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Ancient Skies

Using the sun, we established a solar year of 365 days that encompassedthe changing...

Using the sun, we established a solar year of 365 days that encompassed
the changing seasons

Full Transcript

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Using the sun, we established
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a solar year of 365 days
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that encompassed the changing seasons.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:10
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 set up a distant landmark - Ancient Skies 00:12
If you set up a distant landmark
S01 • E01 Then, when the sun crosses the horizon the next day, - Ancient Skies 00:06
Then, when the sun crosses the horizon the next day,
S01 • E01 And right when it rises - Ancient Skies 00:07
And right when it rises
S01 • E01 All over the world, some of the oldest monuments - Ancient Skies 00:08
All over the world, some of the oldest monuments
S01 • E01 The earliest examples are markers on the landscape. - Ancient Skies 00:04
The earliest examples are markers on the landscape.
S01 • E01 Like Wurdi Youang, erected by aboriginal peoples in Australia - Ancient Skies 00:07
Like Wurdi Youang, erected by aboriginal peoples in Australi...
S01 • E01 A series of pits dug in the ground - Ancient Skies 00:06
A series of pits dug in the ground
S01 • E01 And the 7,000-year-old stone circle - Ancient Skies 00:05
And the 7,000-year-old stone circle
S01 • E01 Over centuries, these simple markers - Ancient Skies 00:06
Over centuries, these simple markers
S01 • E01 Stonehenge is perched at the top of Salisbury plain - Ancient Skies 00:06
Stonehenge is perched at the top of Salisbury plain
S01 • E01 Building this monument 5,000 years ago was a herculean task. - Ancient Skies 00:06
Building this monument 5,000 years ago was a herculean task.
S01 • E01 The largest stones at Stonehenge - Ancient Skies 00:09
The largest stones at Stonehenge
S01 • E01 Some of them were brought by ancient Britons - Ancient Skies 00:09
Some of them were brought by ancient Britons
S01 • E01 They did so because those stones had some vital quality - Ancient Skies 00:08
They did so because those stones had some vital quality
S01 • E01 These are fantastically complex exercises. - Ancient Skies 00:06
These are fantastically complex exercises.
S01 • E01 The effort required to build Stonehenge - Ancient Skies 00:08
The effort required to build Stonehenge
S01 • E01 People were investing vast resources to create - Ancient Skies 00:08
People were investing vast resources to create
S01 • E01 Stonehenge was a feast site - Ancient Skies 00:05
Stonehenge was a feast site
S01 • E01 People would know a year in advance - Ancient Skies 00:06
People would know a year in advance
S01 • E01 But this wasn't just a place to come and feast. - Ancient Skies 00:05
But this wasn't just a place to come and feast.