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Ancient Skies

So, it's not a surprise thatthese people reproduced animals on the walls of the caves

So, it's not a surprise that
these people reproduced animals on the walls of the caves

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So, it's not a surprise that these people reproduced animals
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on the walls of the caves.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:47
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 Hidden away in one corner of El Castillo - Ancient Skies 00:10
Hidden away in one corner of El Castillo
S01 • E01 Some people believe that here we have - Ancient Skies 00:17
Some people believe that here we have
S01 • E01 Other paintings here could also have - Ancient Skies 00:06
Other paintings here could also have
S01 • E01 Some of the current researchers identify here - Ancient Skies 00:17
Some of the current researchers identify here
S01 • E01 This is one of the best links that we can find in the cave - Ancient Skies 00:09
This is one of the best links that we can find in the cave
S01 • E01 These are the earliest paintings yet discovered - Ancient Skies 00:06
These are the earliest paintings yet discovered
S01 • E01 In times when we relied on the natural world - Ancient Skies 00:05
In times when we relied on the natural world
S01 • E01 Reading the skies could give our ancestors the edge. - Ancient Skies 00:04
Reading the skies could give our ancestors the edge.
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