Ancient Aliens s18e11 Episode Script
Incredible Structures
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A mysterious underground temple
that holds
gigantic stone coffins.
It's humungous.
You can walk underneath it.
A 16,000-year-old monument
that appears to float in midair.
This monolith
is said to be related to
the heavenly rock ship.
Ancient engineering feats
far ahead of their time.
Someone or some ones had
extraordinary knowledge here.
- This is not easy to build.
- No.
On Ancient Aliens,
we've traveled to many
mysterious sites that
seem to defy explanation.
Now we take a look back
at some of the most incredible
structures we've
visited all over the world.
Structures, that according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
provide undeniable evidence
of extraterrestrial contact.
On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled to some
of the most incredible
structures on the planet.
Structures that
offer compelling evidence
that our ancestors were
visited by extraterrestrials.
And some of the world's
most extraordinary examples
can be found in ancient Egypt,
like the Great Sphinx,
the Pyramids of Giza
and the Luxor Temple.
But Egypt is also home
to a site that a lot of people
don't even know about,
and one I think is amazing.
The Serapeum of Saqqara.
And when I went
to see it in person
with Egyptologist Ramy Romany,
it absolutely blew my mind.
Saqqara, Egypt.
While on
an expedition to recover
ancient manuscripts
for the Louvre Museum
in Paris, French Egyptologist
Auguste Mariette
spots a strange object
sticking out of the sand.
Intrigued, Mariette
has the sand cleared away
and finds large rocks
blocking what looks to be
the entrance
to an underground chamber.
After using explosives to
remove them, he gains entrance
to a tomb complex,
also known as the Serapeum.
In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Egyptologist
and Cairo native Ramy Romany
visited this mysterious site.
- The Serapeum of Saqqara, Giorgio.
- Yes.
Oh, it's magnificent.
The name
Serapeum comes from Serapis,
- which is Apis bull and Osiris.
- Yes.
- Right.
- Combined together in one Greek god.
Located deep beneath
the desert surface,
lies a 790-foot-long passageway.
There, within a series
of alcoves
neatly carved
out of the limestone rock,
are 24 gigantic
stone sarcophagi.
Each sarcophagus measures
approximately 13 feet long,
seven and a half feet wide
and over ten feet tall.
But just how
the ancient Egyptians
managed to transport
these massive granite boxes
remains unknown,
as does their intended purpose.
So this is one
of the most mysterious
places in all of Egypt, Giorgio.
Look how far all this goes.
The boxes themselves are,
what, 70 to 75 tons?
- Mm-hmm.
- And then the lids
are estimated
to be 20 to 25 tons.
It's one of the most
mysterious things about
this place is really how
they managed to bring
these heavy structures
all the way down here
when we're breathing
heavily just to get to the end.
Can we actually go
down to some of these?
Of course we can.
Wow.
You know,
I've always read about these.
I've seen pictures,
but it's humungous.
You can walk underneath it.
As far as conventional
Egyptologists
and archaeologists
are concerned,
the sarcophagi
were meant to house
the remains
of the sacred Apis bulls.
But as only one of the tombs
was found to contain
animal remains and all
the others were found empty,
the true nature of the Serapeum
is a source of deep contention.
The Apis bull is
a representation for god Osiris
and there's something
very important to mention.
Ancient Egyptians
did not worship animals.
Their concept was the gods
sent the animals to be
their messengers, and we have
to respect them in that way.
It was said that the first ever
Apis bull was created
when a ray of light
came down from heaven itself
and struck
this cow
who produced
the first Apis bull.
So there is
some relationship between
the bull itself and the stars.
The sides,
and also here the bottom
the polishing is perfect.
And we can illustrate this by
just looking at the angle.
I mean,
it's a perfect 90-degree angle.
Check this out.
It is absolute perfection.
It's easy to cut limestone.
But to cut basalt is a
That's a different story.
What do these
inscriptions here say?
These inscriptions
were extremely important.
You see the doors, specifically,
the so-called false doors.
They were the doors that allowed
the spirit, the ka and the ba
the spirit and the soul
to come out from the mummy.
And then read
the hieroglyphic inscriptions.
They wanted to make sure
that these Apis bulls
come back to life.
Go to eternity,
so they could stay
with Osiris in the sky.
Ancient historians' accounts,
like Herodotus, Strabo,
Eusebius, all of these
old, old chroniclers
speak of a
a former glory age of Egypt
known as the Golden Age.
Which some have suggested
dates back as far as 10,500 BC.
So is it possible
that what we have right here
may be a remnant of that time?
When it comes to dating,
I don't have a response.
I can't tell you for a fact
that this was made
3,000 years ago.
Till today there's a debate
on when were these made.
Egypt's Golden Age
was a time when humans
are said to have shared
the Earth with the gods.
Gods that, according
to the ancient astronaut theory,
were not mythological figures,
but extraterrestrial visitors.
And there are those who believe
that the figure of the Apis bull
can be found carved
into one of the sarcophagi
not because these giant stone
coffins held mummified bulls,
but because
the Apis bull represented
a connection to the stars.
It is a fact that
when most of these
gigantic sarcophagi were opened,
nothing was inside them.
But in my opinion
I think that
this acted as some kind
of otherworldly environment
for communication
with the cosmos itself.
And that
the bulls simply represented
the points of contact with
the cosmic beings themselves.
It doesn't make sense that these
were built for mummified bulls.
First of all
they're too big for the bulls.
They're beyond human scale.
In order for a human
to get into them,
you would first have
to remove the 15-to 20-ton lid
that was
placed on top of these boxes.
And then climb up
a ladder to get into them.
Is it possible that
what we're looking at here is
an extraterrestrial
technology that was used
thousands of years ago
in ancient Egypt?
What could possibly be
the purpose of these boxes?
What function did they serve?
It's an incredible question.
Is it possible that the massive
sarcophagi contained
within the Serapeum of Saqqara
were constructed more
than 10,000 years ago
during a period
when extraterrestrials
inhabited the Earth?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest an even more direct
ET connection can be found
by exploring the prehistoric
megaliths of Japan.
Some of the most incredible
structures to have traveled
that have me convinced
that we've been visited
by extraterrestrials are
the ones that look
just like flying craft.
And when I went to Japan,
I had the honor to see
two ancient stone carvings
that are believed
to represent flying ships
witnessed by the people
who lived there
thousands of years ago.
Honshu, Japan. April 2017.
Near the modern-day city
of Osaka,
Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
with fellow ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami,
to investigate one of the oldest
and holiest sites
in the country.
The Ishi-no-Hoden megalith
is a giant stone monument
carved out of the bedrock on
the mountainside and is believed
by some researchers to date back
an astonishing 16,000 years.
Wow.
It's gigantic.
This is I had no idea.
I mean, it is massive.
The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.
- 500 tons? Wow.
- Yes.
Okay. That's amazing.
I-I want to
I need to walk around.
Very weird.
I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.
So you want to just
look down below here.
It looks like
it's floating over the water.
It really does.
The name for this rock is
or "the floating rock
from the heavens."
So this monolith is said to
be related to one of the first
gods that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
and he is said to have
traveled over the country
on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,
which was called
"Ama no Iwafune,"
which is
"the heavenly rock ship."
So what you're telling me
is that there is
an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity
flying around in the sky
with a gigantic
vehicle made of stone?
Absolutely.
So do you think that is
the reason why it was called
a vehicle made of stone,
because it was
so powerful and strong
and virtually indestructible
that the story became,
it's a vehicle made of stone?
You're absolutely right,
because the gods were
flying over
the land on a giant ship.
It wasn't a plane
because it didn't have wings.
It looked like a ship made
out of very hard material
that was like a very hard stone.
And they would descend
from the heavens
and down onto the land,
and thus, they would travel
around the country.
It's absolutely impressive.
To me, the Ishi-no-Hoden
megalith was an attempt
by our ancestors to document
an extraterrestrial visitation.
And they chose
this incredibly hard stone
as a way to represent
the color and indestructible
nature of the craft
they saw in the sky.
As if this wasn't
proof enough of alien contact,
during my trip to Japan,
I investigated
another ancient site
with an almost identical legend.
Does that say rock ship?
- Masuda rock ship
- Oh, all right.
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami
set out
to examine Masuda-no-Iwafune,
an 800-ton rock structure
that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles
no other architecture in Japan.
Check out this-this square
grid on the sides.
I mean, this is something
that I've seen before in India,
in Mahabalipuram,
where they have the same
mythologies of celestial beings.
And they had
something very similar
on the side of some
of their rocks, as well.
Mm-hmm.
I can't wait to see the top.
Amazing.
- Oh, man.
- Whoa!
Wow. That is
I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.
While some researchers believe
the Masuda-no-Iwafune
megalith is a tomb,
others claim it is
meant to depict
the "sky boats"
that are described
in ancient Japanese stories.
So the idea is
that this was the entrance
to a Buddhist temple what
do they mean by that, inside?
- I mean, where?
- It would actually
predate Buddhism in Japan.
So it wouldn't
have anything to do
- with Buddhist temples.
- Right, so
what is the actual translation
of Masuda-no-Iwafune?
Masuda is the name
of the region,
and Iwafune literally means
"stone ship" or "rock ship."
Okay.
Yes, it's
naturally the Iwafune
or "the rock ship"
would have come down
from the heavens as a vehicle
for the gods
to descend upon Earth.
So I guess with the combination
of the mythologies
of celestial beings,
this could be
some type of representation
of one of those flying vehicles
that our ancestors
perhaps witnessed.
Could the massive stone
monuments both in Asuka Park
and in Honshu have been
inspired by encounters
with extraterrestrial craft
descending from the sky?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and they believe
that further proof
of otherworldly contact
in the distant past can be
found halfway around the world,
at a mysterious
megalithic site high
in the Andes Mountains.
Many of the incredible
structuress
found around the world
were built with stone blocks
so massive it seems impossible
that they could have been moved
without advanced technology.
But for me, the site
of Puma Punku in Bolivia
is the most astounding of all,
because not only are the stones
megalithic, they're carved
with a precision that we would
have a hard time replicating
even with modern tools.
Here, 45 miles west of La Paz,
isolated high
in the Andes Mountains
lie the mysterious
ancient ruins of Puma Punku.
Spread across
a desert plateau at an altitude
of over 12,000 feet,
the megalithic stones
found here are
among the largest on the planet,
some measuring
up to 26 feet long
and weighing more than 100 tons.
What you have here are
massive blocks
scattered
like some kid's toy blocks
around the site.
It's like some giant cataclysm
just wiped out this entire area.
Archaeologists are baffled
by what Puma Punku was,
how it looked
and what the purpose
of this enormous
structure would have been.
One of the amazing
things here at Puma Punku
is the precision of the blocks.
You can see with this
block that it's really been cut
at very accurate right angles.
Not only do these
blocks have precision corners,
but they also have these
difficult
drill holes that are going
right through the rock.
In January 2011,
ancient astronaut theorist
David Childress and author
Brien Foerster
gained unprecedented access
to investigate
this incredible site.
You know, Brien,
this is one of the most
interesting and unusual stones
here at Puma Punku.
It's got these
perfect right angles and
and then each of these
small drill holes
are basically evenly spaced
along this routed groove.
To me it's clear that
power tools have been used
on this unusual block
of stone here.
Well, exactly.
And this surface is as smooth
as a tabletop,
like in your kitchen.
There's no
wave to it or anything.
This was machined,
but who machined it?
It's an astonishing
piece of work.
And how anyone could think
that primitive human beings
could have done this,
you know, it's just crazy.
If anything looks like
ancient aliens, it's this stone.
What did the ancients use to
cut these stones so precisely?
Might evidence of advanced
technology be found
by further study
of the construction
of the Puma Punku stones?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and point to what they call
H-blocks.
It seems like every one of these
H-blocks is exactly the same.
So it's like
a prefabrication process
where they needed
X-hundred of these
and whatever machinery it
is that they had was able with
amazing accuracy to replicate
one after another after another.
It seems as though
some kind of factory
was set up there
to make these
almost exactly the same.
It's almost like a Lego
system of interconnecting blocks
and that
is unique on this Earth.
It's an ingenious way
of building a huge wall.
And again, the whole thing
is just so incredibly precise.
Doing these kind of
inside corners like this.
This-this just
can't be done really with,
with copper chisels and
and stone hammers.
The whole thing is is just
so incredibly high-tech.
Even beyond
what we would do today.
We don't really know
the age of Puma Punku.
Archeologists have come up
with wildly different ages.
Starting with
early excavations here,
thinking that Puma Punku
was up to 20,000 years old.
But the kind of machinery
that would need to be used
to articulate
and cut these blocks
would be giant diamond saws
with huge blades,
powerful routers.
Even possibly
we're talking about
plasma cutters
and melting of stone.
Something that
is only being worked on
today by modern scientists.
According
to the local Aymara people
who have inhabited
this region for centuries,
Puma Punku
was built in a single day.
And not by humans,
but by the sky gods.
They say, "The gods
constructed the place
in one night."
This makes sense.
You have
an extraterrestrial crew.
They come down to Earth.
So they construct with
their tools
just something, which we would
call today, a basic camp.
When you look at
the complexity of Puma Punku,
the huge platforms,
the interlocking blocks
made into what they thought
were indestructible walls.
What you could have,
is the kind of
perfectly made space port,
that extraterrestrials
would want.
Might the ancient city
of Puma Punku
really have
been built by alien beings,
as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?
If so, what
happened to these massive,
seemingly
indestructible structures?
One possibility is that
Puma Punku was destroyed
in some
artificial blast that literally
blew these buildings apart.
So much of it
is not simply broken.
It's shattered to
the point where you can find
little tiny pieces
of diorite anywhere you look.
And that looks to me
like an explosion happened.
At the end of its use,
they may have simply
blown it up because
they didn't want anyone
to use the technology
that they had left behind.
Precision stonework.
Unparalleled engineering.
And incomprehensible
destruction.
Is it possible that Puma Punku
was a point of extraterrestrial
contact in the distant past?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
and suggest further
evidence of alien engineering
can be found on a small island
in the Mediterranean
that is home to extraordinary
stone structures.
One of the most
incredible structures
that I've ever seen is on
the Italian island of Sardinia.
This Mediterranean island has
thousands
of mysterious stone towers,
bizarre statues
and even an ancient pyramid.
But what was most amazing to me
was the Well of Santa Cristina.
It features stonework so
precise that there is no way
it could have been built without
advanced engineering knowledge.
Oak Island
treasure hunter Marty Lagina
has invited Giorgio Tsoukalos
to help him explore Sardinia's
mysterious structures and offer
his unique perspective.
Local guide Ivana Malu
has taken them
to the Well of Santa Cristina,
an ancient structure believed
to have been built
sometime around 1800 BC.
They are met
by archaeo-astronomer
Mauro Peppino Zedda.
- Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, a speta.
- Yeah, prego.
These are modern, right?
This is reproduction.
- No, no, I mean it.
- No, I know! I know. I know.
- This is reproduction.
- It's what people say when they are here.
They say, "Oh, Ivana,
that's a fake, what is that?"
Can you imagine
the well is 3,000 years old?
No, honestly,
these are the original stones?
- Really, believe me, 100%.
- Wow.
That is built
to last for the eternity.
Well, this is spectacular.
The Well of Santa Cristina
demonstrates such incredible
masonry skill that
archaeologists struggle
to explain how it was built
by so-called primitive people.
Based on his years of research,
Giorgio believes that
the stonework may provide
important clues
for the theory that a race
of extraterrestrial giants
once inhabited the island.
Do you want
to touch with your hand
- the sophistication of the wall?
- Yes.
Here we go.
Wow.
- Unbelievable.
- This is crazy.
Look at this, it is round.
It's a perfect circle.
You can't put a piece of paper,
there's no mortar used
to put this stuff together.
- I mean, incredible questo.
- It's amazing.
Not only is it
constructed beautifully,
the foundation is
below the water table.
Okay, that's very hard to do. I
could tell you from Oak Island,
working in the water
is difficult.
This is spectacular.
Santa Cristina Holy Well
is one of the most
important sites in Sardinia.
It's part
of a Nuragic settlement
that dates back to 1500 BC
with nuraghe towers, menhirs,
standing stones,
and everything else there,
but the most interesting part
of that is this
very sophisticated well.
It's the most precision-carved
stonework I've seen in all
of the Mediterranean, really.
It's almost like it was built
by the Egyptians
or the Peruvian stone masons.
It's so advanced.
It's very fascinating.
The walls around here,
any child can do this.
You don't need any sophisticated
technology to do this.
But that in there,
especially if you think
that there
was no written record,
how was this preconceived?
Somebody had to think about it.
Clearly there's two type
of builders
that were present there,
because you have the well,
which is absolute
perfect stone masonry.
And then you have
the walls around it
that clearly were created
by a later culture,
because it's
not sophisticated at all.
It's just a bunch of
stones thrown together.
Yet, the well that
goes deep into the ground,
it is unlike
anything that I've ever seen.
The question is,
there was no written language.
How was this planned?
Because if you
look at this from above,
it's this keyhole shape,
and that to me is fascinating.
I have not seen
anything quite like this, okay?
I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.
Clearly someone told the local
people how to place these
stones into different areas
because it was a connection
to the celestial realm.
So you're
surmising the technology
was given to these people?
- The engineering knowledge.
- Yeah, okay.
Because this screams
- mathematics.
- Yes, it does.
I will certainly
concur to so to this extent,
someone or some ones
had extraordinary
knowledge here.
- This is not easy to build.
- No.
Is it possible that someone gave
the ancient Sardinians highly
advanced engineering knowledge?
And that that knowledge
was passed down
generation by generation
for thousands of years?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and point to another structure
in mainland Italy,
said to have been built
under the direction of a god.
Any discussion about
incredible structures
has to include
cyclopean architecture.
This construction style
where massive stone blocks,
known as megaliths, are fit
together like puzzle pieces,
can be found
all over the ancient world.
And when I visited Italy,
I saw one of the most incredible
examples of this
extraordinary architecture
at the megalithic walls
of Ferentino.
Ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
is in the heart
of the Italian peninsula,
about 50 miles
southeast of Rome.
This area of Italy,
known as Latium,
was considered the epicenter
of the Roman civilization.
Giorgio is eager to investigate
the ancient city's massive
megalithic walls, considered
to be some of the finest
constructions in Italy.
- Piacere. Thank you.
- Welcome to Italy and to Churcheria.
For expert insight,
he has called
upon local historian
Danila Bracaglia.
This is, uh, beautiful what
can you tell me about this area?
Ferentino, where we are today,
is actually known
for these constructions of,
uh, the megalithic walls,
founded according
to the tradition by god Saturn.
Okay. This is fascinating
to me because this
is one of the reasons
why I'm here.
What can you tell me
about the mythologies
of Saturn in this area here?
So the five cities of Saturn
are all a few kilometers
one from another.
And the tradition says,
you know,
the towns were founded
by Saturn and the Titans.
In Greek mythology,
the Titans were humanlike gods
of enormous stature,
who were eventually overthrown
by their children,
the Olympians.
Saturn is the Roman name
for the Titan Cronus,
who was said to have reigned as
an earthly king alongside Janus,
during a "Golden Age" when
the gods walked among humans.
Could it be
that Saturn and the Titans
actually existed on Earth
and were responsible
for helping
to construct the megalithic
structures found
throughout the Mediterranean?
So, Danila,
where are we right now?
So, this is one of
the entrance gates to the town.
And here, it's actually
a perfect point
where you can understand
the stratification of the time.
You see the huge blocks
from the pre-Roman time,
then smaller blocks built
in the Roman time, and finally
the Middle Age on top.
So basically,
you can see the-the megalithic
structure, then the Roman
and then Medieval Age.
Exactly. And it's
like reading a history book.
So it's, uh,
because here it's evident
that people lived here
for thousands of years
and-and then they
had different technique
of construction, some of them,
like the megalithic, uh,
constructions are lost,
so we don't know exactly,
uh, when they were built.
Which is, in a strange way,
a contradiction
because in ancient times
what we're told is that
not much technology existed,
so in order to move blocks
like this and put them together,
was an incredible
accomplishment,
because it's kind
of understandable
how those blocks were moved,
and of course the smaller blocks
at the very top,
it's not even a question.
So logic would dictate
that at first they begin
with the smaller
blocks and then, over time,
maybe used bigger blocks,
but it's the opposite way.
So it's to me
somewhat of a mystery.
At a certain point
the technology was lost.
We don't know
how they were made for sure.
There is no reference,
there's no reference in our
books or, uh, sources
about how they were built.
Do you know if all
these five cities of Saturn
have the cyclopean walls?
Yes, they have,
uh, these walls, megalithics,
or huge stones,
and some of them are
better preserved than others.
Cyclopean walls
consist of enormous stone
blocks stacked together
without the use of mortar.
I mean, this is incredible.
And this region is not the only
place that has these walls.
For example,
we have them also in Greece.
What's even more
fascinating is that
we have similar walls
on the other side
of the world
in Sacsayhuamán, Peru.
You see these, uh,
different blocks not only
in Sacsayhuamán,
you see them for example
in Abydos. Abydos is in Egypt,
you see a wall, you could think
we are standing in Peru,
but Abydos is in Egypt.
You see it on Easter Island.
Which means
to me the same teachers.
The idea that this
unusual construction
using giant blocks of stone
that are weighing
up to 200 tons
would be individually developed
in each of these sites
is virtually impossible.
So some architect
and designer and engineer
developed this technique
and now it's
being used
literally all over the world.
Who is that designer?
Who is that engineer
who came up with this worldwide
megalithic
construction technique?
Is it extraterrestrials?
From completely
opposite sides of the planet,
we have similar, if not
identical, construction styles.
According to
the ancient astronaut theory,
Saturn was
one of the founding gods
of civilization on Earth.
So the idea that this
may have had something to do
with an extraterrestrial visit
to me is-is fascinating.
Could it be that ancient
people all around the world
were taught how
to build megalithic structures
by extraterrestrials
that came down from the sky?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining
an ancient temple in India
that displays highly
sophisticated
engineering knowledge, credited
to a divine architect.
Any list of incredible
structures would be incomplete
without featuring the amazing
architecture of India.
And of all the astounding places
we've visited on Ancient Aliens,
one of the most baffling
is the Surang Tila temple.
This unbelievable site was
built using ancient construction
techniques that rival
anything you'd see today.
Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
is meeting up with archaeologist
Dr. Arun Sharma,
to get an up-close look
at the Surang Tila temple.
The temple was buried
beneath a mound of soil
for hundreds of years
until 2006,
when Dr. Sharma headed
an excavation of the site.
This is beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
Really?
Incredibly, the earthquake
that hit Sirpur
in the 11th century leveled
every modern building
that was standing at the time.
Only the ancient
Surang Tila temple survived.
Now, is this considered
Ayurvedic architecture
right here?
Ayurvedic architecture
is a construction technique
derived from
the ancient science of design
found in Indian texts
dating back thousands of years.
That's amazing. Huh.
Okay.
It seems to be almost
like some type of glue.
The glue-like substance
is said to form a bond
that is at least 20 times
stronger than concrete.
But modern builders
have been unwilling
to entertain the notion
that such an ancient concoction
could be superior to
today's building materials.
Wow, look at this. Beautiful.
The detailed instructions
for making this paste can be
found in an ancient Indian
text known as the Mayamatam,
a manuscript dedicated
to construction techniques.
The information
contained within the document
is understood to have
been passed down to humans
from Mayasura, the ancient
king of the demigods
who was said to oversee various
construction projects on Earth.
This right here?
Curiously, there is
a more astounding
earthquake-proof feature
at the site
to indicate advanced knowledge
was used in its construction.
Located at key points
within the Surang Tila temple
are several 80-foot-long shafts
designed to form
air pockets that can dissipate
the impact of seismic events.
Yes, please.
All right.
Wow.
Oh, wow. This is big.
It's a huge book.
And-and this text has
been around
for 4,500 years?
In your opinion, where
did this knowledge come from?
And you think
that this knowledge
originated from the stars?
That's amazing.
The Sarang Tila temple stands
as an incredible testament
to the advanced architectural
techniques of our ancestors.
Techniques reportedly
passed down to them
from their divine teachers.
And the archaeologist
in charge of the dig
is convinced that
the knowledge came directly
from extraterrestrial visitors.
Every one of the incredible
structures we've traveled to
on Ancient Aliens
provides evidence
that our ancestors had contact
with extraterrestrials
in the distant past.
And when you put it all
together, you have,
in my opinion, undeniable proof
for the ancient
astronaut theory.
How else can you explain
that thousands of years ago,
people in Japan, Egypt, Italy,
Bolivia, and other locations
all around the world were
somehow able to build these
massive megalithic structures?
To me, the answer is clear.
They had help
from alien visitors.
A mysterious underground temple
that holds
gigantic stone coffins.
It's humungous.
You can walk underneath it.
A 16,000-year-old monument
that appears to float in midair.
This monolith
is said to be related to
the heavenly rock ship.
Ancient engineering feats
far ahead of their time.
Someone or some ones had
extraordinary knowledge here.
- This is not easy to build.
- No.
On Ancient Aliens,
we've traveled to many
mysterious sites that
seem to defy explanation.
Now we take a look back
at some of the most incredible
structures we've
visited all over the world.
Structures, that according
to ancient astronaut theorists,
provide undeniable evidence
of extraterrestrial contact.
On Ancient Aliens,
we have traveled to some
of the most incredible
structures on the planet.
Structures that
offer compelling evidence
that our ancestors were
visited by extraterrestrials.
And some of the world's
most extraordinary examples
can be found in ancient Egypt,
like the Great Sphinx,
the Pyramids of Giza
and the Luxor Temple.
But Egypt is also home
to a site that a lot of people
don't even know about,
and one I think is amazing.
The Serapeum of Saqqara.
And when I went
to see it in person
with Egyptologist Ramy Romany,
it absolutely blew my mind.
Saqqara, Egypt.
While on
an expedition to recover
ancient manuscripts
for the Louvre Museum
in Paris, French Egyptologist
Auguste Mariette
spots a strange object
sticking out of the sand.
Intrigued, Mariette
has the sand cleared away
and finds large rocks
blocking what looks to be
the entrance
to an underground chamber.
After using explosives to
remove them, he gains entrance
to a tomb complex,
also known as the Serapeum.
In April 2018,
ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and Egyptologist
and Cairo native Ramy Romany
visited this mysterious site.
- The Serapeum of Saqqara, Giorgio.
- Yes.
Oh, it's magnificent.
The name
Serapeum comes from Serapis,
- which is Apis bull and Osiris.
- Yes.
- Right.
- Combined together in one Greek god.
Located deep beneath
the desert surface,
lies a 790-foot-long passageway.
There, within a series
of alcoves
neatly carved
out of the limestone rock,
are 24 gigantic
stone sarcophagi.
Each sarcophagus measures
approximately 13 feet long,
seven and a half feet wide
and over ten feet tall.
But just how
the ancient Egyptians
managed to transport
these massive granite boxes
remains unknown,
as does their intended purpose.
So this is one
of the most mysterious
places in all of Egypt, Giorgio.
Look how far all this goes.
The boxes themselves are,
what, 70 to 75 tons?
- Mm-hmm.
- And then the lids
are estimated
to be 20 to 25 tons.
It's one of the most
mysterious things about
this place is really how
they managed to bring
these heavy structures
all the way down here
when we're breathing
heavily just to get to the end.
Can we actually go
down to some of these?
Of course we can.
Wow.
You know,
I've always read about these.
I've seen pictures,
but it's humungous.
You can walk underneath it.
As far as conventional
Egyptologists
and archaeologists
are concerned,
the sarcophagi
were meant to house
the remains
of the sacred Apis bulls.
But as only one of the tombs
was found to contain
animal remains and all
the others were found empty,
the true nature of the Serapeum
is a source of deep contention.
The Apis bull is
a representation for god Osiris
and there's something
very important to mention.
Ancient Egyptians
did not worship animals.
Their concept was the gods
sent the animals to be
their messengers, and we have
to respect them in that way.
It was said that the first ever
Apis bull was created
when a ray of light
came down from heaven itself
and struck
this cow
who produced
the first Apis bull.
So there is
some relationship between
the bull itself and the stars.
The sides,
and also here the bottom
the polishing is perfect.
And we can illustrate this by
just looking at the angle.
I mean,
it's a perfect 90-degree angle.
Check this out.
It is absolute perfection.
It's easy to cut limestone.
But to cut basalt is a
That's a different story.
What do these
inscriptions here say?
These inscriptions
were extremely important.
You see the doors, specifically,
the so-called false doors.
They were the doors that allowed
the spirit, the ka and the ba
the spirit and the soul
to come out from the mummy.
And then read
the hieroglyphic inscriptions.
They wanted to make sure
that these Apis bulls
come back to life.
Go to eternity,
so they could stay
with Osiris in the sky.
Ancient historians' accounts,
like Herodotus, Strabo,
Eusebius, all of these
old, old chroniclers
speak of a
a former glory age of Egypt
known as the Golden Age.
Which some have suggested
dates back as far as 10,500 BC.
So is it possible
that what we have right here
may be a remnant of that time?
When it comes to dating,
I don't have a response.
I can't tell you for a fact
that this was made
3,000 years ago.
Till today there's a debate
on when were these made.
Egypt's Golden Age
was a time when humans
are said to have shared
the Earth with the gods.
Gods that, according
to the ancient astronaut theory,
were not mythological figures,
but extraterrestrial visitors.
And there are those who believe
that the figure of the Apis bull
can be found carved
into one of the sarcophagi
not because these giant stone
coffins held mummified bulls,
but because
the Apis bull represented
a connection to the stars.
It is a fact that
when most of these
gigantic sarcophagi were opened,
nothing was inside them.
But in my opinion
I think that
this acted as some kind
of otherworldly environment
for communication
with the cosmos itself.
And that
the bulls simply represented
the points of contact with
the cosmic beings themselves.
It doesn't make sense that these
were built for mummified bulls.
First of all
they're too big for the bulls.
They're beyond human scale.
In order for a human
to get into them,
you would first have
to remove the 15-to 20-ton lid
that was
placed on top of these boxes.
And then climb up
a ladder to get into them.
Is it possible that
what we're looking at here is
an extraterrestrial
technology that was used
thousands of years ago
in ancient Egypt?
What could possibly be
the purpose of these boxes?
What function did they serve?
It's an incredible question.
Is it possible that the massive
sarcophagi contained
within the Serapeum of Saqqara
were constructed more
than 10,000 years ago
during a period
when extraterrestrials
inhabited the Earth?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and suggest an even more direct
ET connection can be found
by exploring the prehistoric
megaliths of Japan.
Some of the most incredible
structures to have traveled
that have me convinced
that we've been visited
by extraterrestrials are
the ones that look
just like flying craft.
And when I went to Japan,
I had the honor to see
two ancient stone carvings
that are believed
to represent flying ships
witnessed by the people
who lived there
thousands of years ago.
Honshu, Japan. April 2017.
Near the modern-day city
of Osaka,
Giorgio Tsoukalos meets
with fellow ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami,
to investigate one of the oldest
and holiest sites
in the country.
The Ishi-no-Hoden megalith
is a giant stone monument
carved out of the bedrock on
the mountainside and is believed
by some researchers to date back
an astonishing 16,000 years.
Wow.
It's gigantic.
This is I had no idea.
I mean, it is massive.
The rock itself is said
to weigh about 500 tons.
- 500 tons? Wow.
- Yes.
Okay. That's amazing.
I-I want to
I need to walk around.
Very weird.
I mean, I had no idea
how massive this is.
So you want to just
look down below here.
It looks like
it's floating over the water.
It really does.
The name for this rock is
or "the floating rock
from the heavens."
So this monolith is said to
be related to one of the first
gods that descended
from the heavens to Japan,
and he is said to have
traveled over the country
on a sky ship
made out of a giant rock,
which was called
"Ama no Iwafune,"
which is
"the heavenly rock ship."
So what you're telling me
is that there is
an ancient Japanese legend
that speaks of a deity
flying around in the sky
with a gigantic
vehicle made of stone?
Absolutely.
So do you think that is
the reason why it was called
a vehicle made of stone,
because it was
so powerful and strong
and virtually indestructible
that the story became,
it's a vehicle made of stone?
You're absolutely right,
because the gods were
flying over
the land on a giant ship.
It wasn't a plane
because it didn't have wings.
It looked like a ship made
out of very hard material
that was like a very hard stone.
And they would descend
from the heavens
and down onto the land,
and thus, they would travel
around the country.
It's absolutely impressive.
To me, the Ishi-no-Hoden
megalith was an attempt
by our ancestors to document
an extraterrestrial visitation.
And they chose
this incredibly hard stone
as a way to represent
the color and indestructible
nature of the craft
they saw in the sky.
As if this wasn't
proof enough of alien contact,
during my trip to Japan,
I investigated
another ancient site
with an almost identical legend.
Does that say rock ship?
- Masuda rock ship
- Oh, all right.
Giorgio Tsoukalos
and ancient astronaut
theorist Takeharu Mikami
set out
to examine Masuda-no-Iwafune,
an 800-ton rock structure
that was carved from a single
piece of granite and resembles
no other architecture in Japan.
Check out this-this square
grid on the sides.
I mean, this is something
that I've seen before in India,
in Mahabalipuram,
where they have the same
mythologies of celestial beings.
And they had
something very similar
on the side of some
of their rocks, as well.
Mm-hmm.
I can't wait to see the top.
Amazing.
- Oh, man.
- Whoa!
Wow. That is
I mean, I've never seen
anything like it.
While some researchers believe
the Masuda-no-Iwafune
megalith is a tomb,
others claim it is
meant to depict
the "sky boats"
that are described
in ancient Japanese stories.
So the idea is
that this was the entrance
to a Buddhist temple what
do they mean by that, inside?
- I mean, where?
- It would actually
predate Buddhism in Japan.
So it wouldn't
have anything to do
- with Buddhist temples.
- Right, so
what is the actual translation
of Masuda-no-Iwafune?
Masuda is the name
of the region,
and Iwafune literally means
"stone ship" or "rock ship."
Okay.
Yes, it's
naturally the Iwafune
or "the rock ship"
would have come down
from the heavens as a vehicle
for the gods
to descend upon Earth.
So I guess with the combination
of the mythologies
of celestial beings,
this could be
some type of representation
of one of those flying vehicles
that our ancestors
perhaps witnessed.
Could the massive stone
monuments both in Asuka Park
and in Honshu have been
inspired by encounters
with extraterrestrial craft
descending from the sky?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes, and they believe
that further proof
of otherworldly contact
in the distant past can be
found halfway around the world,
at a mysterious
megalithic site high
in the Andes Mountains.
Many of the incredible
structuress
found around the world
were built with stone blocks
so massive it seems impossible
that they could have been moved
without advanced technology.
But for me, the site
of Puma Punku in Bolivia
is the most astounding of all,
because not only are the stones
megalithic, they're carved
with a precision that we would
have a hard time replicating
even with modern tools.
Here, 45 miles west of La Paz,
isolated high
in the Andes Mountains
lie the mysterious
ancient ruins of Puma Punku.
Spread across
a desert plateau at an altitude
of over 12,000 feet,
the megalithic stones
found here are
among the largest on the planet,
some measuring
up to 26 feet long
and weighing more than 100 tons.
What you have here are
massive blocks
scattered
like some kid's toy blocks
around the site.
It's like some giant cataclysm
just wiped out this entire area.
Archaeologists are baffled
by what Puma Punku was,
how it looked
and what the purpose
of this enormous
structure would have been.
One of the amazing
things here at Puma Punku
is the precision of the blocks.
You can see with this
block that it's really been cut
at very accurate right angles.
Not only do these
blocks have precision corners,
but they also have these
difficult
drill holes that are going
right through the rock.
In January 2011,
ancient astronaut theorist
David Childress and author
Brien Foerster
gained unprecedented access
to investigate
this incredible site.
You know, Brien,
this is one of the most
interesting and unusual stones
here at Puma Punku.
It's got these
perfect right angles and
and then each of these
small drill holes
are basically evenly spaced
along this routed groove.
To me it's clear that
power tools have been used
on this unusual block
of stone here.
Well, exactly.
And this surface is as smooth
as a tabletop,
like in your kitchen.
There's no
wave to it or anything.
This was machined,
but who machined it?
It's an astonishing
piece of work.
And how anyone could think
that primitive human beings
could have done this,
you know, it's just crazy.
If anything looks like
ancient aliens, it's this stone.
What did the ancients use to
cut these stones so precisely?
Might evidence of advanced
technology be found
by further study
of the construction
of the Puma Punku stones?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and point to what they call
H-blocks.
It seems like every one of these
H-blocks is exactly the same.
So it's like
a prefabrication process
where they needed
X-hundred of these
and whatever machinery it
is that they had was able with
amazing accuracy to replicate
one after another after another.
It seems as though
some kind of factory
was set up there
to make these
almost exactly the same.
It's almost like a Lego
system of interconnecting blocks
and that
is unique on this Earth.
It's an ingenious way
of building a huge wall.
And again, the whole thing
is just so incredibly precise.
Doing these kind of
inside corners like this.
This-this just
can't be done really with,
with copper chisels and
and stone hammers.
The whole thing is is just
so incredibly high-tech.
Even beyond
what we would do today.
We don't really know
the age of Puma Punku.
Archeologists have come up
with wildly different ages.
Starting with
early excavations here,
thinking that Puma Punku
was up to 20,000 years old.
But the kind of machinery
that would need to be used
to articulate
and cut these blocks
would be giant diamond saws
with huge blades,
powerful routers.
Even possibly
we're talking about
plasma cutters
and melting of stone.
Something that
is only being worked on
today by modern scientists.
According
to the local Aymara people
who have inhabited
this region for centuries,
Puma Punku
was built in a single day.
And not by humans,
but by the sky gods.
They say, "The gods
constructed the place
in one night."
This makes sense.
You have
an extraterrestrial crew.
They come down to Earth.
So they construct with
their tools
just something, which we would
call today, a basic camp.
When you look at
the complexity of Puma Punku,
the huge platforms,
the interlocking blocks
made into what they thought
were indestructible walls.
What you could have,
is the kind of
perfectly made space port,
that extraterrestrials
would want.
Might the ancient city
of Puma Punku
really have
been built by alien beings,
as ancient astronaut theorists
contend?
If so, what
happened to these massive,
seemingly
indestructible structures?
One possibility is that
Puma Punku was destroyed
in some
artificial blast that literally
blew these buildings apart.
So much of it
is not simply broken.
It's shattered to
the point where you can find
little tiny pieces
of diorite anywhere you look.
And that looks to me
like an explosion happened.
At the end of its use,
they may have simply
blown it up because
they didn't want anyone
to use the technology
that they had left behind.
Precision stonework.
Unparalleled engineering.
And incomprehensible
destruction.
Is it possible that Puma Punku
was a point of extraterrestrial
contact in the distant past?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes
and suggest further
evidence of alien engineering
can be found on a small island
in the Mediterranean
that is home to extraordinary
stone structures.
One of the most
incredible structures
that I've ever seen is on
the Italian island of Sardinia.
This Mediterranean island has
thousands
of mysterious stone towers,
bizarre statues
and even an ancient pyramid.
But what was most amazing to me
was the Well of Santa Cristina.
It features stonework so
precise that there is no way
it could have been built without
advanced engineering knowledge.
Oak Island
treasure hunter Marty Lagina
has invited Giorgio Tsoukalos
to help him explore Sardinia's
mysterious structures and offer
his unique perspective.
Local guide Ivana Malu
has taken them
to the Well of Santa Cristina,
an ancient structure believed
to have been built
sometime around 1800 BC.
They are met
by archaeo-astronomer
Mauro Peppino Zedda.
- Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, a speta.
- Yeah, prego.
These are modern, right?
This is reproduction.
- No, no, I mean it.
- No, I know! I know. I know.
- This is reproduction.
- It's what people say when they are here.
They say, "Oh, Ivana,
that's a fake, what is that?"
Can you imagine
the well is 3,000 years old?
No, honestly,
these are the original stones?
- Really, believe me, 100%.
- Wow.
That is built
to last for the eternity.
Well, this is spectacular.
The Well of Santa Cristina
demonstrates such incredible
masonry skill that
archaeologists struggle
to explain how it was built
by so-called primitive people.
Based on his years of research,
Giorgio believes that
the stonework may provide
important clues
for the theory that a race
of extraterrestrial giants
once inhabited the island.
Do you want
to touch with your hand
- the sophistication of the wall?
- Yes.
Here we go.
Wow.
- Unbelievable.
- This is crazy.
Look at this, it is round.
It's a perfect circle.
You can't put a piece of paper,
there's no mortar used
to put this stuff together.
- I mean, incredible questo.
- It's amazing.
Not only is it
constructed beautifully,
the foundation is
below the water table.
Okay, that's very hard to do. I
could tell you from Oak Island,
working in the water
is difficult.
This is spectacular.
Santa Cristina Holy Well
is one of the most
important sites in Sardinia.
It's part
of a Nuragic settlement
that dates back to 1500 BC
with nuraghe towers, menhirs,
standing stones,
and everything else there,
but the most interesting part
of that is this
very sophisticated well.
It's the most precision-carved
stonework I've seen in all
of the Mediterranean, really.
It's almost like it was built
by the Egyptians
or the Peruvian stone masons.
It's so advanced.
It's very fascinating.
The walls around here,
any child can do this.
You don't need any sophisticated
technology to do this.
But that in there,
especially if you think
that there
was no written record,
how was this preconceived?
Somebody had to think about it.
Clearly there's two type
of builders
that were present there,
because you have the well,
which is absolute
perfect stone masonry.
And then you have
the walls around it
that clearly were created
by a later culture,
because it's
not sophisticated at all.
It's just a bunch of
stones thrown together.
Yet, the well that
goes deep into the ground,
it is unlike
anything that I've ever seen.
The question is,
there was no written language.
How was this planned?
Because if you
look at this from above,
it's this keyhole shape,
and that to me is fascinating.
I have not seen
anything quite like this, okay?
I'm-I'm literally wowed by this.
Clearly someone told the local
people how to place these
stones into different areas
because it was a connection
to the celestial realm.
So you're
surmising the technology
was given to these people?
- The engineering knowledge.
- Yeah, okay.
Because this screams
- mathematics.
- Yes, it does.
I will certainly
concur to so to this extent,
someone or some ones
had extraordinary
knowledge here.
- This is not easy to build.
- No.
Is it possible that someone gave
the ancient Sardinians highly
advanced engineering knowledge?
And that that knowledge
was passed down
generation by generation
for thousands of years?
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
and point to another structure
in mainland Italy,
said to have been built
under the direction of a god.
Any discussion about
incredible structures
has to include
cyclopean architecture.
This construction style
where massive stone blocks,
known as megaliths, are fit
together like puzzle pieces,
can be found
all over the ancient world.
And when I visited Italy,
I saw one of the most incredible
examples of this
extraordinary architecture
at the megalithic walls
of Ferentino.
Ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
is in the heart
of the Italian peninsula,
about 50 miles
southeast of Rome.
This area of Italy,
known as Latium,
was considered the epicenter
of the Roman civilization.
Giorgio is eager to investigate
the ancient city's massive
megalithic walls, considered
to be some of the finest
constructions in Italy.
- Piacere. Thank you.
- Welcome to Italy and to Churcheria.
For expert insight,
he has called
upon local historian
Danila Bracaglia.
This is, uh, beautiful what
can you tell me about this area?
Ferentino, where we are today,
is actually known
for these constructions of,
uh, the megalithic walls,
founded according
to the tradition by god Saturn.
Okay. This is fascinating
to me because this
is one of the reasons
why I'm here.
What can you tell me
about the mythologies
of Saturn in this area here?
So the five cities of Saturn
are all a few kilometers
one from another.
And the tradition says,
you know,
the towns were founded
by Saturn and the Titans.
In Greek mythology,
the Titans were humanlike gods
of enormous stature,
who were eventually overthrown
by their children,
the Olympians.
Saturn is the Roman name
for the Titan Cronus,
who was said to have reigned as
an earthly king alongside Janus,
during a "Golden Age" when
the gods walked among humans.
Could it be
that Saturn and the Titans
actually existed on Earth
and were responsible
for helping
to construct the megalithic
structures found
throughout the Mediterranean?
So, Danila,
where are we right now?
So, this is one of
the entrance gates to the town.
And here, it's actually
a perfect point
where you can understand
the stratification of the time.
You see the huge blocks
from the pre-Roman time,
then smaller blocks built
in the Roman time, and finally
the Middle Age on top.
So basically,
you can see the-the megalithic
structure, then the Roman
and then Medieval Age.
Exactly. And it's
like reading a history book.
So it's, uh,
because here it's evident
that people lived here
for thousands of years
and-and then they
had different technique
of construction, some of them,
like the megalithic, uh,
constructions are lost,
so we don't know exactly,
uh, when they were built.
Which is, in a strange way,
a contradiction
because in ancient times
what we're told is that
not much technology existed,
so in order to move blocks
like this and put them together,
was an incredible
accomplishment,
because it's kind
of understandable
how those blocks were moved,
and of course the smaller blocks
at the very top,
it's not even a question.
So logic would dictate
that at first they begin
with the smaller
blocks and then, over time,
maybe used bigger blocks,
but it's the opposite way.
So it's to me
somewhat of a mystery.
At a certain point
the technology was lost.
We don't know
how they were made for sure.
There is no reference,
there's no reference in our
books or, uh, sources
about how they were built.
Do you know if all
these five cities of Saturn
have the cyclopean walls?
Yes, they have,
uh, these walls, megalithics,
or huge stones,
and some of them are
better preserved than others.
Cyclopean walls
consist of enormous stone
blocks stacked together
without the use of mortar.
I mean, this is incredible.
And this region is not the only
place that has these walls.
For example,
we have them also in Greece.
What's even more
fascinating is that
we have similar walls
on the other side
of the world
in Sacsayhuamán, Peru.
You see these, uh,
different blocks not only
in Sacsayhuamán,
you see them for example
in Abydos. Abydos is in Egypt,
you see a wall, you could think
we are standing in Peru,
but Abydos is in Egypt.
You see it on Easter Island.
Which means
to me the same teachers.
The idea that this
unusual construction
using giant blocks of stone
that are weighing
up to 200 tons
would be individually developed
in each of these sites
is virtually impossible.
So some architect
and designer and engineer
developed this technique
and now it's
being used
literally all over the world.
Who is that designer?
Who is that engineer
who came up with this worldwide
megalithic
construction technique?
Is it extraterrestrials?
From completely
opposite sides of the planet,
we have similar, if not
identical, construction styles.
According to
the ancient astronaut theory,
Saturn was
one of the founding gods
of civilization on Earth.
So the idea that this
may have had something to do
with an extraterrestrial visit
to me is-is fascinating.
Could it be that ancient
people all around the world
were taught how
to build megalithic structures
by extraterrestrials
that came down from the sky?
Perhaps further clues
can be found
by examining
an ancient temple in India
that displays highly
sophisticated
engineering knowledge, credited
to a divine architect.
Any list of incredible
structures would be incomplete
without featuring the amazing
architecture of India.
And of all the astounding places
we've visited on Ancient Aliens,
one of the most baffling
is the Surang Tila temple.
This unbelievable site was
built using ancient construction
techniques that rival
anything you'd see today.
Ancient astronaut theorist
Giorgio Tsoukalos
is meeting up with archaeologist
Dr. Arun Sharma,
to get an up-close look
at the Surang Tila temple.
The temple was buried
beneath a mound of soil
for hundreds of years
until 2006,
when Dr. Sharma headed
an excavation of the site.
This is beautiful.
Mm-hmm.
Really?
Incredibly, the earthquake
that hit Sirpur
in the 11th century leveled
every modern building
that was standing at the time.
Only the ancient
Surang Tila temple survived.
Now, is this considered
Ayurvedic architecture
right here?
Ayurvedic architecture
is a construction technique
derived from
the ancient science of design
found in Indian texts
dating back thousands of years.
That's amazing. Huh.
Okay.
It seems to be almost
like some type of glue.
The glue-like substance
is said to form a bond
that is at least 20 times
stronger than concrete.
But modern builders
have been unwilling
to entertain the notion
that such an ancient concoction
could be superior to
today's building materials.
Wow, look at this. Beautiful.
The detailed instructions
for making this paste can be
found in an ancient Indian
text known as the Mayamatam,
a manuscript dedicated
to construction techniques.
The information
contained within the document
is understood to have
been passed down to humans
from Mayasura, the ancient
king of the demigods
who was said to oversee various
construction projects on Earth.
This right here?
Curiously, there is
a more astounding
earthquake-proof feature
at the site
to indicate advanced knowledge
was used in its construction.
Located at key points
within the Surang Tila temple
are several 80-foot-long shafts
designed to form
air pockets that can dissipate
the impact of seismic events.
Yes, please.
All right.
Wow.
Oh, wow. This is big.
It's a huge book.
And-and this text has
been around
for 4,500 years?
In your opinion, where
did this knowledge come from?
And you think
that this knowledge
originated from the stars?
That's amazing.
The Sarang Tila temple stands
as an incredible testament
to the advanced architectural
techniques of our ancestors.
Techniques reportedly
passed down to them
from their divine teachers.
And the archaeologist
in charge of the dig
is convinced that
the knowledge came directly
from extraterrestrial visitors.
Every one of the incredible
structures we've traveled to
on Ancient Aliens
provides evidence
that our ancestors had contact
with extraterrestrials
in the distant past.
And when you put it all
together, you have,
in my opinion, undeniable proof
for the ancient
astronaut theory.
How else can you explain
that thousands of years ago,
people in Japan, Egypt, Italy,
Bolivia, and other locations
all around the world were
somehow able to build these
massive megalithic structures?
To me, the answer is clear.
They had help
from alien visitors.