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The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved

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To our ancestors, the appearance of certain astronomical events meant something big and something bad was coming. They were portends of death, plague, famine, or war. But what were they really seeing?
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Episodi

  1. S 2 E 1 - Omens of Doom
    18 aprile 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    To our ancestors, the appearance of certain astronomical events meant something big and something bad was coming. They were portends of death, plague, famine, or war. But what were they really seeing?
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  2. S 2 E 2 - The Eye of God
    25 aprile 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Could the strange shapes of the universe solve the mysteries that have haunted mankind since ancient times? Is the eye of God peering at us from the heavens?
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  3. S 2 E 3 - Apocalyptic Visions
    2 maggio 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Hell fires, endless winters, or a planet wracked by earthquakes are a few versions of Armageddon visualized by the Vikings, Aztecs, and the rest of our ancient ancestors. But which does modern science think will be closest to the truth?
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  4. S 2 E 4 - Alien Worlds
    9 maggio 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    The ancients believed that the universe consisted of countless worlds we could not see, and argued endlessly over the nature of these distant, invisible planets and whether they might be inhabited.
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  5. S 2 E 5 - Predicting the Future
    16 maggio 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Many believe that the celestial movement of the Sun, planets and moon gives us the blueprint for life, and governs our future. But is there proof that this system of tracking astronomical phenomena can actually predict our future?
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  6. S 2 E 6 - Roman Engineering
    23 maggio 2015
    43min
    TV-PG
    Do Rome's ancient monuments have secret connections to the Sun? New archaeological evidence, confirmed by NASA data and recreated in state-of-the-art virtual reality, suggests that early Roman emperors mastered architecture and astronomy.
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