Omens of Doom

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved.

This series of documentaries is a spinoff of the acclaimed History Channel documentary series The Universe. Each episode will be taking us on another exciting foray into the exciting field of Archaeoastronomy.

In this installment of The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved we will examine the interpretations by ancient peoples of celestial phenomena as bad omens.

The Bayeux Tapestry

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? And how did fear of these objects in the sky actually change the course of history?

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The Universe Ancient Mysteries Solved ~ Omens of Doom
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