Três Construções Antigas que São Maiores do que Qualquer Um Imaginava
Mistérios não revelados
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Today we're going to"}, {'start': '16.199', 'end': '20.680', 'text': 'reveal three of these'}, {'start': '18.320', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'underground wonders so vast and mysterious they'}, {'start': '20.680', 'end': '25.400', 'text': "'ll leave you speechless."}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '28.930', 'text': 'Prepare for a journey into the heart'}, {'start': '25.400', 'end': '32.269', 'text': 'of human ingenuity.'}, {'start': '28.930', 'end': '32.269', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '33.040', 'end': '38.160', 'text': 'Derincu the hidden metropolis of'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '40.840', 'text': 'Cappadocia.  In'}, {'start': '38.160', 'end': '43.239', 'text': '1963, a man in the Turkish town of'}, {'start': '40.840', 'end': '46.160', 'text': 'Derincuyu knocked down a wall in his'}, {'start': '43.239', 'end': '48.920', 'text': 'basement and discovered a tunnel to a'}, {'start': '46.160', 'end': '51.640', 'text': 'hidden world.  What lay beyond was no'}, {'start': '48.920', 'end': '54.120', 'text': 'ordinary basement or cave, but the entrance'}, {'start': '51.640', 'end': '56.199', 'text': 'to an immense underground city'}, {'start': '54.120', 'end': '59.600', 'text': 'buried for centuries beneath the plains'}, {'start': '56.199', 'end': '62.760', 'text': 'of Anatia.  This ancient metropolis, now'}, {'start': '59.600', 'end': '66.360', 'text': 'known as Derinu, extends'}, {'start': '62.760', 'end': '68.920', 'text': 'more than 250 feet (76 m) below ground and contains'}, {'start': '66.360', 'end': '72.320', 'text': 'at least 18 levels of chambers,'}, {'start': '68.920', 'end': '75.080', 'text': 'passages, and communal spaces.  It is estimated'}, {'start': '72.320', 'end': '78.799', 'text': 'that it housed up to 20,000 people, as well as'}, {'start': '75.080', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'animals, food, wine and even'}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '82.640', 'text': 'religious spaces.  Everything necessary for'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.240', 'text': 'long-term survival has been'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '89.240', 'text': 'built into the Rock.  The origins of'}, {'start': '85.240', 'end': '92.079', 'text': 'Derincuio date back over 2500 years,'}, {'start': '89.240', 'end': '94.119', 'text': 'probably to the Phrygians or Itites, and'}, {'start': '92.079', 'end': '95.880', 'text': 'were expanded over the centuries by'}, {'start': '94.119', 'end': '98.159', 'text': 'early Christians fleeing'}, {'start': '95.880', 'end': '100.079', 'text': 'persecution and Byzantine villages'}, {'start': '98.159', 'end': '102.680', 'text': 'seeking protection from'}, {'start': '100.079', 'end': '104.880', 'text': 'Arab invasions.  What they created is ingenious and'}, {'start': '102.680', 'end': '107.479', 'text': 'intimidating.  Narrow corridors'}, {'start': '104.880', 'end': '110.280', 'text': 'forced invaders to crouch.'}, {'start': '107.479', 'end': '114.040', 'text': 'Massive stone doors, some weighing'}, {'start': '110.280', 'end': '116.439', 'text': 'over 1,000 pounds, could be locked from the'}, {'start': '114.040', 'end': '119.320', 'text': 'inside to block access level by'}, {'start': '116.439', 'end': '123.079', 'text': 'level.  A complex ventilation system'}, {'start': '119.320', 'end': '125.280', 'text': ', including a 55 m shaft,'}, {'start': '123.079', 'end': '128.039', 'text': 'kept the air fresh, circulating it to the'}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '130.399', 'text': 'deepest chambers.  Inside the'}, {'start': '128.039', 'end': '132.599', 'text': 'details are impressive.'}, {'start': '130.399', 'end': '134.800', 'text': 'Blackened kitchen ceilings from'}, {'start': '132.599', 'end': '137.400', 'text': 'old fires, rooms that could have held'}, {'start': '134.800', 'end': '140.040', 'text': 'classes and a vaulted space that perhaps'}, {'start': '137.400', 'end': '142.160', 'text': 'served as a religious school.'}, {'start': '140.040', 'end': '144.680', 'text': 'Community houses, stables and'}, {'start': '142.160', 'end': '147.319', 'text': 'food stores were all carved into the'}, {'start': '144.680', 'end': '149.080', 'text': 'soft volcanic rock.  For a long time,'}, {'start': '147.319', 'end': '152.120', 'text': 'it was believed that the impressive'}, {'start': '149.080', 'end': '154.879', 'text': 'underground cities of Cappadocia, such as'}, {'start': '152.120', 'end': '156.440', 'text': 'Derinu, were built by the'}, {'start': '154.879', 'end': '158.959', 'text': 'Itites.'}, {'start': '156.440', 'end': '161.480', 'text': 'However, recent research such as that'}, {'start': '158.959', 'end': '164.040', 'text': 'of author Andrew Collins suggests that'}, {'start': '161.480', 'end': '167.480', 'text': 'these cities existed thousands of'}, {'start': '164.040', 'end': '169.599', 'text': 'years ago long before the Itites.  Evidence'}, {'start': '167.480', 'end': '172.720', 'text': 'indicates that its construction may date back'}, {'start': '169.599', 'end': '175.480', 'text': 'more than 12,000 years during the'}, {'start': '172.720', 'end': '180.560', 'text': 'Stone Age.  This theory connects to another'}, {'start': '175.480', 'end': '183.840', 'text': 'enigmatic site, Gobley Tepe 320 km'}, {'start': '180.560', 'end': '186.360', 'text': 'from Derincuil.  Considered the oldest temple'}, {'start': '183.840', 'end': '189.879', 'text': 'in the world, built only with'}, {'start': '186.360', 'end': '192.159', 'text': 'stone tools, Goble Tepé reveals'}, {'start': '189.879', 'end': '194.959', 'text': 'mysterious symbols engraved on its'}, {'start': '192.159', 'end': '198.000', 'text': 'pillars, which, according to scientist Martin'}, {'start': '194.959', 'end': '201.840', 'text': 'Satman, encode the impact of a comet that'}, {'start': '198.000', 'end': '204.680', 'text': 'occurred around 12,900 years ago, an event'}, {'start': '201.840', 'end': '207.040', 'text': 'known as the Younger Dryas.'}, {'start': '204.680', 'end': '209.560', 'text': 'This cataclysm would have triggered a'}, {'start': '207.040', 'end': '213.159', 'text': 'mini ice age, forcing ancient'}, {'start': '209.560', 'end': '215.360', 'text': 'civilizations to seek refuge.  Thus, it is'}, {'start': '213.159', 'end': '218.360', 'text': 'plausible that the excavation of the'}, {'start': '215.360', 'end': '221.799', 'text': 'underground cities of Cappadocia was a'}, {'start': '218.360', 'end': '224.480', 'text': 'survival response to this'}, {'start': '221.799', 'end': '227.439', 'text': 'devastating event.  The hypothesis suggests that this'}, {'start': '224.480', 'end': '229.879', 'text': 'ancient culture, advanced enough'}, {'start': '227.439', 'end': '232.159', 'text': 'to create underground temples and shelters'}, {'start': '229.879', 'end': '235.000', 'text': ', recorded its'}, {'start': '232.159', 'end': '237.720', 'text': 'epic of survival in'}, {'start': '235.000', 'end': '240.280', 'text': 'Gbeklite.  In a cycle of resistance and'}, {'start': '237.720', 'end': '242.640', 'text': 'rebirth, these societies left'}, {'start': '240.280', 'end': '245.079', 'text': 'their mark in monuments that echo to'}, {'start': '242.640', 'end': '247.560', 'text': 'this day, revealing that the origins of'}, {'start': '245.079', 'end': '249.319', 'text': 'human civilization may be even'}, {'start': '247.560', 'end': '252.360', 'text': 'older and more sophisticated than we'}, {'start': '249.319', 'end': '255.880', 'text': 'imagined.  Derincuiu was not just'}, {'start': '252.360', 'end': '258.479', 'text': 'a shelter, but a functioning underground society'}, {'start': '255.880', 'end': '260.919', 'text': '.  Today, visitors can'}, {'start': '258.479', 'end': '262.280', 'text': 'only explore the first eight'}, {'start': '260.919', 'end': '264.479', 'text': 'levels.'}, {'start': '262.280', 'end': '266.840', 'text': 'The remaining 10 are fragile or have not yet been'}, {'start': '264.479', 'end': '270.000', 'text': 'excavated, leaving much of the'}, {'start': '266.840', 'end': '272.160', 'text': 'city shrouded in mystery.  Still,'}, {'start': '270.000', 'end': '274.560', 'text': 'what was revealed tells a story of'}, {'start': '272.160', 'end': '277.280', 'text': 'incredible skill, of people who'}, {'start': '274.560', 'end': '279.400', 'text': 'transformed the Earth into a sanctuary.'}, {'start': '277.280', 'end': '282.240', 'text': 'Derincuilu is just one of hundreds of'}, {'start': '279.400', 'end': '284.759', 'text': 'similar cities beneath Cappadocia, but it'}, {'start': '282.240', 'end': '286.919', 'text': 'remains the deepest and most elaborate yet'}, {'start': '284.759', 'end': '290.240', 'text': 'discovered.  Now we travel to the'}, {'start': '286.919', 'end': '292.160', 'text': 'small island of Malta.  In 1902, during'}, {'start': '290.240', 'end': '294.720', 'text': 'the construction of a'}, {'start': '292.160', 'end': '297.080', 'text': 'housing development, workers discovered'}, {'start': '294.720', 'end': '301.199', 'text': 'a prehistoric limestone structure'}, {'start': '297.080', 'end': '304.160', 'text': 'over 5,000 years old.  The'}, {'start': '301.199', 'end': '306.120', 'text': 'Saflien Hypogeum, an underground necropolis,'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '308.600', 'text': 'excavated with stone and'}, {'start': '306.120', 'end': '311.680', 'text': 'bone tools, older than the pyramids of'}, {'start': '308.600', 'end': '314.800', 'text': 'Egypt and Stony Hand, the Hypogeum extends'}, {'start': '311.680', 'end': '318.039', 'text': 'over three levels, 7.5 m'}, {'start': '314.800', 'end': '321.319', 'text': 'deep, covering 502'}, {'start': '318.039', 'end': '322.720', 'text': 'm², with bones of more than 7,000 people'}, {'start': '321.319', 'end': '325.160', 'text': 'in its'}, {'start': '322.720', 'end': '327.600', 'text': 'corridors.  It is believed to have been a'}, {'start': '325.160', 'end': '330.039', 'text': 'burial place, but its exact purpose'}, {'start': '327.600', 'end': '332.440', 'text': 'is uncertain and it served as a'}, {'start': '330.039', 'end': '333.680', 'text': 'spiritual center intended for funeral rituals and'}, {'start': '332.440', 'end': '335.680', 'text': 'ceremonies'}, {'start': '333.680', 'end': '338.319', 'text': '.  When walking through its'}, {'start': '335.680', 'end': '340.639', 'text': 'preserved corridors, it is impossible not to'}, {'start': '338.319', 'end': '342.759', 'text': 'notice a curious detail.  The'}, {'start': '340.639', 'end': '345.080', 'text': 'underground architecture appears to imitate'}, {'start': '342.759', 'end': '347.880', 'text': 'surface buildings.  Arches,'}, {'start': '345.080', 'end': '349.919', 'text': 'columns, portals and even false windows'}, {'start': '347.880', 'end': '350.960', 'text': 'were meticulously carved into the'}, {'start': '349.919', 'end': '352.759', 'text': 'rock.'}, {'start': '350.960', 'end': '355.840', 'text': 'Replicating'}, {'start': '352.759', 'end': '358.600', 'text': 'known shapes.  In the so-called main chamber,'}, {'start': '355.840', 'end': '360.400', 'text': 'the trilithic portals are impressive,'}, {'start': '358.600', 'end': '362.960', 'text': 'elements that directly evoke the'}, {'start': '360.400', 'end': '365.720', 'text': 'megalithic temples on the surface of'}, {'start': '362.960', 'end': '367.800', 'text': 'Malta.  Some walls still show'}, {'start': '365.720', 'end': '370.120', 'text': 'traces of red ochre pigmentation'}, {'start': '367.800', 'end': '371.800', 'text': ', suggesting that the place was'}, {'start': '370.120', 'end': '374.199', 'text': 'also'}, {'start': '371.800', 'end': '377.000', 'text': 'artistically decorated.  Among the most'}, {'start': '374.199', 'end': '379.960', 'text': 'intriguing spaces in the hypogeum is the'}, {'start': '377.000', 'end': '382.039', 'text': 'oracle room, a small side chamber'}, {'start': '379.960', 'end': '384.520', 'text': 'with extraordinary acoustic properties'}, {'start': '382.039', 'end': '387.120', 'text': '.  When a human voice is'}, {'start': '384.520', 'end': '390.280', 'text': 'emitted at the correct frequency, around'}, {'start': '387.120', 'end': '392.720', 'text': '110 Hz, the sound reverberates intensely'}, {'start': '390.280', 'end': '395.160', 'text': 'throughout the entire'}, {'start': '392.720', 'end': '397.400', 'text': 'underground complex.  Researchers believe that'}, {'start': '395.160', 'end': '400.919', 'text': 'this frequency could induce'}, {'start': '397.400', 'end': '403.000', 'text': 'altered states of consciousness, favoring'}, {'start': '400.919', 'end': '405.840', 'text': 'meditative or trans-'}, {'start': '403.000', 'end': '408.160', 'text': 'spiritual experiences.  It is easy to imagine'}, {'start': '405.840', 'end': '411.120', 'text': 'ancient priests chanting ritualistic chants in the'}, {'start': '408.160', 'end': '413.800', 'text': 'darkness, their voices echoing through the'}, {'start': '411.120', 'end': '416.440', 'text': 'living stone, magnified in a'}, {'start': '413.800', 'end': '419.120', 'text': 'mystical atmosphere.  Near the'}, {'start': '416.440', 'end': '422.360', 'text': 'oracle room, ceilings adorned with'}, {'start': '419.120', 'end': '425.160', 'text': 'red spirals suggest symbols associated with'}, {'start': '422.360', 'end': '428.039', 'text': 'spiritual beliefs, cycles of life or'}, {'start': '425.160', 'end': '430.599', 'text': 'journeys to the world of the dead.  Descending'}, {'start': '428.039', 'end': '433.400', 'text': 'even deeper, you reach the so-called'}, {'start': '430.599', 'end': '435.759', 'text': 'Holy of Holies, a sacred space that'}, {'start': '433.400', 'end': '438.879', 'text': 'presents a precise architectural alignment'}, {'start': '435.759', 'end': '441.199', 'text': 'with the winter solstice.'}, {'start': '438.879', 'end': '443.599', 'text': 'Interestingly, no human bones were'}, {'start': '441.199', 'end': '446.440', 'text': 'found in this environment, indicating that'}, {'start': '443.599', 'end': '449.720', 'text': 'its function was exclusively ceremonial'}, {'start': '446.440', 'end': '452.280', 'text': 'and not funerary.  The engineering employed is'}, {'start': '449.720', 'end': '455.319', 'text': 'deeply impressive.  Walls'}, {'start': '452.280', 'end': '458.120', 'text': 'carved in perfect curves, pillars'}, {'start': '455.319', 'end': '461.080', 'text': 'strategically placed to support'}, {'start': '458.120', 'end': '463.879', 'text': 'the ceiling.  All done with'}, {'start': '461.080', 'end': '466.520', 'text': 'basic instruments in extremely low light conditions'}, {'start': '463.879', 'end': '469.720', 'text': '.  The deepest chamber reaches'}, {'start': '466.520', 'end': '472.440', 'text': 'more than 10 m below the surface.  For'}, {'start': '469.720', 'end': '475.319', 'text': 'many centuries, the hypogeum remained'}, {'start': '472.440', 'end': '478.840', 'text': 'sealed, protected from the weather, since around'}, {'start': '475.319', 'end': '481.319', 'text': '2500 years before Christ.'}, {'start': '478.840', 'end': '483.720', 'text': 'Currently, to preserve its'}, {'start': '481.319', 'end': '486.560', 'text': 'delicate environment, the number of daily visitors'}, {'start': '483.720', 'end': '488.560', 'text': 'is strictly controlled.  Those who'}, {'start': '486.560', 'end': '491.120', 'text': 'have the privilege of entering this'}, {'start': '488.560', 'end': '493.919', 'text': 'ancient labyrinth witness one of the'}, {'start': '491.120', 'end': '496.240', 'text': 'oldest and most mysterious manifestations'}, {'start': '493.919', 'end': '499.960', 'text': 'of human ingenuity in the'}, {'start': '496.240', 'end': '502.639', 'text': 'underworld.  In mid-1992,'}, {'start': '499.960', 'end': '505.479', 'text': 'in the agricultural village of Shuning, located'}, {'start': '502.639', 'end': '509.199', 'text': 'in Jejiang province, in eastern'}, {'start': '505.479', 'end': '511.639', 'text': 'China, a thousand-year-old mystery would come to light.'}, {'start': '509.199', 'end': '515.039', 'text': 'The region was simple, marked by'}, {'start': '511.639', 'end': '518.240', 'text': 'rural traditions and little'}, {'start': '515.039', 'end': '520.560', 'text': 'urban interference.  But beneath a discreet mountain,'}, {'start': '518.240', 'end': '524.039', 'text': 'a sequence of perfectly'}, {'start': '520.560', 'end': '526.519', 'text': 'rectangular lagoons defied local logic.'}, {'start': '524.039', 'end': '529.360', 'text': 'The locals called it the'}, {'start': '526.519', 'end': '532.200', 'text': 'bottomless lake, because despite'}, {'start': '529.360', 'end': '534.959', 'text': 'repeated attempts over generations, no one had'}, {'start': '532.200', 'end': '537.600', 'text': 'ever managed to touch the bottom with'}, {'start': '534.959', 'end': '540.680', 'text': 'bamboo poles.  No matter how long'}, {'start': '537.600', 'end': '543.000', 'text': 'they were, the water never dried up and the fish'}, {'start': '540.680', 'end': '545.480', 'text': 'that lived there grew to'}, {'start': '543.000', 'end': '548.760', 'text': 'unusual sizes.  One of these creatures weighing over'}, {'start': '545.480', 'end': '551.640', 'text': '15 kg was captured that summer,'}, {'start': '548.760', 'end': '553.839', 'text': 'arousing the curiosity of a local resident.'}, {'start': '551.640', 'end': '556.880', 'text': 'Driven by the desire to finally reveal'}, {'start': '553.839', 'end': '559.079', 'text': 'what was behind that phenomenon.'}, {'start': '556.880', 'end': '562.240', 'text': 'He gathered three companions and together they'}, {'start': '559.079', 'end': '565.079', 'text': 'rented a water pump.  They'}, {'start': '562.240', 'end': '568.440', 'text': 'then began on June 9th of that same'}, {'start': '565.079', 'end': '570.880', 'text': 'year to drain one of the lagoons.  The work'}, {'start': '568.440', 'end': '573.560', 'text': 'was continuous day and night for five days in'}, {'start': '570.880', 'end': '575.680', 'text': 'a row.  Finally, the waters'}, {'start': '573.560', 'end': '578.360', 'text': 'began to reveal their first'}, {'start': '575.680', 'end': '579.160', 'text': 'surprise.  A stone staircase carved'}, {'start': '578.360', 'end': '581.640', 'text': 'into the'}, {'start': '579.160', 'end': '585.000', 'text': 'depths.  This was no simple'}, {'start': '581.640', 'end': '587.440', 'text': 'pond, it was a carefully'}, {'start': '585.000', 'end': '590.560', 'text': 'constructed inlet.  They continued draining'}, {'start': '587.440', 'end': '593.760', 'text': 'non-stop for another 17 days.  It was then'}, {'start': '590.560', 'end': '595.720', 'text': 'that the unbelievable was revealed.  The waters'}, {'start': '593.760', 'end': '598.360', 'text': 'exposed the entrance to a'}, {'start': '595.720', 'end': '601.160', 'text': 'colossal cavern, an underground construction'}, {'start': '598.360', 'end': '603.480', 'text': 'hand-carved from solid rock.'}, {'start': '601.160', 'end': '605.360', 'text': 'The lake was actually just the'}, {'start': '603.480', 'end': '607.800', 'text': 'opening of an ancient'}, {'start': '605.360', 'end': '610.680', 'text': 'underground complex, previously unknown in'}, {'start': '607.800', 'end': '613.959', 'text': 'Chinese history.  This is how the'}, {'start': '610.680', 'end': '616.800', 'text': 'Longju Grottoes emerged, a group of 24'}, {'start': '613.959', 'end': '618.959', 'text': 'caves, of which 14 had'}, {'start': '616.800', 'end': '622.079', 'text': 'collapsed.  The remaining 10,'}, {'start': '618.959', 'end': '623.880', 'text': 'however, were breathtaking.'}, {'start': '622.079', 'end': '627.519', 'text': 'They had'}, {'start': '623.880', 'end': '630.360', 'text': 'millimetrically flat ceilings and floors, smooth walls, and'}, {'start': '627.519', 'end': '632.680', 'text': 'exact 45º angles.'}, {'start': '630.360', 'end': '634.200', 'text': 'and chambers the height of a'}, {'start': '632.680', 'end': '637.399', 'text': '10-'}, {'start': '634.200', 'end': '641.399', 'text': 'story building.  Some were separated by a'}, {'start': '637.399', 'end': '643.560', 'text': 'mere 50 cm.  And most surprisingly,'}, {'start': '641.399', 'end': '645.600', 'text': 'none of the caves were interconnected'}, {'start': '643.560', 'end': '647.880', 'text': 'internally, but they were all'}, {'start': '645.600', 'end': '649.519', 'text': 'leveled at the same level.  How can'}, {'start': '647.880', 'end': '651.639', 'text': 'such precision be explained without'}, {'start': '649.519', 'end': '654.240', 'text': 'modern tools?   It is'}, {'start': '651.639', 'end': '655.920', 'text': 'estimated that each cave has an'}, {'start': '654.240', 'end': '659.000', 'text': 'average area of \u200b\u200b1000'}, {'start': '655.920', 'end': '662.560', 'text': 'm², totaling an excavation of millions'}, {'start': '659.000', 'end': '664.839', 'text': 'of meticos of rock, which would mean'}, {'start': '662.560', 'end': '667.440', 'text': 'the removal of more than 3 million'}, {'start': '664.839', 'end': '670.079', 'text': 'tons of material.  And even with this'}, {'start': '667.440', 'end': '673.240', 'text': 'magnitude, no residue was found'}, {'start': '670.079', 'end': '676.680', 'text': 'in the surroundings, no piles of stones,'}, {'start': '673.240', 'end': '679.760', 'text': 'no rubble, nothing.  Where did'}, {'start': '676.680', 'end': '682.959', 'text': 'all those rocks go?  Even more disturbing'}, {'start': '679.760', 'end': '685.800', 'text': 'is the silence of history.  The'}, {'start': '682.959', 'end': '687.720', 'text': 'meticulous records of ancient China'}, {'start': '685.800', 'end': '690.680', 'text': 'make no mention whatsoever of the construction of'}, {'start': '687.720', 'end': '694.279', 'text': 'these caves.  No text, no'}, {'start': '690.680', 'end': '696.480', 'text': 'report, no name.  What was found'}, {'start': '694.279', 'end': '699.560', 'text': 'on the cave walls were'}, {'start': '696.480', 'end': '702.440', 'text': 'perfectly standardized marks, arranged at'}, {'start': '699.560', 'end': '705.120', 'text': '60º angles.  These marks are so'}, {'start': '702.440', 'end': '708.160', 'text': 'symmetrical and uniform that they resemble the'}, {'start': '705.120', 'end': '711.079', 'text': 'juices left by modern'}, {'start': '708.160', 'end': '713.800', 'text': 'drilling machines.  The similarity is so great that'}, {'start': '711.079', 'end': '716.760', 'text': 'archaeologists wonder: "What kind of'}, {'start': '713.800', 'end': '719.440', 'text': 'technology existed there? Were the'}, {'start': '716.760', 'end': '720.240', 'text': 'ancients using tools comparable to those of'}, {'start': '720.240', 'end': '725.839', 'text': 'today?" Another mystery is the'}, {'start': '722.920', 'end': '728.360', 'text': 'total absence of soot on the walls. How did these'}, {'start': '725.839', 'end': '731.079', 'text': 'ancient artisans see while they'}, {'start': '728.360', 'end': '732.320', 'text': 'sculpted in the depths of the Earth! And'}, {'start': '731.079', 'end': '734.639', 'text': 'even more'}, {'start': '732.320', 'end': '738.160', 'text': 'disconcerting: there are no traces of who'}, {'start': '734.639', 'end': '740.160', 'text': 'built them. No villages, no'}, {'start': '738.160', 'end': '743.320', 'text': 'cemeteries, no'}, {'start': '740.160', 'end': '746.360', 'text': 'artifacts. It is as if an entire civilization'}, {'start': '743.320', 'end': '749.600', 'text': 'had appeared, built a'}, {'start': '746.360', 'end': '751.240', 'text': 'monumental work and disappeared, without a'}, {'start': '749.600', 'end': '752.199', 'text': 'trace.'}, {'start': '751.240', 'end': '755.079', 'text': 'Most'}, {'start': '752.199', 'end': '758.160', 'text': 'impressively, these 24 caves'}, {'start': '755.079', 'end': '760.680', 'text': 'are not an isolated case. China is home to'}, {'start': '758.160', 'end': '763.199', 'text': 'thousands of similar formations, with'}, {'start': '760.680', 'end': '766.160', 'text': 'equally advanced characteristics,'}, {'start': '763.199', 'end': '768.920', 'text': 'spread across its territory. Each one'}, {'start': '766.160', 'end': '770.800', 'text': 'seems to hide entire chapters of'}, {'start': '768.920', 'end': '773.920', 'text': 'human history that have yet to be'}, {'start': '770.800', 'end': '776.279', 'text': 'read. From Turkey to China, passing through'}, {'start': '773.920', 'end': '778.480', 'text': 'Malta, we find evidence that'}, {'start': '776.279', 'end': '780.360', 'text': 'ancient peoples did not just inhabit the'}, {'start': '778.480', 'end': '782.800', 'text': 'world, they'}, {'start': '780.360', 'end': '785.959', 'text': 'transformed it, sculpting with'}, {'start': '782.800', 'end': '788.639', 'text': 'millimeter precision, building with faith and vision,'}, {'start': '785.959', 'end': '790.920', 'text': 'leaving hidden legacies that defy'}, {'start': '788.639', 'end': '793.639', 'text': "time and logic.  But that's just the"}, {'start': '790.920', 'end': '795.880', 'text': 'beginning.  Beneath our feet lie'}, {'start': '793.639', 'end': '799.160', 'text': 'unrevealed mysteries, waiting for the'}, {'start': '795.880', 'end': '801.000', 'text': 'courage of those who dare to search.  And you, what do you'}, {'start': '799.160', 'end': '803.199', 'text': 'think is hidden about the'}, {'start': '801.000', 'end': '806.079', 'text': 'world we know?  If these'}, {'start': '803.199', 'end': '808.800', 'text': 'discoveries impressed you, leave a'}, {'start': '806.079', 'end': '810.720', 'text': 'like, subscribe to the channel and activate the'}, {'start': '808.800', 'end': '813.199', 'text': "bell so you don't miss the next"}, {'start': '810.720', 'end': '815.199', 'text': 'mysteries that we will reveal.  Your'}, {'start': '813.199', 'end': '817.120', 'text': 'participation is what motivates us to'}, {'start': '815.199', 'end': '820.720', 'text': 'continue digging up stories that'}, {'start': '817.120', 'end': '820.720', 'text': 'time has almost buried.  M.'}]