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Ancient Skies

But how did buildersachieve such an astonishing level of accuracyover 4,500 years ago?

But how did builders
achieve such an astonishing level of accuracy
over 4,500 years ago?

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But how did builders achieve such an astonishing
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level of accuracy over 4,500 years ago?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:05
Uploaded
Jun 13, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

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 It's easy to think that ancient people - Ancient Skies 00:10
It's easy to think that ancient people
S01 • E01 They had the knowledge of astronomy and geometry and engineering - Ancient Skies 00:08
They had the knowledge of astronomy and geometry and enginee...
S01 • E01 They were able to find the directions of - Ancient Skies 00:06
They were able to find the directions of
S01 • E01 And all you need is a long stick, - Ancient Skies 00:08
And all you need is a long stick,
S01 • E01 This long stick is called a gnomon, - Ancient Skies 00:08
This long stick is called a gnomon,
S01 • E01 Now that we have our gnomon in the ground - Ancient Skies 00:06
Now that we have our gnomon in the ground
S01 • E01 Now all we have to do is Mark the end of that shadow - Ancient Skies 00:05
Now all we have to do is Mark the end of that shadow
S01 • E01 That's going to make an arc on the ground - Ancient Skies 00:08
That's going to make an arc on the ground
S01 • E01 Once we have the arc in the ground - Ancient Skies 00:14
Once we have the arc in the ground
S01 • E01 That circle will intersect the arc in two spots, - Ancient Skies 00:07
That circle will intersect the arc in two spots,
S01 • E01 Experts believe this is how the ancient Egyptians - Ancient Skies 00:09
Experts believe this is how the ancient Egyptians
S01 • E01 Across the world, every civilization that was - Ancient Skies 00:09
Across the world, every civilization that was
S01 • E01 The Aztecs tended to orient their main temple - Ancient Skies 00:09
The Aztecs tended to orient their main temple
S01 • E01 The two shrines on top of it were aligned - Ancient Skies 00:08
The two shrines on top of it were aligned
S01 • E01 We can see other similarly aligned monuments - Ancient Skies 00:08
We can see other similarly aligned monuments
S01 • E01 Southeast Asia, - Ancient Skies 00:09
Southeast Asia,
S01 • E01 These were civilizations separated by - Ancient Skies 00:10
These were civilizations separated by
S01 • E01 And yet, they were all using astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:06
And yet, they were all using astronomy
S01 • E01 But astronomy didn't just influence our architecture. - Ancient Skies 00:04
But astronomy didn't just influence our architecture.
S01 • E01 It also inspired us to create treasures of exquisite beauty. - Ancient Skies 00:06
It also inspired us to create treasures of exquisite beauty.