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Ancient Skies

It all began in a placeoften referred to as the cradle of civilization

It all began in a place
often referred to as the cradle of civilization

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It all began in a place often referred to
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as the cradle of civilization...
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:11
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 When we talk about ancient Mesopotamia, - Ancient Skies 00:09
When we talk about ancient Mesopotamia,
S01 • E01 It's the region that is around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. - Ancient Skies 00:06
It's the region that is around the Tigris and Euphrates...
S01 • E01 Mesopotamia is Greek for "the land between rivers." - Ancient Skies 00:04
Mesopotamia is Greek for "the land between rivers."...
S01 • E01 Within the region of ancient Mesopotamia - Ancient Skies 00:06
Within the region of ancient Mesopotamia
S01 • E01 - It was the Babylonians who gave us our earliest known - it was the Babylonians who gave us our earliest known - Ancient Skies 00:11
- It was the Babylonians who gave us our earliest known - it...
S01 • E01 They were the first to systematically record - Ancient Skies 00:17
They were the first to systematically record
S01 • E01 They are kept here, at the British museum in London. - Ancient Skies 00:04
They are kept here, at the British museum in London.
S01 • E01 They are written in cuneiform, an ancient form of writing - Ancient Skies 00:08
They are written in cuneiform, an ancient form of writing
S01 • E01 Cuneiform is a system of writing - Ancient Skies 00:10
Cuneiform is a system of writing
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