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From the oldest world map ever discovered
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Ancient Skies

From the oldest world mapever discovered

From the oldest world map
ever discovered

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From the oldest world map ever discovered.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:18
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 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,
S01 • E01 Dr. Jesus Gallego is an astrophysicist, - Ancient Skies 00:10
Dr. Jesus Gallego is an astrophysicist,
S01 • E01 Some of them are as old as 40,000 years. - Ancient Skies 00:05
Some of them are as old as 40,000 years.
S01 • E01 If this is correct, we will be right now - Ancient Skies 00:09
If this is correct, we will be right now
S01 • E01 I am surrounded by about 30 hands. - Ancient Skies 00:05
I am surrounded by about 30 hands.
S01 • E01 We estimate that 20 belong to women - Ancient Skies 00:05
We estimate that 20 belong to women
S01 • E01 I love to consider the possibility of these people - Ancient Skies 00:07
I love to consider the possibility of these people
S01 • E01 To leave something for us, the people of the future. - Ancient Skies 00:05
To leave something for us, the people of the future.
S01 • E01 Dr. Gallego believes that - Ancient Skies 00:09
Dr. Gallego believes that
S01 • E01 Our ancestors were people that were living - Ancient Skies 00:06
Our ancestors were people that were living
S01 • E01 So, it's not a surprise that these people reproduced animals - Ancient Skies 00:10
So, it's not a surprise that these people reproduced an...