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.
Hanno the Navigator
Documentary · 4:26 — A ten‑minute look at the ancient Carthaginian voyage recorded in the Periplus of Hanno, its geographic clues, and the archaeological trace of his Atlantic colonies.
Zama: Trumpets Against the Elephants
Documentary · 5:01 — How Roman trumpets, Scipio’s checkerboard tactics, and Numidian cavalry turned Hannibal’s war elephants against him.
Honey and the Bee: Beekeeping in the Ancient World
Documentary · 6:28 — A ten‑minute visual journey from the earliest cave depictions of honey gathering to sophisticated apiaries across Egypt, the Near East, the Mediterranean, and the Maya world.
DNA 2: Mother Line, Father Line — mtDNA, Y‑DNA and Haplogroups
Documentary · 5:47 — Explains how mitochondrial and Y‑chromosome DNA are passed down, how mutations create haplogroups, and what those lineages reveal about deep ancestry.
The Horse That Changed the World
Documentary · 5:08 — From wild steppe herds to modern cavalry, this film traces the horse’s domestication, early riding cultures, the spread of the stirrup, and its transformative return to the Americas.
Tutankhamun meteoric iron dagger — 2a96f01f 273
Character scene · 0:07
Udjahorresnet — Skull la chapelle
Character scene · 0:06
Sherden round shield — Fayum athens child amulet
Character scene · 0:08
Egyptian hide shield — Egypt geb nut shu
Character scene · 0:06
Atc harpist tomb relief
Test animation · 0:11
Moorish cavalry of Lusius Quietus, Trajan's Column (1902 plate)
Test animation · 0:06
The pythia
Test animation · 0:08
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.