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Ancient Skies

With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artefacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, and our changing views of the cosmos throughou...

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For the Aztecs
of central America, - Ancient Skies

For the Aztecs of central America,

And in Chinese mythology,
a hairy beast called Pangu - Ancient Skies

And in Chinese mythology, a hairy beast called Pangu

But our earliest surviving
creation myth - Ancient Skies

But our earliest surviving creation myth

The Enuma Elis tells the story
of a colossal battle - Ancient Skies

The Enuma Elis tells the story of a colossal battle

Marduk is described
in extraordinary terms. - Ancient Skies

Marduk is described in extraordinary terms.

He's got fourfold vision,
he's got the aura of 10 gods, - Ancient Skies

He's got fourfold vision, he's got the aura of 10 ...

Tiamat and Marduk
drew close for battle... - Ancient Skies

Tiamat and Marduk drew close for battle...

The battle
between Marduk and Tiamat - Ancient Skies

The battle between Marduk and Tiamat

It divides the universe into - Ancient Skies

It divides the universe into

We have the sky and the earth,
and as part of the epic, - Ancient Skies

We have the sky and the earth, and as part of the epic,

He fills the sky
with all the things - Ancient Skies

He fills the sky with all the things

Today, we can still
get a glimpse of the cosmos - Ancient Skies

Today, we can still get a glimpse of the cosmos

From the oldest world map
ever discovered. - Ancient Skies

From the oldest world map ever discovered.

Etched in Clay over
2,500 years ago, - Ancient Skies

Etched in Clay over 2,500 years ago,

The Babylonians
imagined their flat earth - Ancient Skies

The Babylonians imagined their flat earth

- Belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations
- belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations - Ancient Skies

- Belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations - ...

From the point of view
of our ancient ancestors, - Ancient Skies

From the point of view of our ancient ancestors,

We know that the earth is a ball - Ancient Skies

We know that the earth is a ball

If you go out without really
thinking about that - Ancient Skies

If you go out without really thinking about that

We can imagine that
the skies must have been - Ancient Skies

We can imagine that the skies must have been

And no matter how far back
we go in our human story, - Ancient Skies

And no matter how far back we go in our human story,

Nestled deep within the hills
of northern Spain - Ancient Skies

Nestled deep within the hills of northern Spain

Here, over millennia, - Ancient Skies

Here, over millennia,

Dr. Jesus Gallego
is an astrophysicist, - Ancient Skies

Dr. Jesus Gallego is an astrophysicist,

Some of them are
as old as 40,000 years. - Ancient Skies

Some of them are as old as 40,000 years.

If this is correct,
we will be right now - Ancient Skies

If this is correct, we will be right now

I am surrounded by
about 30 hands. - Ancient Skies

I am surrounded by about 30 hands.

We estimate that 20
belong to women - Ancient Skies

We estimate that 20 belong to women

I love to consider
the possibility of these people - Ancient Skies

I love to consider the possibility of these people

To leave something for us,
the people of the future. - Ancient Skies

To leave something for us, the people of the future.

Dr. Gallego
believes that - Ancient Skies

Dr. Gallego believes that

Our ancestors
were people that were living - Ancient Skies

Our ancestors were people that were living

So, it's not a surprise that
these people reproduced animals - Ancient Skies

So, it's not a surprise that these people reproduced an...

Hidden away
in one corner of El Castillo - Ancient Skies

Hidden away in one corner of El Castillo

Some people believe
that here we have - Ancient Skies

Some people believe that here we have

Other paintings here
could also have - Ancient Skies

Other paintings here could also have

Some of the current
researchers identify here - Ancient Skies

Some of the current researchers identify here

This is one of the best links
that we can find in the cave - Ancient Skies

This is one of the best links that we can find in the cave

These are the earliest
paintings yet discovered - Ancient Skies

These are the earliest paintings yet discovered

In times when we relied
on the natural world - Ancient Skies

In times when we relied on the natural world

Reading the skies could
give our ancestors the edge. - Ancient Skies

Reading the skies could give our ancestors the edge.

If you go out under
the night sky every night - Ancient Skies

If you go out under the night sky every night

You know where the trees are,
where the bank is, - Ancient Skies

You know where the trees are, where the bank is,

They were familiar
with those stars. - Ancient Skies

They were familiar with those stars.

Our ancestors
would have seen the sun - Ancient Skies

Our ancestors would have seen the sun

And used the positions
of sunrise and sunset - Ancient Skies

And used the positions of sunrise and sunset

But even when the sun went down, - Ancient Skies

But even when the sun went down,

When we look up
at the sky, all the stars - Ancient Skies

When we look up at the sky, all the stars

They're wheeling around a point
fixed on the sky itself. - Ancient Skies

They're wheeling around a point fixed on the sky itself...

And all the stars appear
to move around them. - Ancient Skies

And all the stars appear to move around them.

By locating these
fixed points in the night sky, - Ancient Skies

By locating these fixed points in the night sky,

But the regular motion
of the heavens - Ancient Skies

But the regular motion of the heavens

There are 3 basic
cycles in astronomy - Ancient Skies

There are 3 basic cycles in astronomy

One of them is the day-night
cycle... 24 hours. - Ancient Skies

One of them is the day-night cycle... 24 hours.

The next one is
how long it takes - Ancient Skies

The next one is how long it takes

It goes through a cycle of
phases from new to half full - Ancient Skies

It goes through a cycle of phases from new to half full

So, that gives you a way
of measuring something - Ancient Skies

So, that gives you a way of measuring something

There's evidence
that we were counting time - Ancient Skies

There's evidence that we were counting time

The third one is
how long it takes the earth - Ancient Skies

The third one is how long it takes the earth

Using the sun, we established - Ancient Skies

Using the sun, we established

If you set up a distant landmark - Ancient Skies

If you set up a distant landmark

Then, when the sun crosses
the horizon the next day, - Ancient Skies

Then, when the sun crosses the horizon the next day,

And right when it rises - Ancient Skies

And right when it rises

All over the world,
some of the oldest monuments - Ancient Skies

All over the world, some of the oldest monuments

The earliest examples are
markers on the landscape. - Ancient Skies

The earliest examples are markers on the landscape.

Like Wurdi Youang, erected by
aboriginal peoples in Australia - Ancient Skies

Like Wurdi Youang, erected by aboriginal peoples in Australi...

A series of pits
dug in the ground - Ancient Skies

A series of pits dug in the ground

And the 7,000-year-old
stone circle - Ancient Skies

And the 7,000-year-old stone circle

Over centuries,
these simple markers - Ancient Skies

Over centuries, these simple markers

Stonehenge is perched at
the top of Salisbury plain - Ancient Skies

Stonehenge is perched at the top of Salisbury plain

Building this monument 5,000
years ago was a herculean task. - Ancient Skies

Building this monument 5,000 years ago was a herculean task.

The largest stones at Stonehenge - Ancient Skies

The largest stones at Stonehenge

Some of them were brought
by ancient Britons - Ancient Skies

Some of them were brought by ancient Britons

They did so because those stones
had some vital quality - Ancient Skies

They did so because those stones had some vital quality

These are fantastically
complex exercises. - Ancient Skies

These are fantastically complex exercises.

The effort required
to build Stonehenge - Ancient Skies

The effort required to build Stonehenge

People were investing
vast resources to create - Ancient Skies

People were investing vast resources to create

Stonehenge was a feast site - Ancient Skies

Stonehenge was a feast site

People would know
a year in advance - Ancient Skies

People would know a year in advance

But this wasn't just
a place to come and feast. - Ancient Skies

But this wasn't just a place to come and feast.

People traveled vast distances
to carry out - Ancient Skies

People traveled vast distances to carry out

It seems this was a place
to worship the sun. - Ancient Skies

It seems this was a place to worship the sun.

There would have been
all sorts of rituals there - Ancient Skies

There would have been all sorts of rituals there

Stonehenge is aligned to Mark - Ancient Skies

Stonehenge is aligned to Mark

A kind of giant solar calendar - Ancient Skies

A kind of giant solar calendar

This connection between
religion and solar alignment - Ancient Skies

This connection between religion and solar alignment

The great pyramid of Giza
is the only remaining - Ancient Skies

The great pyramid of Giza is the only remaining

It is located on
the banks of the Nile in Egypt. - Ancient Skies

It is located on the banks of the Nile in Egypt.

The great pyramid was built
over 4,500 years ago - Ancient Skies

The great pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago

It is the centerpiece
of a complex - Ancient Skies

It is the centerpiece of a complex

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With breath-taking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important astronomical artefacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors, and our changing views of the cosmos throughou...

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Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2019

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Released: 24 Jul 2019

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