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Ancient Skies

These werecivilizations separated by thousands of milesand centuries in time, that evolved...

These were
civilizations separated by thousands of miles
and centuries in time, that evolved completely
independently of one another

Full Transcript

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These were civilizations separated by
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thousands of miles and centuries in time,
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that evolved completely independently of one another.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:07
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 And yet, they were all using astronomy - Ancient Skies 00:06
And yet, they were all using astronomy
S01 • E01 But astronomy didn't just influence our architecture. - Ancient Skies 00:04
But astronomy didn't just influence our architecture.
S01 • E01 It also inspired us to create treasures of exquisite beauty. - Ancient Skies 00:06
It also inspired us to create treasures of exquisite beauty.
S01 • E01 At the Halle state museum of prehistory in eastern Germany, - Ancient Skies 00:11
At the Halle state museum of prehistory in eastern Germany,
S01 • E01 Discovered in 1999, it is believed to have been made - Ancient Skies 00:10
Discovered in 1999, it is believed to have been made
S01 • E01 Made from bronze overlaid with gold, - Ancient Skies 00:09
Made from bronze overlaid with gold,
S01 • E01 It now sits permanently behind glass. - Ancient Skies 00:05
It now sits permanently behind glass.
S01 • E01 But Dr. Harald Meller has used this precious, perfect copy - Ancient Skies 00:08
But Dr. Harald Meller has used this precious, perfect copy
S01 • E01 By lining up these horizon arcs with the sunrise - Ancient Skies 00:09
By lining up these horizon arcs with the sunrise
S01 • E01 The Nebra sky disc shows how - Ancient Skies 00:07
The Nebra sky disc shows how
S01 • E01 But 2,000 miles away, one of our greatest civilizations - Ancient Skies 00:12
But 2,000 miles away, one of our greatest civilizations
S01 • E01 It all began in a place often referred to - Ancient Skies 00:06
It all began in a place often referred to
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