551: Giants of Malta | Evidence the Ancient Builders are Hiding Underground

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Science, Life Sciences, Fiction, Society & Culture, Documentary, Science Fiction

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🗓️ 3 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Malta is an island rich with history and legends with mysterious megalithic structures that have puzzled archaeologists for centuries.

These massive stone temples, some of the oldest in the world, seem almost impossible to have been built by prehistoric farmers. But there's more lurking beneath the surface.

Legends say the Nephilim were the giant beings who constructed these incredible structures, and their descendants may still dwell underground today. We investigate the possibility of these giants, examining bones, elongated skulls, and mysterious hidden subterranean chambers called The Hypogeum.

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0:00.0	In 1985, Maltese pediatrician Anton Miffsoe got a frantic call from his contractor.
0:07.8	He was clearing a piece of land for a new medical clinic.
0:10.5	Dr. Mifford was hoping they didn't need more equipment.
0:13.0	They were isolated on Gozo, one of the islands of Malta.
0:16.0	The nearest mainland was the Italian coast, 60 miles away by boat.
0:20.0	But Miffid quickly realized realized this wasn't about equipment. The contractor sounded worried,
0:26.4	afraid even. Miffid wondered if someone had been hurt. He got the contractor to calm down
0:31.6	and tell him what had happened,
0:33.0	while digging workers found human bones.
0:35.7	The doctor said they should just call the police.
0:38.1	But the contractor said there was more to it.
0:40.5	The skeleton they found was 10 feet long.
0:44.0	Dr. Mitzud said that was impossible.
0:46.0	No human ever lived that was that enormous.
0:49.0	Then he remembered the legend. It was a late winter night on the island of Malta many thousands of years ago.
1:09.2	A farmer was awakened by a strange rumbling sound.
1:13.1	It sounded like wind, but deeper.
1:15.7	His family was still asleep, no need to wake them until he figured out what this was.
1:21.8	The farmer stepped through the low entrance of his hut and stood at the edge of his wheat field.
1:26.0	It was just a day or two after the new moon. It should have been pitch black, but an eerie orange light washed over the field, and it was getting brighter, and
1:36.2	the sound was getting louder.
1:38.3	It wasn't went.
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