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Ancient Skies

Cuneiform is a system of writing predominantly on Clay usinga wedge-shaped stylus to...

Cuneiform is a system of writing predominantly on Clay using
a wedge-shaped stylus to produce wedge-shaped signs, and these signs
can make up words

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Cuneiform is a system of writing
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predominantly on Clay using a wedge-shaped stylus
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to produce wedge-shaped signs,
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and these signs can make up words.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:01
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 Hundreds of thousands of cuneiform texts - Ancient Skies 00:06
Hundreds of thousands of cuneiform texts
S01 • E01 But the knowledge to decode them is relatively recent. - Ancient Skies 00:05
But the knowledge to decode them is relatively recent.
S01 • E01 Even today, there are very few people in the world - Ancient Skies 00:05
Even today, there are very few people in the world
S01 • E01 Professor John Steele is one of these few. - Ancient Skies 00:05
Professor John Steele is one of these few.
S01 • E01 The Babylonians were the first to really get - Ancient Skies 00:07
The Babylonians were the first to really get
S01 • E01 They were looking for the motion of the moon past stars, - Ancient Skies 00:07
They were looking for the motion of the moon past stars,
S01 • E01 This a very interesting collection - Ancient Skies 00:06
This a very interesting collection
S01 • E01 The compilation extends for over 400 years - Ancient Skies 00:17
The compilation extends for over 400 years
S01 • E01 These records were added to - Ancient Skies 00:05
These records were added to
S01 • E01 Enabling Babylonian astronomers to look at patterns and cycles - Ancient Skies 00:07
Enabling Babylonian astronomers to look at patterns and cycl...
S01 • E01 As a consequence of that, they were the first people - Ancient Skies 00:09
As a consequence of that, they were the first people
S01 • E01 Contained in these tablets is the very birth - Ancient Skies 00:07
Contained in these tablets is the very birth
S01 • E01 So, really, on both the observational - Ancient Skies 00:08
So, really, on both the observational
S01 • E01 The Babylonians believed that by using astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:09
The Babylonians believed that by using astronomy
S01 • E01 - The celestial bodies, whether they were stars or planets, - The celestial bodies, whether they were stars or planets, - Ancient Skies 00:14
- The celestial bodies, whether they were stars or planets, ...
S01 • E01 If they could read these divine messages, - Ancient Skies 00:07
If they could read these divine messages,
S01 • E01 An eclipse, for example, - Ancient Skies 00:11
An eclipse, for example,
S01 • E01 This need to look to the skies - Ancient Skies 00:07
This need to look to the skies
S01 • E01 In central America, another of our great civilizations became - Ancient Skies 00:10
In central America, another of our great civilizations becam...
S01 • E01 We can pick up traces of Maya culture - Ancient Skies 00:07
We can pick up traces of Maya culture