远古外星人（2009）

Ancient Aliens S18E06

Part 1 April 25, 2022, 12:01 p.m.

几个世纪以来，美洲原住民一直保持着地球上一些最古老的传统
NARRATOR: For centuries, Native Americans have kept alive some of the oldest traditions on Earth.
口述历史和神圣地点的故事
Through oral history and sacred sites,
土著居民讲述了数千年
the story is told to Indigenous people for thousands of years.
他们不可思议的历史刻在了这片土地上
NARRATOR: Their incredible history is carved into the landscape.
这是耸人听闻的看那边那个家伙
This is sensational. Look at that guy right there.
他们代表那些来到地球的神
They represent those gods that came to Earth.
他们神圣的仪式展示了对土地
NARRATOR: And their sacred rituals display a reverence for the land
还有来自其他星球祖先的崇敬
and for the ancestors from the stars.
他们是上层世界的守护者，也是指太空
They're the keepers of the upper world, which means space.
阿尔弗雷多•菲格罗亚:我们不用“神”这个词
ALFREDO FIGUEROA: We don't use the word "gods."
我们用“造物主”这个词
We use the word "creator."
(说的母语)
(speaks Native language)
美国原住民的故事
NARRATOR: Do the stories of America's Indigenous people
是否揭示了他们与外星来客长♥期♥接触的历史?
reveal a long history of contact with otherworldly visitors?
乔恩•多佛:所有的美洲土著部落都有口述的历史
JON DOVER: All Native American tribes have oral histories
说人们从星星前来拜访他们
that people came from the stars to visit them.
我知道他们就在那里
I know they're out there.
宇宙中有一扇门
NARRATOR: There is a doorway in the universe.
超越它的是真理的承诺
Beyond it is the promise of truth.
它要求我们质疑我们所学过的一切
It demands we question everything we have ever been taught.
证据就在我们身边
The evidence is all around us.
未来就在眼前
The future is right before our eyes.
我们并不孤单
We are not alone.
我们从未孤单
We have never been alone.
远古外星人
第十八季第六集
恒星祖先的秘密
Secrets Of The Star Ancestors
伊利诺斯州科林斯维尔
Collinsville, Illinois.
圣路易斯以东15英里
15 miles east of St. Louis.
在当地平坦的地形上高耸的是僧侣土墩
Towering over the flat local terrain is Monks Mound,
是一座巨大的土堆金字塔的遗迹
the remains of a massive earthen pyramid.
它建于1000多年前，是古代美洲原住民城市卡霍基亚的中心建筑
Built more than 1,000 years ago, it was the centerpiece of the ancient Native American city of Cahokia.
僧侣土墩是古北美墨西哥北部最大的建筑
Monks Mound is the largest building of the ancient North America north of Mexico.
它之所以被这样称呼
It was called that
是因为特拉普派的法国僧侣就住在附近
because Trappist French monks lived nearby it.
现在它有100英尺高
It stands 100 feet tall today.
它在全盛时期可能更高
It was probably taller in its heyday.
它由大约2200万立方英尺的泥土组成
It comprises of about 22 million cubic feet of dirt,
那是数百万桶的泥土一次被运来而建成的
which was millions and millions of buckets of dirt brought one at a time.
它底部的周长比墨西哥城北部的太阳神庙还要大
Its circumference on the bottom is larger than the Temple of the Sun just north of Mexico City.
僧侣土墩和美洲其他的古代遗迹
NARRATOR: Monks Mound and other ancient ruins across the Americas
提供了关于土著居民曾经如何生活在广阔、繁荣的社区中的线索
offer clues about how Native people once lived in vast, thriving communities.
然而，人们对卡霍基亚的居民和许多土著文化知之甚少
Yet very little is known about the inhabitants of Cahokia and many Native cultures
因为他们的历史和传统
since most of their history and traditions
都是口头流传下来的，而不是通过书面记录
were passed down orally rather than through written records.
美洲土著传统上使用口头的传统
The Native Americans traditionally use a oral tradition.
一切都是口述的
Everything is spoken.
口述传统实际上可以追溯到几千年前
The oral traditions actually go back thousands of years.
事情就是这样
It's just the way it was.
我们一直保持着这一传统，直到今天
And we've maintained that tradition even to this day.
(碰撞声)
(jangling)
我们不知道居住在卡霍基亚的印第安人怎么称呼自己
NARRATOR: It is unknown what the Native Americans who inhabited Cahokia called themselves.
人类学家称他们为密西西比人
Anthropologists refer to them as the Mississippians,
这是一个用来描述各种土著民族的名字
a name used to describe a wide variety of Native peoples
他们生活在北美密西西比河以东
that lived east of the Mississippi in North America.
尽管关于卡霍基亚的很多事情仍然是个谜
And although much about Cahokia remains a mystery,
但我们所知道的是
what is known is that it thrived
它在欧洲人涉足美洲的几个世纪前就繁荣了
centuries before Europeans ever stepped foot in the Americas,
无数其他城市也是如此
as did countless other cities.
巴恩哈特: 1050年前后
BARNHART: Around 1050,
这座城市的人口激增至15000人
the city swells to a population of 15,000,
包括它周围的卫星社区
and including the satellite communities around it,
也达到近30000人
almost 30,000.
在现在的美国东部就有很多这样的城市
There were a number of these cities all around the eastern part of what's now the United States.
在与欧洲人接触之前，美洲原住民的总体面貌被认为是一种游牧生活
The general picture of Native America before European contact is that it's some sort of just nomadic life,
他们住在小群体和小营地中
that they were living in small bands and camps.
但事实是，有成千上万的人住在同一个地方
The truth is that there were thousands of people living in the same place,
和欧洲人很像
very much the way the Europeans were.
在北美
NARRATOR: Across North America,
各个土著民族之间在语言、习俗和文化习俗方面
vast differences existed between the Native peoples in terms of language,
存在着巨大的差异
customs and cultural practices.
然而，许多部落都有崇拜强大的鸟人的传统
Yet many tribes shared the tradition of worshipping a powerful being known as the Bird Man.
(鹰叫声)
(hawk cries)
20世纪在卡霍基亚进行挖掘时
When excavations were performed at Cahokia in the 20th century,
被发现这种主题很丰富
this motif was found to be abundant.
最显著的例子
The most remarkable example
是与一个被认为是卡霍基亚王朝
was connected to the burial of a man believed to have been
早期统治者的葬礼有关
an early Cahokian ruler.
他的遗体被放置在一个高台上
His body had been placed on an elevated platform
上面有超过2万颗海洋贝壳盘珠的床
covered by a bed of more than 20,000 marine shell disc beads
排列成猎鹰的形状
arranged in the shape of a falcon,
鸟的头出现在
with the bird's head appearing beneath
这个人的头的下面和旁边
and beside the man's head
它的翅膀和尾巴出现在他的胳膊和腿的下面
and its wings and tail beneath his arms and legs.
卡霍基亚鸟人是一场葬礼
The Bird Man of Cahokia is a burial
这是在市中心的一个土堆下发现的
that was found under a mound in the center of the city.
它叫“鸟人”
And it's called the Bird Man
因为这些贝壳的排列方式
because there's this arrangement of shells
看起来像是一只鸟的形状
that appear to be in the shape of a bird.
这就说得通了，因为我们知道密西西比人
And it makes sense because we know that the Mississippians
有一个超自然的存在，他可能是神也可能不是
had a supernatural being who may or may not be a god.
但它肯定是一种非常强大的生物，生活在天空中
But he's a very powerful creature that lives up in the sky.
我们也看到了石碑上的描绘
We see depictions on also stone tablets.
乔纳森•杨:当地人相信一种叫做“鸟人”的力量神
JONATHAN YOUNG: Native people believed in the power deity called the Bird Man.
在这些文化的遗迹中有很多关于这种强大生物的描述
There are a number of depictions in the remains of these cultures of this powerful creature
他们能飞，能在不同的时空中移♥动♥
who could fly and could move among the different realms
他本质上是统治这个现实的神
and was essentially the ruling, uh, god of this reality.
-(鹰叫) -从一个传统到另一个传统
- (hawk cries) - NARRATOR: Various descriptions of the Bird Man
我们都可以找到对鸟人的各种描述
can be found from one tradition to the next,
有些也有类似的天神
and some also feature a similar celestial being
被称为“雷鸟”
called the thunderbird.
在祖尼语中，雷鸟被描述为从天而降的生物
The thunderbird, uh, in Zuni is described as a being that came from the sky
他会产生闪电
that could create lightning.
也会制♥造♥很多噪音
It could create a lot of noise.
它被描绘成一个长着刀一般翅膀的人
And it was represented as a being with wings made out of knives.
雷鸟可能是一种交通工具
Now, the thunderbird could have been a vehicle.
但很久以前，印第安人没有其他参考物
But way back then, the Indians had no other reference.
所以他们就说…(口吃)它是一只鸟
So they just said... (stammers) it is a bird.
(鸟叫声)
(bird cries)
有人可能会说，这是被误解技术的表现
One could argue that this is a representation of misunderstood technology
这说明它是某种飞行器
that could illustrate some type of a flying craft.
因为如果你没有专业术语
Because if you don't have the terminology for a plane,
你当然会叫它鸟了
well, of course you're gonna call it a bird.
我的意思是，现在的飞行员都称他们的飞机为鸟
I mean, pilots even today call their planes birds.
我相信土堆的建造者是那些
MAHOOTY: The Mound Builders, I believe, were those Indian tribes
与外星人，老师有过接触的
that had contact with the extraterrestrials,
印第安部落
the teachers.
来自星星的祖先告诉美洲印第安人他们来自哪里
The star ancestors taught the American Indians about where they came from,
他们来自不同的恒星系统，星座
their different star system, constellations,
他们告诉印第安人应该如何通过参照祖先的星系
and how they're supposed to carry out their rituals,
来执行他们的仪式
by referring to their star system,
无论是昴宿星团
whether it be Pleiades,
还是银河系
whether it be the Milky Way,
还是北斗七星
whether it be the Big Dipper.
我们的祖先都在宇宙中
我们不用“神”这个词
We don't use the word "gods."
我们用“造物主”这个词
We use the word "creator."
(说母语)
(speaks Native language)
他没有名字，却含有所有的名字
He who has no name and has all the names.
他是监督所有人的眼睛
He's the eye that oversees everybody.
帕蒂•罗伯斯:创世故事，如果你理解正确的话
PATTI ROBLES: The creation story, if you understand it correctly,