Season 2 – Ancient Aliens – 2.Gods and Aliens
Ancient Aliens is a docuseries where mythology meets history. It explores a number of historical mysteries through ancient texts, legends, and archaeological artifacts, proposing that they are evidence that mankind has had interactions with extra-terrestrials.
Gods and Aliens
The show welcomes a number of experts in a wide array of fields ranging from priests who believe that angels were ancient aliens to paranormal talk show hosts.
The base assumption around each episode is that extra-terrestrials gave ancient mankind the knowledge to accomplish major feats in architecture and technology.
Episodes, narrated by Robert Clotworthy, begin and end with rhetorical questions. Produced by Prometheus Entertainment, the series has aired on History and other A&E Networks since 2010.
The series is based on and inspired by the works of Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin, among other writers.
Due to COVID-19 disrupting production, the season ended after only 12 episodes, however only 10 episodes aired. The series continued with its sixteenth season in November 2020.[1][6] An eighteenth season began airing in January 2022.
He later told Inverse that he “was dubious about the whole thing”, adding, “something’s going on”.
The series presents all claims made by guests in an uncritical format. There is little use of precise calendrical dates in many episodes. Guests use terms such as “the remote past”, “prehistoric times”, or they refer to “
Segments and highlights from all first season episodes, including the pilot, were edited into later episodes up to Season 12, so that guests who appeared in Season 1 ostensibly appear in later seasons, although footage of their interviews was re-used.
Prior to December 2012, several episodes explored facets of the 2012 Mayan doomsday prophecy.
Season 2 – Ancient Aliens – 2.Gods and Aliens