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Symbols are a language that can help us understand our past.
As the saying goes, a picture says a thousand words,
but which words?
Interpret for me, please,
This symbol. First thing that comes to mind. Anybody?
- Hatred, racism. - Ku Klux Klan.
Yes, yes, interesting. But they would disagree with you in Spain.
There, they are robes worn by priests.
- Now this symbol. Anyone? - Evil.
- In English, please. - Devil's pitchfork.
Poor, poor Poseidon.
That is his trident.
A symbol of power to millions of the ancients.
Now this symbol.
- Madonna and child. - Faith. Christianity.
No. No, it's the pagan god Horus and his mother Isis
centuries before the birth of Christ.
Understanding our past determines actively
our ability to understand the present.
So how do we sift truth from belief?
How do we write our own histories, personally or culturally,
and thereby define ourselves?
How do we penetrate years, centuries, of historical distortion
to find original truth?
Tonight, this will be our quest.
My son is a student of yours at Harvard.
- Michael Culp? - Oh, yeah
He adores you. He says you're the best teacher he's ever had.
Ms. Culp, I think I already gave Michael an A-minus.
He told me. Thank you.
- Mr. Langdon? - Hi.
I'm Lieutenant Collet from DCPJ. A kind of French FBI.
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