America Unearthed (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - A Deadly Sacrifice - full transcript

- THE HISTORY THAT
WE WERE ALL TAUGHT GROWING UP

IS WRONG.

MY NAME IS SCOTT WOLTER,

AND I'M A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST.

THERE'S A HIDDEN HISTORY
IN THIS COUNTRY

THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

THERE ARE PYRAMIDS HERE...

CHAMBERS, TOMBS, INSCRIPTIONS.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ARTIFACTS AND SITES,

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE TRUTH.



SOMETIMES HISTORY

ISN'T WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

AMERICA UNEARTHED - SEASON 1
EP - 5 - A Deadly Sacrifice

BECAUSE OF MY WORK,

I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE
WHO FIND UNUSUAL RELICS.

A LOT OF TIMES,
THEY'RE EASY TO EXPLAIN.

BUT THERE'S ONE
THAT'S BOTHERED ME.

AND FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS,

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO FIGURE IT OUT.

HOLY COW!

ALL RIGHT, BE HONEST.

WHEN YOU SAW THIS,

DID YOU KIND OF LOSE
YOUR MIND A BIT?

- I DID.



WE WERE DOWN THERE LOOKING FOR

DART POINTS, FOSSILS,

THINGS OF THAT NATURE,

AND WE RUN ACROSS THIS,

AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE
WHAT WE WERE SEEING.

AND BEING, YOU KNOW,
A BIT NAIVE ON THE SUBJECT,

AT FIRST,
I BELIEVED IT WAS A BISON,

UNTIL WE STARTED
GETTING SOME OPINIONS BACK THAT,

"NO, THAT'S... YOU KNOW...

"IT'S DEFINITELY BOVINE.

IT'S DEFINITELY
SOME SORT OF CATTLE."

- OKAY.

NICK JOHNSON AND HIS BROTHER

STUMBLED ON
THIS INCREDIBLE ARTIFACT.

THEY HAD SEEN ONE OF MY LECTURES
AND CALLED ME UP.

THE HORNS ARE VERY INTERESTING.
THEY'RE VERY PROMINENT.

THEY COME UP.
THEY'RE SYMMETRICAL.

SO LET'S GET THIS B BOY INSIDE.

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.

I HAD SEEN THIS SYMBOL BEFORE.

AND I KNOW THE BULL WAS USED

BY ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
IN THEIR RITUALS.

BUT THAT WAS 3,000 YEARS AGO.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO I EXAMINED IT TO SEE
JUST HOW OLD THE CARVINGS WERE.

YOU SEE THIS?

PROBABLY SOME MINERALIZATION
THAT'S ON THE SURFACE.

IT'S ACTUALLY
IN THE GROOVES TOO.

SEE, IT SORT OF TRANSITIONS,

AND THEN IT LIGHTENS UP HERE.

SO WHAT YOU CAN SAY IS,

IS THAT THE CARVING
WAS DONE BEFORE

THIS BLACK MATERIAL
WAS DEPOSITED ON THIS SURFACE,

IF, IN FACT,
THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

YOU KNOW, INITIALLY,

I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,

THIS WASN'T MADE RECENTLY.

THIS SHOWS EARLY SIGNS OF AGE.

THIS LOOKS LIKE A MANE
OF SOME KIND FLOWING DOWN.

FOR TWO YEARS NOW,
I'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS SYMBOL,

TRYING TO GET SOME ANSWERS.

BULLS HAVE BEEN USED AS SYMBOLS
BY MANY GROUPS:

NATIVE AMERICANS HERE,

THE ANCIENT GREEKS
OVER IN EUROPE.

BUT I REALLY THINK THAT THIS
CARVING COULD BE AN APIS BULL,

USED EXTENSIVELY
BY ONLY ONE CIVILIZATION:

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.

WHICH LEAVES ME
WITH THE QUESTION:

HOW DID IT END UP HERE?

NIGEL, I HAVE SOMETHING
PRETTY SPECIAL FOR YOU TODAY.

A GUY NAMED NICK JOHNSON

WHO LIVES DOWN IN OKLAHOMA,
NEAR TULSA,

WAS WALKING ALONG
THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

AND HE WAS LOOKING
FOR ARTIFACTS.

AND HE FOUND THIS LARGE STONE

THAT HAS AN INTERESTING CARVING
OF A BULL ON IT.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE
I'VE SHOWED IT TO

THAT THINK IT MIGHT BE EGYPTIAN.

BEING AN EGYPTOLOGIST,

WERE BULLS POPULAR IN EGYPT?

OR WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT EGYPT AND BULLS?

- VERY POPULAR.
- OKAY.

- BASICALLY IT STOOD FOR,
YOU KNOW, STRENGTH, VIRILITY.

SO WE'RE TALKING
5,000 YEARS AGO.

- OKAY.

- AND IT LEADS
ALL THE WAY RIGHT THROUGH

TO SOMETHING
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF

CALLED THE APIS BULL,

WHICH IS WHERE THEY HAVE
A WHOLE CULT TO THE BULL.

- I'VE HEARD OF THE APIS BULL.

IT'S A SACRED EGYPTIAN DEITY

THAT SYMBOLIZED
THE STRENGTH OF THE PHARAOH

AND WAS A PROTECTOR OF THE DEAD.

WELL, I GUESS NOW'S THE TIME.
- YEAH, PLEASE, YEAH.

- ARE YOU READY?

- I'VE COME A LONG WAY
TO SEE THIS.

SO, YEAH, LET'S HAVE A LOOK.

- WILL YOU TAKE A LOOK?
- YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT, WELL, HERE WE GO.

- IMMEDIATELY,
FIRST REACTION IS THAT IT DOES

LOOK LIKE AN APIS BULL
FROM THE TOP.

- NOW, TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU SEE
THAT TELLS YOU THAT?

- WELL, OF COURSE,
A BULL'S A BULL, ULTIMATELY,

BUT THE HORNS HERE LIKE THIS,

IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU FIRST
JUST LOOK AT IT,

THAT STANDS OUT.

THE APIS BULL,

SOMETIMES, THERE'S A RING
THROUGH THE NOSE,

BUT THAT'S LATER ON.

SO, YES, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A BULL,

WHICH I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

BUT THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?

- WELL, SOME PEOPLE
HAVE SUGGESTED

THAT THIS IS AN ADORNMENT
OF SOME KIND,

LIKE, YOU KNOW,

SOMETHING THEY PUT ON THE BULL
AS PART OF A RITUAL.

- IS THIS ANY GOOD
FOR DATING, THEN?

- WELL, IT CAN BE,

BUT NOT KNOWING THE HISTORY

OR THE PROVENANCE OF WHERE
THIS THING HAS BEEN OVER TIME,

MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.

THE ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY,

AND I'LL SHOW YOU
IN THE PICTURE RIGHT HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THE LAYERS HERE,

AND THE ONLY WAY
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

IS IF YOU HAVE EITHER LENGTHY
OR AGGRESSIVE WEATHERING.

HOW OLD IS THAT?

WELL, THE HONEST ANSWER IS,
I DON'T KNOW,

BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW
WHERE THIS THING HAS BEEN.

- SO, THEREFORE,
THE OBVIOUS THING TO ME

THAT JUMPS OUT IS, THEN,
WHY EGYPTIAN?

WHY NOT NATIVE AMERICAN?

- THE NATIVE AMERICANS,

ESPECIALLY IN
THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION,

THEY WOULD HAVE REVERED
THE BISON MORE THAN THE BULL,

SO... AND THAT WOULD LOOK
VERY DIFFERENT.

IT WOULDN'T HAVE
THE HIGH HORNS AND...

SO I HAVEN'T SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS

IN NATIVE AMERICAN ART.

SOME ARCHAEOLOGISTS
IN THE LOCAL AREA

IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED IT.

WHAT THEY ASSUMED WAS
THAT IT WAS A MODERN CREATION.

AND IT COULD BE.

THE ONLY THING
THAT MAKES ME PAUSE IS,

I SEE SIGNIFICANT WEATHERING
OF THE GROOVES.

LET'S SAY A GROUP OF EGYPTIANS
THAT CAME OVER HERE,

TO NORTH AMERICA, IN THIS CASE,

WOULD IT MAKE SENSE
FOR THEM TO CARVE A BULL?

- NO, THEY ALWAYS LEAVE
THE SAME INSCRIPTIONS.

THEY LEAVE THE NAME OF A PHARAOH
IN SOMETHING CALLED A CARTOUCHE,

WHICH IS A ROPE,
WHICH ENCIRCLES THE KING'S NAME,

BECAUSE HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT HE WAS,

HOW POWERFUL HE WAS,
WHERE HE COULD GO,

THAT HE HAD VISITED THAT PLACE.

SECONDLY,
IT'S A HELL OF A LONG WAY.

THEY DON'T LIKE THE SEA.

THEY'RE TERRIFIED OF THE SEA,
IN FACT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ON IT.

SO WHEN THEY DO WANT SOMETHING
SAY FROM SYRIA, ISRAEL,

THAT KIND OF PLACES,
THEY ALL ALWAYS SUBCONTRACTED.

THEY GOT MERCHANTS
TO DO IT FOR THEM.

- SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS,

BASED ON WHAT YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE EGYPTIANS,

THIS CARVING HERE IN OKLAHOMA

WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE EGYPTIANS?

- NO, AND THEY WOULD HAVE MADE
A BIGGER STAMP ABOUT IT.

THEY WOULD HAVE MADE
A BIGGER IMPRESSION.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHER
ARTIFACTS IF THEY WERE HERE.

YOU KNOW,
A LONE TRAVELER POSSIBLY,

BUT IT'S A LONG WAY TO GET LOST,
ISN'T IT?

- WELL, AT THIS POINT,

I THINK WE'VE DETERMINED
A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A BULL.

IT MAY OR NOT BE AN APIS BULL.

I HAVE TO GO SEE THE SITE
WHERE THIS CAME FROM.

I WANT TO GET SAMPLES
OF THIS ROCK

AND COMPARE IT WITH SOME
OF THE ROCK THERE TO SEE,

IS THIS ROCK IN TULSA?

I HAVE SOME DOUBTS

THAT THE BULL CARVING
IS EGYPTIAN IN ORIGIN,

BUT IT DOES LOOK OLD.

A SAMPLE PULLED

FROM THE SAME ENVIRONMENT
WHERE THIS WAS FOUND

COULD HELP ME FIGURE OUT
IF IT WAS CARVED IN OKLAHOMA.

MY NEXT STOP IS TULSA.

I WANT TO KNOW
IF THIS IS ANCIENT.

AND IF IT IS,

I WANT TO KNOW
WHO MADE IT AND WHY.

- IT'S BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS
SINCE NICK JOHNSON

CAME TO ME WITH A 500-POUND
STONE CARVING OF A BULL.

BULL SYMBOLS
ARE FOUND IN ANCIENT EGYPT,

BUT WHY WOULD ONE BE FOUND
IN OKLAHOMA?

I'M HEADING THERE
TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF.

- HEY, SCOTT.
- HOW YOU DOING?

- GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?

- THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE IS,

WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT:

IS THIS THING REALLY OLD OR NOT?

I MEAN, IS IT WEEKS OLD,
A FEW YEARS, DECADES,

HUNDREDS,
THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD?

AND IF IT'S
THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD,

THIS IS...

THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

WHERE DID WE FIND THIS THING?

- AARON SPOTTED IT FIRST
AND SAID,

"HEY, DID YOU SEE THIS ROCK?"

- SO YOU ACTUALLY SAW IT FIRST?
- YES, YES.

AND IT WAS SOMETHING
I THOUGHT WOULD,

YOU KNOW,
CATCH YOUR EYE IMMEDIATELY.

- SO WALK OVER THERE
TO LOOK AT IT.

AND HERE'S THIS BIG BULL
CARVED ON THE ROCK.

WE DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO MAKE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A BIG BULL

DOING OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE RIVER OUT HERE?

- SO RIGHT OUT HERE,
PAST THESE ROCKS?

SO WHAT IS NOW IN THE WATER?

- YEAH, PROBABLY ABOUT

20, 30 YARDS OUT,
PAST THE WATER'S EDGE.

THERE'S A HYDROELECTRIC DAM
UPSTREAM.

THEY STARTED LETTING WATER OUT
PROBABLY 11:00 OR SO,

SO IT STARTED TO FILL UP
PRETTY FAST.

- SO AFTER YOU FOUND THIS THING
AND YOU'VE GOT IT SAFE,

THEN WHAT HAPPENED?

- WELL, I STARTED
TAKING PICTURES

AND EMAILING
ANYBODY I COULD FIND

THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL ME
SOMETHING ABOUT IT:

WHAT IT'S DOING OUT HERE,

IF ANYBODY
HAD EVER SEEN IT BEFORE,

IF ANYBODY HAD ANY CLUE
HOW OLD IT COULD BE,

WHETHER IT WAS AUTHENTIC,

WHETHER IT WAS MODERN.

- ONE OF THE ISSUES
THAT I HAVE IS,

WE'VE GOT A FLOWING RIVER HERE.

AND WATER IS A RAPID ERODER.

IT MAKES ROCK BREAK DOWN
VERY FAST.

SO IF IT'S SITTING IN A RIVER
THAT'S GOING UP AND DOWN,

AND IT'S FLOODED,
LET ME ASK YOU THIS,

WOULD IT HAVE BEEN
UNDERWATER TODAY

WHERE YOU FOUND IT?

- YES.
- IT WOULD?

- YEAH.
- WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, NICK.

THAT CONCERNS ME A LITTLE BIT

IF THE BOULDER
WAS CARVED OUT THERE.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF THAT BOULDER

WAS SITTING THERE
AND SOMEBODY CARVED IT

AND WE'VE HAD
THE WATER FLOWING OVER IT,

IT COULD HAVE MADE
THOSE GROOVES, YOU KNOW,

AND THAT WEATHERED APPEARANCE
RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

SO THAT'S A CONCERN TO ME.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO
IS GRAB A COUPLE SAMPLES

AND EVENTUALLY GET THEM BACK
TO THE LAB

AND JUST COMPARE IT WITH THIS...

YOU KNOW,
THE ROCK THAT YOU HAVE...

AND SEE WHAT TURNS UP.

- OKAY.

- I KNOW THAT THE BULL CARVING
IS ON A PIECE OF SANDSTONE,

WHICH IS ROCK THAT HAS A NUMBER

OF UNIQUE PHYSICAL
AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS

THAT CAN HELP ESTABLISH
WHERE IT CAME FROM

WITH REASONABLE CERTAINTY.

IF I CAN FIND
THE SAME ROCK TYPE HERE TODAY,

IT COULD HELP GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF WHERE THIS CARVING CAME FROM.

- SCOTT,
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

- THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PIECE
TO TAKE BACK TO THE LAB

TO MAYBE DO A LITTLE COMPARISON
WITH YOUR CARVING.

THIS IS A GOOD CONTROL SAMPLE.

I THINK I HAVE WHAT I NEED.

- THERE'S A SPOT
FIVE MILES DOWNRIVER

CALLED TURKEY MOUNTAIN.

AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE

SOME OTHER INSCRIPTIONS
AND CARVINGS

ALONG THE CLIFF FACE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED.

YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THERE
AND CHECK THAT OUT?

- LET'S GO.
- LET'S GO.

- ALL RIGHT.

- SHOULD BE,
PROBABLY, ABOUT 1/4 MILE.

WE'RE GONNA WANT TO KIND OF
KEEP OUR EYES IN THIS DIRECTION.

THERE SHOULD BE
A FAIRLY TALL CLIFF.

APPARENTLY, IT'S PRETTY HIGH UP,

ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 30 FOOT UP
FROM THE GROUND, SO...

- OKAY.

THERE'S A CLIFF WALL THERE.

- YEAH.
AND THERE'S A TRAIL RIGHT HERE.

SO LET'S CHECK IN HERE.

MIGHT BE BACK UP IN HERE
JUST A LITTLE BIT.

- DOES THIS FEEL RIGHT TO YOU?

- THIS SHOULD BE
ABOUT THE RIGHT AREA, YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT.

- WATCH OUT FOR THE SNARE HERE.

- OKAY.

- IT SAYS BAD DOG RIGHT HERE.

- BAD DOG.

WELL, I DON'T THINK
THAT'S VERY OLD,

BUT IT'S INTERESTING
THEY USED A PECKING TECHNIQUE.

- I THINK
WE'RE IN THE RIGHT AREA.

- WHAT'S THAT OVER THERE?

LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THERE'S STUFF
ALL THE WAY ALONG HERE.

WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT IS THAT?

RIGHT THERE.

NO, THAT'S MODERN GRAFFITI.

- THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A FACE AROUND HERE.

- A FACE?
- A HUMAN FACE.

- LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING UP HERE.

- THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE FACE.

- YEAH, THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT'S A HEAD RIGHT HERE.

- IS THIS A PROFILE OF A HEAD?

- THIS IS A FACE.
- ALL RIGHT.

WHICH WAY IS THE FACE POINTING?

- THIS IS THE BACK
OF THE HEAD HERE.

- ALL RIGHT.
- SOME SORT OF...

HEAD GEAR OR SOMETHING WITH...

SOMETHING PROTRUDING OUT
OF THE FRONT OF THE FACE.

AND YOU CAN SEE A NOSE HERE.

- YEAH. YOU KNOW WHAT?

I GOT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I DON'T LIKE THIS.

I THINK THIS IS MODERN.

I THINK WE SHOULD HEAD DOWN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS OVER HERE, GUYS.

THESE LINES RIGHT HERE,

THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT COULD BE OGHAM.

OGHAM IS A REALLY OLD
WRITTEN LANGUAGE

THAT USES VERTICAL LINES.

IRISH CELTS USED IT BETWEEN

THE FOURTH
AND TENTH CENTURY A.D.

THERE ARE MORE THAN
400 OGHAM SITES

ALONG NORTHWESTERN ENGLAND,
WALES, AND IRELAND.

A LOT OF ACADEMICS, HOWEVER,

ARE SKEPTICAL
ABOUT OGHAM IN NORTH AMERICA.

- APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A GUY
NAMED BARRY FELL FROM HARVARD

WHO SAID THAT THIS WAS OGHAM

AND THAT IT TRANSLATED TO G-W-N,
OR GWYN.

- OKAY. GWYN.

WELL, GWYN, THE NAME GWYN,

IF THIS SAYS GWYN,
ONE POSSIBILITY IS,

IT COULD BE THE CELTIC EXPLORER
GWYN AND THE CELTS.

IF THEY WERE HERE,
CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE USED OGHAM.

YOU KNOW,
AS I LOOK AT THIS STUFF,

I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THAT RIVER
THAT WE'VE BEEN,

YOU KNOW, WALKING ALONG
ALL DAY TODAY.

AND, YOU KNOW,
THESE EARLY EXPLORERS,

IF THEY WERE DOWN
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

AND THEY WENT UP
THE MISSISSIPPI,

THE FIRST LARGE RIVER
TO THE WEST

IS THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

AND SO THAT'S THE WAY
THEY WOULD HAVE TRAVELED.

AND THIS IS LITERALLY
RIGHT ON THE RIVER,

SO IT MAKES SENSE.

YOU KNOW, GUYS,
I REALLY LIKE THIS.

THIS LOOKS GOOD.

AND WE'VE GOT A LOT
OF OTHER STUFF HERE

THAT WE CAN USE TO COMPARE.

AND I DON'T KNOW
IF THIS CONNECTS WITH THE BULL.

IT MIGHT, MIGHT NOT.

SO WE HAVE A ROCK FOUND
IN A RIVER WITH A BULL CARVING

THAT COULD CONNECT
TO ANCIENT EGYPT.

AND NOT TOO FAR AWAY,

WE HAVE A POSSIBLE
CELTIC OGHAM INSCRIPTION

CARVED ON A CAVE WALL.

IT SEEMS LIKE THESE CLUES
ARE UNRELATED,

SO I NEED TO FIGURE OUT MORE
ABOUT THIS ANCIENT LANGUAGE

AND HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER.

AND FOR THAT,
I NEED TO TRAVEL TO IRELAND.

I'M HERE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT

IF THE IRISH CELTS

CAME TO AMERICAN
LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

AND I'M ALSO HERE
TO TRY TO FIND OUT

IF THIS OGHAM SCRIPT
THAT WE FOUND IN OKLAHOMA

COULD POSSIBLY BE EVIDENCE

OF THEIR VOYAGE
TO THE NEW WORLD.

- IF WE COULD FIND
AN OGHAM INSCRIPTION

IN AMERICA WRITTEN IN IRISH,

THEN WE WOULD
HAVE ABSOLUTE PROOF

THAT THE IRISH
WERE LIVING IN AMERICA

IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD.

IN THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD.

- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU,
THE REASON I'M HERE IS,

WE HAVE... AT LEAST PEOPLE SAY...

AN OGHAM INSCRIPTION
IN OKLAHOMA.

AND I WANT TO TRY TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT IT.

- OGHAM IS
AN ALPHABETICAL SCRIPT,

WHICH IS UNIQUE TO IRELAND

AND TO PLACES
WHERE THE IRISH SETTLED.

IT WAS THE FASHIONABLE WAY

TO RECORD NAMES OF PEOPLE
IN STONE

IN THE FIFTH
TO THE SEVENTH CENTURY.

- CAN YOU DESCRIBE TO ME,
WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

- IT'S MADE UP
OF STRAIGHT LINES,

AND TO THE UNTRAINED EYE,
IT LOOKS LIKE TALLY MARKS,

BUT THE LINES ARE ARRANGED
IN A VERY SPECIFIC WAY.

EACH SET OF LINES REPRESENTING
A CONSONANT OR A VOWEL.

WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE HERE
IN THE LIBRARY

OF AN INSCRIPTION
FROM COUNTY KERRY.

AND I'D BE DELIGHTED TO
TAKE YOU IN AND SHOW IT TO YOU.

THIS IS ABOUT THE STANDARD SIZE
OF AN INSCRIPTION OF THIS KIND,

WHICH DATES FROM THE VERY BIRTH
OF IRISH CHRISTIANITY.

- SO WHAT DOES
THIS INSCRIPTION SAY?

- THIS INSCRIPTION RECORDS
THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO...

EITHER WHO WAS BURIED HERE
OR WHOSE PROPERTY THIS IS.

WE FOLLOW THE VOWEL LINE
UP THE CENTER.

AND THEN THE CONSONANTS
ARE ON EITHER SIDE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT THEY'RE ON THE PROPER SIDE,

BECAUSE IF THEY'RE
ON THE WRONG SIDE,

IT'LL MEAN NOTHING.

THIS IS THE PROOF THAT THIS

IS AN IRISH OGHAM INSCRIPTION.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE READING
THE RIGHT DIRECTION,

AND YOU KNOW
YOU'VE GOT AN OGHAM INSCRIPTION.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO FIND
IN AMERICA.

- ONLY THE IRISH CELTS
USED OGHAM SCRIPT,

NOT ALL CELTIC PEOPLE?

- THIS PARTICULAR ALPHABET
IS USED ONLY BY IRISH CELTS

AND IS FOUND, AS FAR AS WE KNOW,
UNLESS YOU CAN PROVE OTHERWISE,

IS FOUND ONLY IN IRELAND

OR IN AREAS THAT WERE
COLONIZED BY THE IRISH.

- DO WE KNOW
HOW FAR THEY TRAVELED?

AND WHERE DO WE FIND THESE?

- WE KNOW...
WE'RE REASONABLY CERTAIN...

THAT THEY GOT AS FAR AS ICELAND.

DID THEY GO FURTHER TO AMERICA?
I DON'T KNOW.

YOU FIND THE STONE.
YOU PROVE IT.

- WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT.

I HAVE SOME PICTURES I'D LIKE
TO SHOW YOU ON MY COMPUTER,

SO MAYBE I DO HAVE
AN OGHAM INSCRIPTION.

SO, DAMIAN, HERE WE HAVE

WHAT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM
IS A SHORT INSCRIPTION HERE.

THIS IS AT A SITE CALLED
TURKEY MOUNTAIN IN OKLAHOMA.

NOT FAR AWAY,
THERE WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL,

EGYPTIAN-STYLE
BULL CARVING FOUND.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE
ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OTHER,

BUT IT WASN'T FAR AWAY.

WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?

- I HAVE TO SAY,
FROM WHAT I CAN SEE,

I SEE FIVE OR SIX LINES,
ALMOST ALL OF THEM VERTICAL.

AND THERE SIMPLY
ISN'T ENOUGH IN THAT

TO BE ABLE TO SAY
THIS IS AN OGHAM INSCRIPTION.

THIS BEARS A SUPERFICIAL
RESEMBLANCE TO OGHAM

IN THAT IT HAS STRAIGHT LINES.

- BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

IF WE WERE ABLE TO FIND

A LEGITIMATE
EARLY IRISH INSCRIPTION,

WE COULD SAY THAT
THAT WAS EVIDENCE

OF EARLY MEDIEVAL IRISH CONTACT?

- CORRECT, A LEGITIMATE
OGHAM INSCRIPTION, ABSOLUTELY.

PROVIDED IT IS LEGITIMATE,
IT WORKS THE OGHAM WAY,

AND IT IS THE IRISH LANGUAGE
THAT IS ON IT,

YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE PROOF
THAT THE IRISH WERE THERE.

AND IF THERE'S ONE THERE,

I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE
TO SEE IT.

I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK.

I BELIEVE THAT IN OKLAHOMA,
IN THE ANUBIS CAVES,

THERE ARE INSCRIPTIONS,

WHICH SOME PEOPLE CLAIM
BEAR A RESEMBLANCE TO OGHAM.

WHY DON'T YOU
CHECK THAT ONE OUT?

- HEY, PHIL.
SCOTT WOLTER, HOW YOU DOING?

THANKS FOR MEETING ME OUT HERE.
- OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

- I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
HOW A 500-POUND SLAB OF ROCK

WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE
AN ANCIENT BULL CARVING

ENDED UP IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER,
JUST OUTSIDE OF TULSA.

NOT FAR FROM THAT SITE,

WHERE THIS BULL CARVING
WAS FOUND,

WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME OGHAM.

AND I UNDERSTAND
YOU'VE GOT BOTH OGHAM

AND CARVINGS
THAT INCLUDE A BULL HERE.

IS THAT TRUE?

- THAT'S RIGHT SCOTT.

I THINK OUR CARVINGS AND
INSCRIPTIONS THAT WE HAVE HERE

ARE PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE

OF OLD WORLD CELTIC EXPLORERS
COMING TO THE AMERICAS,

LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

AND I'D LOVE TO
TAKE YOU TO THE CAVES.

I'VE BEEN
RESEARCHING THESE CAVES,

THE CAVES
WE CALL THE ANUBIS CAVES,

FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW.

- ANUBIS IS THE JACKAL-HEADED
EGYPTIAN GOD OF THE DEAD.

HE WAS ASSOCIATED
WITH MUMMIFICATION

AND PROTECTING THE DEAD

AS THEY JOURNEYED
TO THE UNDERWORLD.

- IN THE LATE 1970s,
A LOCAL RANCHER

BROUGHT ANOTHER RESEARCHER
HERE TO THESE CAVES.

AND SHE RECOGNIZED

THE FIGURE ANUBIS
ON THE CAVE WALL.

- MM-HMM.
- AND THAT'S...

HENCE, THE NAME
THE ANUBIS CAVES.

- SO YOU'VE GOT CELTIC WRITING

AND EVIDENCE OF
RELIGIOUS PRACTICE OF THE CELTS.

YOU'VE GOT EGYPTIAN SYMBOLISM
AND ICONOGRAPHY

CONSISTENT WITH THEM BEING HERE,
A PRESENCE HERE.

AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT
A BULL CARVING.

THIS WHOLE INVESTIGATION
I STARTED

BEGAN WITH A BULL CARVING.

I MEAN, IF THIS IS WHAT
IT COULD BE,

THIS IS A HUGE DISCOVERY.

- I THINK IT IS.

THIS IS CAVE NUMBER ONE. - OKAY.

- I WANT TO SHOW YOU OVER HERE,
CAVE NUMBER TWO AND THREE.

- OKAY.

- THIS IS CAVE TWO.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE MARKINGS...
- OH, YEAH.

- RIGHT UP ON THE WALL
FROM HERE.

- BOY, THEY LOOK GREAT.

HERE WE GO.

I GOT IT.

WOW.

WELL, THESE ARE AMAZING.

- NOW, HERE'S SOME OF THE MARKS
THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU.

HERE'S THE BULL.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE RIBS
DRAWN IN CELTIC STYLE,

AND THE HORNS.

- I MEAN,
THAT'S CLEARLY A BEAST.

LOOKS LIKE A...
IT LOOKS LIKE A BULL TO ME

AND THESE LINES RIGHT HERE,

THIS LOOKS LIKE
IT COULD BE OGHAM.

SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?

- WELL, THIS WAS PUT HERE
1,500 YEARS AGO BY CELTS,

WHO CAME HERE AND MADE
A MONUMENT TO THEIR GOD MITHRAS.

- I ONLY KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS
ABOUT MITHRAISM.

IT'S AN ANCIENT RELIGION
PRACTICED AROUND 100 TO 500 A.D.

IT'S GOD, MITHRA,

WAS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SUN GOD.

AND IT ALSO INCORPORATED
BULL SLAUGHTER.

- MITHRAISM, IT WAS A SECRET,
A MYSTERY RELIGION.

- AND THIS IS A PRACTICE
OF THE CELTS?

- AND IT WAS ALSO A PRACTICE
OF THE CELTS.

COME OVER HERE, YOU CAN SEE
THE RISING AND SETTING SUN.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE SUN GOD
WITH HIS RAYED HEAD AND CROWN.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE GOD ANUBIS

WITH HIS WHITE CROWN
AND THE FLAIL STUCK IN HIS BACK,

JUST AS HE APPEARS IN EGYPT.

- CLEARLY EGYPTIAN.

AND I DO SEE
SOME MODERN GRAFFITI,

OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT HERE.

AND MODERN GRAFFITI
CAN BE VERY HELPFUL WITH DATING.

IT GIVES US A COMPARISON.
I DO SEE...

YOU KNOW,
SOME OF THESE LOOK LIKE

THEY'VE BEEN AGING FOR A WHILE.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE
ON THE AGE OF THESE CARVINGS?

- WELL, WE HAVE DATED THIS

TO APPROXIMATELY 300 TO 500 A.D.

- THAT'S VERY POSSIBLE.
- THAT'S QUITE OLD.

THERE'S A SERIES
OF ALIGNMENTS HERE

THAT ONLY OCCUR
ON THE DAY OF THE EQUINOX.

- SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
ARCHAEOASTRONOMY?

- THAT'S CORRECT.

- WELL, THAT'S
A LITTLE SOMETHING I KNOW ABOUT.

I MEAN, MANY CULTURES
DID THIS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS

AND ALIGNED THEIR BUILDINGS
AND STRUCTURES

TO ALIGN WITH PLANETS, MOON,
THE HEAVENLY BODIES.

AND YOU'RE SAYING
WE HAVE THAT HERE.

WHAT HAPPENS HERE?

- IT'S JUST LIKE
GOING TO THE MOVIES,

AND WE'VE OFTEN REFERRED TO IT

AS THE WORLD'S
FIRST MOTION PICTURE.

THE SHADOW MOVES UP
ACROSS THIS PANEL

INTO THE SETTING SUN.

IT TELLS THE STORY OF MITHRAISM.

THE CELTS BELIEVED IN MITHRAISM

AND THAT THEIR SOUL
CAME DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS

AND THEN RETURNED BACK
TO THE HEAVENS

AND TO THEIR GOD, MITHRAS.

- SO THERE'S A SHADOW PLAY
HERE ON THE EQUINOX,

WHICH HAPPENS ONLY TWICE A YEAR,

IN THE SPRING AND IN THE FALL.

AND IT'S WHEN BOTH DAY AND NIGHT
ARE OF ROUGHLY EQUAL LENGTH.

IT WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT DAY
FOR MANY EARLY CULTURES.

JUST AS IT WAS SUMMER
TURNING INTO FALL,

IT ALSO REPRESENTED
THE CHANGE FROM LIFE INTO DEATH.

IF THIS SHADOW PLAY
ILLUMINATES THESE SYMBOLS,

THEN IT CLEARLY REPRESENTS
SOMETHING FUNDAMENTAL

WITH THE SPIRITUAL BELIEFS
OF WHOMEVER CARVED THIS.

SO THIS IS THE CYCLE OF LIFE?

- YES, IT'S THE CYCLE OF LIFE
FROM BEGINNING TO END.

- SO, PHIL,
WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME HERE

AND WHAT I'VE SEEN
IS A VERY DETAILED,

VERY COMPLICATED
EQUINOX ALIGNMENT HERE

THAT WAS MADE BY EXPLORERS
THAT CAME LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

I KNOW IT'S NOT FAR
FROM THE EQUINOX.

WE'RE COMING UP CLOSE.

I WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SITE.

AND IT CHANGES HISTORY.

- WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
COME BACK.

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S DO IT.

- A GUY NAMED NICK JOHNSON
DOWN IN OKLAHOMA

FOUND THIS
IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW OLD IT IS,
HOWEVER.

I THEN TALKED
TO AN EGYPTIAN EXPERT

ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT MAYBE THIS WAS

AN APIS BULL OF
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION.

AND HE BASICALLY SAID,
"YEAH, I SEE SOME THINGS

THAT DO LOOK LIKE
IT COULD BE AN APIS BULL."

BUT THEN HE SAID
HE SAW SOME THINGS

THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE,

THAT WEREN'T CONSISTENT
WITH THAT.

AND THEN I WENT DOWN
TO THE PANHANDLE IN OKLAHOMA.

AND I WENT TO A SITE
WHERE I SAW SOME OGHAM.

I SAW ANOTHER BULL CARVING.
- YEAH.

- AND THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF
POSSIBLY THE CELTS COMING HERE

AND CARVING SOMETHING
BASED ON THE MITHRAISM RELIGION.

- AH.

WE REALLY KNOW
THE MITHRAIC RELIGION

THROUGH SYMBOLS AND IMAGES
OF ITS GOD, MITHRA.

HE HAD A SOLAR CROWN

AND WAS HOLDING A SWORD,
OR A LARGE DAGGER,

AND WAS SACRIFICING A BULL.

AND HERE WE HAVE A BULL.

IT FLOURISHED
FROM ABOUT THE FIRST CENTURY

TO THE FOURTH CENTURY A.D.

AND PRACTITIONERS,

THEY BELIEVED THEIR SOULS
CAME FROM THE STARS.

- WHAT WOULD THEY GO THROUGH?

I MEAN,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RITUALS?

DO YOU KNOW?

- THE TAUROBOLIUM
WAS AN INITIATION

WHERE A PIT WAS DUG

AND BOARDS WERE
PUT OVER THE TOP OF THE PIT.

YOU, AS THE INITIATE,

WOULD BE BROUGHT IN
UNDERNEATH THIS GRATING.

AND A BULL WOULD BE TAKEN
OVER THE PIT AND SACRIFICED

WHERE 50 LITERS OF BLOOD
WOULD POUR OVER YOU.

- YOU PHYSICALLY GOT NEW LIFE
FROM THIS BLOOD FROM THE BULL.

NOW, IF THAT IS NOT
A VISCERAL INITIATION,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

- WELL, IF YOU'RE SITTING
IN THIS PIT

AND A BULL IS SLAUGHTERED
ABOVE YOU

AND THE BLOOD IS JUST
DRAINING OUT AND COVERING...

YOU WOULD REMEMBER THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS
WHEN I WAS TALKING

TO THE EGYPTIAN EXPERT WAS,

HE COULDN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS

OF THESE FLOWING LINES
HERE ON THE BACK,

COULD THAT BE BLOOD?

- YEAH, I THINK

YOU'RE DEFINITELY
ON A RIGHT TRACK THERE.

YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT MITHRAISM,

THE BULL SYMBOLISM WAS
AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SYMBOL.

- THIS BULL SEEMS TO REPRESENT

ALMOST AN AMALGAMATION
OF TWO THINGS:

ONE,
THIS EGYPTIAN APIS BULL RELIGION

AND MITHRAISM.

I MEAN, IS IT FAIR TO SAY

THAT ONE SORT OF EVOLVED
FROM THE OTHER?

- ABSOLUTELY, WITHOUT DOUBT.

MITHRAISM
ACTUALLY WAS A REFORMING

OF THE APIS RELIGIONS OF EGYPT.

- NOW THIS IS ALL
STARTING TO MAKE SENSE.

IF IT WASN'T THE EGYPTIANS
WHO MADE THE BULL SYMBOL,

IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO
WAS INFLUENCED BY THE EGYPTIANS.

RIGHT NOW,
ALL SIGNS POINT TO THE CELTS.

THE SITE
THAT I SAW IN THE PANHANDLE,

BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE
OF OGHAM,

THEY'RE THINKING THAT THE CELTS

WERE THE ONES
THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE.

IF THEY WERE THE ONES
THAT CAME OVER HERE,

THE QUESTION IS WHY?

- CHRISTIANITY WAS AROUND.
PEOPLE GET CHASED OUT.

AND, CERTAINLY,
IT'S A VERY STRONG POSSIBILITY

THAT THE CELTS WERE SIMPLY...

THE CELTIC MITHRAIC
PRACTITIONERS WERE CHASED OUT.

- PEOPLE WILL GO
TO AMAZING LENGTHS

TO FIND A PLACE
TO PRACTICE THEIR FAITH.

AND ISN'T THAT
WHAT NORTH AMERICA

REALLY HAS EVOLVED INTO?

I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT
THE UNITED STATES IS.

BUT THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE
WERE COMING HERE

HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS
OF YEARS AGO

FOR THE VERY SAME THING,
IS REALLY PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

- WELL, I TELL YOU,

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY
EXTRAORDINARY STONE.

- WHEN I WAS DOWN ON THE RIVER,
LOOKING AT THE SITE

WHERE NICK TOLD ME
HE FOUND THIS STONE,

ONE OF THE THINGS
I WANTED TO DO IS TO SEE,

DID THIS ROCK
COME FROM THAT AREA IN TULSA?

AND IT APPEARS THAT IT DOES.

THIS IS A PIECE OF ROCK
THAT I COLLECTED

THAT IS SANDSTONE.

IT'S VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL

TO THIS SLAB
THAT THE BULL'S CARVED IN.

YOU KNOW,
IT ANSWERED THE QUESTION FOR ME.

I BELIEVE THAT THE BULL
WAS PROBABLY CARVED

SOMEWHERE NEAR
WHERE IT WAS FOUND,

MAYBE NOT EXACTLY AT THAT SITE
ON THAT ISLAND IN THE RIVER,

BUT SOMEWHERE NEARBY.

IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, REALLY,

THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES,

IF THIS IS INDEED ANCIENT,

IT HAS TO BE THE ANCIENT CELTS.

JOE, I'VE BEEN INVITED BACK

TO THE ANUBIS CAVE
ON THE EQUINOX

TO SEE THIS ALIGNMENT
THAT OCCURS AT THAT TIME,

AND I WANT YOU TO COME WITH ME.

I WILL BE THERE.

- SOMEONE WAS IN THAT CAVE
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

AND SOMEONE WITH
AN ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING

OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY

PUT THOSE CARVINGS THERE
FOR A REASON.

IF THE CAVE ILLUMINATION

IS ANYTHING
LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD,

THEN WE'RE IN
FOR SOMETHING SPECTACULAR.

IT'S REALLY GONNA BE, I'M SURE,

AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE

TO SEE THIS WHOLE
CELTIC MITHRAIC RELIGION

THAT APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT HERE.

AND IF THAT'S TRUE,

THEN WE HAVE A REAL GAME CHANGER

IN THIS WHOLE HISTORY
OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

IN THIS WHOLE HISTORY
OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT.

- I'M ABOUT TO WITNESS
WHAT SOUNDS LIKE

A SPECTACULAR ILLUMINATION
HERE IN THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE

THAT MAY EXPLAIN
A MYSTERIOUS BULL CARVING.

THE ALIGNMENT IS TAKING PLACE
DURING THE AUTUMN EQUINOX,

WHEN DAY AND NIGHT
ARE OF ROUGHLY EQUAL LENGTH.

NOT ONLY COULD THIS BE PROOF

OF AN ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING
OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY,

BUT POSSIBLY THE PRESENCE
OF ANCIENT CELTIC TRAVELERS

IN AMERICA'S HEARTLAND,

PRACTICING THEIR
EGYPTIAN-INFLUENCED RELIGION.

WHAT I'M HOPING TO SEE

IS THE STORY OF MITHRAISM
PLAYED OUT IN LIGHT AND SHADOW,

RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES.

WELL, JOE,
ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCHERS,

THE CELTS CARVED THIS SITE

SOMETIME BACK AROUND
300 TO 500 A.D.

AND IF THAT'S CORRECT,

IT CHANGES HISTORY
IN A HUGE WAY.

- WELL, YOU KNOW, MITHRAISM
WAS AROUND FOR CENTURIES,

CENTURIES OF TIME
WHERE CELTIC TRIBES

WOULD HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED

BY MITHRAIC MYSTERY RELIGION
AND MITHRAIC PRACTICES.

SO, YOU KNOW,
IF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING

IS THAT YOU'VE FOUND EVIDENCE
THAT IS OLD

AND IT'S SHOWING SYMBOLISM OF...

IS 1,500 YEARS OLD, IN MITHRAIC,

WHAT OTHER CONCLUSION
CAN WE COME TO,

BUT THAT THERE ARE CELTIC TRIBES
THAT WERE HERE?

- LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

- YEAH.
DEFINITELY LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

- HEY, PHIL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO SEE YOU.

- YEAH. THIS IS MY FRIEND JOE.

HE'S THE EXPERT IN MITHRAISM
I TOLD YOU ABOUT

AND VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING

THE ALIGNMENT TODAY
ON THE EQUINOX.

AND WHAT DO YOU SAY?
SHALL WE GET AFTER IT?

- ALL RIGHT, SCOTT.
LET'S GET ON UP.

- ALL RIGHT. AFTER YOU.

WELL, JOE, IS THERE EVIDENCE
OF MITHRAISM HERE IN YOUR EYES?

- IT'S CLEAR,

I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY
CLEAR TO ME THAT...

I MEAN,
THESE SYMBOLS ARE SO DISTINCT.

HERE YOU HAVE
THIS CANINE FIGURE,

POSSIBLY ANUBIS,

YOU KNOW, ANUBIS,
THE EGYPTIAN JACKAL GOD,

AS HE WAS HUNTING FOR THE BULL.

WE HAVE THE SUN.

THE SUN IS CONNECTED TO MITHRA.

AND WE HAVE THIS FIGURE

THAT IS CLEARLY
A MITHRAIC-STYLE SUN GOD.

RIGHT HERE,
WE HAVE THIS DEEPLY ETCHED BULL.

- BUT I'M STARTING TO SEE

THAT THIS BULL SYMBOL
IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE SEE IT
AS THE APIS BULL IN EGYPT,

IN MITHRAISM.

THAT BULL
THAT NICK FOUND IN TULSA,

ALONG THE SAME WATERWAY

THAT WOULD LEAD THE PEOPLE
TO COME HERE,

THAT ALSO HAS THE BULL.

THERE'S A VERY GOOD CHANCE THAT

THAT'S PART OF THIS WHOLE THING
AS WELL.

WELL, REALLY WHAT
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE

IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY.

I MEAN,
TALKING ABOUT A GEOGRAPHIC SPOT

THAT IS ALIGNED
WITH THE HEAVENS,

AND THIS IS SOMETHING
THAT ANCIENTS

HAD DONE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

WELL, PHIL,
WE'RE ONLY MOMENTS AWAY HERE.

SO CAN YOU TELL JOE

WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
WITH THE ALIGNMENT HERE?

- SURE, THERE WILL BE A WEDGE
OF LIGHT BETWEEN TWO SHADOWS.

AND IT'LL PROGRESSIVELY
PAN UP ACROSS THIS PANEL.

AND AS THE LOWER SHADOW
COMES UP,

THERE WILL BE
A LITTLE KNOB OF SHADOW.

THIS IS GOING TO MOVE HALFWAY UP
THE SUN GOD'S FACE,

HALF OBSCURING HIS FACE,

AND THE SUN WILL BE
HALF OBSCURED BELOW THE HORIZON.

AND AS THE SHADOW
COMPLETES OBSCURING THE HEAD,

THAT'S THE MOMENT THAT THE SUN
FINALLY DIPS BELOW THE HORIZON.

- SURE.
- AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW
HAS MOVED UP

AND IS NOW RIGHT UNDERNEATH
THE SUN GOD'S CHIN.

AND THAT REFLECTS EXACTLY
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE HORIZON.

THE SUN IS TOUCHING THE HORIZON.

- SO IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

- IT'S EXTRAORDINARY.

I MEAN, LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S SO CLEAR
WHAT I'M SEEING HERE.

I MEAN,
IT IS CLEAR THAT MITHRAS,

AT THIS TIME IN THE AUTUMN,

HE'S SINKING DOWN INTO DARKNESS.

AND THERE IS ANUBIS,
WHO'S GONNA BE RISEN ABOVE.

AND ANUBIS, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,
THE JACKAL-HEADED GOD...

HE WAS THE GOD OF THE DEAD
AND THE UNDERWORLD.

AND AS HE IS RISEN ABOVE
SYMBOLICALLY RIGHT THERE,

HE'S RISEN ABOVE THE SUN.

- THE HEAD OF THE SUN GOD
IS ALMOST COMPLETELY IN SHADOW.

ANUBIS IS NEARLY
FULLY ILLUMINATED,

AND IT'S ALREADY STARTING
TO GO DARK.

- THAT IS A REALLY
COMPLEX ALIGNMENT.

- SOMEONE WITH A GREAT DEAL
OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRECISION

HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS MAP

WATCHING THE SHADOW
CREEP ACROSS HERE.

THEY'VE LAID OUT THEIR LINES.

AND THEY'VE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL

TO HAVE THE SKILL
AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO THIS.

- THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

HERE AGAIN,
WE HAVE A BRAND-NEW CHAPTER

IN AMERICAN HISTORY
RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR EYES.

- YOU KNOW, PHIL, YOUR THEORY
THAT THE CELTIC TRIBES

THAT WERE PRACTICING
MITHRAIC THINGS CAME HERE...

I MEAN, THIS IS ALL JUST MAKING
SO MUCH SENSE NOW.

IT'S REALLY SOMETHING.

- SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

HOW DOES THE EGYPTIAN SYMBOLISM,

MITHRAISM, AND THE CELTS
ALL CONNECT?

- WELL, YOU KNOW,

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT YOU MENTIONED,

THEY REVERED THE SUN,
THE MOON, AND THE STARS.

THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS THEIR WAY

TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING
THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

- I AGREE.

THIS SITE WAS AS IMPORTANT

AS THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
ARE TO BIBLICAL HISTORY

AS THIS IS OF CELTIC HISTORY.

- WELL, I TELL YOU GUYS,
THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

WE STARTED
WITH THE BULL IN TULSA

COMING OUT
OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER.

NOT FAR AWAY,
WE SAW OGHAM SCRIPT.

AND IF WE FOLLOW THAT TRAIL
UP THE ARKANSAS

TO ONE OF ITS TRIBUTARIES,

IT TAKES US RIGHT HERE.

AND THIS INCREDIBLE STORY
OF MITHRAISM

THAT WE JUST SAW PLAY OUT
ON THE WALL.

IT WAS AMAZING.

AND, REALLY,
THE ONLY REASONABLE PEOPLE

THAT COULD HAVE DONE THIS
WERE THE CELTS 1,500 YEARS AGO.

I CAN'T THINK
OF ANY OTHER CANDIDATES.

AND FOR THAT REASON,
THIS SITE HERE SHOULD BE,

I THINK, DESIGNATED
AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.

AND IT ABSOLUTELY CHANGES
HISTORY IN A PROFOUND WAY.

MY SEARCH TO UNCOVER

THE MEANING AND ORIGINS
OF A 500-POUND BULL CARVING

STRONGLY SUGGESTS
ANCIENT CELTIC EXPLORERS

BROUGHT THEIR RELIGION
TO AMERICA.

CELTIC WORSHIPPERS OF MITHRAISM,

WHO ENTERED INTO THEIR FAITH

THROUGH A BAPTISM OF BLOOD
FROM A SACRIFICED BULL,

MAY VERY WELL HAVE
MADE THEIR WAY TO OKLAHOMA.

THE STONE CARVING FOUND IN TULSA

COULD HINT AT THEIR
GRUESOME INITIATION,

TRAILS OF BLOOD RUNNING
FROM THE BULL'S HEAD AND NECK.

I SAW THE STORY OF MITHRAISM
PLAY OUT BEFORE MY EYES

IN A SPECTACULAR ILLUMINATION
ON THE AUTUMN EQUINOX,

A TESTAMENT
TO AN ADVANCED UNDERSTANDING

OF ARCHAEOASTRONOMY.

EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED
COULD MEAN

THAT AMERICA'S FIRST PILGRIMS

MAY ACTUALLY
HAVE BEEN CELTIC EXPLORERS

WHO LEFT CLUES BEHIND.

IT'S UP TO ME, AND TO ALL OF US,
TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT THOSE CLUES MEAN
TO THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.

Subtitles Diego Moraes
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