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Ancient Skies

But even when the sun went down, the stars still helped usfind our way

But even when the sun went down, the stars still helped us
find our way

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But even when the sun went down,
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the stars still helped us find our way.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:15
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 When we look up at the sky, all the stars - Ancient Skies 00:05
When we look up at the sky, all the stars
S01 • E01 They're wheeling around a point fixed on the sky itself. - Ancient Skies 00:05
They're wheeling around a point fixed on the sky itself...
S01 • E01 And all the stars appear to move around them. - Ancient Skies 00:05
And all the stars appear to move around them.
S01 • E01 By locating these fixed points in the night sky, - Ancient Skies 00:07
By locating these fixed points in the night sky,
S01 • E01 But the regular motion of the heavens - Ancient Skies 00:12
But the regular motion of the heavens
S01 • E01 There are 3 basic cycles in astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:06
There are 3 basic cycles in astronomy
S01 • E01 One of them is the day-night cycle... 24 hours. - Ancient Skies 00:04
One of them is the day-night cycle... 24 hours.
S01 • E01 The next one is how long it takes - Ancient Skies 00:04
The next one is how long it takes
S01 • E01 It goes through a cycle of phases from new to half full - Ancient Skies 00:08
It goes through a cycle of phases from new to half full
S01 • E01 So, that gives you a way of measuring something - Ancient Skies 00:04
So, that gives you a way of measuring something
S01 • E01 There's evidence that we were counting time - Ancient Skies 00:21
There's evidence that we were counting time
S01 • E01 The third one is how long it takes the earth - Ancient Skies 00:05
The third one is how long it takes the earth
S01 • E01 Using the sun, we established - Ancient Skies 00:09
Using the sun, we established
S01 • E01 If you set up a distant landmark - Ancient Skies 00:12
If you set up a distant landmark
S01 • E01 Then, when the sun crosses the horizon the next day, - Ancient Skies 00:06
Then, when the sun crosses the horizon the next day,
S01 • E01 And right when it rises - Ancient Skies 00:07
And right when it rises
S01 • E01 All over the world, some of the oldest monuments - Ancient Skies 00:08
All over the world, some of the oldest monuments
S01 • E01 The earliest examples are markers on the landscape. - Ancient Skies 00:04
The earliest examples are markers on the landscape.
S01 • E01 Like Wurdi Youang, erected by aboriginal peoples in Australia - Ancient Skies 00:07
Like Wurdi Youang, erected by aboriginal peoples in Australi...
S01 • E01 A series of pits dug in the ground - Ancient Skies 00:06
A series of pits dug in the ground