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Ancient Apocalypse

What if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of yea...

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documentary, history

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Filmové studio Barrandov

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Self - Presenter

Self - Host, The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

Self - University of Edinburgh

Martin Sweatman

Self - Catastrophist Geology Researcher

Randall Carlson

Self - Site Manager, Poverty Point

Self - Heritage Malta

Self - University of Indonesia

Self - Marine Biologist

Self - Museum Director

Sevim Tunçdemir

Self - Istanbul University

Self - Researcher, GeoScience Consultant

Self - Marine Investigator

Self - Geologist

Danny Hilman Natawidjaja

Self - Historian

Hüsam Süleymangil

Self - Serpent Mound Historian

Self - The Prehistoric Society of Malta

Self - University of Calgary

Geoffrey McCafferty

Self - Author, The Empires of Atlantis

Self - Skeptic Magazine

Michael Shermer

Self - Author, Sirius: The Star of the Maltese Temples

Self - British Library

Self - Manchester University

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We don't know. We don't know yet - Ancient Apocalypse

We don't know. We don't know yet

That notion isn't in itself disputed, - Ancient Apocalypse

That notion isn't in itself disputed,

The sun is setting
between the two volcanoes to the west, - Ancient Apocalypse

The sun is setting between the two volcanoes to the west,

This is Ghar Dalam, - Ancient Apocalypse

This is Ghar Dalam,

I think that the reason is, in part, - Ancient Apocalypse

I think that the reason is, in part,

It's not what they've been taught to do, - Ancient Apocalypse

It's not what they've been taught to do,

We know that the indigenous Mesoamericans
were very clued into astronomical cycles. - Ancient Apocalypse

We know that the indigenous Mesoamericans were very clued in...

As were the ancient Egyptians,
who built their Great Pyramid of Giza - Ancient Apocalypse

As were the ancient Egyptians, who built their Great Pyramid...

Here, a series of floods
left behind animal bones and fossils - Ancient Apocalypse

Here, a series of floods left behind animal bones and fossil...

I'm not claiming
that Poverty Point was created - Ancient Apocalypse

I'm not claiming that Poverty Point was created

Dr. Anton Mifsud, - Ancient Apocalypse

Dr. Anton Mifsud,

They are natural, but the position now
is not in the natural position. - Ancient Apocalypse

They are natural, but the position now is not in the natural...

His independent findings here
have caused great controversy. - Ancient Apocalypse

His independent findings here have caused great controversy.

Here, all is cut into one
or one-and-a-half meters. - Ancient Apocalypse

Here, all is cut into one or one-and-a-half meters.

I'm not saying
the ancient Americans living here - Ancient Apocalypse

I'm not saying the ancient Americans living here

Well, starting, well,
from where the light brown... - Ancient Apocalypse

Well, starting, well, from where the light brown...

The natural position,
there is no ground mass in between. - Ancient Apocalypse

The natural position, there is no ground mass in between.

The problem is that these structures
are universally associated - Ancient Apocalypse

The problem is that these structures are universally associa...

- Yeah. The last 8,000 years.
- The last 8,000 years. Correct. - Ancient Apocalypse

- Yeah. The last 8,000 years. - The last 8,000 years. Correc...

But here, in between these columnar rocks,
there is a mortar - Ancient Apocalypse

But here, in between these columnar rocks, there is a mortar

We can interpret it
as a podium for a sitting area... - Ancient Apocalypse

We can interpret it as a podium for a sitting area...

And there, at the bottom of it,
is something called a Pleistocene sheet. - Ancient Apocalypse

And there, at the bottom of it, is something called a Pleist...

This is always connected
with pyramid structures, - Ancient Apocalypse

This is always connected with pyramid structures,

They were much more complicated than that
and much more sophisticated. - Ancient Apocalypse

They were much more complicated than that and much more soph...

...and people coming together, - Ancient Apocalypse

...and people coming together,

The thickness is, like, five centimeters,
and it's very consistent. - Ancient Apocalypse

The thickness is, like, five centimeters, and it's very...

And their vision
of Earth's place in the cosmos - Ancient Apocalypse

And their vision of Earth's place in the cosmos

- Yes.
- ...but they don't call it a cultural layer - Ancient Apocalypse

- Yes. - ...but they don't call it a cultural layer

It's a detail that defies
the accepted mainstream view - Ancient Apocalypse

It's a detail that defies the accepted mainstream view

Anything found at this depth
is at least 11,600 years old. - Ancient Apocalypse

Anything found at this depth is at least 11,600 years old.

A shared legacy
from a lost global civilization - Ancient Apocalypse

A shared legacy from a lost global civilization

They had a fossilized color,
they had no roots. - Ancient Apocalypse

They had a fossilized color, they had no roots.

It's a possibility that leads me to ask - Ancient Apocalypse

It's a possibility that leads me to ask

Experts involved in the dig
were convinced they'd found evidence - Ancient Apocalypse

Experts involved in the dig were convinced they'd found...

No. We've had ceramics that are similar
to ceramics from the basin of Mexico - Ancient Apocalypse

No. We've had ceramics that are similar to ceramics fro...

Here was proof that Neanderthals
did walk across that Ice Age land bridge. - Ancient Apocalypse

Here was proof that Neanderthals did walk across that Ice Ag...

And there's a tremendous amount of work
that needs to be done - Ancient Apocalypse

And there's a tremendous amount of work that needs to b...

It's not the same shape of pyramids - Ancient Apocalypse

It's not the same shape of pyramids

I'm not disputing
the archaeological evidence - Ancient Apocalypse

I'm not disputing the archaeological evidence

What we do know
is that in the years that followed, - Ancient Apocalypse

What we do know is that in the years that followed,

It's a human head - Ancient Apocalypse

It's a human head

And what really interests me
are the ideas that underpin them all. - Ancient Apocalypse

And what really interests me are the ideas that underpin the...

By 1519,
when the Spanish conquistadors arrived, - Ancient Apocalypse

By 1519, when the Spanish conquistadors arrived,

Changing a paradigm is no easy business. - Ancient Apocalypse

Changing a paradigm is no easy business.

Serpent Mound extends
more than quarter of a mile - Ancient Apocalypse

Serpent Mound extends more than quarter of a mile

When a particular mindset - Ancient Apocalypse

When a particular mindset

Originally, there was a circle
of standing stones by the head, - Ancient Apocalypse

Originally, there was a circle of standing stones by the hea...

Once upon a time,
there were giants in ancient Mexico, - Ancient Apocalypse

Once upon a time, there were giants in ancient Mexico,

Curious to mount his own investigation, - Ancient Apocalypse

Curious to mount his own investigation,

Serpent Mound
is a remarkable, graceful structure, - Ancient Apocalypse

Serpent Mound is a remarkable, graceful structure,

This is evidence of human activity
during the Ice Age. - Ancient Apocalypse

This is evidence of human activity during the Ice Age.

- The GPR.
- Yeah, that's ground-penetrating radar. - Ancient Apocalypse

- The GPR. - Yeah, that's ground-penetrating radar.

The sign of the site will tell you
it was built around 1000 AD - Ancient Apocalypse

The sign of the site will tell you it was built around 1000 ...

Archaeologists regard this
as just a fanciful tale, - Ancient Apocalypse

Archaeologists regard this as just a fanciful tale,

If our cousins,
the Neanderthals, reached Malta, - Ancient Apocalypse

If our cousins, the Neanderthals, reached Malta,

And then they started
to produce a different life. - Ancient Apocalypse

And then they started to produce a different life.

They changed the buildings, - Ancient Apocalypse

They changed the buildings,

That date of 1000 AD - Ancient Apocalypse

That date of 1000 AD

Perhaps that architect - Ancient Apocalypse

Perhaps that architect

We're going to do
the ground-penetration radar, - Ancient Apocalypse

We're going to do the ground-penetration radar,

In my view, the evidence for a far older
civilization here on Malta is compelling - Ancient Apocalypse

In my view, the evidence for a far older civilization here o...

I want to show you something
that I saw quarter of a century ago - Ancient Apocalypse

I want to show you something that I saw quarter of a century...

We shouldn't expect
the evidence to be easy to find, - Ancient Apocalypse

We shouldn't expect the evidence to be easy to find,

We chose the frequency of 40 megahertz
to penetrate down to 30 meters. - Ancient Apocalypse

We chose the frequency of 40 megahertz to penetrate down to ...

I suggest that these restorations
go back deep into the past. - Ancient Apocalypse

I suggest that these restorations go back deep into the past...

There's just one problem
with investigating my theory. - Ancient Apocalypse

There's just one problem with investigating my theory.

On what I regard as ideological
and indeed rather personal grounds, - Ancient Apocalypse

On what I regard as ideological and indeed rather personal g...

"Our role is to ensure that - Ancient Apocalypse

"Our role is to ensure that

Here at Texcotzingo,
we encounter a pyramid again, - Ancient Apocalypse

Here at Texcotzingo, we encounter a pyramid again,

It has a seismic velocity
of about 200 meters per second. - Ancient Apocalypse

It has a seismic velocity of about 200 meters per second.

It's easy to understand why this place - Ancient Apocalypse

It's easy to understand why this place

Here, in the 15th century, - Ancient Apocalypse

Here, in the 15th century,

And what more effective way - Ancient Apocalypse

And what more effective way

...connecting to this chamber - Ancient Apocalypse

...connecting to this chamber

Over the years, I have found and followed
more of these man-made grooves underwater, - Ancient Apocalypse

Over the years, I have found and followed more of these man-...

Perched atop this uniquely-shaped hill - Ancient Apocalypse

Perched atop this uniquely-shaped hill

It's by no means
the first time this has happened. - Ancient Apocalypse

It's by no means the first time this has happened.

They practice censorship by ridiculing
and insulting alternative ideas. - Ancient Apocalypse

They practice censorship by ridiculing and insulting alterna...

So what exactly is it
in this theory of mine - Ancient Apocalypse

So what exactly is it in this theory of mine

How many other man-made structures, - Ancient Apocalypse

How many other man-made structures,

The reason I believe
that a deeper ancient intelligence - Ancient Apocalypse

The reason I believe that a deeper ancient intelligence

The Spanish conquistadors
took it for granted - Ancient Apocalypse

The Spanish conquistadors took it for granted

- Yeah.
- ...three chambers, - Ancient Apocalypse

- Yeah. - ...three chambers,

Its futuristic, modern covering
cuts it off from the sky, - Ancient Apocalypse

Its futuristic, modern covering cuts it off from the sky,

Author Marco Vigato believes the evidence
suggests that's exactly what happened. - Ancient Apocalypse

Author Marco Vigato believes the evidence suggests that'...

You see the head of the serpent,
it seems to be seeking out the Sun, - Ancient Apocalypse

You see the head of the serpent, it seems to be seeking out ...

If you look around at the site here, - Ancient Apocalypse

If you look around at the site here,

And they have incorporated
some of those observations - Ancient Apocalypse

And they have incorporated some of those observations

This row looks to me - Ancient Apocalypse

This row looks to me

Some parts of the site
that clearly show evidence of erosion - Ancient Apocalypse

Some parts of the site that clearly show evidence of erosion

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What if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of yea...

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Production: Filmové studio Barrandov

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2022

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ImdbRating: 7.3

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Released: 11 Nov 2022

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