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

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

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

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Building this monument 5,000 years ago was a herculean task.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:17:18
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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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...
S01 • E01 The largest stones at Stonehenge - Ancient Skies 00:09
The largest stones at Stonehenge
S01 • E01 Some of them were brought by ancient Britons - Ancient Skies 00:09
Some of them were brought by ancient Britons
S01 • E01 They did so because those stones had some vital quality - Ancient Skies 00:08
They did so because those stones had some vital quality
S01 • E01 These are fantastically complex exercises. - Ancient Skies 00:06
These are fantastically complex exercises.
S01 • E01 The effort required to build Stonehenge - Ancient Skies 00:08
The effort required to build Stonehenge
S01 • E01 People were investing vast resources to create - Ancient Skies 00:08
People were investing vast resources to create
S01 • E01 Stonehenge was a feast site - Ancient Skies 00:05
Stonehenge was a feast site
S01 • E01 People would know a year in advance - Ancient Skies 00:06
People would know a year in advance
S01 • E01 But this wasn't just a place to come and feast. - Ancient Skies 00:05
But this wasn't just a place to come and feast.
S01 • E01 People traveled vast distances to carry out - Ancient Skies 00:05
People traveled vast distances to carry out
S01 • E01 It seems this was a place to worship the sun. - Ancient Skies 00:05
It seems this was a place to worship the sun.
S01 • E01 There would have been all sorts of rituals there - Ancient Skies 00:11
There would have been all sorts of rituals there
S01 • E01 Stonehenge is aligned to Mark - Ancient Skies 00:08
Stonehenge is aligned to Mark
S01 • E01 A kind of giant solar calendar - Ancient Skies 00:07
A kind of giant solar calendar
S01 • E01 This connection between religion and solar alignment - Ancient Skies 00:07
This connection between religion and solar alignment
S01 • E01 The great pyramid of Giza is the only remaining - Ancient Skies 00:05
The great pyramid of Giza is the only remaining
S01 • E01 It is located on the banks of the Nile in Egypt. - Ancient Skies 00:04
It is located on the banks of the Nile in Egypt.
S01 • E01 The great pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago - Ancient Skies 00:09
The great pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago
S01 • E01 It is the centerpiece of a complex - Ancient Skies 00:08
It is the centerpiece of a complex
S01 • E01 And the people who built these pyramids took great care - Ancient Skies 00:09
And the people who built these pyramids took great care