Ancient Celestial Navigation History

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The remarkable innovations inspired by our need to know the night sky | Aeon Videos

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69% Informative

Animation provides a brief history of astronomy across centuries.

Explains how Polynesians ’ and Europeans ’ sophisticated understanding of the skies helped them spread across the globe.

It offers a brief tour of some of the world’s most remarkable archaeological sites believed to have been built to trace the movement of the Sun over seasons.

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Informative language

Neutral language

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semi-formal

Language

English

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Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful