Discover how centuries of knowledge, experimentation, and engineering helped our ancestors
understand the mysteries of space.
Expert contributors decode astronomical myths and uncover the science behind their origins.
With breathtaking CGI, beautiful landscape footage and some of the world's most important
astronomical artifacts, Ancient Skies looks at the cosmos through the eyes of our ancestors,
charting our changing views of the cosmos throughout history.
We take a journey through past visions of the heavens from all over the world, and from
the dawn of civilization to the recent past.
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