The Von Daniken Connection The von Daniken Connection is an in-depth look at Ancient Astronaut Theory through the

lens of the life and work of its most influential proponent, Erich von Daniken. Each act will take him to a different place on the globe that has helped inform his understanding of the universe we live in. Act 1: Chariots of the Gods In !"#, $yndon %ohnson was ending his term as &resident, the country was at war with 'ietnam, and the Apollo &rogram was one year away from putting the first man on the moon. This same year Erich von Daniken published his first book( Chariots of the Gods?) forever changing how the world thought about e*traterrestrials) and polari+ing those who believed we are not, in fact, alone in the universe. This act will take von Daniken to India--his greatest influence. Act 2: Who is Erich Von Daniken? ,orn in Aargau and raised a strict -atholic, 'on Daniken.s need to /uestion everything started early. 0hile attending -atholic school in 1wit+erland, he re2ected the church.s interpretation of the ,ible and started searching for answers. As an adult, he began to travel the world, finding more evidence of alien e*istence in each new land. This act will take 'on Daniken to Egypt. Act 3: His Subse uent Success and !nf"uence Chariots of the Gods was 2ust the beginning for 'on Daniken. 3is subse/uent books have been translated into many languages and sold millions of copies. After years of travel and research, he developed his fully formed ideas on Ancient Astronaut Theory and permanently changed the discourse surrounding the possibility of e*traterrestrials. This act will take 'on Daniken to -hichen It+a. Act #: The $ack"ash Despite being so well received by the public, there was an anti-von Daniken backlash amongst scholars and scientists 4 that continues to this day. 3is many false claims combined with his criminal record made 'on Daniken a ma2or target in the academic world. This act will take 'on Daniken to &uma &unku. Act %: The &e'ac( 0hether you think he is a fraud or a misunderstood prophet of sorts, one thing cannot be denied( he has forced people to /uestion what they know to be true. 3e is the father of Ancient Astronaut Theory, with influential supporters like 5iorgio Tsoukalos, &hilip -oppens, and David -hildress. 3e continues to travel the world and conduct research. And 2ust like the aliens he obsesses over, has left his own permanent imprint on the world. This act will take 'on Daniken 6maybe78 to %ungfrau &ark in 1wit+erland. The park was designed by 'on Daniken and is a culmination of his findings.

S()bo"s and *e"ics

The official position of modern science is that humanity started from primitive beginnings and slowly and steadily progressed in the fields of culture and science. 9ost ancient artifacts discovered by archaeologists fit this accepted view of the evolution of our past. :ut of place artifacts or relics sometimes appear une*pectedly among ancient ruins. It.s led some researchers to suggest that aliens once visited ancient civili+ations and left behind evidence of advanced technologies in periods where human technology had not yet evolved to the point of inventing the devices itself. Archaeologists have also noted that these mysterious ancient relics share similar markings and symbols even though they were discovered not in contiguous locations, but across the globe. 9any are marked with seemingly otherworldly --and possibly alien--symbols. Traditional archeologists are stymied by these disturbing anomalies but scholars of the study of ancient alien civili+ations believe these relics and the symbols craved upon them are clear evidence that technically advanced e*traterrestrial gods or entire civili+ations came to our planet intent on influencing and educating earth;s primitive societies.

ACT 1
In <===, a 1wiss-Israeli collector bought a >-foot tall ancient stone from a %ordanian anti/uities dealer with #? lines of 3ebrew te*t carved into the hard rock. 0hat the collector didn;t reali+e was that he;d purchased an artifact that came from the same community that created the <===-year-old Dead 1ea scrolls. 0hen the story came to light in <==#, it ignited a controversy among scholars. The intriguing ancient te*t, with its apocalyptic overtones, raised /uestions, spurred debate and provided new insight into early %ewish and -hristian concepts of the messiah. The original scrolls were discovered by chance. In !@?, a ,edouin shepherd stumbled upon bits of ancient manuscripts in a cave near the town of Aumran on the northwest shore of the Dead 1ea. The findings sparked a wave of intense e*cavations and within si* years, the remains of #?= scrolls were recovered from caves in the same region. The scrolls, many of which were 2ust fragments, are considered to be one of the most significant archeological finds of the <=th century. The ancient artifacts were christened the Dead 1ea 1crolls and to date, they remain the oldest 3ebrew te*ts from the ,ible in e*istence. The decipherment of the Dead 1ea 1crolls presented a radically different viewpoint on early -hristianity and %udaism around the time of -hrist and provided fresh insight into life in ancient times. :n 9arch @, !B<, a team of archaeologists made a startling discovery in C-ave >D( a mysterious copper scroll that was heavily corroded and could not be unrolled. %ohn Allegro of :*ford Eniversity convinced the leaders of the archaeological team to allow him to take the unusual artifact take the to England for further e*amination. ,ecause it could not be unraveled, the scroll was carefully sliced into <> strips by relic researcher 3. 0right ,aker of 9anchester Eniversity. The -opper 1croll and the symbols and inscriptions were unusual and unrelated to the rest of the Dead 1ea 1crolls. Ancient alien theorists believe that e*traterrestrials may have visited the Dead 1ea community thousands of years ago and placed the scrolls there. %ohn Allegro is credited with being the first person to translate what he believed was ancient 3ebrew on the -opper 1croll into English. According to Allegro;s translation, it contained a list of some "@ locations where fabulous treasures had been hidden, over a

wide geographical area, including large /uantities of gold, silver, 2ewelry, precious perfumes, ritual clothing, and other scrolls. Each entry appeared to be a treasure site( there were indications where a large /uantity of gold and silver and other precious ob2ects, like 2ewelry, perfumes and oils, had been hidden. This meant that the nature of the 1croll was not religious, unlike the other material hidden in the Dead 1ea caves, but that the -opper 1croll appeared to be a treasure map. The %erusalem team refused to let Allegro publish his findings, nervous that treasure hunters would come swarming down to disturb their work at the Aumran site. Detractors have denounced the translation as false and assert that no treasures have ever been recovered and the te*t alluding to idea that it is a treasure map is false. Su''ested Shootin' "ocations+ b,ro"" and i)a'er(: -ontemporary footage of the Dead 1ea -ontemporary b-roll of the ancient town of Aumran E*teriors of the Archaeological 9useum of Amman, %ordan Footage and photos the intact copper scroll Footage and photos of the scroll after it was cut into <> strips. 1hots of the te*t and symbols on the scroll E*teriors of the museum that houses the Dead 1ea scrolls collection Interior shots of -ave > where the copper scroll was discovered 0alk and talk with one of our e*perts in the cave where the copper scroll was discovered 0alk and talk in the area where the other Dead 1ea scrolls were discovered. :ld imagesGpaintingsGdrawings of the town of Aumran in ancient times and the people of Aumran Images of the Essene ,rotherhood. Footage of :*ford in the early !B= 1tills of %ohn Allegro and his team cutting the scroll into sections for further e*amination. A demo could be set up with a replica of the -opper 1croll and how the archaeologists cut it into the <> strips A demo of how the scroll could have been e*amined using modern technology without cutting into sections During demo, have e*perts discuss why the original discoverers decided to cut the -opper 1croll into sections. A demo of someone today translating the te*t in the -opper 1croll

Act 2:
The 'oynich 9anuscript has mystified scientists and e*perts for years. ,ut one mystery surrounding the book, which is owned by Hale, was recently solved. In 9arch <= , the book was carbon-dated by a team of scientists from the Eniversity of Ari+ona and it can now be determined when the mysterious book was written. -arbon- @ dating suggests the book was created between @=@ and @>#, nearly a century earlier than originally thought. The manuscript is named after its discoverer, an American anti/ue book dealer and collector named 0ilfrid 9. 'oynich. 3e found the manuscript in ! <, amongst a collection of ancient volumes in a chest kept in villa 9ondragone in Frascati, near Iome, which had been by then turned into a %esuit -ollege. 3e bought it from the %esuits, and gave photographic copies to a number of e*perts to have it deciphered. Jone of them succeeded. 0hen 'oynich found the manuscript, there was a letter hidden in the pages date """ that mentions Ioger ,acon as a possible author, although there is no clear evidence for this. The 'oynich 9anuscript is considered to be .The 9ost 9ysterious 9anuscript in the 0orld.. To this day this medieval artifact and its strange inscriptions have yet to be translated. Ienowned cryptographers from across the globe believe it is either an ingenious hoa* or an unbreakable cipher. It is seven by ten inches in si+e, and <@= pages

long. It is made of soft, light-brown vellum. It is written in a flowing cursive script in alphabet that has never been seen elsewhere. During 0orld 0ar II top military codebreakers in America tried to decipher it, but failed. A professor at the Eniversity of &ennsylvania allegedly was driven insane trying to figure it out the code. Though the manuscript was found in Italy, the te*t is completely different in character from any European language. The book appears to be written in what seems to be an CalienD language, with some characters resembling $atin letters, and others unlike anything known to man. The <>@ pages are written in an unrecogni+able language. The manuscript is profusely illustrated, with drawings, among others, of plants and astronomical patterns. It appears to be a scientific work from the middle ages, but due to its unknown script, the contents are a complete mystery. ,ased on the evidence of the calligraphy, the drawings, the vellum, and the pigments, 0ilfrid 'oynich estimated that the 9anuscript was created in the late >th century. In !" , 'oynich sold the manuscript to a rare book e*pert in Jew Hork named 3. &. Kraus for tL<@,B==. Kraus later tried to sell it for L "=,===, but could not find a buyer. In !"!, Kraus donated it to Hale Eniversity. Today, the manuscript resides in the ,einecke Iare ,ook $ibrary at Hale Eniversity. Its catalogue number is 91 @=#. The code has yet to be broken. 1imilarly, the &haistos Disc of -rete has baffled scientists and cryptographers for nearly == years. The tiny flat clay disc was discovered on %uly > rd, !=# by Italian archaeologist $uigi &ernier during an e*cavation he supervised at the 9inoan palace of &haistos in 1outhern -rete. Its uni/ue inscriptions on both sides of the ancient artifact, sometimes referred to as the world;s first typewritten document, dates back to ?== ,-8. The strange markings and language have pu++led scholars for nearly one hundred years. The &haistos Disc is a practically round disc of baked clay, with a diameter of about si* inches and is covered on both sides by a spiral of stamped symbols. The spiral lines and clusters of signs separated by vertical lines appear to contain groups of words. 1ide A contains > words or groups of words with a floral pattern in the middle and the other side has >=. The Disc is believed to date back to around ?== ,-, but because no other similar artifacts have ever been found anywhere else in -rete, archaeologists assert that the ob2ect was foreign and was brought to the island from another location. The place of its origin is e*tremely speculative, although subtle clues may e*ist in the highly pictorial signs on the disc. A sign depicts a helmet with crest, which was used later by &hilistines. Another sign depict a structure similar to sarcophagus used by the $ycians of Asia 9inor. ,ecause there is essentially no variation between different copies of the same symbol, it is very likely that stamps where used to create these highly detailed signs, by imprinting into the moist clay. 0hile not a printed work, the &haistos Disc can perhaps be thought of as the earliest typewritten work. The &haistos Disc is an enigma, an circular clay disc covered with inscribed symbols on both sides that are unlike any signs in any writing system. It was discovered in the ancient city of &haistos in 1outhern -rete in !=#. It is thought to date to around ?== ,- 6from associated archaelogical conte*t8. This ob2ect has been sub2ect of many studies. 1teven Fischer has claimed to have deciphered it and that it was a document in an archaic form of 5reek. ,ecause no other similar artifacts have ever been found anywhere in the -rete, it is thought that the ob2ect was foreign and brought in from another place. The place of its origin is e*tremely speculative, although subtle clues may e*ist in the highly pictorial signs on the disc.

ACT 3

Spheres

Ancient discs and spheres have been found all at all ends of the earth. The Klerksdrp 1pheres of 1outh Africa have been collected from >-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits. 1tone balls have been found in both -osta Iica and ,osnia. The Ioman dodecahedron and the Jeolithic carved stone balls of 1cotland showcase an understanding of the global geometry of the universe. 3ow did ancient humans gain this knowledge7 0ere these relics influenced by 9artian intelligence7

ACT 4

Eggs

1pheres shaped relics found all over the world is one thing

Act 5 Secrets of the Tombs

All across the globe, archaeologists have uncovered strange ancient tombs, and with each discovery more /uestions are raised than answered. 3ow did these remote civili+ations share such similar beliefs and practices7 0ere these cultures taught about the hereafter by aliens7 0ere these tombs actual portals to this other world7 Secrets of the Tombs e*amines these possibilities.

Act 1: Ancient Funerary Rituals

1everal ancient cultures believed that boats would transport their souls to the hereafter. From the boat murals in King Tut.s tomb to the 1tone 1hips of ancient 5ermany, evidence can be found of this 2ourney to the afterlife. The 'ikings turned actual boats into caskets. Is it possible that these boats and caskets were symbolic of space vessels7

Act

: Elaborate Tombs
The tomb of the $ord of 1ipan unearthed in !#? has been dubbed Mthe richest tomb in the world, M filled with strange relics resembling aliens and more than @== 2ewels. Discovered much earlier, the 1erapeum was a similarly sumptuous display--the most striking discovery being the unrecogni+able, and possibly e*traterrestrial fossils found within. The life-si+e Terracotta Army found in the tomb of the first emperor of -hina to protect him in the afterlife involved ?==,=== workers. 0hy was so much effort put into these tombs7 0hat were these people preparing for in the Mafterlife7M 0hat did they know that we don;t7

Act !: Trans"Continental Tra#el

-lues within the ancient tombs prove to be revealing of a greater conspiracy. Ancient mummies in &eru were embalmed with tree resin only found in :ceania. :ne tomb in Egypt housed mummies with traces of cocaine, which can only be found in 1outh America. A small terracotta Ioman head was found in an ancient burial offering in the Toluca 'alley of 9e*ico. 3ow did ancient cross-cultural contact occur7 -ould it possibly be with the help of a more advanced e*traterrestrial intelligence7

Act 4: Celestial Tombs

The most striking feature of the Takamatsu+uka Tomb of %apan can only be seen from an aerial viewpoint. :nly from high above the earth can the shape of this tomb be deciphered( a keyhole. The belief was that the entrance to the tomb should connect directly with the sky above in order for the deceased to cross over. In Tibet, human corpses are left atop a mountain in a ritual known as sky burial. Are these actually ways to bring the deceased closer to a new world up above7 1imilarly, the Tombs of :llamh Fodhla in Ireland were erected in spots or positions to correlate with outer space. 0ere these structures all portals to the celestial world7 And were all of these cultures given this understanding of the stars and the universe by e*traterrestrials7

Act 5: The Tombs $elo%

From the religious burials of pagans and %ews to the more recent catacombs of &aris, underground burial has been a cross-cultural practice since ancient times. Evidence even suggests that the Jeanderthals intentionally buried the dead. ,ut where did this practice come from and why7 Even today in most modern cultures, it is standard for the dead to be embalmed and buried si* feet under. This practice leaves a corpse puffy and resembling an astronaut. -oincidence7

S()bo"s and *e"ics

ACT 1
The official position of modern science is that humanity started from primitive beginnings and slowly and steadily progressed in the fields of culture and science. 9ost ancient artifacts discovered by archaeologists fit this accepted view of the evolution of our past. :ut of place artifacts or relics sometimes appear une*pectedly among ancient ruins when there is no evidence of their development in older layers. It.s led some researchers to suggest that aliens once visited ancient civili+ations and left evidence of advanced technologies in periods where human technology had not yet evolved to the point of inventing the devices itself. Archaeologists have also noted that these numerous mysterious ancient relics share similar markings and symbols even though they were discovered not in contiguous locations, but across the globe. 9any are marked with seemingly otherworldly --and possibly alien--symbols. Traditional archeologists are stymied by these disturbing anomalies but scholars of the study of ancient alien civili+ations believe these relics and the symbols craved upon them are clear evidence that technically advanced e*traterrestrial gods or entire civili+ations came to our planet intent on influencing and educating earth;s primitive societies.

$eat 1 In this act, we will delve into the history behind the one of the most famous archaeological discoveries in the <=th century, the Dead 1ea 1crolls and the mysterious -opper 1croll found in one of the caves. The -opper 1croll and the symbols and inscriptions are unusual and unrelated to the rest of the Dead 1ea 1crolls. ,ecause of the numerous unanswered /uestions about these strange metal scrolls, ancient alien theorists believe that ancient aliens may have visited the Dead 1ea community thousands of years ago and placed the scrolls there with what some e*perts believe is a treasure map to a trove of gold, silver and 2ewels which have never been found. &erhaps the ancient aliens placed these items in secret locations with the idea of returning at some point in the future to retrieve the valuables. $eat 2 - Conte).orar( stor( $eat 3 - The backstor( In !@?, manuscripts known as the Dead 1ea 1crolls were discovered by a ,edouin shepherd in a series of caves located near the community of Khirbet Aumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead 1ea in what was then known as ,ritish 9andate &alestine and since !@? is referred to as the 0est ,ank of the state of Israel. 1cholars believe that the scrolls deposited in caves belonged to a sectarian community t called the Essenes. The Aumran Essenes considered themselves N1ons of $ight; destined to fight the N1ons of Darkness; 4 those who did not believe in their ultra-strict code of %udaism. They thought of themselves as the keepers of the original -ovenant of 9oses and as part of a direct line of priests that attended the Tabernacle during the E*odus from Egypt. For them the 1econd Temple, reconstructed by 3erod the 5reat, who ruled %udaea on behalf of the Ioman con/uerors, from >? to @ ,-E, was a corrupt place they would not visit. The original findings sparked intense e*cavations and over the ne*t si* years the remains of #?= scrolls were discovered in several caves in the same region. 9any of the te*ts have provided new insights. ,efore !@?, the oldest 3ebrew te*ts from the ,ible dated to the !th century ADO the Dead 1ea 1crolls pushed this date radically back. The parchments, many of which were almost fragments, were studied, translated and determined to be the oldest 3ebrew te*ts from the ,ible in e*istence, dating back to "# AD. To this day, they continue to be at the centre of a worldwide controversy because the discovery and especially decipherment of these scrolls opened a radically different point of view on early -hristianity and %udaism around the time of -hrist. :riginally, local shepherds took one document from the collection to ,ethlehem, in the hope of selling it. At first, they met with no success, but then an interested party was willing to buy it for seven pounds 6ca. >= dollars today8. 0hen the scrolls hit the anti/uities markets, academics became aware of the scrolls, and tried to find out where the material were discovered. $eat # - The Disco/er( ,y !B<, the caves in which the Dead 1ea 1crolls had been found, were under intense e*cavation from a collective of universities and academic institutions. And it was inside so-called C-ave >D, which was discovered on 9arch @, !B<, a team of archaeologists made a startling discovery( a mysterious copper scroll that was heavily corroded and could not be unrolled. %ohn Allegro of :*ford Eniversity convinced the leaders of the archaeological team to allow him to take the unusual artifact take the to England for further e*amination. ,ecause it could not be unraveled, the scroll was carefully sliced into <> strips by relic researcher 3. 0right ,aker of

9anchester Eniversity. After the scroll was cut into pieces, it was discovered that it was scroll was foot wide and # feet long. The language was a ma2or pu++le for scholars. The 3ebrew palaeography 6style of script8 in the -opper 1croll was unlike anything found in other te*ts of the time, from Aumran or from elsewhere. It has, nevertheless, been almost unanimously classified as one of the Dead 1ea 1crolls, and now resides in the Archaeological 9useum of Amman, in %ordan. $eat % - The in/esti'ation %ohn Allegro, considered a religious renegade, amongst a team of predominantly -atholic members, is credited with being the first person to translate what he believed was ancient 3ebrew on the -opper 1croll into English. 0hat he read, started a controversy that has raged for over to this day amongst scholars. According to Allegro;s translation, it contained a list of some "@ locations where fabulous treasures had been hidden, over a wide geographical area, including large /uantities of gold, silver, 2ewelry, precious perfumes, ritual clothing, and other scrolls. Each entry appeared to be a treasure site( there were indications where a large /uantity of gold and silver and other precious ob2ects, like 2ewelry, perfumes and oils, had been hidden. This meant that the nature of the 1croll was not religious, unlike the other material hidden in the Dead 1ea caves, but that the -opper 1croll appeared to be a treasure map. The %erusalem team refused to let Allegro publish his findings, nervous that treasure hunters would come swarming down to disturb their work at the Aumran site. They had also already made up their minds the Aumran Essenes were essentially uninterested in worldly goods and shared their possessions amongst themselves. In December !B! and 9arch !"=, a frustrated Allegro himself organi+ed two e*peditions to %ordan, in the hope of finding some of the treasure mentioned in the -opper 1croll. 3e found nothing. In !"=, Allegro broke with protocol and published CThe Treasure of the -opper 1crollD with his English translation of the -opper 1crolls. 3is superiors, Ioland de 'au* and %P+ef 9ilik, both denounced the translation as defective. Furthermore, initially both claimed that the inventory was fiction and did not refer to genuine caches of gold and silver. $eat 0 - The Theories Detractors have denounced the translation as false and assert that no treasures have ever been recovered and the te*t alluding to idea that it is a treasure map is false. Ancient Alien theorists believe the scroll was placed in the caves by e*traterrestrials. Theories were advanced that the parchments include a treasure map and told the story about aliens from outer space meeting secretly with the Essene brotherhood. Su''ested Shootin' "ocations+ b,ro"" and i)a'er(: -ontemporary footage of the Dead 1ea -ontemporary b-roll of the ancient town of Aumran E*teriors of the Archaeological 9useum of Amman, %ordan Footage and photos the intact copper scroll Footage and photos of the scroll after it was cut into <> strips. 1hots of the te*t and symbols on the scroll E*teriors of the museum that houses the Dead 1ea scrolls collection Interior shots of -ave > where the copper scroll was discovered 0alk and talk with one of our e*perts in the cave where the copper scroll was discovered 0alk and talk in the area where the other Dead 1ea scrolls were discovered. :ld imagesGpaintingsGdrawings of the town of Aumran in ancient times and the people of Aumran Images of the Essene ,rotherhood. Footage of :*ford in the early !B= 1tills of %ohn Allegro and his team cutting the scroll into sections for further e*amination. A demo could be set up with a replica of the -opper 1croll and how the archaeologists cut it into

the <> strips A demo of how the scroll could have been e*amined using modern technology without cutting into sections During demo, have e*perts discuss why the original discoverers decided to cut the -opper 1croll into sections. A demo of someone today translating the te*t in the -opper 1croll

Act 2:
The 'oynich 9anuscript is considered to be .The 9ost 9ysterious 9anuscript in the 0orld.. To this day this medieval artifact and its strange inscriptions have yet to be translated. Ienowned cryptographers from across the globe believe it is either an ingenious hoa* or an unbreakable cipher. It is seven by ten inches in si+e, and <@= pages long. It is made of soft, light-brown vellum. It is written in a flowing cursive script in alphabet that has never been seen elsewhere. Jobody knows what it means. During 0orld 0ar II some of the top military code-breakers in America tried to decipher it, but failed. A professor at the Eniversity of &ennsylvania seems to have gone insane trying to figure it out. Though the manuscript was found in Italy, statistical analyses show the te*t is completely different in character from any European language. The book appears to be written in what seems to be an CalienD language, with some characters resembling $atin letters, and others unlike anything used in any known language. $eat 1 - Conte).orar( u.date The 'oynich 9anuscript has mystified scientists and e*perts for years. ,ut one mystery surrounding the book, which is owned by Hale, was recently solved. In 9arch <= , the book was carbon-dated by a team of scientists from the Eniversity of Ari+ona and it can now be determined when the mysterious book was written. -arbon- @ dating suggests the book was created between @=@ and @>#, nearly a century earlier than originally thought. 3owever, much of the rest of the book remains a mystery. The Eniversity of Ari+ona press release e*plains the mystery with the book in more detail. CThis tome makes the CDa'inci -odeD look downright lackluster( Iows of te*t scrawled on visibly aged parchment, flowing around intricately drawn illustrations depicting plants, astronomical charts and human figures bathing in 4 perhaps 4 the fountain of youth. At first glance, the C'oynich manuscriptD appears to be not unlike any other anti/ue work of writing and drawing.D $eat 2 - The Disco/er( The manuscript is named after its discoverer, an American anti/ue book dealer and collector named 0ilfrid 9. 'oynich. 3e found the manuscript in ! <, amongst a collection of ancient volumes in a chest kept in villa 9ondragone in Frascati, near Iome, which had been by then turned into a %esuit -ollege. 3e bought it from the %esuits, and gave photographic copies to a number of e*perts to have it deciphered. Jone of them succeeded. 0hen 'oynich found the manuscript, there was a letter hidden in the pages date """ that mentions Ioger ,acon as a possible author, although there is no clear evidence for this. $eat 3 - The Contents The <>@ pages are written in an unrecogni+able language. The manuscript is profusely illustrated, with drawings, among others, of plants and astronomical patterns. It appears to be a scientific work from the middle ages, but due to its unknown script, the contents are a complete mystery. ,ased on the evidence of the calligraphy, the drawings, the vellum, and the pigments, 0ilfrid

'oynich estimated that the 9anuscript was created in the late >th century. 9uch of the manuscript resembles herbal manuscripts of the time period, seeing to present illustrations and information about plants and their possible uses for medical purposes. 3owever, most of the plants do not match known species, and the manuscript.s script and language remain unknown and unreadable. 1ome believe it to be a book about alchemy. There are < < with te*t and drawings and >> pages contain te*t only. The te*t is written in an enciphered script, and the drawings are colored in red, blue, brown, yellow, and green. The contents of the manuscript are divided up into B categories( The first and largest section contains >= pages of plant drawings with accompanying te*t, and is called the ,otanical division. The second contains <" pages of drawings, obviously astrological and astronomical in nature. The third section contains @ pages of te*t and <# drawings, which would appear to be biological in nature. The fourth division contains >@ pages of drawings, which are pharmaceutical in nature. The last section of the manuscript contains <> pages of te*t arranged in short paragraphs, each beginning with a star. Illustrations( The illustrations of the manuscript shed little light on the precise nature of its te*t. E*cept for the last section, which contains only te*t, almost every page contains at least one illustration. There are three sections that can be identified by conventional names( 3erbal 4 each page displays one or two plants and a few paragraphs of te*tQa format typical of European herbals of the time. 1ome parts of these drawings are larger and cleaner copies of sketches seen in the CpharmaceuticalD section. Jone of the plants depicted are clearly identifiable. Astronomical 4 These pages contain circular diagrams, some of them with suns, moons and stars, suggestive of astronomy, or astrology. :ne series of < diagrams depicts conventional symbols of +odiacal constellations 6e*( two fish for &isces, a bull for Taurus, a hunter with a crossbow for 1agittarius, etc8. Each of these has >= female figures arranged in two or more concentric bands. 9ost of the females are at least partly naked and each holds what appears to be a labeled star or is shown with the star attached by what could be a tether or cord of some kind to either arm. $eat 3 - An unbreakab"e code :ver the past "= years, many professional and amateur cryptographers including 0orld 0ar I and 0orld 0ar II American and ,ritish code breakers have studied the 'oynich manuscript. It has defied all decipherment attempts. The true story behind the mysterious illustrations and the bi+arre undecipherable te*t remains a mystery to this day. Jone of the speculative theories proposed over the last one hundred years has been independently verified. $eat # - *ecent histor( In !" , 'oynich sold the manuscript to a rare book e*pert in Jew Hork named 3. &. Kraus for tL<@,B==. Kraus later tried to sell it for L "=,===, but could not find a buyer. In !"!, Kraus donated it to Hale Eniversity. Today, the manuscript resides in the ,einecke Iare ,ook $ibrary at

Hale Eniversity. Its catalogue number is 91 @=#. ACT 212art 2

The code has yet to be broken.

1imilarly, the &haistos Disc of -rete has baffled scientists and cryptographers for nearly == years. The tiny flat clay disc was discovered on %uly >rd, !=# by Italian archaeologist $uigi &ernier during an e*cavation he supervised at the 9inoan palace of &haistos in 1outhern -rete. Its uni/ue inscriptions on both sides of the ancient artifact, sometimes referred to as the world;s first typewritten document, dates back to ?== ,-8. The strange markings and language have pu++led scholars for nearly one hundred years. $eat 1 - Descri.tion The &haistos Disc is a practically round disc of baked clay, with a diameter of about si* inches and is covered on both sides by a spiral of stamped symbols. The spiral lines and clusters of signs separated by vertical lines appear to contain groups of words. 1ide A contains > words or groups of words with a floral pattern in the middle and the other side has >=. The Disc is believed to date back to around ?== ,-, but because no other similar artifacts have ever been found anywhere else in -rete, archaeologists assert that the ob2ect was foreign and was brought to the island from another location. The place of its origin is e*tremely speculative, although subtle clues may e*ist in the highly pictorial signs on the disc. A sign depicts a helmet with crest, which was used later by &hilistines. Another sign depict a structure similar to sarcophagus used by the $ycians of Asia 9inor. ,ecause there is essentially no variation between different copies of the same symbol, it is very likely that stamps where used to create these highly detailed signs, by imprinting into the moist clay. 0hile not a printed work, the &haistos Disc can perhaps be thought of as the earliest typ ewritten work.

The &haistos Disc is an enigma, an circular clay disc covered with inscribed symbols on both sides that are unlike any signs in any writing system. It was discovered in the ancient city of &haistos in 1outhern -rete in !=#. It is thought to date to around ?== ,- 6from associated archaelogical conte*t8, roughly contemporary with . This ob2ect has been sub2ect of many studies. 1teven Fischer has claimed to have deciphered it and that it was a document in an archaic form of 5reek. ,ecause no other similar artifacts have ever been found anywhere in the -rete, it is thought that the ob2ect was foreign and brought in from another place. The place of its origin is e*tremely speculative, although subtle clues may e*ist in the highly pictorial signs on the disc. A sign depicts a helmet with crest, which was used later by &hilistines. Another sign depict a structure similar to sarcophagus used by the $ycians of Asia 9inor. ,ecause there is essentially no variation between different copies of the same symbol, it is very likely that stamps where used to create these highly detailed signs. 0hile not really a printed work, some has labeled the &haistos Disc the earliest typewritten work.

Act 3: Spheres Ancient discs and spheres have been found at all ends of the earth. The Klerksdorp Spheres of South Africa have been collected from 3billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits. Stone balls have been found in both Costa Rica and Bosnia. The Roman dodecahedron and the eolithic carved stone balls of Scotland sho!case an understandin" of the "lobal "eometry of the universe. #o! did ancient humans "ain this kno!led"e$ %ere these relics influenced by &artian intelli"ence$

Act 4: Eggs Sphere shaped relics found all across the !orld is one thin"' but e""s$ (rom the cosmic e"" on )aster *sland to the +ruid,s )"" to the &ystery Stone of -ake %innipesaukee' relics have been found that tell of ancient si"htin"s of .flyin" metal e""s.. Are these e""s evidence of ancient alien landin"s$ Act 5: Symbols There does seem to be one concrete connector bet!een these relics/ the symbols. Several celestial symbols--spirals' the sun' the moon-seem to transcend times and cultures--from the circular dia"rams of the 0oynich manuscript to the 1lympic Rin"s still used today. These ubi2uitous symbols that are found all across our planet are a visual reminder of the impact that e3traterrestrials have had on our !orld.

Secrets of the Tombs All across the "lobe' archaeolo"ists have uncovered stran"e ancient tombs' and !ith each discovery more 2uestions are raised than

ans!ered. #o! did these remote civili4ations share such similar beliefs and practices$ %ere these cultures tau"ht about the hereafter by aliens$ %ere these tombs actual portals to this other !orld$ Secrets of the Tombs e3amines these possibilities. Act 1: Ancient Funerary Rituals Several ancient cultures believed that boats !ould transport their souls to the hereafter. (rom the boat murals in Kin" Tut,s tomb to the Stone Ships of ancient 5ermany' evidence can be found of this 6ourney to the afterlife. The 0ikin"s turned actual boats into caskets. *s it possible that these boats and caskets !ere symbolic of space vessels$

Act

: Elaborate Tombs

The tomb of the -ord of Sipan unearthed in 789: has been dubbed .the richest tomb in the !orld' . filled !ith stran"e relics resemblin" aliens and more than ;<< 6e!els. +iscovered much earlier' the Serapeum !as a similarly sumptuous display--the most strikin" discovery bein" the unreco"ni4able' and possibly e3traterrestrial fossils found !ithin. The life-si4e Terracotta Army found in the tomb of the first emperor of China to protect him in the afterlife involved :<<'<<< !orkers. %hy !as so much effort put into these tombs$ %hat !ere these people preparin" for in the .afterlife$. %hat did they kno! that !e don=t$

Act 3: Trans"Continental Tra#el Clues !ithin the ancient tombs prove to be revealin" of a "reater conspiracy. Ancient mummies in >eru !ere embalmed !ith tree resin only found in 1ceania. 1ne tomb in )"ypt housed mummies !ith traces of cocaine' !hich can only be found in South America. A small terracotta Roman head !as found in an ancient burial offerin" in the Toluca 0alley of &e3ico. #o! did ancient cross-cultural contact occur$ Could it possibly be !ith the help of a more advanced e3traterrestrial intelli"ence$

Act 4: Celestial Tombs The most strikin" feature of the Takamatsu4uka Tomb of ?apan can only be seen from an aerial vie!point. 1nly from hi"h above the earth can the shape of this tomb be deciphered/ a keyhole. The belief !as that the entrance to the tomb should connect directly !ith the sky above in order for the deceased to cross over. *n Tibet' human corpses

are left atop a mountain in a ritual kno!n as sky burial. Are these actually !ays to brin" the deceased closer to a ne! !orld up above$ Similarly' the Tombs of 1llamh (odhla in *reland !ere erected in spots or positions to correlate !ith outer space. %ere these structures all portals to the celestial !orld$ And !ere all of these cultures "iven this understandin" of the stars and the universe by e3traterrestrials$

Act 5: The Tombs $elo% (rom the reli"ious burials of pa"ans and ?e!s to the more recent catacombs of >aris' under"round burial has been a cross-cultural practice since ancient times. )vidence even su""ests that the Jeanderthals intentionally buried the dead. But !here did this practice come from and !hy$ )ven today in most modern cultures' it is standard for the dead to be embalmed and buried si3 feet under. This practice leaves a corpse puffy and resemblin" an astronaut. Coincidence$

)mperors' Kin"s' and >haraohs

%arriors' con2uerors' sa"es' philosophers' la!makers' unifiers' e3plorers and founders@ancient emperors' kin"s' and pharaohs !ere responsible for chan"in" the face of our !orld forever. %ho are these men$ %hat makes them so important$ Emperors, Kings and Pharaohs e3amines the notion that rulers throu"hout history !ere .chosen. or influenced by celestial bein"s. >erhaps it is this influence that connects these "reat rulers and is !hat "ave them the po!er to lead the masses.

ACT 7/ 1ri"in stories &any ancient cultures believed that their rulers descended from the sky. The Aello! )mperor of China !as born of a rainstorm' and both the *ncan Kin" &anco Capac and the )"yptian >haraoh Akhenaton !ere !orshipped as descendents of the sun "od. But perhaps these rulers !ere not descendents of "ods' but rather of e3traterrestrial bein"s. And perhaps these leaders !ere interrelated across continents throu"h their e3traterrestrial linea"e. %hy are depictions of these leaders so strikin"ly similar$

ACT B/ The rule of la! *n ancient &esopotamia the Kin" !as re"arded as C"odlyD and the priests dealt !ith all of their bureaucratic business. Kin" Er- ammu of Er !rote the first set of !ritten la!s. %here and ho! did Er- ammu actually "et the idea to !rite do!n these la!s$ %hat !as the relationship bet!een priest and kin" in the ancient city of Er. Cormac mac Airt of *reland !as the !isest kin" in *rish history and !rote the counsels of Cormac. #e !as incredibly 6ust and fair unlike anythin" seen in the !orld before. *s it possible that his 6ustice !as not of this !orld$

ACT 3/ Architects Ancient emperors' kin"s' and pharaohs !ere not 6ust kno!n for their military abilities' but also for their commission of pu44lin" monuments. Ashoka the 5reat of *ndia built a "iant bell shaped stupa at Sanchi' !hich looks strikin"ly similar to a E(1. %as it the first vimana$ Could it be he !anted to return home$ Ramasses ** of )"ypt !as an epic

ruler !ho made sure his le"acy !as set in stone by buildin" monuments on an unprecedented scale. Ritually transformed into a "od thirty years into his rei"n as pharaoh' !ho !as this man really$ #o! did he accomplish !hat he accomplished$ And !hy !ould these ancient rulers "o throu"h so much effort to make these monuments$

ACT ;/ Technolo"y Attila the #un=s s!ord !as seen as a !eapon of divine favor' furtherin" his reputation as a divinely appointed punisher. -e"end also tells of a ma"ical s!ord "iven to 0ietnamese )mperor -e -oi by a .demi-"od.. Could it be that these !eapons !ere a "ift from other!orldly sources$ Kin" Solomon !as kno!n to have flo!n the !orld on his ma"ic carpet and map out the !orld. *s it possible this ma"ic carpet !as a rocket ship$ #o! did these ancient emperors' kin"s and pharaohs had this advanced technolo"y$

ACT F/ Kin" 5ene *n the 77th Century 5en"his Kahn con2ueredGpilla"edGraped a vast ma6ority of the !orld from the steppes of &on"olia' leavin" descendents across the "lobe. %hat factors allo!ed 5en"his Khan to con2uer such !ide stretches of the )arth$ *s it possible that rulers have somethin" hard-!ired in their + A$ %hat makes certain people lead even in modern day society$ &i"ht it be that sources not of this )arth planted somethin" in their "enetics$ *s there a CKin"D "ene$

The &onolith &ysteries

5iant stones !ei"hin" hundreds of tons' standin" stones !ith supernatural carvin"s' natural monoliths made into places of !orship. %hat is the human obsession !ith lar"e stones$ %hy did the ancients erect these stones and !hat did they mean to them$ *s it possible that there is an interstellar monolith connection$

ACT 7/ Stone 5ods and *mportant men Ancients in the past !orshipped "iant stones carved in the shape of "ods or important men. Recent e3cavations of the famous &aoi heads of )aster *sland reveal that the heads have bodies. -ittle is kno!n about their purpose. *s it possible that the ancients !orshiped these "iants$ Could it be that ancients carved these stones in the likeness of their "ods that !ere e3traterrestrial$ The 14ymandias statue in the Ramesseum of )"ypt is one of the lar"est stones ever moved by mankind. %as Ramses ** like a "od to the )"yptians$ +id he have connections to other!orldly sources$

ACT B/

atural &onoliths

atural monoliths throu"hout the centuries have been carved to be places of !orship and keys to other!orldly places. Aramu &uru an *ncan door!ay stands carved into the side of a "iant stone. #o! does the door open$ %hat is on the other side$ &i"ht it be that this door is a "ate!ay to another !orld$ &ore information can be found in Si"iriya& Sri -anka a natural monolith !as carved to be a Buddhist temple and military fortress. %hy is this monolith so sacred$ *n -alibela' )thiopia ancient churches are precisely carved out of sin"le stones. %hy !ould the ancients "o throu"h so much trouble to carve these churches out$ &i"ht there be some other e3traterrestrial hand in these structures$

ACT 3/ Ancient Spheres -ar"e perfectly carved balls are found in Costa Rica' Bosnia' China' and Champ *sland near the orth >ole. -ittle is kno!n about ho! or !hy they !ere carved. *t is believed the ancient +i2uis culture carved these balls in Costa Rica' but !hat do they mean$ Could they be ancient ball bearin"s or sculptures or mi"ht they have an other!orldly purpose$ #o! are they so perfectly shaped$ Castlestran"e stone in *reland is not a perfectly carved sphere' but it does contain interestin" markin"s. *t !as thou"ht to serve a reli"ious purpose. *s it possible the spheres !ere used in some sort of reli"ious ceremony for the C"ods$D

ACT ;/ The &enhir Connection Ancient anthropomorphic menhirs can be found all around the !orld. The stones in Bal-bal bear a strikin" resemblance to the stone menhirs

found at el >ar2ue de los &enhires in Ar"entina. %ho are these stone idols$ %hat is their purpose$ *s it possible that they !ere symbols of the C"ods$D +eer stones' !hich are found in &on"olia further illustrate stran"e symbols and markin"s and !ere linked to the supernatural. *s it possible these !ere relics of the "ods$ +id Ancient man !orship these stones$

ACT F/ *nterplanetary &onolith Connection A monolith is found on the face of &ars. %hy !ould there be a monolith on &ars$ *s it possibly an ancient callin" card from e3traterrestrials$ Are the monoliths on our planet interlinked as !ell$ *s that !e have monoliths all over the !orld$ The >okotia &onolith at Ti!ankau in South America has proto-Sumerian !ritin" on it. #o! is this possible$ *s it that the ancient !orld !as all linked as one civili4ation !ith the help of the sky "ods$