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Ancient Skies

People traveled vast distancesto carry out ritual activities here

People traveled vast distances
to carry out ritual activities here

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People traveled vast distances to carry out
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ritual activities here.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:23
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 It seems this was a place to worship the sun. - Ancient Skies 00:05
It seems this was a place to worship the sun.
S01 • E01 There would have been all sorts of rituals there - Ancient Skies 00:11
There would have been all sorts of rituals there
S01 • E01 Stonehenge is aligned to Mark - Ancient Skies 00:08
Stonehenge is aligned to Mark
S01 • E01 A kind of giant solar calendar - Ancient Skies 00:07
A kind of giant solar calendar
S01 • E01 This connection between religion and solar alignment - Ancient Skies 00:07
This connection between religion and solar alignment
S01 • E01 The great pyramid of Giza is the only remaining - Ancient Skies 00:05
The great pyramid of Giza is the only remaining
S01 • E01 It is located on the banks of the Nile in Egypt. - Ancient Skies 00:04
It is located on the banks of the Nile in Egypt.
S01 • E01 The great pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago - Ancient Skies 00:09
The great pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago
S01 • E01 It is the centerpiece of a complex - Ancient Skies 00:08
It is the centerpiece of a complex
S01 • E01 And the people who built these pyramids took great care - Ancient Skies 00:09
And the people who built these pyramids took great care
S01 • E01 When we look at the pyramids today, - Ancient Skies 00:15
When we look at the pyramids today,
S01 • E01 The ancient Egyptians' calculations were so exact - Ancient Skies 00:10
The ancient Egyptians' calculations were so exact
S01 • E01 The fact that the ancient Egyptians took such pains - Ancient Skies 00:09
The fact that the ancient Egyptians took such pains
S01 • E01 We know at the time of the great pyramids - Ancient Skies 00:09
We know at the time of the great pyramids
S01 • E01 That's made quite explicit in the titles of the pharaohs. - Ancient Skies 00:06
That's made quite explicit in the titles of the pharaoh...
S01 • E01 For the first time, the pharaoh is described - Ancient Skies 00:05
For the first time, the pharaoh is described
S01 • E01 So, it's interesting that the relevance of solar alignment - Ancient Skies 00:10
So, it's interesting that the relevance of solar alignm...
S01 • E01 In the world of ancient Egyptian religion, - Ancient Skies 00:07
In the world of ancient Egyptian religion,
S01 • E01 The Egyptians imagined him in a boat - Ancient Skies 00:06
The Egyptians imagined him in a boat
S01 • E01 And they also told stories that explained - Ancient Skies 00:07
And they also told stories that explained