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You see, Malta wasn't always an island. At the height of the last Ice Age, the level of the world's oceans
was about 120 meters, 400 feet, lower than it is today. And The Maltese islands
used to be hilltops, part of a single continuous landmass
that connected Malta all the way to present-day Sicily and from there to the southern end
of Italy and the European mainland. Back then,
Europe wasn't a great place to live. Cold, dry, and inhospitable. We know Ice Age animals
migrated across that ancient land bridge to the warmer, more abundant lands
of Malta and flourished here. Wouldn't humans have followed them?
was about 120 meters, 400 feet, lower than it is today. And The Maltese islands
used to be hilltops, part of a single continuous landmass
that connected Malta all the way to present-day Sicily and from there to the southern end
of Italy and the European mainland. Back then,
Europe wasn't a great place to live. Cold, dry, and inhospitable. We know Ice Age animals
migrated across that ancient land bridge to the warmer, more abundant lands
of Malta and flourished here. Wouldn't humans have followed them?
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You see, Malta wasn't always an island.
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At the height of the last Ice Age,
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the level of the world's oceans
was about 120 meters,
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400 feet, lower than it is today.
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And The Maltese islands
used to be hilltops,
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part of a single continuous landmass
that connected Malta
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all the way to present-day Sicily
00:00:23.595 --> 00:00:27.393
and from there to the southern end
of Italy and the European mainland.
00:00:29.157 --> 00:00:31.536
Back then,
Europe wasn't a great place to live.
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Cold, dry, and inhospitable.
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We know Ice Age animals
migrated across that ancient land bridge
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to the warmer, more abundant lands
of Malta and flourished here.
00:00:47.648 --> 00:00:49.527
Wouldn't humans have followed them?
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Movie Summary
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...
