Hathor is learning to make moving pictures from the same remakes, characters and objects that fill the Śilpa Śāstra gallery — wordless documentaries, animated maps with the years ticking by, and short test animations.
We are testing these features and looking to develop them. This is Hathor's alpha work, made on our own servers — the images and videos she makes next are expected to be much better and more accurate. Tell us what works and what doesn't: every video page has 👍/👎, comments and timestamped notes.
The Nile's Gods in Real Places
Documentary · 9:26 — For the Egyptians the gods lived at real places on the river — the flood at Elephantine, Isis at Philae, the crocodile god at Kom Ombo. A journey down the Nile through the spirit world as they saw it.
Kush and the Nile
Documentary · 9:48 — A wordless journey up the Nile into the land of Kush — the river and its flood, the archers of Kerma, the sacred mountain of Jebel Barkal, the pharaohs from Kush, the pyramids of Meroë and the queens who faced Rome.
Living with the Dead: Egyptian Tomb Life
Documentary · 9:40 — Inside the painted tombs of Thebes — banquets, fishing, harvests and the journey of the soul, as the Egyptians painted them for eternity.
Mesopotamia
Animated map · 1:46 — 3400 BC → 500 BC
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Egypt through the ages
Animated map · 1:36 — 3000 BC → 30 BC
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
The world's empires
Animated map · 2:06 — 3000 BC → AD 1900
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
The dynasties of China
Animated map · 2:06 — 1600 BC → AD 1911
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Kush and Nubia
Animated map · 1:36 — 1500 BC → AD 600
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Phoenicians and Carthage
Animated map · 1:26 — 1150 BC → 146 BC
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
The Persian empires
Animated map · 1:46 — 700 BC → AD 651
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Empires of India
Animated map · 1:56 — 600 BC → AD 1858
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Rome, from city to empire
Animated map · 1:46 — 500 BC → AD 476
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Credits: Territories: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) — simplified and recoloured. Base map: Natural Earth (public domain).
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.