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NARRATOR: A sophisticated device for tracking the stars

recovered from a 2,000-year-old shipwreck.

A mysterious energy source that powered ancient Egypt.

And a magical ring used to summon otherworldly beings.

For more than a decade, Ancient Aliens has traveled the globe

and investigated extraordinary ancient technology

found on every continent.

Now, we're examining the Top Ten Mysterious Devices

that just may hold the proof that Earth has been visited

by extraterrestrials.

People ask me all the time

for proof that extraterrestrial beings

visited Earth thousands of years ago.

While we have countless stories and depictions of visitations,

we also have evidence of mysterious devices

that just may have been alien technology.

One compelling example is a symbol of ancient Egypt

that was said to represent a powerful energy source.

Number ten on our countdown

of the Top Ten Mysterious Devices: The Djed Pillar.

NARRATOR: Abydos, Egypt.

300 miles south of the Giza plateau stands

the Temple of Seti the First.

This monument is more than 3,000 years old,

and is elaborately decorated with curious images,

including one that is of particular interest

to ancient astronaut theorists.

It is a stone relief that depicts the god Osiris

holding an object that is known as the "djed pillar."

KATHLEEN McGOWAN: The djed pillar resembles a column,

and it's meant to represent stability.

Carrying the djed pillar was to keep you stable,

and to protect you from chaos.

RAMY ROMANY: The symbol of the djed pillar, uh,

was very common in ancient Egyptian architecture.

It is the symbol of stability for a king.

But scholars are actually

not completely in agreement about

what the djed pillar actually is a symbol of.

NARRATOR: Depictions of djed pillars

can be found throughout ancient Egypt.

But some researchers believe the djed pillar

was more than just an important symbol.

They suggest it actually represents

a powerful technological device.

What is curious about the djed pillar

is its resemblance to a Tesla coil,

or an electrical conductor.

DAVID CHILDRESS: The djed pillar looks very much like an electrical device.

Researchers now believe that the ancient Egyptians

apparently had electricity.

And so, therefore,

it may be, then, that these djed pillars,

which people would carry around as amulets

and things like that, were actual electrical devices.

TIM SWARTZ: If you look at the carvings

and pictures that were painted

inside some of these ancient tombs and temples,

there's no evidence that torches were used in the process.

So, we're left to wonder just

how these areas were lit.

So, there's a good possibility that, uh,

that electricity was being used by the ancient Egyptians.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that ancient Egyptians

were able to harness the power of electricity?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes, and as evidence,

they point to another remarkable carving in Egypt.

TSOUKALOS: In Dendera, inside the Hathor Temple

in a subterranean crypt underneath the temple,

there is a carving that looks like a light bulb,

and there's a cable

at the bottom that culminates in a box.

And the actual bulb

rests on a djed pillar.

And a djed pillar is always referred to as

something to do with significant power.

And so, in my opinion, the ancient Egyptians

witnessed advanced technology

that they then misinterpreted as magic,

and therefore, the djed pillar

were actual technological components

that our ancestors clearly witnessed after

the visit of the flesh and blood extraterrestrials.

Ancient carvings of djed pillars are easy to find

throughout Egypt.

But not every device on our countdown

can be seen by the public.

In fact, some seem to have been deliberately hidden.

Number nine: The Dropa Stones.

NARRATOR: The Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains.

Qinghai Province, China.

In 1936, archaeologist Dr. Chi Pu Tai was

exploring a cave in this remote area

when he made a peculiar discovery.

He reported finding multiple ancient graves,

and among them were hundreds of strange stone discs.

TSOUKALOS: There's a fascinating story in China

where, allegedly,

a cave was found with hundreds of discs.

And these discs were about this wide.

And it seemed that they had

some type of a groove in them

reminding of modern-day vinyl records.

And what's interesting is that, allegedly,

some of these grooves contained really tiny types of writing.

And when archaeologists finally deciphered

or translated this writing,

it told this incredible story

of extraterrestrial beings called the Dropas.

Those hieroglyphs told about the crash landing,

in this remote mountain area,

of some people that flew through the universe

and came upon the third planet of our solar system.

NARRATOR: Unfortunately, after the initial research,

the discs, known today as the Dropa stones,

were removed from public view.

But mysteriously, in 1974,

photographs surfaced of what were alleged to be

two Dropa stones

on display at the Banpo Museum in Xi'An City, China.

In 1994, a colleague of mine, Hartwig Hausdorf,

and his colleague Peter Crusa, went to China

to ask the whereabouts of these stone discs.

HAUSDORF: I got to speak with

the present curator of the museum.

I showed him the photographs that were taken

20 years ago in his museum,

and he told me

the two stone discs that were on display,

they have disappeared without any trace.

TSOUKALOS: I think the moment an archaeological artifact

is hidden, there's something there.

So, the fact that they used to be on display

and now you can't find them anymore,

leads me to think

that part of that story is true.

And I think it had something to do

with an extraterrestrial craft.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the Dropa stones are

a record of extraterrestrial visitation in the distant past?

Whenever I am researching ancient legends,

one word always piques my interest, and that's "magic."

Because, more often than not, myths about magical objects are

describing what I believe could be misunderstood technology.

Like the next item on our list

of the Top Ten Mysterious Devices.

At number eight: Pachacuti's Mirror.

NARRATOR: Cuzco, Peru.

In the 15th century, this ancient city

was home to perhaps the most influential Incan leader--

Pachacuti.

Pachacuti rose to prominence

after he defeated an invading army

by using a mysterious mirror that had magical powers.

ED BARNHART: Pachacuti decided to stay behind

and die defending the city.

Just before the battle,

he's walking out in his territory by a lake,

trying to figure out what to do to try to get some inspiration.

And just at that moment,

a mirrored disc fell from the sky, and it dropped

into the lake.

And he wades in and he pulls it out.

In the reflection of this mirror was a young Indian boy.

But he wasn't just any kind of boy.

He had snake arms, and he had a puma face.

And he had these rays coming off of his head.

And he tells Pachacuti,

"You are going to be a great ruler someday."

NARRATOR: Aided by this mysterious object,

Pachacuti grew his small kingdom into a vast empire

that spanned more than 2,500 miles.

Pachacuti always keeps that disc with him.

And the myth is that he would always look to that disc

to ask them how he was going to defeat his enemies or expand

the empire, and that the disc was giving him this magical

information and inspiration that created the Inca Empire.

CHILDRESS: With this magic mirror,

Pachacuti had special powers.

Supposedly he could communicate with the gods

through this disc

and presumably even receive instructions

from the gods on how to expand his empire.

NARRATOR: Pachacuti's mirror is depicted in Incan art

and statues to this day.

Historians have been unable to determine

just what the mysterious disc was that Pachacuti possessed.

But ancient astronaut theorists believe

it was a device that came from another world.

CHILDRESS: You have to wonder, was it some kind of extraterrestrial

object that Pachacuti was now carrying around

with him that allowed him to communicate

with these extraterrestrial gods that were guiding him?

Every now and then, an artifact is discovered

that completely defies conventional explanation.

That's exactly what happened when scientists

set out to study this next object.

They were so astonished by what they saw

that they declared it simply should not exist.

Number seven on our list of the Top Ten

Mysterious Devices: The Mitchell-Hedges Skull.

Mysterious Devices: The Mitchell-Hedges Skull.

NARRATOR: Lubaantun, Belize.

Here, in the jungles of the Yucatán Peninsula,

lie the ruins of an ancient Mayan city.

In 1924, explorer Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges

and his daughter Anna discovered

a human-sized skull made of clear crystal.

The anatomically perfect object has a detachable jaw,

weighs 11 pounds, seven ounces,

and is carved out of a single piece of quartz.

Mitchell-Hedges was told by the Mayans

that his skull was over 3,600 years old.

This is fascinating because

this would predate Mayan civilization.

CHRIS MORTON: According to the legend, crystal skulls are containers

of great knowledge, great wisdom, information.

And are said to have been left behind by the earliest ancestors

way back in the mists of time.

NARRATOR: When Mitchell-Hedges passed away in 1959,

the skull was bestowed to his daughter Anna.

She guarded the skull for more than a decade

before allowing it to be studied.

CHILDRESS: It was studied by a guy named Frank Dorland, and what he found

was that the skull was completely baffling to him.

He would come down at night to find the room

completely glowing, and the crystal skull was

literally lighting up, like it was a light.

People would hear strange sounds in the room with no explanation

but that it was coming from the skull.

And so when you look at all that,

you've just got to conclude

at some point that there is something unusual going on.

This skull has been subjected to a number of

detailed scientific analyses.

In all of those occasions, what was found was that it was

almost impossible for a human being to make this.

TSOUKALOS: Why did they say that?

Because it was milled or worked in a way

that went counterclockwise to the creation of the crystal.

Crystal grows in a certain direction.

And if you don't mill or work the crystal in

that particular direction, it'll shatter.

So, how was it done?

MORTON: One of the scientists

that examined the skull actually said,

"This skull shouldn't even exist."

And that is really what led to the idea that perhaps

these crystal skulls were not made by humans at all.

If you look at the Mayan civilization,

their entire mythology is based

on extraterrestrial encounters in the past.

Mitchell-Hedges was told by

the locals that their ancestors

gave that skull to them.

My question is, who were those ancestors,

and is their origin out there?

And the answer to that, in my opinion, is a resounding yes.

Next on our list of mysterious devices is a group

of objects so sacred, they have been kept hidden from

public view for hundreds of years.

Number six: The Royal Regalia of Japan.

NARRATOR: Tokyo, Japan. May 1, 2019.

Hundreds of dignitaries from around the world have descended

upon the Imperial Palace for a historic occasion.

In an elaborate series of rituals, crown prince

Hironomiya Naruhito, ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne

and becomes the 126th emperor of the island nation.

As part of the ceremony, Naruhito is presented with

several boxes that are filled with treasures so secret,

they've never been seen in public.

They contain Japan's royal regalia.

HENRY: The imperial regalia of Japan

was composed of a sword,

of a mirror and a jewel that was utilized

by all the Japanese emperors, and exists to this day.

DOMINIC STEAVU: According to tradition, the divine mirror

is a symbol of wisdom.

The sword represents valor, or courage.

And the third one is the curved jewel,

or curved bead, which represents benevolence.

Now, these three sacred imperial regalia of Japan

have never been shown to anyone

outside of the imperial lineage,

with the exception, of course, of high-ranking Shinto priests.

NARRATOR: The imperial regalia can be traced back

to Japan's first emperor Jimmu,

who ruled almost 2,700 years ago.

Emperor Jimmu was born in 771 BCE,

according to tradition.

And he was a descendant-- actually

the great, great grandson-- of Amaterasu, the sun goddess.

All emperors in the history of Japan have

claimed descent from Emperor Jimmu

and indirectly, then, from Amaterasu as well.

TSOUKALOS: The most interesting part of the story is that Jimmu

is a descendant of Amaterasu, this celestial being.

And for nearly 2,000 years after that,

all who ruled Japan claimed the same lineage.

So the imperial family of Japan, allegedly,

is a direct descendant of celestial beings

that visited Japan in ancient times.

NARRATOR: It is said that Jimmu received the three

pieces of regalia from the sun goddess Amaterasu

before uniting the islands of Japan under his rule.

Ancient astronaut theorists believe

these artifacts might be extraterrestrial technology.

TSOUKALOS: Jimmu got a celestial mirror

with which the emperor could see anything that they desired.

Well, what does that mean, a magical mirror?

If you don't have the terminology for it,

isn't a computer screen

a magical mirror with which you can see everything?

See, the point is that our ancestors didn't have

the terminology for these objects, but they used

the terminology that they had with which they could best

describe what they saw or had in their possession.

I think that there are sacred objects

in Japan, in Tokyo's Imperial Palace,

that were directly given

by the celestial beings to humans.

We're coming up on the halfway mark in our countdown of the Top

Ten Mysterious Devices, and this next one is truly extraordinary.

According to the accounts of the ancient Greeks,

thousands of years ago, there was a giant robot

built by a god.

At number five: Talos.

At number five: Talos.

NARRATOR: Crete, the most populous of the Greek islands.

It is home to more than 600,000 people.

And according to Greek mythology,

it has been a place of great significance since antiquity,

when it was protected by an enormous

bronze guardian called Talos.

The legend of Talos is quite fascinating,

for not only was he a giant, some 30 meters tall,

but he appears to have been made of bronze

for the purpose of protecting the island of Crete.

COLLINS: It was said that he would

go around the island three times a day,

and that if anybody tried to attack the island,

he had, like, this fiery breath that he would shoot out

and destroy any ships or individuals.

So, what was Talos?

NARRATOR: Mainstream scholars consider Talos

to be a creation of fiction, but some researchers point out

that the descriptions of how this bronze humanoid functioned

are eerily reminiscent of modern technology.

Talos had, effectively, an Achilles heel,

and that is he had a vein

that ran from his neck down to his ankle, and it had one nail

that, if that nail was removed, he would be switched off.

And sure enough, a sorceress convinced him that if she could

remove that nail, then he would have immortality.

And when she removed it, he bled to death.

TSOUKALOS: In the Argonautica, Talos "bled to death" by

releasing this black liquid.

And one could argue that if this thing was a mechanical device,

then perhaps the synthetic oil or the hydraulic fuel

seeped out, and thus rendered the machine inoperable.

HENRY: As we look at it today, that is very clearly

a description of a robot,

maybe even an artificially intelligent being,

leading to this idea that some extraterrestrial engineer

or robotics developer created this extraordinary being.

NARRATOR: According to Greek mythology,

the engineer who created Talos was a god named

Hephaestus, who lived among humans on the island of Lemnos.

Hephaestus was the Greek god of smithcraft,

alchemy and technology.

He was most known for creating the first human-- Pandora--

but also for developing magical weapons, the flying

chariot of Helios, the breastplate of Athena,

the thunderbolts of Zeus.

Hephaestus was a blacksmith god, and when we meet him late in

the story of the Iliad,

the goddess Thetis has come

to him and asked him to make some armor for her son Achilles,

because he's about to go back into battle.

And when she comes to see him in his workshop,

what she discovers is that a lot of the work is being done by

automated machines that Hephaestus has created--

tripods which can move around themselves,

bellows and pincers and things doing their own work.

The suggestion here is that these are

fully thinking, fully automated

artificial intelligences, as it were.

TSOUKALOS: The basic premise of the ancient astronaut theory

is that the Greek pantheon of gods existed

in real life, made of physical beings.

So, one has to wonder, was Hephaestus one of

the extraterrestrials, or did he receive the engineering

knowledge with which to build these

synthetic creatures by the extraterrestrials?

NARRATOR: Could it be that Talos was a highly advanced machine

developed by extraterrestrials?

For ancient astronaut theorists, it is a distinct possibility,

and one that becomes even more compelling when considering

the fact that similar stories of humanlike machines

can be found in other ancient cultures around the world...

...like the Jewish tale of a clay figure called

the Golem, that could be brought to life

by inserting a spell into its mouth...

...descriptions of "spirit movement machines"

in the ancient Sanskrit texts of India,

and the Chinese story of a humanoid robot

being presented to King Mu 3,000 years ago.

There are stories from many cultures,

from all over the planet, of people who have either created

other humans, or machines that were very much like humans.

HENRY: When we look at the story of Talos,

and we match him up to other figures in human history,

the common denominator, the thread running through all

their stories is that there was a technology transfer.

Beings came from elsewhere, brought this technology

to Earth, and taught humans to utilize it.

NARRATOR: As far as ancient astronaut theorists are concerned,

the story of Talos provides

strong evidence that our ancestors were

in possession of extraterrestrial technology.

And they say an even more powerful technology can be found

in an ancient story involving the biblical King Solomon

and a device given to him by an angel.

On Ancient Aliens, we have investigated many accounts of

technology being given to humans by the so-called "gods."

One powerful object was described as being

able to actually summon otherworldly beings.

Number four on our countdown of the Top

Ten Mysterious Devices: King Solomon's Ring.

NARRATOR: Jerusalem.

In the tenth century BC, this city was ruled by one of

the ancient world's most famous leaders: King Solomon.

According to the ancient Israelite accounts, King Solomon

was tasked by Almighty God with building a spectacular temple--

one that could not be built by man alone.

Solomon prays to God, and instantly the Archangel Michael

manifests, as if out of thin air.

And Michael says that he's going to give Solomon a power that has

never before been seen on Earth and never again shall be.

And he produces for him a golden ring with a signet seal.

There are different descriptions

of what Solomon's magical ring looked like.

One description of the ring talks about it

as the seal of Solomon.

What we think of today as the Star of David,

as the two intersecting triangles.

Another story around the ring is that the ring

contained four special stones,

and each of these stones had a type of power.

And it is said that this ring had the name of God

engraved upon it in a very secret and cryptic way.

The ring was representative of the authority

from beyond this world.

The wielder of that ring would be able to compel

any and all who recognized that source

of extraterrestrial power to do whatever he wished.

NARRATOR: According to the Talmud, King Solomon used the ring to

control a group of otherworldly beings known as demons.

Today in modern times we tend to think of demons as

something related to the devil, something satanic.

But the way that demons were looked at

in the time of Solomon,

based on the literature, is very different.

Demons in the ancient world were a different kind of being.

They were mischievous. Sometimes they were

industrious, but they weren't necessarily evil.

It is said that with this ring Solomon entrapped these demons

and used them to help him build the temple.

TZADOK: Solomon, like any other human being,

would not have had access to this power.

The only way Solomon could have had a ring like this is,

it was given to him from an extraterrestrial source.

King Solomon's ring is a compelling example

of extraterrestrials providing our ancestors

with advanced technology.

But, curiously, he was also given a device

that was described as "a magic worm."

And that brings us to number three

on our countdown: The Shamir.

NARRATOR: The Temple Mount, Jerusalem.

It was here that King Solomon constructed

a temple to house the holiest of Jewish relics.

Today, nothing of the temple remains.

But according to mystical Hebrew texts, when it was constructed

in the tenth century BC, it wasn't built with human hands.

God commanded Solomon to build a temple.

But the laws of the Torah

required that the building of the temple

did not use any kind

of hammer or chisel to cut and grind stone.

Solomon was in need of a higher technology

in order to build his temple.

He knew that he had to contact Ashmodai,

the king of the demons, who had this technology.

NARRATOR: Using the power of his ring, King Solomon compelled Ashmodai

to give him a device that would help him build the temple.

A mysterious object called a Shamir.

Now, the Shamir is described in traditional

literature as this little worm that you put

on the stone and it would cut it precisely.

TSOUKALOS: The Shamir was barely bigger than the size of a barleycorn,

which is about a third of an inch.

Apparently, Solomon was in complete control

of this worm and obeyed each and every one of its commands.

NARRATOR: To ancient astronaut theorists, the Shamir is yet another

example of misunderstood technology.

The Shamir was a "worm" that could cut and drill

through even the hardest of stones rather with ease.

What if the Shamir was some type of laser-cutting device?

Ancient man did not understand things like

lasers or a high-energy beam.

To them, the idea that it was a magical worm

cutting the stone is a very interesting description.

What if this was actually extraterrestrials somehow

getting involved and using advanced technology

getting involved and using advanced technology

to assist in the building?

Many of the devices featured on our countdown

have been lost to time.

Which is why the discovery

of our next object is so fascinating.

When it was examined, archaeologists called it

"an ancient Greek computer."

Number two: The Antikythera Mechanism.

Number two: The Antikythera Mechanism.

NARRATOR: The Aegean Sea. April 1900.

Off the coast of the small Greek island of Antikythera,

divers discover the remains of a 2,000-year-old shipwreck.

Inside, they find something extraordinary--

a bronze box containing the workings of a complex device.

The Antikythera device is

what looks to be a complex machine

of gears, cranks and levers.

That's the best way to describe what it is.

If you were to look at it, it looks like a box.

Wooden on the outside, with a crank.

And what the crank would have done was moved

a series of levers and gears around on the inside.

So it was a really amazing device.

NARRATOR: Archaeologists dated this contraption

to the second century BC

but were unable to determine what it was

or what purpose it served.

That is, until 1959,

when physicist Derek John de Solla Price

published an article in the journal

Scientific American that made an astonishing claim.

He described the Antikythera mechanism

as "an ancient Greek computer."

He realized that it was a sophisticated

computer that could dial up astronomical configurations.

And at the time the American scientists

were so shocked at how advanced this device was.

And they actually said

that discovering the Antikythera device

was like finding a jet plane in the tomb of King Tut.

NARRATOR: To operate the device, a user would enter information into

the mechanism using the complex system of gears and levers,

and turn the crank to determine specific astronomical positions.

RADER: What we can tell from the inscriptions on it

and what we can tell from the way the device works

is that it was a very mathematically sophisticated

machine for showing, even predicting,

where the stars, the Sun, the planets and the Moon were

all going to be on a particular date that you were looking for.

Really, for several thousand years ago, this is a remarkably

Promethean invention, to put together this machine in order

to give the user of the box, in a sense, a vision of the future.

It was so amazing to them.

They had never, ever conceived

that the ancient Greeks, at 200 BC,

would have had the knowledge of mechanical devices like this.

That's completely changed

the way we perceive ancient history.

NARRATOR: Archaeologists have still not determined

who built the Antikythera mechanism.

But some researchers believe its origins might

actually predate ancient Greece.

COPPENS: There's widespread speculation as to who made this.

Some people pinpoint towards the Greeks because obviously

it was found off the coast of Greece.

But other people highlighted the possibility that actually

we need to go further back in time, back to ancient Babylon.

And so it might actually be that the Greeks are just one in

a longer tradition of people who were building these devices.

NARRATOR: Could the Antikythera device be proof that the ancient Greeks

had technology far in advance of the times in which they lived?

And if so, where did this knowledge come from?

Ancient astronaut theorists suggest the advanced mechanism

is yet another example of extraterrestrial visitation.

Clearly our ancestors understood that knowledge

of the cosmos, knowledge of our solar system

was linked with the gods.

Our ancestors actually told us that there

were entities, gods, which actually informed us

about astronomy, about our solar system.

And so there are two possibilities when

it comes to the Antikythera device.

One is that our ancestors incorporated

the knowledge of the gods into creating this device.

Or that this device is a piece of technology

given to us by the gods.

There is only one device left on our countdown,

and you will not want to miss it.

Because as far as I'm concerned,

it provides undeniable evidence that our ancestors

had access to extraterrestrial technology.

We've finally reached the end of our countdown

of the Top Ten Mysterious Devices,

and for me this one always gives me goose bumps.

It is a wooden box that could part rivers, destroy armies,

and communicate with otherworldly beings.

Our number one alien device: The Ark of the Covenant.

NARRATOR: Mount Sinai, Egypt.

According to the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible,

it was here that Moses was instructed by God to build one

of the most important artifacts in Judeo-Christian tradition.

The Ark of the Covenant.

According to the Bible, it's a wooden box,

made of acacia wood, that is overlaid in gold.

And then it has a cover, a top, and on that cover are two

cherubim, and they're humanlike figures that have wings.

TZADOK: God commands Moses to build this chest, in which the original

Ten Commandments was to be placed, and the presence

of God would then be seen.

Sounds very simple, but yet there were properties

to the Ark that made it far more

than just a symbolic representation

of something religious.

NARRATOR: Biblical accounts of the Ark portray it as possessing

mysterious powers that aided the Israelites

during their journey to the Promised Land.

Parting rivers, leveling mountains,

and destroying armies.

COLLINS: The most important thing about trying to understand

how the Ark of the Covenant functioned

is the fact that specific instructions were given by God

to Moses about how it was to be manufactured.

The exact size.

How it is to be raised off the ground,

how it is to be carried.

And this tells us almost certainly

that we are dealing with technology.

NARRATOR: Is it possible that the baffling powers

ascribed to the Ark provide evidence that it contained

highly advanced and perhaps extraterrestrial technology?

Ancient astronaut theorists say yes

and suggest clues can be found in rabbinical texts

that describe how the high priest

would interact with the Ark.

TZADOK: We know that the only one who could approach

the Ark was the high priest of Israel.

The high priest was required by biblical law

to wear a special type of a breastplate

which had special types of gemstones on it,

and through the recitation of certain holy names,

the stones upon the breastplate would start to move,

vibrate and light up.

And this is the way that some

type of actual communication was made

between the high priest

and whatever power was connected to,

connecting with, through the Ark.

TSOUKALOS: The Ark of the Covenant is one of the greatest pieces

in the ancient astronaut theory because there was an actual

physical object that had a connection to

the so-called celestial realm.

So, I mean, the Ark of the Covenant

is one of the most enduring ancient mysteries of all time.

NARRATOR: According to religious texts, the Ark of the Covenant

was placed inside Solomon's Temple.

And then it simply vanished.

But ancient astronaut theorists believe that if the Ark is

ever found, it will have a profound effect on humanity.

TZADOK: The Ark might actually be the proof that we have

been seeking throughout human history

of contact with the greater universe and world.

Indeed, if we could have the Ark and operate it

and make contact, who would we be talking to?

What would we be opening up?

The discovery of the Ark of the Covenant would force

even the biggest skeptics to reconsider

the accepted history of this planet.

And as far as I'm concerned, each of the devices on

our countdown deserves to be investigated with an open mind,

and could offer potential proof of alien visitation

in the remote past.

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