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Aliens and Robots

Incredible strength... Superior intelligence... And even the ability to reproduce. In the 21st century, robots are being programmed to do everything from performing surgery on humans--to exploring other planets. And humanoid robots are rapidly reaching a level of sophistication that was thought to exist only in science fiction. But what are the implications of creating robots that are increasingly intelligent and independent? Is the obsession with creating counterfeit humans really pointing the way to mankind's future... or to its past? Greek stories dating to 2000 B.C. tell of the god Hephaestus creating robots to build weapons, as well as the bronze giant Talos. In Egypt, the Pyramid Texts say that the god Osiris was dismembered, then reassembled and brought back to life just like a machine. If sophisticated robots really did exist in the ancient world--what function did they serve? Who built them? And what happened to them?

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Name Type Role
Max Thompson Writer
Kevin Burns Writer
Kaylan Eggert Writer
Brian Garson Producer Co-Producer
Kristina Djokic Producer Supervising Producer
Tammy Caplan Producer Co-Producer
David Childress Guest Star Self - Author, Technology of the Gods
Linda Moulton Howe Guest Star Self - Investigative Journalist, Earthfiles
Nick Pope Guest Star Self - U.K. Ministry of Defense (1985-2006)
David Wilcock Guest Star Self - Author, The Synchronicity Key
Hiroshi Ishiguro Guest Star Self - Director, Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR
Mark Dice Guest Star Self - Author, Big Brother: The Orwellian Nightmare Come True
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos Guest Star Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine
Nic Radford Guest Star Self - Chief Technology Officer, Houston Mechatronics, Inc.
Takashi Minato Guest Star Self - Researcher, Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, ATR
Jonathan Young Guest Star Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives
Richard 'Ric' Rader Guest Star Self - Author, Theology and Existentialism in Aeschylus
Luis Sentis Guest Star Self - Professor of Robotics and Mechanical Engineering, U.T. Austin
William Henry Guest Star Self - Author, Egypt: The Greatest Show on Earth
Nick Redfern Guest Star Self - Author, Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind
Steve Fuller Guest Star Self - Author, Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human
Kim Sheerin Executive Producer
David Silver Executive Producer
Max Thompson Executive Producer
Kevin Burns Executive Producer
Susan E. Leventhal Executive Producer for HISTORY