Ancient Aliens Secrets of the Mummies (Season 9, Episode 5)
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TV Episode | 43 min | Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi

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Ancient Aliens

Secrets of the Mummies (Season 9, Episode 5)

TV-14

TV Episode | 43 min | Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi

For thousands of years, in cultures throughout the world, people have practiced elaborate techniques to preserve the human body after death. The ancient Egyptians believed mummification ensured entrance into the next life. Buddhist monks ...See moreFor thousands of years, in cultures throughout the world, people have practiced elaborate techniques to preserve the human body after death. The ancient Egyptians believed mummification ensured entrance into the next life. Buddhist monks in Japan practiced a shocking self-mummification process that began before death in the hopes of becoming a "living Buddha." And the Incas consulted the mummified remains of their kings to discuss affairs of state and the future. Ancient Astronaut theorists believe the global practice of mummification is not a coincidence, but proof that highly advanced extraterrestrials visited Earth in the distant past. Could our ancestors have witnessed a form of biological hibernation and then mimicked it with mummification? Could mummification have been an attempt to recreate suspended animation so often connected to extraterrestrial space travel? Or could the intention have been to preserve the body for future DNA removal? Written by Frank de Jong See less

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
William Henry Self - Author, The Secret of Sion Self - Author, The Secret of Sion See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Ken Jeremiah Self - Author, Eternal Remains Self - Author, Eternal Remains See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Jonathan Young Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives (as Jonathan Young Ph.D.) Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives (as Jonathan Young Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Ramy Romany Self - Egyptologist Self - Egyptologist See fewer	Making the Cut (2020)
Tori Randall Self - Curator of Physical Anthropology, San Diego Museum of Man (as Tori Randall Ph.D.) Self - Curator of Physical Anthropology, San Diego Museum of Man (as Tori Randall Ph.D.) See fewer	The UnXplained (2019)
David Childress Self - Author: Technology of the Gods Self - Author: Technology of the Gods See fewer	Pole to Pole
Edwin Barnhart Self - Archaeologist / Director: Maya Exploration Center (as Ed Barnhart Ph.D.) Self - Archaeologist / Director: Maya Exploration Center (as Ed Barnhart Ph.D.) See fewer	The Empire Strikes Back Uncut: Director's Cut (2014)
David Wilcock Self - Author, The Synchronicity Key Self - Author, The Synchronicity Key See fewer	The Recall (2017)
Dominic Steavu Self - Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, UCSB (as Dominic Steavu Ph.D.) Self - Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, UCSB (as Dominic Steavu Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Deepak Shimkhada Self - Professor of Hindu Studies, Claremont Lincoln University (as Deepak Shimkhada Ph.D.) Self - Professor of Hindu Studies, Claremont Lincoln University (as Deepak Shimkhada Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine See fewer	Ancient Aliens: Special Presentation (2022)
Brien Foerster Self - Author, A Brief History of the Incas Self - Author, A Brief History of the Incas See fewer	Aliens and the Ancient World (2018)
Kirsten Fisher Self - Associate Professor of Biology, Cal State Los Angeles (as Kirsten Fisher Ph.D.) Self - Associate Professor of Biology, Cal State Los Angeles (as Kirsten Fisher Ph.D.) See fewer	Ancient Aliens (2009)
Simon Allix Self: Narrator Self: Narrator See fewer	Outside the Wire (2021)
Alessandro Barsanti Self - Archaeologist (archive footage) Self - Archaeologist (archive footage) See fewer
Pope Benedict XVI Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tmár a jeho rod aneb Slzavé údolí pyramid (2011)
Robert Clotworthy Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Red Notice (2021)
Robert Connolly Self - Anatomist, University of Liverpool (archive footage) Self - Anatomist, University of Liverpool (archive footage) See fewer	Revealed (2002)
Alejandro Hernández Cárdenas Self - Forensic Scientist (archive footage) (as Dr Alejandro Hernández Cárdenas) Self - Forensic Scientist (archive footage) (as Dr Alejandro Hernández Cárdenas) See fewer
Pope Paul VI Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ITN News (1955)