Ancient Civilizations

This documentary investigates the common threads
in mythological beliefs around the ancient world
and looks back into time seeking answers
to the question that still loom over science today.

How far back into history do humankind's roots really go?

What did the ancients know about the stars and their movements
and what can we learn from them?

How was precession of the equinox,
the slow progession of the stars across the sky
over thousands of years, used to mark the rise and fall
of great ages by the ancients?

Many cultures spoke of an unseen sun
that drives precession and causes
the cycle of The Great Year.

Ancient folklore from around the world
rings with two resonating themes:

History moves in cycles with alternating golden
and dark ages, and the precession of the equinox
is the cause and timekeeper of these cycles.