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.
Delphi and the Oracle
Documentary · 10:12 — The navel of the world: the Pythia on her tripod, the Castalian spring, and the pilgrims who climbed the mountain to ask Apollo.
The Amazigh and the Queen of the Hoggar
Documentary · 9:36 — The Amazigh of North Africa — the Garamantes of the desert, the Tifinagh script, the rock art of Tassili, and the tomb of Tin Hinan, remembered as the mother of the Tuareg.
Carthage and the Phoenicians
Documentary · 8:58 — From the purple-dye cities of Phoenicia to Carthage, its round harbour, its goddess Tanit and its war with Rome.
Minoan Crete: The Palace of the Bull
Documentary · 4:09 — Knossos, the bull-leapers, the saffron gatherers of Thera, and the myth of the Minotaur — Bronze Age Crete in slow recreation.
Alexander's march
Animated map · 1:21 — 336 BC → 280 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).
Hannibal's war
Animated map · 1:06 — 219 BC → 201 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).
Byzantium
Animated map · 1:46 — AD 395 → AD 1453
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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 caliphates
Animated map · 1:36 — AD 632 → AD 1258
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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 Aztec and the Inca
Animated map · 1:16 — AD 1150 → AD 1572
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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 Mongol Empire
Animated map · 1:26 — AD 1206 → AD 1400
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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 Ottoman Empire
Animated map · 1:46 — AD 1299 → AD 1922
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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).
Shendyt kilt
Test animation · 0:06
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.