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.
Trade and Travel: Kush and Nubia
Documentary · 8:16 — How the Nile and desert routes moved gold, iron, ivory and other goods between Kush, Nubia, Egypt and the Mediterranean.
Daily Life: The Amazigh of North Africa
Documentary · 6:14 — A ten‑minute portrait of Amazigh homes, food, work, markets, family, clothing and adornment from antiquity to the medieval period.
Gods in Real Places: Ancient China
Documentary · 6:59 — Exploring how mountains, rivers, springs and temples were seen as homes of deities, linking the spirit world to the Chinese landscape.
Festivals and Rites: Ancient Egypt
Documentary · 7:22 — A ten‑minute visual journey through the great festivals, processions, music, perfume and incense that animated ancient Egyptian religious life.
How They Built: Ancient Greece
Documentary · 7:13 — A ten‑minute look at the quarry, tools, labour and design that created Greece’s iconic stone monuments.
A priestess of neith at sais — Neferhotep boats
Character scene · 0:06
Udjahorresnet — Skull shanidar
Character scene · 0:07
Peseshet — Cleo berlin head three quarter
Character scene · 0:08
Sonchis of sais — Bronze mycenae lion gate
Character scene · 0:08
A priestess of neith at sais — Hannibal rhone motte
Character scene · 0:07
Duckbill axe — Cleo hermitage basalt statue full
Character scene · 0:08
Nubian red sash — Greek perseus medusa
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.