How did people view solar eclipses in the past?

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How did people view solar eclipses in the past?


Capital Weather Gang’s Angela Fritz takes us back in time to show how mankind has reacted to eclipses over thousands of years. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2qiJ4dy

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  1. I’d love a video of how they learned that it can make you blind and why is the first register of a blind person due to a eclipse ❤ great video by the way

  2. So, after experiencing my first solar eclipse I found myself questioning how ancient civilizations even knew an eclipse was going on. I ask this because of the fact that I was quite a bit north of the totality zone and if I hadn't known it was happening today, or didn't have my glasses, it would've just seemed like a normal day. Seeing videos at totality you could definitely notice the atmosphere darken to almost twilight so I can see them noticing the effects in that sense. But to actually see the sphere of the moon pass in front of the sphere of the earth an ancient civilization would actually need some sort of tool, right? Considering that it's depicted almost exactly what it would look like when viewing it through your glasses in their ancient texts. Can anyone shed some light on this?