend.

Does that say rock ship?

-Masuda rock ship...
-Oh, all right.

NARRATOR:
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and ancient astronaut

theorist Takeharu Mikami

set out
to examine Masuda-no-Iwafune,

an 800-ton rock structure

that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles

no other architecture in Japan.

Check out this-this square
grid on the sides.

I mean, this is something
that I've seen before in India,

in Mahabalipuram,
where they have the same

mythologies of celestial beings.

And they had
something very similar

on the side of some
of their rocks, as well.

MIKAMI:
Mm-hmm.

I can't wait to see the top.

Amazing.

-Oh, man.
-Whoa!

Wow. That is...

I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.

NARRATOR:
While some researchers believe

the Masuda-no-Iwafune
megalith is a tomb,

others claim it is
meant to depict

the "sky boats"
that are described

in ancient Japanese stories.

TSOUKALOS:
So the idea is
that this was the entrance

to a Buddhist temple-- what
do they mean by that, inside?

-I mean, where?
-TSUKAMOTO: It would actually

predate Buddhism in Japan.

So it wouldn't
have anything to do

-with Buddhist temples.
-Right, so...

what is the actual translation

of Masuda-no-Iwafune?

(speaking Japanese)

Masuda is the name
of the region,

and Iwafune literally means
"stone ship" or "rock ship."

Okay.

(Mikami speaking Japanese)

TSUKAMOTO:
Yes, it's...
naturally the Iwafune

or "the rock ship"

would have come down
from the heavens as a vehicle

for the gods
to descend upon Earth.

TSOUKALOS:
So I guess with the combination

of the mythologies
of celestial beings,

this could be
some type of representation

of one of those flying vehicles

that our ancestors
perhaps witnessed.

NARRATOR:
Could the massive stone
monuments both in Asuka Park

and in Honshu have been
inspired by encounters

with extraterrestrial craft
descending from the sky?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and they believe

that further proof
of otherworldly contact

in the distant past can be
found halfway around the world,

at a mysterious
megalithic site high

in the Andes Mountains.

Many of the incredible
structuress

found around the world
were built with stone blocks

so massive it seems impossible

that they could have been moved

without advanced technology.

But for me, the site
of Puma Punku in Bolivia

is the most astounding of all,

because not only are the stones

megalithic, they're carved
with a precision that we would

have a hard time replicating
even with modern tools.

Here, 45 miles west of La Paz,

isolated high
in the Andes Mountains...

lie the mysterious
ancient ruins of Puma Punku.

Spread across
a desert plateau at an altitude

of over 12,000 feet,

the megalithic stones
found here are

among the largest on the planet,

some measuring
up to 26 feet long

and weighing more than 100 tons.

DAVID CHILDRESS:
What you have here are
massive blocks

scattered
like some kid's toy blocks

around the site.

It's like
some giant cataclysm

just wiped out this entire area.

Archaeologists are baffled

by what Puma Punku was,

how it looked
and what the purpose

of this enormous
structure would have been.

One of the amazing
things here at Puma Punku

is the precision of the blocks.

You can see with this
block that it's really been cut

at very accurate right angles.

Not only do these
blocks have precision corners,

but they also have these...

difficult
drill holes that are going

right through the rock.

NARRATOR:
In January 2011,
ancient astronaut theorist

David Childress and author

Brien Foerster
gained unprecedented access

to investigate
this incredible site.

You know, Brien,
this is one of the most

interesting and unusual stones

here at Puma Punku.

It's got these
perfect right angles and...

...and then each of these
small drill holes

are basically evenly spaced

along this routed groove.

To me it's clear that
power tools have been used

on this unusual block
of stone here.

Well, exactly.
And this surface is as smooth

as a tabletop,
like in your kitchen.

There's no
wave to it or anything.

This was machined,
but who machined it?

It's an astonishing
piece of work.

And how anyone could think
that primitive human beings

could have done this,
you know, it's just crazy.

If anything looks like
ancient aliens, it's this stone.

NARRATOR:
What did the ancients use to
cut these stones so precisely?

Might evidence of advanced
technology be found

by further study
of the construction

of the Puma Punku stones?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and point to what they call

H-blocks.

It seems like every one of these
H-blocks is exactly the same.

So it's like
a prefabrication process

where they needed
X-hundred of these

and whatever machinery it
is that they had was able with

amazing accuracy to replicate
one after another after another.

It seems as though

some kind of factory
was set up there

to make these
almost exactly the same.

It's almost like a Lego
system of interconnecting blocks

and that
is unique on this Earth.

CHILDRESS:
It's an ingenious way
of building a huge wall.

And again, the whole thing
is just so incredibly precise.

Doing these kind of
inside corners like this.

This-this just
can't be done really with,

with copper chisels and...
and stone hammers.

The whole thing is... is just
so incredibly high-tech.

Even beyond
what we would do today.

We don't really know
the age of Puma Punku.

Archeologists have come up
with wildly different ages.

Starting with
early excavations here,

thinking that Puma Punku
was up to 20,000 years old.

But the kind of machinery
that would need to be used

to articulate
and cut these blocks

would be giant diamond saws

with huge blades,
powerful routers.

Even possibly
we're talking about

plasma cutters
and melting of stone.

Something that
is only being worked on

today by modern scientists.

NARRATOR:
According
to the local Aymara people

who have inhabited
this region for centuries,

Puma Punku
was built in a single day.

And not by humans,
but by the sky gods.

They say, "The gods
constructed the place

in one night."

This makes sense.

You have
an extraterrestrial crew.

They come down to Earth.

So they construct with
their tools

just something, which we would
call today, a basic camp.

CHILDRESS:
When you look at
the complexity of Puma Punku,

the huge platforms,
the interlocking blocks

made into what they thought
were indestructible walls.

What you could have,
is the kind of

perfectly made space port,

that extraterrestrials
would want.

NARRATOR:
Might the ancient city
of Puma Punku

really have
been built by alien beings,

as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?

If so, what
happened to these massive,

seemingly
indestructible structures?

CHILDRESS:
One possibility is that
Puma Punku was destroyed

in some
artificial blast that literally

blew these buildings apart.

So much of it
is not simply broken.

It's shattered to
the point where you can find

little tiny pieces
of diorite anywhere you look.

And that looks to me
like an explosion happened.

At the end of its use,
they may have simply

blown it up because
they didn't want anyone

to use the technology
that they had left behind.

NARRATOR:
Precision stonework.

Unparalleled engineering.

And incomprehensible
destruction.

Is it possible that Puma Punku

was a point of extraterrestrial
contact in the distant past?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes

and suggest further
evidence of alien engineering

can be found on a small island
in the Mediterranean...

that is home to extraordinary
stone structures.

One of the most
incredible structures

that I've ever seen is on
the Italian island of Sardinia.

This Mediterranean island has

thousands
of mysterious stone towers,

bizarre statues...

and even an ancient pyramid.

But what was most amazing to me
was the Well of Santa Cristina.

It features stonework so
precise that there is no way

it could have been built without
advanced engineering knowledge.

NARRATOR: Oak Island
treasure hunter Marty Lagina

has invited Giorgio Tsoukalos
to help him explore Sardinia's

mysterious structures and offer
his unique perspective.

Local guide Ivana Malu

has taken them
to the Well of Santa Cristina,

an ancient structure believed

to have been built
sometime around 1800 BC.

(both speaking Italian)

NARRATOR: They are met
by archaeo-astronomer

Mauro Peppino Zedda.

-Now, wait a minute,
wait a minute, a speta.
-Yeah, prego.

These are modern, right?
This is reproduction.

-No, no, I mean it.
-No, I know! I know. I know.

-This is reproduction.
-It's what people say
when they are here.

They say, "Oh, Ivana,
that's a fake, what is that?"

Can you imagine
the well is 3,000 years old?

No, honestly,
these are the original stones?

-Really, believe me, 100%.
-Wow.

That is built
to last for the eternity.

Well, this is spectacular.

NARRATOR:
The Well of Santa Cristina
demonstrates such incredible

masonry skill that
archaeologists struggle

to explain how it was built
by so-called primitive people.

Based on his years of research,

Giorgio believes that
the stonework may provide

important clues
for the theory that a race

of extraterrestrial giants
once inhabited the island.

Do you want
to touch with your hand

-the sophistication of the wall?
-Yes.

Here we go.

Wow.

-Unbelievable.
-This is crazy.

TSOUKALOS:
Look at this, it is round.

It's a perfect circle.

You can't put a piece of paper,
there's no mortar used

to put this stuff together.

-I mean, incredible questo.
-It's amazing.

MARTY: Not only is it
constructed beautifully,

the foundation is
below the water table.

Okay, that's very hard to do. I
could tell you from Oak Island,

working in the water
is difficult.

This is spectacular.

Santa Cristina Holy Well
is one of the most

important sites in Sardinia.

It's part
of a Nuragic settlement

that dates back to 1500 BC

with nuraghe towers, menhirs,
standing stones,

and everything else there,
but the most interesting part

of that is this
very sophisticated well.

It's the most precision-carved

stonework I've seen in all
of the Mediterranean, really.

It's almost like it was built
by the Egyptians

or the Peruvian stone masons.
It's so advanced.

It's very fascinating.

The walls around here,
any child can do this.

You don't need any sophisticated
technology to do this.

But that in there,
especially if you think

that there
was no written record,

how was this preconceived?

Somebody had to think about it.

Clearly there's two type
of builders

that were present there,
because you have the well,

which is absolute
perfect stone masonry.

And then you have
the walls around it

that clearly were created
by a later culture,

because it's
not sophisticated at all.

It's just a bunch of
stones thrown together.

Yet, the well that
goes deep into the ground,

it is unlike
anything that I've ever seen.

The question is,
there was no written language.

How was this planned?

Because if you
look at this from above,

it's this keyhole shape,
and that to me is fascinating.

I have not seen
anything quite like this, okay?

I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.

TSOUKALOS:
Clearly someone told the local

people how to place these
stones into different areas

because it was a connection
to the celestial realm.

So you're
surmising the technology

was given to these people?

-The engineering knowledge.
-Yeah, okay.

Because this screams

-mathematics.
-Yes, it does.

(stammers) I will certainly
concur to so-- to this extent,

someone or some ones

had extraordinary
knowledge here.

-This is not easy to build.
-No.

NARRATOR:
Is it possible that someone gave

the ancient Sardinians highly
advanced engineering knowledge?

And that that knowledge
was passed down

generation by generation
for thousands of years?

Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,

and point to another structure

in mainland Italy,

said to have been built
under the direction of a god.

Any discussion about
incredible structures

has to include
cyclopean architecture.

This construction style
where massive stone blocks,

known as megaliths, are fit
together like puzzle pieces,

can be found
all over the ancient world.

And when I visited Italy,
I saw one of the most incredible

examples of this
extraordinary architecture

at the megalithic walls
of Ferentino.

Ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos

is in the heart
of the Italian peninsula,

about 50 miles
southeast of Rome.

This area of Italy,
known as Latium,

was considered the epicenter
of the Roman civilization.

Giorgio is eager to investigate

the ancient city's massive
megalithic walls, considered

to be some of the finest
constructions in Italy.

-Piacere. Thank you.
-Welcome to Italy
and to Churcheria.

NARRATOR:
For expert insight,
he has called

upon local historian
Danila Bracaglia.

This is, uh, beautiful-- what
can you tell me about this area?

Ferentino, where we are today,
is actually known

for these constructions of,
uh, the megalithic walls,

founded according
to the tradition by god Saturn.

TSOUKALOS:
Okay. This is fascinating
to me because this

is one of the reasons
why I'm here.

What can you tell me
about the mythologies

of Saturn in this area here?

So the five cities of Saturn

are all a few kilometers
one from another.

And the tradition says,
you know,

the towns were founded
by Saturn and the Titans.

NARRATOR: In Greek mythology,
the Titans were humanlike gods

of enormous stature,
who were eventually overthrown

by their children,
the Olympians.

Saturn is the Roman name
for the Titan Cronus,

who was said to have reigned as
an earthly king alongside Janus,

during a "Golden Age" when
the gods walked among humans.

Could it be
that Saturn and the Titans

actually existed on Earth...

and were responsible

for helping
to construct the megalithic

structures found
throughout the Mediterranean?

So, Danila,
where are we right now?

So, this is one of
the entrance gates to the town.

And here, it's actually
a perfect point

where you can understand
the stratification of the time.

You see the huge blocks

from the pre-Roman time,

then smaller blocks built

in the Roman time, and finally
the Middle Age on top.

So basically,
you can see the-the megalithic

structure, then the Roman
and then Medieval Age.

Exactly. And it's
like reading a history book.

So it's, uh,
because here it's evident

that people lived here
for thousands of years

and-and then they
had different technique

of construction, some of them,

like the megalithic, uh,
constructions are lost,

so we don't know exactly,
uh, when they were built.

TSOUKALOS:
Which is, in a strange way,
a contradiction

because in ancient times
what we're told is that

not much technology existed,
so in order to move blocks

like this and put them together,

was an incredible
accomplishment,

because it's kind
of understandable

how those blocks were moved,
and of course the smaller blocks

at the very top,
it's not even a question.

So logic would dictate
that at first they begin

with the smaller
blocks and then, over time,

maybe used bigger blocks,
but it's the opposite way.

So it's to me
somewhat of a mystery.

At a certain point
the technology was lost.

We don't know
how they were made for sure.

There is no reference,
there's no reference in our

books or, uh, sources
about how they were built.

TSOUKALOS:
Do you know if all
these five cities of Saturn

have the cyclopean walls?

BRACAGLIA: Yes, they have,
uh, these walls, megalithics,

or huge stones,

and some of them are
better preserved than others.

NARRATOR:
Cyclopean walls
consist of enormous stone

blocks stacked together
without the use of mortar.

TSOUKALOS:
I mean, this is incredible.

And this region is not the only

place that has these walls.

For example,
we have them also in Greece.

What's even more
fascinating is that

we have similar walls
on the other side

of the world
in Sacsayhuamán, Peru.

You see these, uh,
different blocks not only

in Sacsayhuamán,
you see them for example

in Abydos. Abydos is in Egypt,

you see a wall, you could think

we are standing in Peru,
but Abydos is in Egypt.

You see it on Easter Island.

Which means
to me the same teachers.

CHILDRESS:
The idea that this
unusual construction

using giant blocks of stone
that are weighing

up to 200 tons

would be individually developed

in each of these sites
is virtually impossible.

So some architect
and designer and engineer

developed this technique
and now it's

being used
literally all over the world.

Who is that designer?

Who is that engineer
who came up with this worldwide

megalithic
construction technique?

Is it extraterrestrials?

From completely
opposite sides of the planet,

we have similar, if not
identical, construction styles.

According to
the ancient astronaut theory,

Saturn was
one of the founding gods

of civilization on Earth.

So the idea that this
may have had something to do

with an extraterrestrial visit
to me is-is fascinating.

NARRATOR:
Could it be that ancient
people all around the world

were taught how
to build megalithic structures

by extraterrestrials
that came down from the sky?

Perhaps further clues
can be found

by examining
an ancient temple in India

that displays highly
sophisticated

engineering knowledge, credited

to a divine architect.

Any list of incredible
structures would be incomplete

without featuring the amazing
architecture of India.

And of all the astounding places
we've visited on Ancient Aliens,

one of the most baffling
is the Surang Tila temple.

This unbelievable site was
built using ancient construction

techniques that rival
anything you'd see today.

Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos

is meeting up with archaeologist
Dr. Arun Sharma,

to get an up-close look
at the Surang Tila temple.

The temple was buried
beneath a mound of soil

for hundreds of years
until 2006,

when Dr. Sharma headed
an excavation of the site.

This is beautiful.

Mm-hmm.

Really?

NARRATOR:
Incredibly, the earthquake
that hit Sirpur

in the 11th century leveled
every modern building

that was standing at the time.

Only the ancient
Surang Tila temple survived.

Now, is this considered

Ayurvedic architecture
right here?

NARRATOR:
Ayurvedic architecture
is a construction technique

derived from
the ancient science of design

found in Indian texts
dating back thousands of years.

That's amazing. Huh.

Okay.

It seems to be almost
like some type of glue.

NARRATOR:
The glue-like substance
is said to form a bond

that is at least 20 times
stronger than concrete.

But modern builders
have been unwilling

to entertain the notion
that such an ancient concoction

could be superior to
today's building materials.

Wow, look at this. Beautiful.

The detailed instructions
for making this paste can be

found in an ancient Indian
text known as the Mayamatam,

a manuscript dedicated
to construction techniques.

The information
contained within the document

is understood to have
been passed down to humans

from Mayasura, the ancient
king of the demigods

who was said to oversee various
construction projects on Earth.

This right here?

NARRATOR:
Curiously, there is
a more astounding

earthquake-proof feature
at the site

to indicate advanced knowledge
was used in its construction.

Located at key points
within the Surang Tila temple

are several 80-foot-long shafts
designed to form

air pockets that can dissipate
the impact of seismic events.

Yes, please.

All right.

Wow.

Oh, wow. This is big.
It's a huge book.

And-and this text has
been around

for 4,500 years?

In your opinion, where
did this knowledge come from?

And you think
that this knowledge

originated from the stars?

That's amazing.

NARRATOR:
The Sarang Tila temple stands
as an incredible testament

to the advanced architectural
techniques of our ancestors.

Techniques reportedly
passed down to them

from their divine teachers.

And the archaeologist
in charge of the dig

is convinced that
the knowledge came directly

from extraterrestrial visitors.

Every one of the incredible
structures we've traveled to

on Ancient Aliens
provides evidence

that our ancestors had contact

with extraterrestrials
in the distant past.

And when you put it all
together, you have,

in my opinion, undeniable proof

for the ancient
astronaut theory.

How else can you explain
that thousands of years ago,

people in Japan, Egypt, Italy,

Bolivia, and other locations
all around the world were

somehow able to build these
massive megalithic structures?

To me, the answer is clear.

They had help
from alien visitors.

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