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Reading the skies could give our ancestors the edge
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Ancient Skies

Reading the skies couldgive our ancestors the edge

Reading the skies could
give our ancestors the edge

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Reading the skies could give our ancestors the edge.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:20
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 If you go out under the night sky every night - Ancient Skies 00:08
If you go out under the night sky every night
S01 • E01 You know where the trees are, where the bank is, - Ancient Skies 00:10
You know where the trees are, where the bank is,
S01 • E01 They were familiar with those stars. - Ancient Skies 00:04
They were familiar with those stars.
S01 • E01 Our ancestors would have seen the sun - Ancient Skies 00:07
Our ancestors would have seen the sun
S01 • E01 And used the positions of sunrise and sunset - Ancient Skies 00:06
And used the positions of sunrise and sunset
S01 • E01 But even when the sun went down, - Ancient Skies 00:06
But even when the sun went down,
S01 • E01 When we look up at the sky, all the stars - Ancient Skies 00:05
When we look up at the sky, all the stars
S01 • E01 They're wheeling around a point fixed on the sky itself. - Ancient Skies 00:05
They're wheeling around a point fixed on the sky itself...
S01 • E01 And all the stars appear to move around them. - Ancient Skies 00:05
And all the stars appear to move around them.
S01 • E01 By locating these fixed points in the night sky, - Ancient Skies 00:07
By locating these fixed points in the night sky,
S01 • E01 But the regular motion of the heavens - Ancient Skies 00:12
But the regular motion of the heavens
S01 • E01 There are 3 basic cycles in astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:06
There are 3 basic cycles in astronomy
S01 • E01 One of them is the day-night cycle... 24 hours. - Ancient Skies 00:04
One of them is the day-night cycle... 24 hours.
S01 • E01 The next one is how long it takes - Ancient Skies 00:04
The next one is how long it takes
S01 • E01 It goes through a cycle of phases from new to half full - Ancient Skies 00:08
It goes through a cycle of phases from new to half full
S01 • E01 So, that gives you a way of measuring something - Ancient Skies 00:04
So, that gives you a way of measuring something
S01 • E01 There's evidence that we were counting time - Ancient Skies 00:21
There's evidence that we were counting time
S01 • E01 The third one is how long it takes the earth - Ancient Skies 00:05
The third one is how long it takes the earth
S01 • E01 Using the sun, we established - Ancient Skies 00:09
Using the sun, we established
S01 • E01 If you set up a distant landmark - Ancient Skies 00:12
If you set up a distant landmark