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Deep beneath the sands of Egypt
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lie 24 enormous stone coffins,
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and every one of them is empty.
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They're
some of the biggest stone sarcophagi
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ever discovered in Egypt.
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And we still have not answered
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what was inside the boxes.
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What purpose
they served remains a mystery.
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The
precision in which they were carved
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and polished is beyond words.
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There has been some theorizing
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that the boxes themselves
are a type of technology.
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And there are many
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who believe these
giant stone boxes
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were designed not by humans
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but by otherworldly visitors.
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One thing is clear.
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The Egyptians definitely had
contact with extraterrestrials.
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There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is the
promise of truth.
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It demands we
question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future is right
before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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French archaeologist
Auguste Mariette
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embarks on an expedition to
purchase ancient manuscripts
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for the Louvre Museum in Paris.
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A self-taught expert
in hieroglyphics,
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Mariette is at the forefront
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of the budding
field of Egyptology.
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When Mariette
started to work in Egypt, people were
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increasingly
interested in the culture
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of the ancient Egyptians.
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So this was a time
when Egyptology
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really started to
come into being.
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Mariette, being a
Frenchman, was well-versed
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in French history
concerning Egypt.
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In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte,
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along with his army of savants,
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came into Egypt and
massively documented
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the wonders of ancient Egypt.
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Champollion had just
translated the hieroglyphics
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from the Rosetta Stone
just 30 years before.
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And so, as he's
coming into Egypt,
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he's thinking he's gonna
make his mark on history.
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According to
mainstream historians,
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ancient Egyptian civilization
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began over 5,000 years ago
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and flourished until
it was conquered
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by Alexander the
Great in 332 BC.
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At its fall, this
empire left behind
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30 centuries of rich history
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and wondrous monuments
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that continue to
reveal hidden secrets.
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Egypt is the
one place in the world
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that is filled with sites,
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with monuments and stories
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that really capture
everyone's imagination.
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You have the pyramids,
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massive temples,
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and of course mummies.
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Egypt has been fascinating
people for millennia.
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When Auguste
Mariette is, in Egypt,
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the world is going through
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a huge explosion
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of obsession with
Egypt that happens
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post-the Napoleonic Wars.
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French artists had come
and drawn the monuments.
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Engravings of Egypt were
being sold all across Europe.
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As researchers
descended on Egypt,
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Auguste Mariette found
himself on the verge
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of failing his assignment.
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He was on commission
by the Louvre
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to look for Egyptian
manuscripts.
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But he's in competition
with private collectors
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and other museums,
and he's kind of desperate.
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He's really not
finding anything.
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Mariette was
determined not to leave Egypt
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empty-handed and had
heard from a tribe of Bedouins
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that there were
treasures to be found
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beneath the sands of Saqqâra.
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Located 20 miles south
of the Giza Pyramids,
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Saqqâra served
as a burial ground
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for the ancient Egyptian
capital of Memphis.
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It was the destination
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of all ancient Egyptians
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across the thousands
and thousands of years.
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The destination
for religious beliefs,
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for a burial, funeral.
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And then, after the
ancient Egyptian empire
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had completely
fallen and the Greek
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and Roman Empire took over,
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they still went and
prayed in Saqqâra.
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One of the greatest
monuments in Egypt is
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the step pyramid at Saqqâra.
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It's referred to as "the
stairway to heaven."
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It's considered to be
the oldest stone structure
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on Earth, built for King Djoser
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by the great Imhotep.
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It's a place of immense mystery.
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The ancient accounts said
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that there was an
avenue that ran all the way
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from Memphis all the
way out into the desert
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that was lined by sphinxes.
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And Auguste Mariette
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realized that there
was something still
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to be discovered in
the area of Saqqâra.
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Mariette
decided that the best place
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to start exploring Saqqâra
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was near its
towering step pyramid.
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While surveying the
area, he was astonished
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to find a stone object
protruding from the ground
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that appeared to be
the head of a sphinx.
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He started to
clear the area, and his team
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dug down and revealed
sphinx after sphinx after sphinx.
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He soon lines
up over 100 sphinxes,
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follows the pathway,
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and is led to an
underground tunnel.
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An entrance that's blocked.
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He dynamites the entrance.
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He's now in a
700-foot-long tunnel
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that's been carved
out of the limestone.
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The walls are rough, and
he must have imagined
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that these walls must have
been painted and covered,
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but that's no longer there.
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Instead there's these rough
and sort of primitive looking walls
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and there are alcoves that
are also cut out of the limestone.
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And he's not quite
sure what this place is
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or even what he's looking at,
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but he knows he's made
the discovery of a lifetime.
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Inside the ancient structure,
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Mariette discovered inscriptions
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that identify the
underground complex
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as the Serapeum.
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And within its chambers
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Mariette found more than
7,000 precious artifacts,
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including ancient figurines...
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ornate amulets...
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and a gold mask.
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After shipping much of
his discovery to the Louvre,
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Mariette opened the
Serapeum to the public.
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People came in
carriages from Cairo.
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Took a couple of hours.
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But when they
descended into this place,
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it was all dark.
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But he had people
from the villages around
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holding flaming torches,
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and so people could come
and visit the Serapeum,
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and it must have
been extraordinary
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to see this place
in the flickering light
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just like the ancient
Egyptians would have.
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Word of Mariette's
discovery of the Serapeum
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and its treasures spread
throughout Europe.
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But the most
extraordinary objects found
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within the underground labyrinth
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were not made of silver or gold.
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They were made of stone.
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The Serapeum has
been cut out of the granite bedrock,
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and inside that Serapeum are
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24 niches
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that contain boxes
made of basalt
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and rose granite.
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Now, when I say boxes,
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they're not little sarcophagi,
but they're humongous.
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They're some of the
biggest stone sarcophagi
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ever discovered in Egypt.
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The boxes themselves
range in weight
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from 70 to 75 tons,
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and the lids alone
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weigh between 20 and 25 tons.
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Most of these sarcophagi
were discovered empty.
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At the time, it was thought
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that most of the sarcophagi
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were broken into
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and completely looted.
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Mariette assumed the giant boxes
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were enormous stone coffins.
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Who or what they contained
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remains a mystery.
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But Mariette believed
he would find the answer
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when he came upon one box
that was completely sealed.
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We know
that of the 24 sarcophagi
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that were found by
Auguste Mariette,
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23 of them were empty,
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their lids just slightly ajar.
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But it's that one
unopened sarcophagi
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that is the greatest
mystery because
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what Mariette decided
was, he would dynamite it
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to try and blow it open,
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and when he looked inside,
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he was absolutely
staggered to find
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that it was completely empty.
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What are the giant
stone boxes within the Serapeum?
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Are they simply
giant sarcophagi?
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Or might they have a
more profound purpose?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest clues can be found
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by further examining
the Serapeum
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and its connection
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to otherworldly beings.
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The mysterious subterranean
structure in Saqqâra, EgyptAT:
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known as the Serapeum
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is an extraordinary
feat of engineering
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built 100 feet beneath the earth
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and spanning the length of
more than two football fields.
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But even more impressive
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are 24 massive stone boxes
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found within the complex
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that are carved from
exceptionally hard stone
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like granite,
basalt and diorite.
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Each
sarcophagus was over 70 tons.
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70 tons is not a weight
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that 200 people can carry.
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It is an impossible weight
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to move anywhere,
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let alone a hundred
feet under the ground
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and then 700 feet
into a tiny corridor
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and then inside
a little chamber.
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If you think of a pyramid
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or a temple, it's
in the open air.
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If you're hauling a
big block of stone
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or an obelisk,
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you've got space to
get teams of people.
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You can get draft animals on it.
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But the thing that
really startles me,
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they didn't have
the space to get
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huge teams of men
to start moving them.
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And they couldn't get
animals down there
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for any practical intent.
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Just as baffling
as how the ancient Egyptians
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managed to move
these giant boxes is
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how they were able to carve
them with such incredible precision.
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Machinists have gone in
there with tools to measure
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just how precisely
carved they were.
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We're talking, in some cases,
to the thousandths of an inch,
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right angles, which
are incredibly perfect.
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Now, you need
sophisticated technology for this
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because, in some cases,
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we're talking about basalt.
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Basalt is harder than granite.
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And according to what we know,
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the ancient Egyptians
only had bronze
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and copper tools.
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It is wishful thinking
to suggest that you can
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cut basalt with copper.
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You just can't do it.
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But the surface is as if
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you're touching glass.
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So, to me, it's possible that
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the ancient Egyptians
figured out a way
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to vitrify stone.
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What compelled
the ancient Egyptians to
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place 24 enormous and
precisely crafted stone boxes
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deep beneath the earth?
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Based on inscriptions found
within the underground chamber,
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Egyptologists determined
that the Serapeum
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was built to be the burial
place of the sacred Apis bull.
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The ancient
Egyptians believed that
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animals and the gods
had special relationships,
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and each deity was associated
with one particular animal.
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The Apis bull is related
to the Egyptian god Ptah,
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who was a major creator god.
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He was the god of
Memphis, the capital city.
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He was the god of all craftsmen.
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The Egyptians believed
that the spirit of the god
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would enter into the
body of that animal.
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During its lifetime, it would
be treated as a god on Earth.
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When it died, it
would be buried with
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great pomp and circumstance.
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The Apis bull was one of
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the most sacred animals
in all of ancient Egypt.
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But here is the thing.
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When Auguste Mariette
opened the sarcophagus,
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they were empty. There
was nothing in there.
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What
Egyptologists will speculate is that
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somehow the Serapeum
was looted in antiquity
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and the mummified bulls were
removed from the sarcophagi.
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But who would want
a mummified bull?
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Were the giant
stone containers in the Serapeum
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simply designed to hold
the remains of an Apis bull?
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Some researchers believe
that these massive objects
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served an entirely
different purpose.
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Most of these boxes
have no inscriptions on them,
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but there's one in
particular that has
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a lot of hieroglyphics
all over it.
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Those inscriptions
are incredibly crude
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compared to the
finesse, the precision of
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the actual stone boxes.
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So this leads me, and
I'm not alone in this,
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to suggest that these boxes
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go back to a
much earlier period,
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and they were being
reused and reappropriated
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at a much later time.
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It's thought by some
researchers that
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the Serapeum was
used at a later date
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for the mummified Apis bulls.
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But the Serapeum
itself predates this,
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and its original purpose
was for something else.
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So what was the Serapeum for?
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While the
purpose of the stone boxes
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continues to
perplex researchers,
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some believe clues can be found
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by examining the
contents of another box
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found in the Serapeum,
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one not made of stone
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but wood.
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After discovering 24
massive stone sarcophagi
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within the Serapeum,
Auguste Mariette
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comes upon a much smaller coffin
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made of wood.
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There is a body inside it,
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and at first glance
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it appears human.
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He came across a
very unique burial.
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It looked human.
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And yet, when the
bones were examined,
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they were actually
found to be those of a bull.
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Mariette found no head of a bull
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but just bits of bone
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of a bull wrapped up and then
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sort of a mask of a
human being on it.
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Egyptologists
assumed that the mask
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must belong to the
builder of the Serapeum
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and determined
the face it depicts
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is that of a prince who lived
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in the 13th century BC
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named Khaemweset.
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People think
that the person who built
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the Serapeum was
Prince Khaemweset.
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Khaemweset was the
fourth son of King Ramses II.
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He was in charge
of the Temple of Ptah
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and also, therefore, the
temple of the Apis bull
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in the capital city of Memphis.
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There are
many researchers, however,
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who believe that Khaemweset
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did not build the Serapeum
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but only restored it.
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He's considered
the first Egyptologist.
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He starts documenting
who are the builders of
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all of these massive temples.
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He goes up to the Giza plateau,
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he restores the pyramids.
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All his life, he
is not a builder
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but a restorer and a documenter
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of these ancient structures.
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Archaeologists
also discovered evidence
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that the only two bulls
found in the Serapeum
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were put there by
Prince Khaemweset
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around 1200 BC.
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He has a couple
of sarcophagi down there
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that he had put Apis
bull mummies in them.
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And he wrote that
on a little tablet
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next to that specific chamber
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that he added to the place
and he added to the Serapeum.
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This was a
typical thing in ancient Egypt
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because many of the
monuments in Egypt were
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thousands of years
old, even for them.
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So the idea that the Serapeum
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is actually much older than
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even we think it is
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00:18:19,250 --> 00:18:21,167
is a pretty valid theory.
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If the Serapeum
predates Prince Khaemweset,
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just how old is this
underground structure?
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Some researchers suggest
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the Serapeum is
associated with the Apis bull
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not because it was a
tomb for burying them
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but because it
was built at a time
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when worship of
the Apis bull cult
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first appeared in Egypt
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around 3200 BC.
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While excavating the
underground structure at Saqqâra,
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00:19:02,083 --> 00:19:04,750
Egyptologist Auguste Mariette
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00:19:04,917 --> 00:19:07,958
discovers a stela that
identifies the complex
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00:19:08,083 --> 00:19:09,792
as the Serapeum.
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The Serapeum gets its
name from, Serapis...
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which was a Greek god
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that was a combination between
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an ancient Egyptian bull Apis
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and a Greek god at the time.
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00:19:28,625 --> 00:19:31,708
The combination
between both was Serapis,
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and the Serapeum was the place
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00:19:33,667 --> 00:19:36,708
where you go pray
for that specific god.
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00:19:38,083 --> 00:19:40,208
The cult of the Apis bull,
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which later becomes
known as Serapis,
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00:19:44,125 --> 00:19:46,167
dates back to the
very first dynasty.
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00:19:46,375 --> 00:19:48,000
The very early kings of Egypt
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00:19:48,167 --> 00:19:50,750
worshipped these
particular bulls.
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00:19:50,917 --> 00:19:54,125
The Apis bull cult was
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00:19:54,292 --> 00:19:56,375
extremely popular in
Egypt all the way back
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00:19:56,583 --> 00:19:57,833
5,000 years ago.
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00:19:59,458 --> 00:20:01,500
One of the first kings
of ancient Egypt,
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the First Dynasty, King Menes,
395
00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:07,542
who unified North Egypt
and South Egypt together,
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00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:10,625
would represent
himself as a bull.
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00:20:11,667 --> 00:20:15,625
King Menes is
documented as the first human pharaoh
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00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:19,833
and is believed to have
ruled around 3200 BC.
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00:20:20,042 --> 00:20:22,083
According to their
written history,
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00:20:22,250 --> 00:20:23,958
before the reign of Menes,
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00:20:24,125 --> 00:20:26,042
Egypt was ruled by the gods,
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00:20:26,208 --> 00:20:28,542
who lived among humans on Earth.
403
00:20:28,750 --> 00:20:32,167
When the gods left,
Menes inherited the throne
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00:20:32,333 --> 00:20:34,583
from the god-king Horus.
405
00:20:34,750 --> 00:20:36,792
The ancient
Egyptians believed that Horus
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00:20:36,958 --> 00:20:38,667
was actually a god-man.
407
00:20:38,833 --> 00:20:41,875
He was a being
of flesh and blood.
408
00:20:42,042 --> 00:20:45,458
The ancient Egyptians
were in contact with the gods,
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00:20:45,625 --> 00:20:48,333
physical manifestations,
extraterrestrial beings
410
00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:49,958
who came and lived with them.
411
00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:52,647
At the end of Horus's reign,
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00:20:52,792 --> 00:20:54,958
the Egyptians
wrote that the gods
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00:20:55,167 --> 00:20:57,667
no longer lived among humans
414
00:20:57,875 --> 00:21:00,417
but still held influence
over earthly events.
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00:21:00,583 --> 00:21:03,750
One point of connection
between the gods
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00:21:03,875 --> 00:21:07,083
and the mortal world
was the Apis bull.
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00:21:07,208 --> 00:21:10,292
In many ways,
the Apis bull was seen to be
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00:21:10,458 --> 00:21:13,250
a personification
of that contact
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00:21:13,375 --> 00:21:17,708
between this world
and the star world.
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00:21:17,875 --> 00:21:19,625
So, is it possible that
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00:21:19,792 --> 00:21:24,667
the Serapeum is
associated with the Apis bulls
422
00:21:24,875 --> 00:21:27,833
because there is
some kind of connection
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00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:29,625
with a celestial intelligence
424
00:21:29,708 --> 00:21:34,000
and what these underground
structures really represent?
425
00:21:35,042 --> 00:21:38,167
Could it be
that the Serapeum of Saqqâra
426
00:21:38,292 --> 00:21:41,333
was built more
than 5,000 years ago
427
00:21:41,458 --> 00:21:45,583
and has a connection
to otherworldly visitors?
428
00:21:45,792 --> 00:21:47,958
Ancient astronaut
theorists suggest
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00:21:48,083 --> 00:21:52,458
clues can be found by
examining the size of these boxes.
430
00:21:52,625 --> 00:21:54,542
When you think of a sarcophagus,
431
00:21:54,708 --> 00:21:57,750
you don't think of
something so large
432
00:21:57,917 --> 00:22:00,125
as what's in the Serapeum.
433
00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:03,167
They're about ten feet high
434
00:22:03,375 --> 00:22:06,583
and almost 20 feet long.
435
00:22:06,708 --> 00:22:11,708
And it's way too large
for these Apis bulls.
436
00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:15,333
In traditional
Egyptian sarcophagi building,
437
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,458
they would create the
sarcophagus so that
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00:22:17,542 --> 00:22:19,500
it very closely
matched the dimensions
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00:22:19,708 --> 00:22:22,458
of the body inside it
in order to preserve it.
440
00:22:22,625 --> 00:22:26,250
These boxes are
many times too large
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00:22:26,375 --> 00:22:29,000
for even an Apis bull,
442
00:22:29,167 --> 00:22:30,750
so this is pointing to the idea
443
00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:35,000
that something else was
concealed within these boxes.
444
00:22:35,125 --> 00:22:39,917
Some ancient astronaut
theorists believe an important clue
445
00:22:40,042 --> 00:22:43,292
as to what the giant
stone boxes may have held
446
00:22:43,458 --> 00:22:47,417
can be found at a site
400 miles to the south.
447
00:22:49,042 --> 00:22:52,333
Armant, Egypt. 1929.
448
00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:55,500
British archaeologist
Sir Robert Mond
449
00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:58,583
begins an excavation
of an ancient catacomb
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00:22:58,708 --> 00:23:02,917
called the Bucheum and
makes an extraordinary discovery.
451
00:23:03,042 --> 00:23:07,500
There is a
place called the Bucheum
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00:23:07,667 --> 00:23:11,333
where they found
similar type sarcophagi
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00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:13,250
to the Serapeum,
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00:23:13,417 --> 00:23:15,333
and it was at the Bucheum
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00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,500
where they found
remains mummified
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00:23:17,708 --> 00:23:20,000
in the shape of a bull.
457
00:23:20,125 --> 00:23:24,333
And they thought, "Finally,
we found the remains
458
00:23:24,542 --> 00:23:26,917
of a mummified Apis bull."
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00:23:27,958 --> 00:23:30,500
And they opened up
the mummified remains
460
00:23:30,708 --> 00:23:34,500
and they were confronted with
this stinking mass of bitumen,
461
00:23:34,667 --> 00:23:37,958
which is asphalt,
in which they found
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00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,583
tiny, tiny fragments of bones.
463
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:45,167
Now, it was anathema
in ancient Egypt
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00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:48,333
to destroy any dead bodies.
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You had to mummify them
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00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,375
and you had to
mummify them intact.
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00:23:55,375 --> 00:23:58,333
All Egyptians,
they mummified everything.
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00:23:58,542 --> 00:24:00,833
They mummified not only humans.
469
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,458
They mummified birds.
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00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:07,750
They mummified apes.
They mummified dogs.
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00:24:07,875 --> 00:24:11,292
Why do they
mummify every animal?
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00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:13,583
Because you can
only be reincarnated
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00:24:13,750 --> 00:24:15,708
when your body is conserved.
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00:24:17,458 --> 00:24:18,878
What could explain the mixture
475
00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:22,750
of broken animal bones
found in this one sarcophagus?
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00:24:22,917 --> 00:24:25,667
According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:29,667
they could be the
remains of a monster.
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00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:32,292
I have speculated
and I have suggested
479
00:24:32,458 --> 00:24:34,333
that these broken bones
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00:24:34,542 --> 00:24:38,792
come from mixed
creatures in mythology.
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00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:41,337
All throughout ancient Egypt,
482
00:24:41,417 --> 00:24:44,042
you have not just
ancient stories
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00:24:44,167 --> 00:24:46,792
of these hybrid mixture beings
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00:24:46,917 --> 00:24:49,583
between half-man, half-animal,
485
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:53,250
but you have
thousands of depictions
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00:24:53,417 --> 00:24:54,542
in figurines,
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00:24:54,708 --> 00:24:57,792
in statues, in carvings,
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00:24:57,958 --> 00:25:00,500
in all the ancient
Egyptian texts,
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00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:03,750
you have reference to
these hybrid creatures.
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00:25:03,875 --> 00:25:08,167
The classical
writer Alexander Polyhistor
491
00:25:08,333 --> 00:25:10,417
talked about the ancient world
492
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,458
being filled with
hybrid creatures.
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00:25:13,625 --> 00:25:16,250
And he said that
these actually existed
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00:25:16,417 --> 00:25:18,167
as living creatures.
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00:25:19,542 --> 00:25:21,750
The Egyptians were very clear
496
00:25:21,917 --> 00:25:24,417
in making the
distinction between
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00:25:24,583 --> 00:25:28,292
regular animals and then
these celestial creatures
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00:25:28,458 --> 00:25:31,375
that they themselves
say these beings existed.
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00:25:31,583 --> 00:25:34,208
And in the opinion
of the classic
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00:25:34,417 --> 00:25:35,875
ancient astronaut theory,
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00:25:36,042 --> 00:25:38,708
they were genetic
experiments by extraterrestrials.
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00:25:39,750 --> 00:25:42,083
I think it's quite
possible that the reason
503
00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:43,667
why these boxes were built
504
00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:45,833
is that these hybrid monsters,
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00:25:46,042 --> 00:25:49,458
these genetic mutations
by extraterrestrials
506
00:25:49,625 --> 00:25:51,000
were placed in there
507
00:25:51,167 --> 00:25:54,042
so they would be ensured
never to come back.
508
00:25:54,208 --> 00:25:58,667
Because the ancient Egyptians
were very, very adamant that,
509
00:25:58,875 --> 00:26:03,875
if you bury your dead intact,
they will one day come back.
510
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,458
Could it be that the
Serapeum and the giant stone boxes
511
00:26:08,667 --> 00:26:11,208
found within it
were built to entomb
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00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:14,000
dangerous hybrid creatures?
513
00:26:14,208 --> 00:26:17,500
Is this why it is buried
so deep beneath the earth
514
00:26:17,667 --> 00:26:21,125
and also why the
sarcophagi are so massive?
515
00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:23,625
Some ancient astronaut theorists
516
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:26,542
suggest the
Serapeum wasn't built
517
00:26:26,708 --> 00:26:28,167
to hold dangerous creatures
518
00:26:28,375 --> 00:26:32,208
but rather dangerous technology.
519
00:26:40,375 --> 00:26:42,500
In the 1970s,
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00:26:42,667 --> 00:26:45,250
archaeologists begin
a massive excavation
521
00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:46,458
and restoration effort
522
00:26:46,583 --> 00:26:49,833
in the ancient burial complex,
523
00:26:50,042 --> 00:26:54,875
which includes a deeper
examination of the Serapeum.
524
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,250
The undertaking sparks
interest among engineers,
525
00:26:59,458 --> 00:27:01,125
who hope that modern technology
526
00:27:01,333 --> 00:27:04,833
can shed new light on the
structure's mysterious past.
527
00:27:05,042 --> 00:27:07,667
And in 1978,
528
00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:10,750
American construction
expert James Ernest Brown
529
00:27:10,917 --> 00:27:14,625
makes a curious discovery.
530
00:27:14,750 --> 00:27:18,208
He goes into this crypt,
into the catacombs,
531
00:27:18,375 --> 00:27:21,625
and he notices that the
walls are covered with salt
532
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:24,875
and sodium chloride
that's actually visible.
533
00:27:25,875 --> 00:27:28,208
This is curious to
Brown because in Europe
534
00:27:28,375 --> 00:27:32,000
proposals had been made
to house nuclear waste
535
00:27:32,167 --> 00:27:35,625
in granite boxes that
were filled with salt water.
536
00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:37,542
And in his mind, he's thinking
537
00:27:37,708 --> 00:27:40,167
this is some kind of
a toxic waste dump.
538
00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:43,833
After noticing
salt on the stone boxes,
539
00:27:44,042 --> 00:27:47,292
Brown decided to
measure radiation levels
540
00:27:47,458 --> 00:27:48,750
within the Serapeum.
541
00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,125
What he found
542
00:27:50,333 --> 00:27:53,917
was that the levels of, um,
543
00:27:54,125 --> 00:27:58,167
radiation inside the sarcophagi
544
00:27:58,333 --> 00:28:03,417
was as much as three
times that of the corridors
545
00:28:03,583 --> 00:28:08,417
that linked to the side chambers
that contained the sarcophagi.
546
00:28:09,458 --> 00:28:13,917
So why is it that there are
such high levels of radiation?
547
00:28:14,042 --> 00:28:16,292
These are not dangerous
levels, by the way,
548
00:28:16,458 --> 00:28:18,000
so don't worry
about going there.
549
00:28:18,167 --> 00:28:23,125
But it's certainly very, very
interesting that you have
550
00:28:23,292 --> 00:28:27,292
this radiation present
inside the Serapeum.
551
00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:31,333
Is it possible
that the Serapeum was used
552
00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,833
to house radioactive material?
553
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,708
While it may sound far-fetched,
554
00:28:36,875 --> 00:28:40,042
aerospace engineer
and machinist Chris Dunn
555
00:28:40,208 --> 00:28:43,542
has measured the boxes
and believes their precision
556
00:28:43,708 --> 00:28:47,792
supports the idea that they
were designed to be airtight.
557
00:28:48,708 --> 00:28:51,667
To say it was a
mind-blowing experience
558
00:28:51,875 --> 00:28:54,167
would be an understatement
559
00:28:54,292 --> 00:28:56,875
because when I measured
560
00:28:57,042 --> 00:28:59,875
the precision of the
box on just the outside,
561
00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:05,000
I found that they were
quite precise, quite flat.
562
00:29:05,208 --> 00:29:07,917
And the question in my mind was,
563
00:29:08,083 --> 00:29:10,625
why do they need
to be so precise?
564
00:29:10,750 --> 00:29:13,792
Because in manufacturing
and engineering,
565
00:29:13,958 --> 00:29:16,333
we don't manufacture
that kind of precision
566
00:29:16,542 --> 00:29:18,833
unless there is a need for it.
567
00:29:18,958 --> 00:29:22,750
The extraordinary precision
with which they were crafted
568
00:29:22,875 --> 00:29:27,083
speaks to a much higher
purpose than a-a simple coffin.
569
00:29:28,875 --> 00:29:31,667
So what exactly
is going on down there?
570
00:29:31,875 --> 00:29:35,458
Is it possible that
the granite sarcophagi
571
00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:37,792
give off an energy
572
00:29:37,917 --> 00:29:41,333
that somehow increases the
radiation levels down there?
573
00:29:41,542 --> 00:29:45,333
Or is that radiation seeping up
574
00:29:45,542 --> 00:29:49,083
into the corridors and chambers
575
00:29:49,208 --> 00:29:54,000
that is mixing with the natural
electromagnetic properties
576
00:29:54,208 --> 00:29:57,833
of the sarcophagi to make
them into some kind of
577
00:29:58,042 --> 00:30:00,167
functional chamber?
578
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:05,125
I mean, one of the
ideas, too, of the sarcophagi is that
579
00:30:05,292 --> 00:30:08,750
they're super high-tech
storage devices.
580
00:30:08,958 --> 00:30:11,833
They're hermetically
sealed. They're, you know,
581
00:30:12,042 --> 00:30:14,917
in spaces that would
be difficult to get to.
582
00:30:15,083 --> 00:30:17,958
The lids are very heavy. It
would be hard to remove them.
583
00:30:19,542 --> 00:30:21,833
Could it be
that the giant stone boxes
584
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,750
of the Serapeum had a
technological function?
585
00:30:25,875 --> 00:30:28,792
Some scientists suggest
586
00:30:28,917 --> 00:30:31,750
that the type of rock the
giant boxes were made from...
587
00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:34,042
which is rich in
quartz crystal...
588
00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:36,542
can produce
electromagnetic energy
589
00:30:36,667 --> 00:30:40,625
through what's known
as the piezoelectric effect.
590
00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:43,167
It's a known
effect that pressure
591
00:30:43,333 --> 00:30:46,833
on some natural crystals
can generate light.
592
00:30:47,042 --> 00:30:48,500
For quartz, you
can get it to glow.
593
00:30:48,708 --> 00:30:49,962
If you strike two
crystals together,
594
00:30:50,042 --> 00:30:51,082
you will get them to glow.
595
00:30:51,208 --> 00:30:53,208
Quartz crystal
596
00:30:53,375 --> 00:30:54,917
have a distribution
597
00:30:55,083 --> 00:30:57,125
of negative charges on one side
598
00:30:57,250 --> 00:30:59,000
and more positive
charges on the other.
599
00:30:59,167 --> 00:31:02,083
And if you squeeze that,
600
00:31:02,250 --> 00:31:04,958
you can actually get an
electrical current through that.
601
00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:07,375
This is called the
piezoelectric effect.
602
00:31:08,875 --> 00:31:10,917
It's really interesting
that this box
603
00:31:11,083 --> 00:31:13,750
is made out of this material.
604
00:31:13,875 --> 00:31:15,917
It's really intriguing to me
605
00:31:16,083 --> 00:31:17,708
what the
electromagnetic conditions
606
00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:19,875
might be inside this box.
607
00:31:20,042 --> 00:31:23,000
Is this some sort
of shielded box
608
00:31:23,208 --> 00:31:25,917
for, of electromagnetic energy?
609
00:31:26,125 --> 00:31:29,458
Is it an amplifier of
electromagnetic energy?
610
00:31:29,542 --> 00:31:31,500
Is it doing something else?
611
00:31:33,542 --> 00:31:36,250
Is it possible
that the giant granite boxes
612
00:31:36,417 --> 00:31:39,750
in the Serapeum were
able to generate energy?
613
00:31:39,875 --> 00:31:42,750
Is this the answer
as to why the boxes
614
00:31:42,917 --> 00:31:45,167
of the Serapeum are so large?
615
00:31:46,375 --> 00:31:48,750
Ancient astronaut
theorists say yes
616
00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:53,000
and believe further evidence
can be found in historic accounts
617
00:31:53,167 --> 00:31:56,542
that claimed the giant
boxes could transport people
618
00:31:56,708 --> 00:31:59,292
through space and time.
619
00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:08,458
The 24 mysterious stone boxes
620
00:32:08,583 --> 00:32:12,500
inside the Serapeum have
fascinated Egyptologists
621
00:32:12,625 --> 00:32:15,667
for more than 170 years.
622
00:32:15,833 --> 00:32:18,167
But even with modern technology,
623
00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:22,500
archaeologists are no closer
to unraveling their secrets.
624
00:32:22,708 --> 00:32:24,667
While there are many theories
625
00:32:24,875 --> 00:32:26,833
as to what they might have held,
626
00:32:27,042 --> 00:32:29,000
some researchers suggest
627
00:32:29,125 --> 00:32:33,833
that the boxes themselves
were a technological instrument.
628
00:32:33,958 --> 00:32:35,500
One interesting line of thought
629
00:32:35,625 --> 00:32:38,083
concerning these
boxes involves sound.
630
00:32:38,292 --> 00:32:39,833
The boxes are granite.
631
00:32:40,042 --> 00:32:42,250
Granite is mostly
quartz crystal,
632
00:32:42,417 --> 00:32:45,333
which responds to
sound when activated.
633
00:32:45,500 --> 00:32:47,500
I've literally been
in the presence
634
00:32:47,667 --> 00:32:51,542
of one of the obelisks, which
is also composed of granite,
635
00:32:51,667 --> 00:32:53,500
that when struck with a fist,
636
00:32:53,667 --> 00:32:55,333
that obelisk will start humming,
637
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:57,458
massively humming.
638
00:32:57,583 --> 00:33:00,083
It's profound.
639
00:33:00,208 --> 00:33:01,833
So what if there was
something like that
640
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,333
that was involved with
the granite boxes as well?
641
00:33:04,542 --> 00:33:07,250
That they're activated by sound
and they're doing something
642
00:33:07,417 --> 00:33:10,083
to whatever is held
within that box?
643
00:33:11,375 --> 00:33:15,750
One idea about
the sarcophagi at the Serapeum is
644
00:33:15,917 --> 00:33:18,125
that the measurements
and dimensions
645
00:33:18,292 --> 00:33:21,958
of the box itself can have like
646
00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:24,333
a harmonic vibration.
647
00:33:24,542 --> 00:33:28,417
And it's been suggested
that it's a vibration tool.
648
00:33:31,208 --> 00:33:32,625
It almost seemed important
649
00:33:32,792 --> 00:33:35,375
that there was
some kind of vibration
650
00:33:35,542 --> 00:33:39,125
associated with these
sarcophagi that will
651
00:33:39,292 --> 00:33:41,833
affect human consciousness,
652
00:33:42,042 --> 00:33:44,375
send us into altered
states of consciousness.
653
00:33:45,583 --> 00:33:48,667
Some researchers
and others have gone
654
00:33:48,875 --> 00:33:50,708
to the Serapeum
655
00:33:50,875 --> 00:33:54,875
and they've experienced
psychic-type experiences.
656
00:33:55,042 --> 00:33:57,083
And I don't dismiss
that out of hand.
657
00:33:57,250 --> 00:33:59,458
Some people have suggested
that maybe they were used
658
00:33:59,625 --> 00:34:02,000
for some kind
of initiation rites,
659
00:34:02,125 --> 00:34:04,875
out-of-body experiences,
660
00:34:05,042 --> 00:34:08,042
some kind of increased
consciousness,
661
00:34:08,208 --> 00:34:11,375
or going into altered
states of consciousness.
662
00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:15,292
Many of these ancient
sites could be multipurpose
663
00:34:15,458 --> 00:34:19,208
even if they were being
used for "practical purposes."
664
00:34:19,375 --> 00:34:23,042
In some cases they
may have been used also
665
00:34:23,208 --> 00:34:25,167
to induce psychic phenomena.
666
00:34:26,375 --> 00:34:30,708
Could it be that
the sarcophagi in the Serapeum
667
00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:32,667
were crafted so precisely
668
00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:36,625
in order to produce some
sort of vibrational effect?
669
00:34:36,792 --> 00:34:39,375
One that can alter the mind,
670
00:34:39,542 --> 00:34:42,292
perhaps to communicate
with beings existing
671
00:34:42,458 --> 00:34:45,167
in higher dimensional realms?
672
00:34:47,958 --> 00:34:49,542
While some researchers believe
673
00:34:49,667 --> 00:34:53,208
that energy produced by
the sarcophagi was intended
674
00:34:53,375 --> 00:34:56,208
to induce altered
states of consciousness,
675
00:34:56,375 --> 00:35:00,583
others have proposed an
even more profound possibility.
676
00:35:01,625 --> 00:35:06,292
That the stone boxes
were used for teleportation.
677
00:35:06,458 --> 00:35:09,000
The granite boxes at
the Serapeum have connections
678
00:35:09,167 --> 00:35:11,667
with the sacred Apis bulls.
679
00:35:11,833 --> 00:35:14,625
And what's fascinating is
that the later Greeks claimed
680
00:35:14,792 --> 00:35:18,583
that Apis bulls were
created by flashes of light.
681
00:35:18,750 --> 00:35:21,375
They
connected them with lightning.
682
00:35:22,917 --> 00:35:24,583
They also connected
their creation
683
00:35:24,750 --> 00:35:27,208
with flashes of light
that came from the Moon.
684
00:35:28,167 --> 00:35:31,083
What are we talking about here?
685
00:35:31,292 --> 00:35:33,250
We're talking about a bull
686
00:35:33,417 --> 00:35:35,792
produced by a flash of lightning?
687
00:35:35,958 --> 00:35:37,542
Or are we talking about a god
688
00:35:37,708 --> 00:35:40,958
who suddenly appears
in a flash of lightning?
689
00:35:41,167 --> 00:35:43,333
This flash of lightning
business is really integral
690
00:35:43,458 --> 00:35:46,333
to what we're
talking about because
691
00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:49,042
we also have the pyramid texts.
692
00:35:49,208 --> 00:35:51,167
They have utterances
within them that say
693
00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:53,333
the pharaohs
became like lightning.
694
00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:55,250
The pharaoh went
through the portal.
695
00:35:55,417 --> 00:35:57,542
The pharaoh is now a god.
696
00:35:57,708 --> 00:36:00,500
When we put all
these pieces together,
697
00:36:00,667 --> 00:36:04,042
it sounds as if that the
Serapeum could be a place
698
00:36:04,208 --> 00:36:06,958
where a god could enter the box
699
00:36:07,083 --> 00:36:09,458
and somehow, in
a flash of lightning,
700
00:36:09,625 --> 00:36:13,542
could return to
its place of origin.
701
00:36:13,667 --> 00:36:17,208
The idea that these sarcophagi
702
00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:22,000
or boxes are some kind
of teleportation device
703
00:36:22,167 --> 00:36:24,667
may seem, you
know, pretty amazing,
704
00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:28,625
but the ancient Egyptians did
believe in this kind of a thing.
705
00:36:28,833 --> 00:36:35,583
And the idea of pharaohs
going to stars and other places...
706
00:36:35,708 --> 00:36:39,167
that's part of the
Egyptian religion.
707
00:36:39,375 --> 00:36:42,542
This is not far-fetched
in light of what we know
708
00:36:42,708 --> 00:36:45,000
about the ancient
Egyptian belief
709
00:36:45,167 --> 00:36:47,125
in the transfiguration
of the human body
710
00:36:47,333 --> 00:36:48,667
into light or lightning.
711
00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:52,500
It seems that that
idea is pointing us
712
00:36:52,667 --> 00:36:55,250
to the actual purpose
of the Serapeum
713
00:36:55,417 --> 00:36:58,000
and a true understanding
of what the bull represents.
714
00:36:59,042 --> 00:37:01,667
Is it possible
that the giant stone boxes
715
00:37:01,875 --> 00:37:05,917
at the Serapeum are
ancient teleportation devices?
716
00:37:06,042 --> 00:37:08,708
Were they designed to
hold the mummified remains
717
00:37:08,917 --> 00:37:10,625
of an Apis bull?
718
00:37:10,833 --> 00:37:15,750
Or could they even have been
used to contain hybrid monsters?
719
00:37:16,708 --> 00:37:19,458
Ancient astronaut
theorists believe
720
00:37:19,583 --> 00:37:22,167
new discoveries being made
beneath the sands of Saqqâra
721
00:37:22,375 --> 00:37:27,250
may soon provide the
key to solving the mystery.
722
00:37:37,708 --> 00:37:41,167
Archaeologists
digging near the Step Pyramid of Djoser
723
00:37:41,375 --> 00:37:45,792
make a remarkable find
33 feet beneath the earth...
724
00:37:45,958 --> 00:37:50,292
a mummy that may be the
oldest ever found in Egypt.
725
00:37:50,458 --> 00:37:53,917
The mummy... believed
to date to 2300 BC...
726
00:37:54,083 --> 00:37:57,333
is sealed tightly within a
limestone sarcophagus.
727
00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,000
And this sarcophagus,
728
00:38:00,167 --> 00:38:02,625
like the more than 450 others
729
00:38:02,792 --> 00:38:04,708
that have been
unearthed in Saqqâra,
730
00:38:04,875 --> 00:38:08,917
is nowhere near as
large or precisely crafted
731
00:38:09,083 --> 00:38:12,792
as the stone boxes that
reside in the Serapeum.
732
00:38:12,958 --> 00:38:16,292
As far as ancient astronaut
theorists are concerned,
733
00:38:16,458 --> 00:38:18,333
this serves as further evidence
734
00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,042
that the Serapeum
belongs to a far older
735
00:38:21,250 --> 00:38:23,333
and more
sophisticated civilization
736
00:38:23,500 --> 00:38:26,458
than most Egyptologists propose.
737
00:38:26,625 --> 00:38:28,125
What we're learning is
738
00:38:28,292 --> 00:38:32,333
that whoever was
making these sarcophagi
739
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:37,250
had technology that's
at least equal to us today.
740
00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:40,083
So it really shows us
741
00:38:40,250 --> 00:38:43,042
that things were going
on in ancient Egypt
742
00:38:43,208 --> 00:38:44,667
that are just inexplicable
743
00:38:44,833 --> 00:38:48,000
and cannot be explained
by normal science.
744
00:38:49,792 --> 00:38:52,667
One of the
things that is crystal clear to me
745
00:38:52,792 --> 00:38:57,583
is that a technology was used,
especially in the Serapeum,
746
00:38:57,708 --> 00:38:59,333
that has since been lost.
747
00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:03,833
We today would
have great difficulties
748
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,417
recreating the Serapeum.
749
00:39:06,542 --> 00:39:08,250
And today we would use
750
00:39:08,417 --> 00:39:13,083
the most sophisticated
technology available to us.
751
00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:17,958
Nobody in their right mind would
take on a construction project
752
00:39:18,125 --> 00:39:21,958
like that unless there
was a pressing reason.
753
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,667
While nothing
like the Serapeum of Saqqâra
754
00:39:25,833 --> 00:39:28,792
has ever been found
anywhere else on Earth,
755
00:39:28,958 --> 00:39:31,292
experts believe that
many lost marvels
756
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:34,125
of the ancient
world still lie hidden
757
00:39:34,292 --> 00:39:37,250
beneath the sands of Egypt.
758
00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:39,042
They are finding new things
759
00:39:39,208 --> 00:39:41,917
in Saqqâra literally every day.
760
00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:43,667
It is one of the most active
761
00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:46,250
and exciting archaeological
sites in the world.
762
00:39:46,417 --> 00:39:49,333
There could be more Serapeums,
763
00:39:49,458 --> 00:39:51,417
there could be more temples.
764
00:39:51,583 --> 00:39:54,500
The possibilities
are literally endless.
765
00:39:54,625 --> 00:39:57,417
And the more technology
we have moving into the future,
766
00:39:57,583 --> 00:40:00,458
the more we can
survey the land in Egypt
767
00:40:00,625 --> 00:40:04,583
and understand how much
there is still to be excavated.
768
00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:11,792
Two-thirds of ancient
Egypt is still under the sands.
769
00:40:12,833 --> 00:40:16,333
There will be
discoveries in Saqqâra,
770
00:40:16,542 --> 00:40:18,625
maybe right next
to the Serapeum,
771
00:40:18,708 --> 00:40:20,833
maybe inside the Serapeum,
772
00:40:21,042 --> 00:40:25,333
that will uncover more
and more of the secrets
773
00:40:25,500 --> 00:40:28,667
and mysteries
about the Serapeum.
774
00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:33,000
The question is not if,
the question is when.
775
00:40:33,208 --> 00:40:36,708
And it might be right
there, right under our noses.
776
00:40:37,708 --> 00:40:40,292
The Serapeum is a treasure trove
777
00:40:40,375 --> 00:40:43,292
for the ancient astronaut theory
778
00:40:43,375 --> 00:40:47,000
because the stories
which are combined
779
00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:50,500
with the gigantic
boxes is always
780
00:40:50,708 --> 00:40:54,667
in reference to the so-called
guardians of the sky.
781
00:40:54,875 --> 00:40:56,542
Now, who were these guys?
782
00:40:56,708 --> 00:40:58,500
Well, according to
the ancient Egyptians,
783
00:40:58,708 --> 00:41:00,167
they were their gods,
784
00:41:00,375 --> 00:41:03,125
gods that lived in
a celestial realm.
785
00:41:03,333 --> 00:41:04,917
But at some point
786
00:41:05,083 --> 00:41:10,833
those celestial gods
mingled with people on Earth.
787
00:41:11,042 --> 00:41:12,750
And that, in my opinion,
788
00:41:12,917 --> 00:41:15,750
cannot be a figment of
somebody's imagination.
789
00:41:15,875 --> 00:41:17,542
And so,
790
00:41:17,708 --> 00:41:24,167
is the smoking gun still waiting
somewhere underneath the sand?
791
00:41:24,292 --> 00:41:28,000
I think the answer to
that is a resounding yes.
792
00:41:30,125 --> 00:41:33,167
170 years since its discovery,
793
00:41:33,292 --> 00:41:35,833
the Serapeum of
Saqqâra remains one
794
00:41:35,958 --> 00:41:38,000
of the world's
greatest mysteries.
795
00:41:38,208 --> 00:41:39,958
Could it have been built
796
00:41:40,125 --> 00:41:42,917
to entomb monstrous
hybrid creatures?
797
00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:47,500
Was it connected to an
advanced alien technology?
798
00:41:47,625 --> 00:41:50,625
Or might it have served
a more profound purpose
799
00:41:50,792 --> 00:41:53,375
than we can even imagine?
800
00:41:53,500 --> 00:41:57,500
Perhaps the answer lies buried
beneath the sands of Egypt,
801
00:41:57,625 --> 00:41:59,542
and when
it is finally uncovered,
802
00:41:59,708 --> 00:42:01,375
it will reveal the truth
803
00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:05,500
about our
extraterrestrial origins.
804
00:42:05,667 --> 00:42:08,042
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