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Ancient Skies

But our earliest survivingcreation myth dates back almost 4,000 years,to the ancient...

But our earliest surviving
creation myth dates back almost 4,000 years,
to the ancient Babylonians

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But our earliest surviving creation myth
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dates back almost 4,000 years, to the ancient Babylonians.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:35
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 Enuma Elis tells the story of a colossal battle - Ancient Skies 00:10
The Enuma Elis tells the story of a colossal battle
S01 • E01 Marduk is described in extraordinary terms. - Ancient Skies 00:04
Marduk is described in extraordinary terms.
S01 • E01 He's got fourfold vision, he's got the aura of 10 gods, - Ancient Skies 00:10
He's got fourfold vision, he's got the aura of 10 ...
S01 • E01 Tiamat and Marduk drew close for battle... - Ancient Skies 00:04
Tiamat and Marduk drew close for battle...
S01 • E01 The battle between Marduk and Tiamat - Ancient Skies 00:09
The battle between Marduk and Tiamat
S01 • E01 It divides the universe into - Ancient Skies 00:04
It divides the universe into
S01 • E01 We have the sky and the earth, and as part of the epic, - Ancient Skies 00:11
We have the sky and the earth, and as part of the epic,
S01 • E01 He fills the sky with all the things - Ancient Skies 00:05
He fills the sky with all the things
S01 • E01 Today, we can still get a glimpse of the cosmos - Ancient Skies 00:06
Today, we can still get a glimpse of the cosmos
S01 • E01 From the oldest world map ever discovered. - Ancient Skies 00:04
From the oldest world map ever discovered.
S01 • E01 Etched in Clay over 2,500 years ago, - Ancient Skies 00:08
Etched in Clay over 2,500 years ago,
S01 • E01 The Babylonians imagined their flat earth - Ancient Skies 00:08
The Babylonians imagined their flat earth
S01 • E01 - Belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations - belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations - Ancient Skies 00:06
- Belief in a flat earth was common to many civilizations - ...
S01 • E01 From the point of view of our ancient ancestors, - Ancient Skies 00:07
From the point of view of our ancient ancestors,
S01 • E01 We know that the earth is a ball - Ancient Skies 00:04
We know that the earth is a ball
S01 • E01 If you go out without really thinking about that - Ancient Skies 00:11
If you go out without really thinking about that
S01 • E01 We can imagine that the skies must have been - Ancient Skies 00:05
We can imagine that the skies must have been
S01 • E01 And no matter how far back we go in our human story, - Ancient Skies 00:08
And no matter how far back we go in our human story,
S01 • E01 Nestled deep within the hills of northern Spain - Ancient Skies 00:06
Nestled deep within the hills of northern Spain
S01 • E01 Here, over millennia, - Ancient Skies 00:07
Here, over millennia,