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From about the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. Onward
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Ancient Skies

From about the sixth and fifthcenturies B.C. Onward, we start to really seeadvanced...

From about the sixth and fifth
centuries B.C. Onward, we start to really see
advanced mathematical astronomy being carried out by scholars,
astronomers, and astrologers in ancient Babylonia

Full Transcript

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From about the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. Onward,
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we start to really see advanced mathematical astronomy
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being carried out by scholars, astronomers, and astrologers
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in ancient Babylonia.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:46
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 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
S01 • E01 To humans, the heavens were out of bounds. - Ancient Skies 00:05
To humans, the heavens were out of bounds.
S01 • E01 Any mortal trying to reach the skies - Ancient Skies 00:07
Any mortal trying to reach the skies
S01 • E01 And perhaps no Greek myth is a better example of this idea - Ancient Skies 00:10
And perhaps no Greek myth is a better example of this idea
S01 • E01 Daedalus flew ahead, like a bird. - Ancient Skies 00:04
Daedalus flew ahead, like a bird.
S01 • E01 He urged the boy to follow, - Ancient Skies 00:06
He urged the boy to follow,
S01 • E01 The boy began to delight in his daring flight - Ancient Skies 00:09
The boy began to delight in his daring flight
S01 • E01 His nearness to the sun softened the wax - Ancient Skies 00:07
His nearness to the sun softened the wax
S01 • E01 He flailed with bare arms, but could not ride the air. - Ancient Skies 00:05
He flailed with bare arms, but could not ride the air.