The trailer for Angels & Giants, The Watchers & Nephilim/The Inspiration Networks
In ancient times there were stories about huge creatures called the Nephilim.
These beings are said to be born when angels and human women had children together.
While many believe that these are fairy tales, others believe that their descendants are still alive today.
This idea has sparked a long-standing debate between professional researchers and amateurs.
The stories of the fallen giants came from ancient myths and religious texts.
One known mention is found in the book of Genesis (chapter 6, verse 4).
He tells about the "sons of God" who came to Israel and gave birth to children with human daughters, which resulted in the birth of powerful beings of unusual size or shape known as the Nephilim, who according to what is told in Genesis and some of the midrashi of the Sages if we accept the description literally, were angels or the offspring of a marriage of the sons of God or angels with human daughters. In the midrashim and the external books written in the days of the Second Temple, the Nephilim are identified with the angels who betrayed God, violated their duty and were banished or descended to the earth.
Other midrashim describe the Nephilim as legendary creatures, each of whom required a thousand camels, a thousand horses and a thousand oxen to satisfy his mighty hunger, and when God decided to destroy the earth with a flood, the Nephilim tried to show their strength in a form of defiance towards God, they sent their hands to heaven and tried to block the chimneys of heaven and with their feet to plug the abysses, but God boiled the water and threw them away.
These stories have made people wonder if the blood of these ancient giants continues to exist among us today. Believers argue that these giants were real and that their descendants may have survived for long by intermingling with human populations, with these descendants likely also inheriting unique traits from their giant ancestors.
The phase of actual evidence and archaeological evidence
Proponents of the theory point to alleged discoveries and strange findings as possible evidence of the Nephilim's existence.
These include finding extremely large skeletons and ancient structures that have no realistic explanation.
However, it is important to note that this evidence is controversial and can be interpreted in different ways.
The skeptics think that these findings may be due to misidentification or natural changes in the human body.
The docu-series of The Inspiration Networks, a religious family entertainment network, called Angels & Giants, The Watchers & Nephilim ("Angels and Giants, the Watchers and the Nephilim") includes four hour-long episodes that are a serious investigation of the theories in question.
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Rudy Landa, executive producer and director at The Inspiration Networks, and David Cerullo, the company's CEO, decided to produce the film three years ago. Their enthusiasm for the subject was fueled by their love of the Bible.
"The Bible describes the Nephilim in several places," said Landa, "the main interpretation of the Nephilim appears in Genesis chapter 6.
The Nephilim were descendants of heavenly beings who were placed in the spiritual realm to watch over the earth in those days.
They were principalities in the heavenly kingdom." He added that in another chapter of Genesis it is written that the "sons of God" lived with the daughters of men and the descendants of these unions were called the Nephilim, a race of giants who lived on the earth. That is, there are two versions of the identity of these beings: the Nephilim are angels Aliyon who descended to Israel ("falling angels") and took their wives from human wives or are the result of those forbidden hybrid pairings.
"The docu-series brings the biblical sources, but it should also be interesting for non-religious viewers," said Landa, "We are looking for actual evidence, the traces and clues that exist in the world, and not just the claims based on faith. Because there is so much archaeological evidence that needs to be investigated."
The issue could easily become sensational, and Landa emphasized that he did not want to take that approach.
He enlisted the help of author Douglas Van Doren, who had just written a book on the subject, to guide the project.
"We present the evidence and we invite people to investigate to reach their own conclusions," said Landa, "We are not dogmatic and do not hide anything. We bring the sources and encourage the viewer to ask questions, to continue learning and to do their own research."
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The search begins in Israel
The research takes them on a trip around the world, including Egypt, Peru and the USA - but the team's starting point is in the Golan Heights, here in Israel. "It makes sense to start in Israel, in the place where the story of the Nephilim began - and that is in the Golan," stressed Landa. Book of Hanuch 1, an apocryphal source from the second century BC attributed to the great-grandfather of the biblical Noah, describes the Nephilim and claims that the name of Mount Hermon is derived from the word "harem". According to the book of Enoch 1, the Nephilim were expelled from heaven and sent to Mount Hermon. The area, known as Bashan, is The place where King Og came out against the Israelites when they entered the Promised Land.
Landa's search for the truth led him to Gilgal Rafaim (Wheel of the Giants) - Rogam, a circle of stones and an ancient megalithic monument located in the Golan Heights. From the ground it looks like random piles of rocks, but from above it is impressive quite and reveals about five concentric rings, with the outer ring more than 150 meters wide. At its center is a mound of loose stones more than 20 meters in diameter and more than 5 meters high, covering a central chamber carved in solid rock. Archaeologists date the beginning of its construction as early as to the year 3500 BC. The purpose of the ghost wheel is still a mystery and a focus of discussion among scholars. "There are theories that claim that King Og of Bashan was buried in a ghost wheel," said Landa.
The film examines the theory that the center of the structure was used as a decay chamber where the body was allowed to decompose.
The bones would later be buried in a giant snake-like structure of loose stones adjacent to stone rings.
"This double arrangement, stone circles near Tel Nahsh, appears in several places around the world where it was known to be used as a necropolis for this form of burial," explained Landa.
Landa added that a ghost wheel aligns with significant astronomical phenomena.
The entrance to the center overlooks the sunrise in the summer time.
Notches in the walls mark the spring and autumn equinoxes.
Other markings point to the rising stars.
The site could be used to predict the onset of the rainy season, a very important survival skill.
"Obviously there was very intelligent construction behind the site," Landa noted.
Based on Genesis 14 (verse 13), which describes a refugee who told Abraham about Lot's capture, the Gemara teaches that Og, king of Bashan, was alive during Noah's time but escaped the flood by clinging to the side of the ark using a ladder.
Og also appears in Deuteronomy 3, verse 11, as the only person left from the ghosts. A rough estimate of Og's size can be made based on reference to the size of his bed, which is described as nine cubits long, four cubits wide. The biblical measurement of a cubit, literally, is The length of an average person's hand from the elbow to the tip of the thumb is about 45 cm, which means that Og's bed was more than 4 meters long and almost 2 meters wide.
A ghost wheel in the Golan Heights and its connection to the Nephilim/official site, Golan Antiquities Museum
Do the Nephilim still exist?
Scholars have different explanations for the ancient stories and supposed evidence for the existence of the Nephilim giants.
They believe that the stories of giant creatures came from the fact that humans were fascinated by extraordinary physical abilities or attempts to explain unusual events in history.
They point out that scientific proof is lacking and that cultural discrimination may have influenced the interpretation of ancient texts and artifacts.
The question of whether the blood of the Nephilim still flows in our bodies remains a subject of debate and investigation.
Some people continue to look for concrete evidence to support their claims, while others see the stories as merely symbolic and focus on their influence on human culture and imagination.
The network is currently considering the right way to distribute the film and expects to release "Angels & Giants: The Watchers & Nephilim" this fall.
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