1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Music 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Music 3 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:45,000 More polygonal walls at this part of Hattusa. 4 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Look at this, what is that? That is nice, amazing green stone I've ever seen. 5 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Oh yeah, wow. It's boiling hard. 6 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:17,000 The behind us is incredible green stone, we think it's serpentine. 7 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:23,000 And also these strange leek carved, all my slakes or carved out from you know going downwards 8 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:32,000 across and upwards. Some kind of channels for water or for some substance possibly that they were mining here and refining. 9 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000 This is the lower level of Hattusa. And it's just quite amazing, it's large green stone. 10 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,000 I've never seen anything quite like it. It looks like a great big emerald from a distance, but we think it's serpentine. 11 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:51,000 It looks like this serpentine mines around the whole area. However, this green stone we just saw is remarkable. 12 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:59,000 And it's almost cuboid. It looks like it's the on fellous stone of the whole soil at the central point. 13 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,000 So a navel of Hattusa here in Turkey. 14 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,000 It's like green serpentine. 15 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,000 Oh, serpentine, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It would be serpentine. 16 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Yeah, they could be a lot of serpentine in the same way. 17 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Right. 18 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 They do get these wrong. 19 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,000 These are lucky charms. 20 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 And the people wear crosses. 21 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 And the guy over here. 22 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 He's a bit busy with the green stone. 23 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,000 The green stone. 24 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 The green stone. 25 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:28,000 26 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,000 The green stone. 27 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,000 The green stone. 28 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 I don't know where that's from. 29 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,000 The green stone is the type of blue. 30 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Yeah. 31 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:36,000 That's the blue. 32 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 We've been trying to wear that. 33 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Yeah, what it is. 34 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,000 serpentine is a part of it. 35 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 It feels like JJ's feeling something. 36 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,000 But then again, this is a bit of a lot of special areas. 37 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Yeah, but I think it could be nice to be a little longer time ago. 38 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 There's no race. 39 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 There's no race. 40 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:52,000 Oh, I mean, yeah, it's quite not. 41 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Yeah, I think some of the smoothest is the pretty smoothest. 42 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 It's been deliberately smoothed. 43 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,000 It's been deliberately smoothed. 44 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,000 It's been deliberately smoothed. 45 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,000 I don't think they can smooth it so much. 46 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,000 Too ashamed of the time. 47 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 But about two thousand years of tourists. 48 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 Yeah. 49 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,000 Yeah. 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Again, we keep seeing evidence of these incredible drill holes. 51 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Looks like if they were producing drums here or other metals, 52 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:26,000 it could have been a tool as they used. 53 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 We'll just see the very strange shape. 54 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000 These kind of channels that have been cut out of these mega-liffic blocks. 55 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Not too similar to what we've seen on Easter Island or in Peru. 56 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Nonetheless, we are here now in central Turkey. 57 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:48,000 Just in front of us here, we have a huge mega-liffic block. 58 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Looks like about 15 to 20 feet long. 59 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 It's quite outstanding, really. 60 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Oh, my God, this huge. 61 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,000 Yeah, the problem is that he's thinking with conventional. 62 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Yeah, he thinks he's gradually evolution coming to that point. 63 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:20,000 Yeah, what he doesn't seem to take into account is that the most incredible structures are the oldest ones. 64 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Exactly. 65 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 And that they gradually get spawned. 66 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I question him about that. 67 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,000 I like Clashmit, by the way. 68 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:31,000 I do think he's very sincere, hardworking, good-hearted guys. 69 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:36,000 But he isn't our guild, just send him as the archaeological reference frame. 70 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:40,000 And so we discussed the fact that the best is the oldest. 71 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:43,000 Yeah, and it seems to evolve from there. 72 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Yeah. 73 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:51,000 And so I said, well, okay, and then he said, well, he's sure that it goes back at least 14,000 years. 74 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:57,000 And I said, well, so what do you kind of pillars do you expect to find when you get into the older layers? 75 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:02,000 And he said, well, I expect them to be smaller because that's how they would have learned to do it. 76 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,000 And that's how it would have evolved. 77 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,000 So that's the, that's, that's, that's a projection of a theory onto a yet untested attack. 78 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Exactly. 79 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,000 I mean, that's the extra couple of thousand years that he expects it to evolve. 80 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 There isn't any evidence for this. 81 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 There is evidence that there is earlier activity. 82 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,000 But that's going to be like the pro-tone-neolithic activity at various other sites, 83 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:29,000 the southeast Turkey, northern Syria, for instance. 84 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 And they haven't got that type of no-one. 85 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,000 This is a huge anomaly. 86 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Yeah. 87 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 It's absolutely massive anomaly. 88 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,000 Yeah. 89 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,000 And, but did he make clear to that the whole mound is artificial? 90 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 And they'd have started absolutely on the bad wrong. 91 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,000 He's very clear about it. 92 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 Yeah. 93 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,000 Yeah. 94 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Because that's a said that people get a false impression completely. 95 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:00,000 But the fact that they started to dig into the southeast and side was their preference. 96 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Yeah. 97 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,000 You know, they've got to done it from the opposite side. 98 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Absolutely. 99 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,000 You know, it's given a false impression that they're looking in that direction. 100 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Well, the big excavation knows on the northwestern side. 101 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,000 So, yeah. 102 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 So, there was, obviously, we'll see it in a few days. 103 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:19,000 But I mean, in fact, mentioned that obviously there was the big stone with the line. 104 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,000 Yeah. 105 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Although that could be a panther. 106 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:23,000 Could be a tough line. 107 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,000 Yeah. 108 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,000 And do you see anything else that we're uncovering there? 109 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:31,000 We saw two meglists uncovered in that excavation on the northwest. 110 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 One is a very massive one and we don't, I'm not clear to me how much of it is under the ground. 111 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:36,000 Right. 112 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,000 But the top part is what's sticking out of the ground. 113 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,000 And that is massive. 114 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,000 There is a feline in high relief. 115 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 The relief is about that high. 116 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Yeah. 117 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,000 Very nicely done. 118 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Yeah. 119 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,000 That's what I think I've talked about. 120 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,000 Or is this? 121 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,000 Well, there's a second one, which that one actually is not t-shaped. 122 00:06:56,000 --> 00:07:02,000 That one is more of a stealer with the line on it. 123 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 Yeah. 124 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:09,000 But 20, 30 feet away, there's a classic t-shaped meglist with a lot of engravings. 125 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:10,000 That's what I know, though. 126 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,000 Yes, I've seen pictures. 127 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 That's got lots, lots of animals, I guess. 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Yes, in terms of lots of animals. 129 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,000 I've seen lots of animals. 130 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,000 I've seen lots of animals. 131 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,000 I've seen some pictures of it. 132 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,000 I saw another picture of one, which I've not come across. 133 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,000 Yeah. 134 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Which has got multiple these on it's narrow face. 135 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 And that's only partly been uncovered. 136 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 I've not seen that one anyway. 137 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,000 I've not seen that one. 138 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,000 There's multiple people who are found on the figure that they dug up in woofer. 139 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:38,000 Absolutely. 140 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,000 And like a cuckold, like a petro. 141 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 Yeah. 142 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 Absolutely. 143 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 I think that's what it is. 144 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 They're almost like emblems of office. 145 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 You know, it's like, in a modern day of May, I would wear. 146 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 Yes, some kind of signs of office, symbols of office or something. 147 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Which shows an incredible sophistication of some kind of hierarchy or a leaf. 148 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 149 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,000 There definitely. 150 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,000 There's no doubt about it. 151 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:04,000 And the other, the other obvious thing is a very long-term plan, 152 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:07,000 which is sustained. 153 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,000 I've never heard of it. 154 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 It's really true, a lot of people. 155 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,000 And then eventually, to conceal it, 156 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,000 was that concealed, you know, or a purpose, 157 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 or it was done on purpose. 158 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,000 But why? 159 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Yeah, the question is, the question is why. 160 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,000 And again, the archaeologists only have theories. 161 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 They don't have facts. 162 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,000 What are the why? 163 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:31,000 Well, obviously, the clashmete is of the opinion that the whole thing is of Fundamentally a burial ground, 164 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:34,000 but he hasn't, he's not found any skeletal remains. 165 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:38,000 He's found, he's found, he's found human bone fragments in the infill. 166 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Yeah. 167 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 Well, and some have been placed in the actual wall. 168 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Right. 169 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 But they could have been much later in true superiors. 170 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,000 But, you know, I mean, it could well be the whole thing was part of a major project, 171 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,000 to create the huge great mound that becomes a waste of the belly, 172 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 like a swollen belly, you know, almost like a... 173 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 Fertilian place of birth. 174 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 Hence the adventure of the night. 175 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 I think that suggests that. 176 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 One of them. 177 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,000 One of them. 178 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,000 One of them. 179 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 One of them. 180 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,000 One of them. 181 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:40,000 One of them. 182 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,000 One of them. 183 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,000 One of them. 184 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 One of them. 185 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,000 One of them. 186 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,000 One of them. 187 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 One of them. 188 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 One of them. 189 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 One of them. 190 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,000 One of them. 191 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,000 One of them. 192 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:51,000 One of them. 193 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 One of them. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:53,000 One of them. 195 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,000 One of them. 196 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:55,000 One of them. 197 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 One of them. 198 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,000 One of them. 199 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:58,000 One of them. 200 00:09:58,000 --> 00:09:59,000 One of them. 201 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,000 One of them. 202 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,000 One of them. 203 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,000 One of them. 204 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,000 One of them. 205 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:04,000 One of them. 206 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,000 One of them. 207 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:06,000 One of them. 208 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 One of them. 209 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,000 One of them. 210 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 One of them. 211 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,000 One of them. 212 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,000 One of them. 213 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:12,000 One of them. 214 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:13,000 One of them. 215 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:14,000 One of them. 216 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 One of them. 217 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 One of them. 218 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 One of them. 219 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:18,000 One of them. 220 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 One of them. 221 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,000 One of them. 222 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,000 One of them. 223 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 One of them. 224 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,000 One of them. 225 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,000 One of them. 226 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,000 One of them. 227 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:26,000 One of them. 228 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,000 One of them. 229 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:28,000 One of them. 230 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,000 One of them. 231 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 One of them. 232 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,000 One of them. 233 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 One of them.