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: the Persian Empires
Documentary · 6:10 — How the Achaemenid and later Persian states linked distant lands by road, sea, and caravan, moving tribute, raw materials, and luxury goods.
Persepolis: Empire, Fire, and Memory
Documentary · 4:53 — From Darius’s founding of the Apadana to Alexander’s blaze and modern preservation, the documentary traces the rise, destruction, and legacy of Persia’s ceremonial heart.
Kings, Queens and Courts: the Andes
Documentary · 4:07 — A ten‑minute journey through the rise, splendor and fall of Andean imperial power, focusing on rulers, palaces and royal regalia.
Crafts and Makers: the Persian Empires
Documentary · 6:32 — From bronze lion heads to woven textiles, the documentary traces the artisans, workshops, and scribes that powered the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian empires.
How They Built: The Celts
Documentary · 5:25 — A ten‑minute look at Celtic monument building, the tools and labour behind them, and the questions scholars still ask.
Festivals and rites: Rome
Documentary · 6:38 — A ten‑minute visual tour of Roman festivals, their music, incense, and sacred ceremonies.
Sherden round shield — Nef cleveland talatat painted
Character scene · 0:06
The pythia — Cleo coin ascalon tetradrachm
Character scene · 0:07
Sonchis of sais — 7e5c9055 1416
Character scene · 0:07
Piriform mace head — Body denisovan
Character scene · 0:08
The pythia — Aamu leaders met
Character scene · 0:06
Sonchis of sais — Greek zeus ganymede
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.