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This connection between religion and solar alignment
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Ancient Skies

This connection betweenreligion and solar alignment can be seen across the world

This connection between
religion and solar alignment can be seen across the world

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This connection between religion and solar alignment
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can be seen across the world.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:05
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 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
S01 • E01 In Egyptian religion, Ra dies every night, - Ancient Skies 00:08
In Egyptian religion, Ra dies every night,
S01 • E01 One of the functions of the Egyptian priesthood - Ancient Skies 00:10
One of the functions of the Egyptian priesthood
S01 • E01 Ra's importance to the ancient Egyptians - Ancient Skies 00:07
Ra's importance to the ancient Egyptians
S01 • E01 But how did builders achieve such an astonishing - Ancient Skies 00:08
But how did builders achieve such an astonishing
S01 • E01 It's easy to think that ancient people - Ancient Skies 00:10
It's easy to think that ancient people