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About Ancient Skies

Ancient Skies is a documentary TV series that premiered on ARTE on July 24, 2019. It has 1 season and 3 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 1 Episode 3 "Our Place In The Universe", aired on August 8, 2019.

With breath-taking 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.

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Episodes

3 episodes · 1 season

Season 1

2019 · 3 episodes · Last episode: 7 years ago

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    3. Our Place In The Universe

    Finale

    In Episode 3, we complete the puzzle of our ancient skies, collecting the missing pieces required for an accurate model of our universe. We break through the spheres that defined our skies for millennia, abandon the long-held idea of circular orbits, discover new neighbors in our solar system, and begin to comprehend the enormity of our ever-growing universe.

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    2. Finding The Center

    Episode two of this landmark series delves further into our ancient understanding of the skies above. After exploring the mysterious creatures living at the edge of the world, we follow the story of our earth as it takes shape and a place in the cosmos in the minds of great astronomers and scientists including Ptolemy, Copernicus and Galileo.

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    1. Gods And Monsters

    In this episode we explore the origins of our relationship with the skies. From our earliest ancestors we discover how we used the skies to navigate and tell time, and how we gave religious significance to the things we saw in it. We finish on the cusp of a revolution that gave birth to modern science.

Cast & crew

Created by Adam Luria

Ancient Skies FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Ancient Skies?

Ancient Skies has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on August 8, 2019.

When did the latest episode of Ancient Skies come out?

The most recent episode of Ancient Skies, Season 1 Episode 3 "Our Place In The Universe", aired on August 8, 2019.

How many seasons of Ancient Skies are there?

Ancient Skies has 1 season with 3 episodes in total.

When did Ancient Skies first air?

Ancient Skies first aired on ARTE on July 24, 2019.

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