Ancient Skies | New Series

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Published July 12, 2019 at 12:30 PM EDT

Director Harald Meller from State Museum for Prehistory Halle (Saale).

Wednesdays, Jul. 31-Aug. 7, 8pm on WKAR-HD 23.1 or STREAM | Discover how centuries of knowledge, experimentation, and engineering helped our ancestors explore and understand the distant planets and the mysteries of outer space that are well beyond human grasp.

Ancient Skies looks at how our ancestors worked to understand outer space. Expert contributors and indigenous storytellers decode astronomical myths and uncover the scientific explanations behind their origins.

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