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We can hardly see the skies at all, but if you were the ancients
and you studied the skies, you would notice this phenomenon. The Sun has
its stopping points on the horizon. We call them the solstices. The Sun stops still
on the summer solstice, stays roughly in the same place
for two or three days, and then starts to move back
like a pendulum swing along the horizon. Same on the winter solstice
and you studied the skies, you would notice this phenomenon. The Sun has
its stopping points on the horizon. We call them the solstices. The Sun stops still
on the summer solstice, stays roughly in the same place
for two or three days, and then starts to move back
like a pendulum swing along the horizon. Same on the winter solstice
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We can hardly see the skies at all,
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but if you were the ancients
and you studied the skies,
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you would notice this phenomenon.
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The Sun has
its stopping points on the horizon.
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We call them the solstices.
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The Sun stops still
on the summer solstice,
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stays roughly in the same place
for two or three days,
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and then starts to move back
like a pendulum swing along the horizon.
00:00:23.442 --> 00:00:24.009
Same on the winter solstice.
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What if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of yea...