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0:00 - Oldest Exhibit in the Louvre
0:31 - Pre-Columbian Discoveries in Guadeloupe
1:33 - Ancient Proto-Writing Tablets
2:28 - Discovery of Giant's Tomb in Egypt
3:44 - Site of the Battle of Sudbishche
4:54 - Legend of the Tisul Princess
7:42 - Chinese Pyramids and Ming Dynasty Mummy
8:56 - Ain Ghazal and Ancient Jordanian Statues
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0:31 - Pre-Columbian Discoveries in Guadeloupe
1:33 - Ancient Proto-Writing Tablets
2:28 - Discovery of Giant's Tomb in Egypt
3:44 - Site of the Battle of Sudbishche
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7:42 - Chinese Pyramids and Ming Dynasty Mummy
8:56 - Ain Ghazal and Ancient Jordanian Statues
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00:00Do you know how old the oldest exhibit in the Louvre is?
00:039,000 years.
00:05And this item isn't just a humble shard,
00:07but a statue of a person over a meter tall.
00:10One of the oldest sculptures ever found by archaeologists.
00:12How can we even imagine the nine millennia
00:14that have passed since this figure was created?
00:17Christianized Rus is just a little over 1,000 years old.
00:202,000 years ago, Julius Caesar lived.
00:22Athens is 3,000 years old.
00:24And the Egyptian pyramids are 4,500 years old.
00:28And all of that is only halfway back to the 7th millennium B.C.
00:32Traces of pre-Columbian civilization in Guadeloupe.
00:35Specialists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research of France,
00:39while conducting exploratory work in the city of Abime, Guadeloupe,
00:42discovered more than 100 burials from the pre-Columbian period.
00:45The archaeologists were invited by the local authorities.
00:48A residential complex is planned to be built on the site they examined.
00:51However, now the implementation of this project is in question,
00:54since for the first time archaeologists have discovered an area
00:58with an unprecedentedly high concentration of traces of pre-Columbian civilization.
01:02The archaeologists excavated several cultural layers.
01:05In the earliest of them, they found a large number of human remains
01:08buried in round pits, as well as post holes and pottery.
01:11According to scientists' estimates,
01:13these traces were left by a culture that lived here from the 11th to the 13th centuries A.D.
01:19There is an opinion that the excavated structures had an agricultural purpose.
01:22It is likely that sugarcane was cultivated in this area, and sugar was produced.
01:26This is indicated by the large number of vessels found with traces of molasses
01:30and molds for making sugar candies.
01:32Writing on a Clay Tablet
01:34Scientists found a tablet made of unbaked clay about 7,000 years old.
01:39It is covered with lines, which, according to archaeologists, are so-called proto-writing.
01:44This term was introduced into scientific use in the 1960s,
01:47after the discovery of three similar tablets with mysterious signs in Romania.
01:52Experts decided that the engravings on the tablets
01:54could have served as a means of transmitting information in ancient times.
01:58It is impossible to decipher them,
02:00since they were created by people who did not know the alphabet.
02:03Scientists hope that in the future,
02:05artificial intelligence will help translate these messages.
02:08Similar tablets have often been found on both sides of the Balkan mountains
02:11over the past 60 years.
02:13There is even a classification of such artifacts,
02:16the oldest of which are 8,000 years old.
02:19Most of the tablets have the same elliptical shape.
02:22Some of them have images of animals,
02:24but in most cases they are covered with simple lines and patterns.
02:28A giant's tomb was found in Egypt.
02:31A very interesting archaeological discovery was made in Alexandria, Egypt.
02:35Scientists found a huge black sarcophagus there,
02:38with the remains of a humanoid who, during his lifetime,
02:41may have stood over two and a half meters tall.
02:44So here we are dealing with a discovery
02:46that could potentially indicate the existence of giant humanoids,
02:49known in the Bible as the Nephilim.
02:51According to archaeologists,
02:53this almost three meter long sarcophagus
02:54dates back no later than the 3rd century BC,
02:57which is the so-called Ptolemaic era
02:59that began after the death of Alexander the Great.
03:01The sarcophagus was found under a layer of earth
03:04almost five meters deep,
03:05and most likely had been lying there for several thousand years.
03:08The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has already recognized the find
03:11as the largest sarcophagus ever discovered in Alexandria.
03:14In addition to the sarcophagus,
03:16there was also a huge alabaster bust,
03:18which probably depicts the deceased giant.
03:20This is not the only known case in history
03:22of discovering a giant's tomb in Alexandria.
03:25According to records,
03:26this is a king of the 2nd dynasty of Egypt,
03:28who lived around 3000 BC.
03:30It's true that his remains have never been found,
03:32but according to records discovered by Flinders Petrie,
03:36the bones of Mui measured about five cubits and three hands,
03:40which means he was between 2.4 and 2.6 meters tall.
03:44The battlefield from the era of Ivan the Terrible
03:47Russian archaeologists have identified the site
03:50where the Battle of Sudbyshe took place in 1555
03:53between the Russian army and the Crimean horde.
03:56After reports from a diving club
03:58about the discovery of ancient objects
04:00on the bottom of the Gogol River,
04:02archaeologists surveyed the area
04:03where they found at least 300 different artifacts,
04:07including numerous arrowheads
04:09and a coin from the time of Ivan the Terrible.
04:12They concluded that one of the final stages
04:13of the two-day battle took place here.
04:15The Battle of Sudbyshe
04:17is one of the most famous battles in Russian history.
04:19It took place on June 24th to 25th,
04:22old style, in 1555
04:25in the vicinity of the Sudbyshe area
04:27in what is now the Oriole region.
04:29Between the Russian army of Ivan Sheremedev
04:32and the Crimean horde of Khan Devlet v. Giray,
04:35despite the numerical advantage of the Tartars,
04:37the Russian army managed to hold their positions
04:39and forced Devlet i. Giray to retreat to the steppes.
04:42According to historians,
04:44about 5,000 Russians and 15,000 Tartars died in the battle.
04:48This event became one of the important steps
04:50toward stopping raids on Russian lands
04:52from the wild fields.
04:55All of us read the fairy tale
04:56about the sleeping beauty in our childhood.
04:58And after all, there's no smoke without fire
05:00because there really are a lot of legends
05:02about the snow-white, fair-faced girl.
05:04It's unlikely they would have appeared out of nowhere.
05:06The story of the Tisul Princess
05:08is direct proof of that.
05:09The mysterious discovery in the Kemerovo region
05:11more than half a century ago
05:13could have turned modern ideas
05:14about the origin of humans upside down.
05:15But since it hasn't received wide publicity
05:17in scientific circles yet,
05:19each of us has to decide for ourselves
05:21whether to believe in its authenticity or not.
05:23In the fall of 1969,
05:26overburden removal was being carried out
05:28at a coal mine in the Tisul district
05:30of the Kemerovo region.
05:31Everything was going according to plan
05:32until, in the very heart of a huge coal seam,
05:35the workers saw a two-meter marble sarcophagus.
05:37They brought it to the surface and tried to open it.
05:39There was putty visible in the seams.
05:41Under the influence of sunlight,
05:43it seemed to melt,
05:43and the lid of the stone chest opened easily.
05:46It was a coffin,
05:47filled to the brim
05:48with some kind of pink-blue liquid.
05:50Inside lay the perfectly preserved body
05:52of a young woman,
05:53who was later called the Tisul Princess.
05:56She was dressed in a delicate white dress,
05:58and at her head lay a small black box.
06:00A few days later,
06:01a delegation of scientists arrived at the coal mine.
06:03They combed the entire area
06:05and questioned the witnesses.
06:06After that,
06:07an elderly professor told the residents
06:08of the village of Rzavchik,
06:10located not far from the excavation site,
06:12that the Sleeping Beauty
06:13was already 800 million years old.
06:16That means Darwin's theory is not true.
06:18In addition,
06:19he said that the alien version
06:20was immediately rejected,
06:22since research confirmed
06:23that the deceased woman they found
06:24belonged to the human species.
06:26Nevertheless,
06:27they were unable to decipher the composition
06:28of the fabric of the dress
06:29the princess was wearing.
06:31Perhaps it was affected
06:32by that very pinkish-blue liquid,
06:34the components of which
06:35also could not be identified.
06:36After the scientists' visit,
06:37a note appeared in the local newspaper,
06:39stating that in the Tisul district,
06:41a marble sarcophagus
06:43with a Sleeping Beauty inside
06:44had been discovered.
06:45It also mentioned
06:46the estimated age of the deceased
06:47and that the ancient relic
06:49had turned all of history upside down,
06:51since the level of civilization
06:52to which the girl belonged
06:53was clearly much higher than ours.
06:55Sofia
06:56Soon after,
06:57the military arrived
06:57in the village of Rzavchik
06:58and confiscated the newspaper issue
07:00with a note from the citizens.
07:01And all this happened
07:02because some people were unhappy
07:03that information about the Tisul princess
07:05was being kept secret.
07:06The truce-seekers
07:07went to various authorities
07:08and even wrote letters
07:09to the Central Committee
07:09of the Communist Party
07:10of the Soviet Union.
07:11After a year of such running around,
07:13one of the most active participants
07:14in the struggle
07:15suddenly passed away.
07:16Maybe it was just a coincidence,
07:18but within a year,
07:19all six of the original discoverers
07:20of the sarcophagus died,
07:22one after another,
07:23in car accidents.
07:24All the others,
07:24to avoid trouble,
07:26no longer tried
07:26to get to the truth.
07:28There is no more information
07:29about the Tisul princess.
07:31What's strange
07:31is that for some reason,
07:33information that was classified
07:34more than half a century ago
07:35still remains a secret.
07:37Maybe scientists
07:38are just too lazy
07:39to rewrite the textbooks
07:40on history and biology.
07:42Mummy of the Ming Dynasty
07:43Chinese pyramids
07:44are considered another symbol
07:45of the ancient
07:46great Chinese civilization,
07:47along with the Great Wall
07:48with its battlements
07:49facing south.
07:50In China,
07:51there are even pyramids
07:52larger than the Pyramid of Khufu,
07:53made of Earth.
07:54The first one,
07:55already heavily eroded
07:56and 300 meters tall,
07:59was photographed in 1945
08:01by U.S. Air Force pilot
08:03James Gaussman.
08:04In the following years,
08:05the world saw striped pyramids,
08:06which were planted with trees
08:07not so long ago.
08:08Most of the pyramids
08:09were discovered in the era
08:10of the Internet
08:10and Google Earth.
08:12Most of them
08:12were not planted with forest,
08:14so many have eroded
08:15and become almost level
08:16with the surrounding terrain.
08:17Several times,
08:18the opening of these pyramids
08:19was shown both in public
08:19and privately.
08:21Sometimes,
08:21they ended up affected
08:22by road construction.
08:23Inside one pyramid,
08:24there were broken dishes.
08:25In another,
08:25concrete sarcophagi were found.
08:27Inside the concrete sarcophagi
08:29were mummies,
08:29not as old as those in Egypt.
08:31The body of a woman,
08:32wrapped in dense cotton fabric,
08:34was almost untouched by decay.
08:36Her clothes and shoes
08:37were perfectly preserved.
08:38On the mummy's finger
08:39was a massive jade ring.
08:41But the most amazing thing
08:43was her shoes.
08:44They have very beautiful stitching
08:46from a sewing machine.
08:47This once again proves
08:48the great Chinese cultural hoax.
08:50The Chinese are still fabricating history
08:52before our eyes.
08:53But why they are doing this
08:55remains unknown.
08:569,000 years.
08:58In 1974,
09:00while building a road
09:01in the suburb of Amman,
09:02the capital of Jordan,
09:04workers came across
09:05the remains
09:06of an ancient settlement.
09:07Archaeologists named it
09:08Ain Gazal,
09:09which means Gazelle Spring,
09:11after a nearby village.
09:12They dated it
09:13to the 7th or 8th millennium B.C.,
09:15identifying it
09:16as one of the oldest sites
09:18of human settlement.
09:19Ain Gazal became famous
09:20for its unusual
09:21anthropomorphic statues,
09:22found in pits
09:23near the buildings.
09:24These statues are believed
09:25to have served ritual functions
09:27related to ancestor worship.
09:29A total of 32 statues
09:30were discovered
09:31in just two caches.
09:33The statues are now kept
09:34in Jordanian museums,
09:35except for two.
09:36One is on display
09:37in Abu Dhabi,
09:38and the other
09:38was temporarily sent
09:40to the Louvre.
09:40The statues are human figures
09:42made of lime plaster
09:43applied over a core
09:45of bundled twigs.
09:46Producing a moldable mass
09:47that hardens
09:48from fired natural alabaster
09:50is one of the oldest
09:51technologies mastered
09:52by humans,
09:52and the Jordanian statue
09:54is a perfect example
09:55of its use.
09:56The statues have large heads
09:57and elongated necks.
09:58The legs are massive
10:00to give the figures stability,
10:01but the arms are often missing.
10:03Some statues have
10:04six toes on their feet
10:05and from four to seven fingers
10:06on their hands,
10:07and three of them
10:08have two heads each.
10:09Many of them
10:10have traces of paint,
10:11including red and black stripes,
10:13possibly depicting
10:14elements of clothing.
10:16Ancient sculptors
10:17paid special attention
10:17to the eyes of the statues.
10:19To make them,
10:20cowrie shells were used,
10:21inserted into the face
10:22of the sculpture,
10:23and then partially covered
10:24with modeling material.
10:25The outlines of the eyes
10:26were emphasized,
10:27and the pupils were drawn
10:28with black bitumen.
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