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Ancient Skies

But picking 12 constellations from the countless patternsin the sky wasn't just a flight...

But picking 12 constellations from the countless patterns
in the sky wasn't just a flight of fancy

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But picking 12 constellations
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from the countless patterns in the sky
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wasn't just a flight of fancy.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:44
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 There was a serious scientific reason behind it. - Ancient Skies 00:05
There was a serious scientific reason behind it.
S01 • E01 As the earth goes around the sun - Ancient Skies 00:09
As the earth goes around the sun
S01 • E01 And the constellations that it passes through, those - Ancient Skies 00:06
And the constellations that it passes through, those
S01 • E01 The 12 zodiac constellations provided - Ancient Skies 00:08
The 12 zodiac constellations provided
S01 • E01 They used this grid to accurately identify - Ancient Skies 00:06
They used this grid to accurately identify
S01 • E01 This enabled the Babylonians to take the science of astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:07
This enabled the Babylonians to take the science of astronom...
S01 • E01 What the zodiac did was it allowed them to - Ancient Skies 00:06
What the zodiac did was it allowed them to
S01 • E01 From about the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. Onward, - Ancient Skies 00:15
From about the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. Onward,
S01 • E01 They were able to build a mathematical model - Ancient Skies 00:09
They were able to build a mathematical model
S01 • E01 But while their astronomy was scientific, - Ancient Skies 00:13
But while their astronomy was scientific,
S01 • E01 But the rise of a new civilization - Ancient Skies 00:09
But the rise of a new civilization
S01 • E01 Almost 3,000 years ago, the peoples of - Ancient Skies 00:07
Almost 3,000 years ago, the peoples of
S01 • E01 For the ancient Greeks, the world was a place - Ancient Skies 00:06
For the ancient Greeks, the world was a place
S01 • E01 Where a god could turn a mortal favorite - Ancient Skies 00:06
Where a god could turn a mortal favorite
S01 • E01 And the sun was driven across the sky each day - Ancient Skies 00:07
And the sun was driven across the sky each day
S01 • E01 It was clearly the custom to explain - Ancient Skies 00:09
It was clearly the custom to explain
S01 • E01 These divine beings populate the great epic poems - Ancient Skies 00:06
These divine beings populate the great epic poems
S01 • E01 Like other ancient people, - Ancient Skies 00:07
Like other ancient people,
S01 • E01 Their stories tell of a shared world in which gods and mortals - Ancient Skies 00:07
Their stories tell of a shared world in which gods and morta...
S01 • E01 Yet only the gods could freely plunge - Ancient Skies 00:09
Yet only the gods could freely plunge