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NARRATOR:
Massive megalithic structures
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built thousands of years ago.
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Advanced engineering knowledge
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that defies
conventional explanation.
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And a nearly identical
architectural style
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found all over the world.
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For more than a decade,
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Ancient Aliens
has traveled the globe
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to explore the most incredible
pyramids ever discovered.
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Now, we're going to visit
the top ten pyramid sites
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that just may hold the proof
that Earth has been visited
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by extraterrestrials.
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Pyramids are some
of the most mysterious
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ancient structures
on the planet.
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And while they are most often
associated with Egypt,
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they can actually be found
all around the world.
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But are they merely incredible
feats of engineering
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or could they be direct evidence
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of our extraterrestrial
ancestors?
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When I think of all
the amazing pyramid sites
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we've investigated
on Ancient Aliens,
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one of the most compelling
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is a structure in modern-day
Mexico that was actually
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designed to commemorate
an otherworldly visitation.
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At number ten on our list
of the top ten pyramid sites:
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El Castillo.
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NARRATOR:
The Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico.
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Hidden in the dense jungle
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lies the ancient Mayan city
of Chichén Itzá.
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And standing at its center
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is a massive step pyramid
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believed to have been built
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sometime between
the 9th and 12th centuries AD,
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known today as El Castillo.
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Made of limestone blocks
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and standing
almost 100 feet tall,
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the pyramid is thought
to represent a calendar,
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with each of its 18 terraces
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commemorating a month
in the Mayan year.
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But its most interesting
feature can be found
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on the massive
central staircase.
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Castillo is a stepped pyramid,
um, with some
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outward radiating staircases
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on each of the sides
of the building,
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and these staircases have
big high balustrades on them,
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and at the base
of the balustrade
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are these big carved
snakeheads, carved in stone.
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NARRATOR:
El Castillo was built
to venerate the Mayan god
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known as Kukulkan,
or the "Feathered Serpent."
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There were traditions
in ancient Mexico
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of a great teacher
arriving on the Gulf Coast.
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He was said to be Kukulkan,
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which translates as "the plumed
or feathered serpent,"
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and when he arrived,
he brought with him
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the arts of civilization.
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He taught astronomy,
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he created the first calendar,
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he also taught agriculture,
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and eventually, he left,
promising to return.
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And he was often depicted
as a human being as well.
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NARRATOR:
Kukulkan is depicted
in serpent form
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on either side of the central
staircase of El Castillo.
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Twice a year,
during sunset and sunrise,
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an optical illusion
appears on these stairs.
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Every year,
on the 23rd of March,
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you see, when the sun
is going up,
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some lights and shadows,
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like triangles
climbing down the stairway,
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exactly the stairway
where his head is on.
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And on the 21st of September,
you see the opposite.
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Kukulkan disappears.
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What we have here
is a visual rendition
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of the descent of Kukulkan,
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the descent of extraterrestrials
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visiting this pyramid structure
known as El Castillo.
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WILLIAM HENRY: You wonder,
perhaps a craft landed here,
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and this light shadow effect
of a serpent making its way
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descending down the staircase,
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and then emerging
through a serpent head
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is a recollection
of that original event.
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If you leave Chichén Itzá
and travel 900 miles due west
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through the jungles of Mexico,
you'll find another
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incredible site
known as Teotihuacan.
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Three massive pyramids
stand at the center
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of this temple complex
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that have a direct connection
to the stars.
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At number nine:
the pyramids of Teotihuacan.
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NARRATOR:
Just 35 miles northeast
of Mexico City
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lies an ancient complex
dating back
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to at least
the first century AD.
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The site covers an area
of seven square miles
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and was once the largest city
in Mesoamerica
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with a population
of over 150,000.
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DR. EDWIN BARNHART:
The city of Teotihuacan
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was the largest
and most powerful city
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that Mesoamerica ever saw.
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At the city core,
which is the Avenue of the Dead,
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the first big long
straight road,
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they build the Pyramid of the
Sun and the Pyramid of the Moon.
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Both of those
are gigantic pyramids.
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And also on
the Avenue of the Dead
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is the temple of Quetzalcoatl.
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NARRATOR:
While the origins of the site
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have left
archaeologists baffled,
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the Aztecs, who occupied
the area around 1400 AD,
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are credited with giving it
the name Teotihuacan.
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BARNHART:
The name Teotihuacan means
"birthplace of the gods."
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And the Aztecs believed
that the gods themselves
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were born there at Teotihuacan.
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And the Aztecs talk about
the many gods coming down
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to Earth and creating humans.
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TSOUKALOS:
If you have stories of people
descending from the sky,
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and our ancestors
also called them the gods,
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you have to wonder, well,
who or what did they mean
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when they said
the so-called gods?
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Were our ancestors visited
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by flesh-and-blood
extraterrestrials
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whom our ancestors thought
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were divine in origin
when they never were?
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NARRATOR:
Do the pyramids
of Teotihuacan hold secrets
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of extraterrestrial visitation?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and they believe that the
pyramids standing at the center
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of the city point directly
to the origins
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of these visitors,
the constellation of Orion.
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PHILIP COPPENS:
The Temple of the Sun,
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the Temple of the Moon,
and the Temple of Quetzalcoatl
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are in the same layout
as Orion's Belt.
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And this is not coincidental.
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The Mayans are very specific
about Orion's Belt.
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They say it is
a point of creation.
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It is said that, in 3114 BC,
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the gods came
from Orion's Belt to Earth,
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and this occurred
in Teotihuacan.
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BARNHART:
Teotihuacan, despite its size,
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has no hieroglyphs whatsoever.
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There are other cultures
in Mesoamerica
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that were using writing systems.
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There's nothing like that
at Teotihuacan,
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so we don't really have
a-a clear history
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of what happened at Teotihuacan.
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In many ways,
Teotihuacan is an enigma.
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The next site on our list
was home to a prolific culture
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that constructed
over 250 pyramids
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more than 600 years ago.
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But what's most amazing to me
is that the ancient people
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who built
these incredible structures
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claimed that they received help
from otherworldly beings.
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Number eight:
the Sicán pyramids of Peru.
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NARRATOR:
The Lambayeque Valley.
Northern Peru.
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1988.
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Explorer Thor Heyerdahl
investigates what appears to be
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an area of large, earthen hills,
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but soon discovers that
these hills are, in fact,
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massive adobe brick pyramids,
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severely eroded
over the centuries.
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This was the site of a culture
called the Sicán,
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and these people,
who rose around 750 AD,
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seemed to be absolutely obsessed
with the creation of pyramids.
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In fact,
they created as many as 250
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within this valley alone.
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And in one particular town,
they created 26.
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NARRATOR:
According to
mainstream historians,
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the Sicán people mysteriously
disappeared in 1375.
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And although there were
no written records left behind
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to explain why they were
obsessed with building pyramids,
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ancient astronaut theorists say
clues may be found by examining
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the multiple images
of birdmen that archeologists
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have discovered
inside one of the structures.
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The birdman image
is something that's iconic
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of depicting someone
who can come from the sky.
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So, these glyphs
that are seen on the walls
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of these structures
are particularly interesting.
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NARRATOR:
Gods depicted
as half-bird and half-man
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were worshipped by many
pyramid-building civilizations
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in the ancient world,
including the Egyptians,
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the Mayans, the Aztecs,
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and even the Sumerians,
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who built pyramid-like
structures called ziggurats
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as much as 6,000 years ago.
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You have to wonder
if these birdmen
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aren't extraterrestrials
coming to Peru
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and instructing the people
on building these pyramids.
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Many of the pyramids
we've investigated
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on Ancient Aliens were
constructed so long ago,
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no written records exist to
explain who built them or why.
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But the pyramid builders
at one location
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in Guatemala actually carved
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a story of an otherworldly
visitation in stone.
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Number seven on our countdown
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of the top ten pyramid sites:
El Mirador.
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NARRATOR:
Northern Guatemala. 1979.
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Western archaeologists
begin excavation of a site
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that was mysteriously abandoned
in 150 BC.
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Known as El Mirador,
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it is not only
the oldest Mayan city,
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but the largest, covering
more than 14 square miles.
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BARNHART:
The central part of El Mirador
has two gigantic pyramids
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that are connected by
a big causeway in between them.
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One's called El Tigre.
The other one's called La Danta.
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La Danta is 70 meters tall.
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That's one of the tallest
in the entire world.
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And it's so massive that,
when you get to the top
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of its first basal platform,
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there's enough space where
they put three more pyramids
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in a triad form on top of it.
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NARRATOR:
But perhaps even more
intriguing than the size
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and scope of the pyramids
at El Mirador
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is an ancient stucco facade
that was found between them,
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which, according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
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provides an important clue about
the origins of these structures.
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The archeologists at
El Mirador were investigating
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the causeways and the aqueducts
between the two big pyramids.
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They came upon a stucco façade
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that showed figures
floating in the air.
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The archeologists interpret them
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as the Hero Twins
from the Popol Vuh.
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Now, The Popol Vuh
is foundational
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to Maya civilization and life,
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as foundational as the Bible
is to Christianity.
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The story of the Popol Vuh
really centers around
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two boys, a pair of twins.
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They're called the Hero Twins,
Hunahpu and Xbalanque.
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And they battle
with the Lords of Death,
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and they make the world
safe for creation, us, to occur.
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NARRATOR:
According to the Popol Vuh,
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this battle didn't
take place on Earth,
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but in a mysterious
realm called Xibalba.
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In Maya the word Xibalba
means the Underworld.
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But some have suggested
that the word Xibalba
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doesn't necessarily mean
Underworld, but the Milky Way.
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If you look at that carving, the
guy is clearly wearing a helmet,
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and he has this backpack,
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and he's actually
floating in space,
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or he's descending from the sky.
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You have, uh, what seem to be
like some kind of helmet.
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Could these stone carvings
be depictions
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of ancient astronauts?
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And you have to wonder
if this pyramid
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isn't some kind of landing site
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for extraterrestrial craft.
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You might be surprised to learn
that one of the oldest
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pyramidal structures
on Earth is in a place
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that has never been associated
with pyramids,
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my own ancestral
homeland of Greece.
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Number six on our countdown:
the pyramid of Hellinikon.
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Argos, Greece.
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Just outside this ancient city
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stands a mysterious
stone structure
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known as the pyramid
of Hellinikon.
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It is the only pyramid in Europe
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recognized by mainstream
archaeologists.
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ROBERT SCHOCH:
The pyramid of Hellinikon
is quite small.
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It's maybe only 23 feet by
30 feet by maybe 12 feet tall,
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but it's incredibly interesting.
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Some people suggest that
it was maybe a watch tower,
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or a guard tower,
or a small garrison.
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We don't really know what it
was for, what its purpose was,
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and even more controversial
is the dating of it.
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TSOUKALOS:
The pyramid of Hellinikon
is one of the most
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enigmatic ancient structures
on planet Earth. Why?
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Because, according to some
archaeological research,
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it dates to before
the Great Pyramid at Giza.
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In 1995,
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scientists working
at the Academy of Athens
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dated samples from the site
using a new
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and experimental method called
optical thermoluminescence.
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The results suggest
that the pyramid
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was built around 2730 BC,
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roughly 2,000 years before
the rise of the Greek Empire.
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This was a structure
that is very mysterious.
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It was constructed by
a completely unknown culture.
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We know almost nothing about it,
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and what we do know, though,
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is that there were several
of these structures around.
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So, who built them?
And what happened to them?
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NEWMAN:
There were 15 other pyramids
like this
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found in the area.
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Most of these are now
completely destroyed.
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So, we have to question
who really built this.
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When you think of pyramids,
you think of Egypt.
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You think of Central America.
You think of India.
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But pyramids in Greece?
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We have to ask the question,
why has that shape
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been with us
for such a long time?
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And I think that the knowledge
for building
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these megalithic structures
was imparted
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by the so-called gods who were
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misinterpreted flesh-and-blood
extraterrestrials
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who visited Earth
a long time ago.
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We're nearly halfway through
our countdown
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of the top ten pyramid sites
featured on Ancient Aliens.
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In 2018, I traveled to Egypt
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and visited the next location
on our list,
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which was designed
by a remarkable individual
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who was said to have a profound
connection to the stars.
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At number five:
the Step Pyramid of Djoser.
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NARRATOR:
Saqqara, Egypt.
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Located just 15 miles south
of the Giza Plateau
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is an ancient burial ground
of Egyptian royalty.
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Among the many tombs stands
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what mainstream
archaeologists suggest
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is the oldest pyramid in Egypt:
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the Step Pyramid of King Djoser.
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The step pyramid at Saqqara
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is known as
"The Stairway to Heaven."
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The complex is vast.
It's about 40 acres,
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entirely walled in.
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There's a 30-foot wall
with 13 false doors.
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You only get in if you know
where the right door is.
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NARRATOR:
Mainstream archaeologists
suggest the pyramid was built
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as a tomb for King Djoser,
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but like all other
Egyptian pyramids,
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there is no credible evidence
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that a body was
ever entombed there.
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In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
traveled to the Djoser Pyramid
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with Egyptologist Ramy Romany
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to get an up-close look
at the mysterious site.
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Now, this pyramid
is 5,000 years old.
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TSOUKALOS:
That's amazing.
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Did they ever find
a mummy in there?
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No, they never found
an actual mummy in there,
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but they found statues.
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And there is a statue next to--
it's still there--
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of King Djoser.
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It's a human life-size statue.
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TSOUKALOS:
Okay, and how many chambers
are inside this pyramid?
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ROMANY:
There are a couple of chambers,
but the pyramid is such a maze
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to go in and out from
that they have not discovered
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everything inside yet
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because it's not
the safest place to be now.
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NARRATOR:
While the Djoser Pyramid
has been weathered by time,
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mainstream
archaeologists believe,
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when it was built
in the 27th century BC,
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it was the most impressive
structure in Egypt.
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The six-tier, four-sided
structure originally stood
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205 feet tall,
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with a base measuring
358 feet by 397 feet.
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And unlike other
buildings of the time
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that were constructed
entirely from mud bricks,
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the Djoser Pyramid was built
using 11.6 million
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cubic feet of stone and clay,
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and it was covered
in polished limestone,
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most of which is gone today.
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In the text
that we can read about Djoser,
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does he mention at all, uh,
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how he was inspired
to build this?
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It was one brilliant man.
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That man was called Imhotep.
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-Okay.
-Who, in history,
came out of nowhere.
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He was the designer
and engineer of that pyramid.
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What does Imhotep actually mean?
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It means--
I know you're gonna like this--
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but it means, "I come in peace."
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-Oh, really?
That's very interesting.
-Yes.
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So, the extraterrestrial
greeting, so to speak.
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Yes.
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He showed up
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into the life of the king
out of nowhere,
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and then ascended
into position so quickly,
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which is very uncommon
in ancient Egypt.
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What does that mean? What
do you mean "out of nowhere"?
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-Did he drop from the sky, or
did he come from another land?
-(laughs)
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In Egyptian history,
you can normally trace
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every position back
to their parents.
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But Imhotep, nothing.
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HENRY:
Imhotep rose
to the incredible status
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as the vizier, or wizard,
to the pharaoh.
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This is where we get
that word wizard from, vizier.
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There are great mysteries
about who Imhotep was,
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where he came from.
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COLLINS:
He had an incredible
knowledge of medicine.
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He had an understanding
of blood circulation.
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He did the first dentistry.
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Uh, may even have
performed operations.
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He was also an astronomer,
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had an incredible knowledge
of the stars.
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But most incredible of all
is the fact that it's said
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that the knowledge of how
to create the earliest pyramids
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actually came from a text
that fell from the sky
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out of nowhere and came
into the hands of Imhotep.
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HENRY:
What's fascinating
is the depictions of him.
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He looks like he's got
this oversize head.
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He's got strange looking hands.
He almost looks nonhuman.
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Do we know how long he lived?
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That is also a mystery.
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We don't know how he died,
but he was buried in a tomb.
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And that tomb
was around here in Saqqara.
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The tomb of Imhotep
has never been found.
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-So far, right? Yeah.
-So far.
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But look around you,
the desert is massive.
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When the tomb of Imhotep
is discovered,
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it will be the discovery
of the century.
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NARRATOR:
Ancient astronaut theorists
are hopeful that,
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if the tomb of Imhotep
is ever discovered,
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it might be found to contain
the remains
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of an otherworldly visitor.
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But perhaps even more
compelling evidence
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of an extraterrestrial
connection to ancient pyramids
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can be found with a series
of hidden structures in China
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can be found with a series
of hidden structures in China
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that, according
to some researchers,
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may hold remnants
of alien technology.
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China is a treasure trove for
the ancient astronaut theory.
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Its mythology is rich in stories
of otherworldly beings
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and is home to some
truly incredible relics.
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But what many people don't know
is that China is also home
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to dozens of pyramids,
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all of which were completely
unknown to the outside world
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until the 1940s.
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At number four on our countdown:
the hidden pyramids of China.
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NARRATOR:
Shaanxi province, China.
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1945.
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U.S. Army Air Corps pilot
James Gaussman is transporting
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military supplies from India.
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While flying over
a rural valley,
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he spots a mysterious structure.
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One of the most unusual stories
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of pyramids came out of
World War II.
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The story is of
an American pilot who was
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flying the Burma Hump over
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to Chongqing in central China.
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And what he claimed he saw
was a huge pyramid in the valley
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with a gigantic crystal
capstone on the top of it.
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He was so amazed by this huge
pyramid in this remote valley
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that he flew around it
once with his plane.
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This pyramid has never ever
been discovered since then.
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NARRATOR:
Two years later,
another U.S. aviator,
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Colonel Maurice Sheahan,
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spotted what appeared to be
a second pyramid in the area.
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HENRY:
Colonel Maurice Sheahan
looks down,
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and he sees a giant pyramid
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that he says is larger
than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
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He reports this
to The New York Times
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and it causes a sensation.
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NARRATOR:
Until then, no pyramids
had ever been found in China.
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But in the years that followed,
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more than 30 pyramidal
structures have been discovered
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throughout the region,
many of which
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have become covered
in vegetation.
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But perhaps
the area's most mysterious
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pyramidal structure can be found
in the city of Xi'an.
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Standing 26 feet tall
and dating back 1,500 years,
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it is made from compressed earth
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and known as
the "Altar of Heaven."
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From the beginning,
Chinese mythology is linked
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to the universe
and to the extraterrestrials.
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All the Chinese kings
communicated
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with the so-called gods,
which, in reality,
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were extraterrestrials on the
so-called "Altar of Heaven."
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When we step aside
from the standard theory that
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the pyramids were used as tombs,
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this pyramid is very interesting
because of its shape.
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On the outside,
there's a large ramp
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that leads up to a platform.
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It's very possible that
this pyramid was actually
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some type of ancient
landing source or a landing pad.
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The same stone structure,
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with different ring
about the main altar,
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we find in Peru,
over the city of Sacsayhuamán.
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And the rulers of the Inca were,
of course again,
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the descendants from heaven,
like in China.
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So, one has to ask the question,
who was the architect?
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Could it be that the architect
was none other than
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an extraterrestrial giving
this knowledge to our ancestors?
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NARRATOR:
Is it possible
that the mysterious
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pyramidal structures
recently found in China,
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were used
by ancient rulers to connect
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with otherworldly beings?
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Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes
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and suggest further evidence can
be found at another pyramid site
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roughly 500 miles west
in the province of Qinghai
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on a remote mountain
called Mount Baigong.
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When you go to Mount Baigong,
what you find is
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a huge mountain
with what appears to be
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an artificial pyramid
with three triangular entrances
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going inside
this mountain pyramid.
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And inside are all
of these metallic pipes.
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The floor of these caves
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are littered
with metallic parts.
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It's like this was
some kind of base.
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NARRATOR:
Could it be that
the strange metallic pipes
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found within this
pyramidal structure
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have served
a technological function?
487
00:27:34,708 --> 00:27:37,750
Ancient astronaut theorists
believe Mount Baigong
488
00:27:37,875 --> 00:27:40,875
could be connected
to ancient Chinese stories
489
00:27:41,042 --> 00:27:44,042
of a magical place
called Kunlun Mountain.
490
00:27:44,250 --> 00:27:48,542
CHILDRESS:
In Chinese mythology,
the Kunlun Mountain
491
00:27:48,708 --> 00:27:51,958
was said to be
the center of the Earth,
492
00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:55,083
and it was supposedly
a huge pillar
493
00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:57,333
of jade and jasper
494
00:27:57,458 --> 00:27:59,583
and precious gems that
495
00:27:59,708 --> 00:28:01,875
reached up into the sky.
496
00:28:02,042 --> 00:28:05,208
DOMINIC STEAVU: Mount Kunlun
is a mythical mountain
497
00:28:05,375 --> 00:28:10,000
that is an axis mundi,
which is a central pillar
498
00:28:10,208 --> 00:28:13,542
around which
the entire universe revolves.
499
00:28:13,708 --> 00:28:16,708
This is a connector between
500
00:28:16,875 --> 00:28:20,583
Earth and the rest
of the universe.
501
00:28:20,708 --> 00:28:26,208
It's where celestial beings can
communicate with earthly beings.
502
00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:30,625
You have to wonder,
if Mount Baigong is not
503
00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:34,833
this mythical
Kunlun Mountain that was
504
00:28:35,042 --> 00:28:37,583
some kind
of extraterrestrial base
505
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:41,833
that spanned Earth
and the stars.
506
00:28:43,417 --> 00:28:46,583
NARRATOR:
Could these pyramid sites
in China
507
00:28:46,792 --> 00:28:48,167
serve a similar function
508
00:28:48,375 --> 00:28:51,375
to other pyramids found
around the world
509
00:28:51,542 --> 00:28:53,833
and might they
have been inspired
510
00:28:53,958 --> 00:28:57,625
by extraterrestrial encounters?
511
00:28:57,792 --> 00:29:01,833
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes and suggest
512
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,583
further evidence that
the ancient pyramid builders
513
00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:07,667
were influenced
by otherworldly beings
514
00:29:07,792 --> 00:29:11,667
can be found at a mysterious
site in Indonesia
515
00:29:11,875 --> 00:29:16,750
that's hiding
a massive prehistoric structure.
516
00:29:22,042 --> 00:29:22,792
High in the mountains
of Indonesia,
517
00:29:23,167 --> 00:29:25,625
a pyramid has been
discovered that is known
518
00:29:25,750 --> 00:29:29,333
for certain to be
over 10,000 years old.
519
00:29:29,458 --> 00:29:31,792
Number three on our countdown
520
00:29:31,958 --> 00:29:35,417
of the top ten pyramid sites:
Gunung Padang.
521
00:29:39,875 --> 00:29:44,333
NARRATOR:
Western Java, Indonesia. 2013.
522
00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:48,250
The Indonesian government
sponsors an excavation
523
00:29:48,417 --> 00:29:51,000
to explore what might be hidden
beneath the layers
524
00:29:51,208 --> 00:29:53,750
of dirt and rubble
at a site known as
525
00:29:53,875 --> 00:29:56,625
Gunung Padang,
or "Mountain of Light."
526
00:29:56,750 --> 00:29:59,958
They uncover incredible evidence
527
00:30:00,125 --> 00:30:03,458
revealing a 300-foot-tall
step pyramid
528
00:30:03,625 --> 00:30:07,125
dating back
at least 10,000 years.
529
00:30:07,250 --> 00:30:10,500
CHILDRESS: Gunung Padang
is made of millions
530
00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:15,167
of tons of basalt
that has been piled up
531
00:30:15,375 --> 00:30:17,583
into a huge mountain,
532
00:30:17,750 --> 00:30:21,500
which is also riddled with
strange chambers and tunnels.
533
00:30:21,708 --> 00:30:26,875
COLLINS:
The people who constructed
Gunung Padang built
534
00:30:27,042 --> 00:30:31,125
rectangular enclosures,
rock mounds, stairways.
535
00:30:31,333 --> 00:30:34,583
And, although the outer
monument that we see today
536
00:30:34,708 --> 00:30:37,583
probably only dates
to about 600 BC,
537
00:30:37,750 --> 00:30:40,125
we now know that, beneath this,
538
00:30:40,292 --> 00:30:44,500
is further structures
of a much earlier date.
539
00:30:44,667 --> 00:30:49,875
And indeed that has given
dating evidence that suggests
540
00:30:50,042 --> 00:30:55,083
that there was human activity
there as early as 25,000 BC.
541
00:30:56,208 --> 00:31:00,875
NARRATOR:
According to geologists,
20,000 years ago,
542
00:31:01,042 --> 00:31:04,667
this area of Java was not
an isolated island,
543
00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:07,500
but the southernmost part
of a subcontinent
544
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:10,125
known as Sundaland.
545
00:31:10,333 --> 00:31:13,917
This has led some researchers
to speculate that Gunung Padang,
546
00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:17,625
with its high elevation,
could have been at the pinnacle
547
00:31:17,708 --> 00:31:19,917
of a civilization
that disappeared
548
00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:22,750
sometime around 10,000 BC,
549
00:31:22,875 --> 00:31:26,000
when melting ice caps
flooded the region
550
00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:29,208
and turned it into the series
of islands it is today.
551
00:31:29,375 --> 00:31:33,625
But if true, just who was
this mysterious culture
552
00:31:33,833 --> 00:31:38,417
capable of building
a 300-foot-tall pyramid?
553
00:31:38,542 --> 00:31:40,958
In Indonesian star lore,
554
00:31:41,042 --> 00:31:43,500
there's a constellation
of particular interest.
555
00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:48,458
They call it Vendum Viduk.
We call Ursa Major.
556
00:31:48,583 --> 00:31:51,208
It is thought that
it is the shape of a boat,
557
00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:55,583
and that the original craft,
the original starship
558
00:31:55,750 --> 00:32:01,083
carrying the people came from
this place to their land.
559
00:32:01,208 --> 00:32:05,042
Their houses, the long houses,
the community structures
560
00:32:05,208 --> 00:32:07,583
are built in the shape
of a boat,
561
00:32:07,708 --> 00:32:10,042
always facing northward
562
00:32:10,208 --> 00:32:13,083
in honor of the place
of their origins.
563
00:32:13,250 --> 00:32:17,042
These star travelers
are said to have started
564
00:32:17,208 --> 00:32:19,500
the original royal family.
565
00:32:19,625 --> 00:32:22,042
The name of the people, Toraja,
566
00:32:22,208 --> 00:32:25,125
means "those who come
from the stars."
567
00:32:25,292 --> 00:32:28,833
NARRATOR:
Might the builders
of the massive pyramid
568
00:32:28,958 --> 00:32:32,958
at Gunung Padang have been the
star travelers of local legend?
569
00:32:33,125 --> 00:32:35,750
For ancient astronaut theorists,
570
00:32:35,917 --> 00:32:38,417
the answer is a resounding yes.
571
00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:43,583
CHILDRESS:
Indonesian archeologists have no
idea who would have built this.
572
00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:48,917
How they could have built it.
What its purpose was.
573
00:32:49,042 --> 00:32:52,417
And, in fact, many of them
would say, "Yes,
574
00:32:52,583 --> 00:32:55,292
"this was built
by the ancient gods
575
00:32:55,458 --> 00:32:58,250
for some purpose
that we don't know."
576
00:32:59,958 --> 00:33:03,000
While the structure
at Gunung Padang has been
577
00:33:03,083 --> 00:33:06,500
overcome by nature,
just 300 miles east
578
00:33:06,708 --> 00:33:08,333
on the island of Java
579
00:33:08,542 --> 00:33:12,167
is an extraordinary pyramid that
remains almost perfectly intact.
580
00:33:12,375 --> 00:33:15,500
The number two site
on our countdown:
581
00:33:15,708 --> 00:33:18,375
the Temple of Borobudur.
582
00:33:20,708 --> 00:33:22,333
NARRATOR:
Magelang, Indonesia.
583
00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:26,417
Located on the island of Java
is the world's largest
584
00:33:26,583 --> 00:33:29,750
Buddhist monument,
the Borobudur Temple.
585
00:33:29,958 --> 00:33:33,875
Built during
the 8th and 9th centuries AD,
586
00:33:34,042 --> 00:33:36,042
this religious
structure consists
587
00:33:36,208 --> 00:33:38,042
of six rectangular terraces
588
00:33:38,208 --> 00:33:41,208
topped by three concentric
circular terraces
589
00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,625
creating a unique
pyramid design.
590
00:33:44,792 --> 00:33:48,958
Borobudur is definitely not
an obvious pyramid, but it is.
591
00:33:49,125 --> 00:33:50,875
It is a stacked pyramid
on top of which
592
00:33:51,042 --> 00:33:52,667
have been built structures.
593
00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:55,958
MARTELL:
The Borobudur Temple
is known as a shrine,
594
00:33:56,125 --> 00:33:58,250
but also a place
of pilgrimage where people
595
00:33:58,417 --> 00:34:00,625
start at the base and
work their way up to the top,
596
00:34:00,792 --> 00:34:04,208
which they theorize
is like reaching nirvana.
597
00:34:05,417 --> 00:34:08,000
DEEPAK SHIMKHADA:
Many of the Buddhist temple
architecture,
598
00:34:08,167 --> 00:34:10,000
you know,
the steppe architecture,
599
00:34:10,125 --> 00:34:13,292
they're based on all
these number formulas.
600
00:34:13,417 --> 00:34:17,667
For example, Borobudur
was created based on mandala.
601
00:34:17,833 --> 00:34:21,500
Mandala is a pictorial
representation of the universe,
602
00:34:21,708 --> 00:34:26,042
and the mandala
is based on 72 numbers.
603
00:34:27,625 --> 00:34:31,917
NARRATOR:
Borobudur's nine platforms
combine to create a perfect
604
00:34:32,083 --> 00:34:35,208
Buddhist mandala when viewed
directly overhead.
605
00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:39,500
Researchers question
why and how the builders
606
00:34:39,625 --> 00:34:42,167
would create such an intricate
religious symbol
607
00:34:42,292 --> 00:34:44,500
that can only be viewed
from the air.
608
00:34:44,625 --> 00:34:48,000
But according to
ancient astronaut theorists,
609
00:34:48,208 --> 00:34:51,292
the answer can be found
on top of the pyramid,
610
00:34:51,458 --> 00:34:56,250
where there are 72 bell-shaped
structures known as stupas,
611
00:34:56,375 --> 00:35:00,000
each housing
a seated statue of Buddha.
612
00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:04,583
CHILDRESS:
Buddha is depicted as sitting
inside of these small stupas.
613
00:35:04,792 --> 00:35:06,625
But it looks like Buddha
614
00:35:06,750 --> 00:35:10,625
is flying a flying saucer
at Borobudur.
615
00:35:10,750 --> 00:35:15,042
That's the obvious thing
you think of when you see this.
616
00:35:15,208 --> 00:35:19,125
And so, is this really how
the Buddhists even think
617
00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:22,542
of Buddha themselves,
as someone who arrives
618
00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:26,750
in a disc-shaped craft,
like an extraterrestrial?
619
00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,458
Each stupa, in my opinion,
620
00:35:29,625 --> 00:35:32,500
represents a type
of flying craft.
621
00:35:32,667 --> 00:35:37,500
Because stupa actually means
celestial chariot,
622
00:35:37,667 --> 00:35:41,458
a way with which to reach
the celestial realm.
623
00:35:41,625 --> 00:35:43,750
The journey didn't happen
in their heads.
624
00:35:43,917 --> 00:35:47,667
It wasn't something ethereal.
It wasn't something spiritual.
625
00:35:47,833 --> 00:35:49,167
It happened.
626
00:35:49,333 --> 00:35:52,417
Extraterrestrial contact
took place
627
00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:52,667
in Indonesia
thousands of years ago.
628
00:35:53,542 --> 00:35:55,625
in Indonesia
thousands of years ago.
629
00:36:01,875 --> 00:36:03,375
We've finally reached
number one on our countdown
630
00:36:03,542 --> 00:36:05,500
of the top ten pyramid sites.
631
00:36:05,667 --> 00:36:07,417
And if you're a fan
of Ancient Aliens,
632
00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:10,292
I'm sure you guessed this one
right from the start.
633
00:36:10,458 --> 00:36:14,833
Number one on our list:
the Giza Plateau.
634
00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:21,292
NARRATOR:
On the western coast
of the Nile River in Egypt
635
00:36:21,417 --> 00:36:24,167
is a limestone plateau
called Giza.
636
00:36:24,333 --> 00:36:27,417
Here stand the three
most mysterious
637
00:36:27,583 --> 00:36:31,583
and sophisticated pyramids
ever constructed on Earth.
638
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:36,208
The massive structures are
engineered to near perfection
639
00:36:36,375 --> 00:36:39,125
and are believed by many
to have been intentionally
640
00:36:39,292 --> 00:36:41,875
placed to align
with the three belt stars
641
00:36:42,042 --> 00:36:43,833
of the Orion constellation.
642
00:36:44,042 --> 00:36:48,167
But of greatest significance
to ancient astronaut theorists
643
00:36:48,375 --> 00:36:52,042
is the largest of the three:
the Great Pyramid.
644
00:36:52,250 --> 00:36:56,917
This enormous structure
stands 480 feet tall
645
00:36:57,125 --> 00:36:59,125
and was built
from more than 2 million
646
00:36:59,292 --> 00:37:03,167
limestone blocks, each weighing
thousands of pounds.
647
00:37:03,333 --> 00:37:05,917
The construction
of the Great Pyramid
648
00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:10,500
was an engineering feat that
remains unmatched to this day.
649
00:37:11,792 --> 00:37:15,417
CHRIS DUNN:
The Great Pyramid of Giza
covers 13 acres.
650
00:37:15,625 --> 00:37:17,833
The precision
of this building, uh,
651
00:37:17,917 --> 00:37:21,500
exceeds anything that we require
of builders today.
652
00:37:22,708 --> 00:37:26,500
For instance, the area
of the 13 acres was leveled
653
00:37:26,667 --> 00:37:28,708
within seven-eighths of an inch.
654
00:37:28,875 --> 00:37:31,333
That's about the thickness
of a thumbnail.
655
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:34,375
But that's not all.
The casing stones
656
00:37:34,542 --> 00:37:38,917
are filled with some kind of
mysterious cement
657
00:37:39,083 --> 00:37:42,417
that nobody's been able to
figure out what the formula is.
658
00:37:42,583 --> 00:37:45,625
This is not the work
of primitive people.
659
00:37:46,708 --> 00:37:49,833
TSOUKALOS: Oftentimes,
we throw around the words
660
00:37:50,042 --> 00:37:52,083
"awesome" or "monumental,"
661
00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:54,708
and we don't really think
about these words,
662
00:37:54,875 --> 00:37:58,125
but when you stand in front
of the Great Pyramid,
663
00:37:58,292 --> 00:38:02,292
the word "awesome"
is in fact true.
664
00:38:03,917 --> 00:38:09,042
ROMANY:
It's the most marvelous
ancient structure in the world.
665
00:38:09,208 --> 00:38:11,500
What's inside
the Great Pyramid of Giza
666
00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:14,208
is absolutely mind-boggling.
667
00:38:14,375 --> 00:38:18,417
You look at the beautiful,
perfect tunnel,
668
00:38:18,583 --> 00:38:22,292
with perfectly smooth walls,
669
00:38:22,458 --> 00:38:26,917
and a vaulted ceiling
that rises all the way up.
670
00:38:27,083 --> 00:38:29,375
And there are shafts, tunnels,
671
00:38:29,542 --> 00:38:32,458
and the architecture,
and the way it was built
672
00:38:32,667 --> 00:38:35,167
is a mystery till today.
673
00:38:35,333 --> 00:38:38,167
NARRATOR:
According to most Egyptologists,
674
00:38:38,333 --> 00:38:40,542
this miracle of engineering
675
00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:43,167
was constructed
during a 20-year period
676
00:38:43,333 --> 00:38:45,375
by order of the pharaoh Khufu,
677
00:38:45,542 --> 00:38:48,375
sometime around 2500 BC.
678
00:38:48,542 --> 00:38:51,833
But many experts claim
this dating is based
679
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,333
on highly questionable data,
680
00:38:54,542 --> 00:38:57,208
and ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
681
00:38:57,375 --> 00:38:59,375
the origins of the
three pyramids at Giza
682
00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:01,750
are far more profound.
683
00:39:01,958 --> 00:39:04,417
Archaeologists and Egyptologists
claim that they were
684
00:39:04,583 --> 00:39:08,167
tombs for the pharaohs,
and yet no Egyptian pharaoh
685
00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:11,250
was ever found
in a pyramid in Egypt.
686
00:39:11,417 --> 00:39:14,792
We have found the mummies
of many Egyptian pharaohs,
687
00:39:14,958 --> 00:39:18,250
but they're found
in vaults deep underground
688
00:39:18,417 --> 00:39:20,750
at the Valley of the Kings
in Luxor,
689
00:39:20,917 --> 00:39:23,125
hundreds of miles away
from the pyramids.
690
00:39:23,292 --> 00:39:25,542
The pyramids
have no real explanation
691
00:39:25,708 --> 00:39:27,750
of what their purpose was.
692
00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:33,250
DUNN:
When you look at the
Great Pyramid as a schematic,
693
00:39:33,417 --> 00:39:35,000
for me, it looks like a machine.
694
00:39:35,208 --> 00:39:38,708
Well, if that's the case,
what did this machine do?
695
00:39:38,875 --> 00:39:42,833
I propose that the Egyptians
built the Great Pyramid
696
00:39:43,042 --> 00:39:46,500
to be a power plant
and that the pyramids
697
00:39:46,708 --> 00:39:49,917
were actually
geomechanical devices.
698
00:39:50,042 --> 00:39:53,333
In other words,
they were attached to the Earth.
699
00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:56,542
They were tuned to vibrate
with the frequencies
700
00:39:56,750 --> 00:39:59,167
of the Earth,
and they converted the energies
701
00:39:59,333 --> 00:40:02,667
of the Earth
into electromagnetic energy.
702
00:40:04,917 --> 00:40:06,792
NARRATOR:
Was the pyramid site at Giza
703
00:40:06,958 --> 00:40:09,583
designed as an
ancient powerplant?
704
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:14,167
Perhaps advances in technology
will soon shed new light
705
00:40:14,375 --> 00:40:17,625
on the origins of these
mysterious structures.
706
00:40:17,708 --> 00:40:22,542
TSOUKALOS:
Archaeology is rooted
in interpretation,
707
00:40:22,708 --> 00:40:25,000
just like the
ancient astronaut theory.
708
00:40:25,208 --> 00:40:28,333
I'm still
of the personal opinion
709
00:40:28,458 --> 00:40:32,500
that the Great Pyramid complex
dates to a time
710
00:40:32,667 --> 00:40:37,500
when the gods
walked among humans.
711
00:40:37,625 --> 00:40:43,458
Something extraordinary happened
right here in ancient Egypt.
712
00:40:43,667 --> 00:40:48,792
Perhaps under the tutelage
of extraterrestrials,
713
00:40:48,917 --> 00:40:51,708
teachers from
another star system.
714
00:40:54,292 --> 00:40:56,583
The pyramids of the Giza Plateau
715
00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:59,583
will never cease
to amaze and inspire.
716
00:40:59,708 --> 00:41:03,125
But at each pyramidal site
we've investigated,
717
00:41:03,292 --> 00:41:08,375
we've found clues that point
to otherworldly visitations.
718
00:41:08,542 --> 00:41:10,667
Could these
extraordinary structures
719
00:41:10,833 --> 00:41:13,667
hold the keys
to unlocking the truth
720
00:41:13,875 --> 00:41:16,292
about our
extraterrestrial origins?
721
00:41:16,417 --> 00:41:18,250
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