How Humans Learned To Keep Track Of Seasons - Calendars Cults And Cultures - History Documentary

What do we really know today of the historical relationship between humans and the cosmos? Not much really, because it has always been to some extent a religious relationship and because beliefs were usually exterminated along with ancient knowledge. What remains are small remnants, such as the Maya calendar, which reveals amazing things even without its famous expiration date. The documentary covers a wide range of aspects, from calendar stones to the stone lines of Carnac in Brittany to the seasonal traditions of Christians, Egyptians and Chinese to participation in a pagan fertility ceremony in the imposing stone circle at Avebury in the South of England.

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