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.
Crafts and Makers: the Norse
Documentary · 7:39 — A ten‑minute look at how Viking artisans shaped metal, textiles, pottery, and writing, revealing the skill behind their legendary ships and art.
Kings, Queens and Courts: Mesoamerica
Documentary · 4:39 — A rapid tour of the rulers, palaces and regalia that defined power across Maya, Aztec and Zapotec societies.
Gods in Real Places: Assyria
Documentary · 7:18 — Exploring how Assyrian deities were tied to actual mountains, rivers, springs, and temples, showing the overlap of the spirit world with the physical landscape.
Crafts and Makers: Ancient India
Documentary · 5:25 — A ten‑minute journey through the artisans of ancient India, revealing how metalworkers, potters, weavers and scribes shaped society.
Trade and Travel: Babylon
Documentary · 5:40 — How Babylon’s rivers, roads, and ports moved goods and people across the ancient Near East.
Festivals and Rites: the Phoenicians and Carthage
Documentary · 5:19 — A ten‑minute visual journey through the public celebrations, music, incense and temple rituals that defined Phoenician and Carthaginian religious life.
Onuris four plume headdress — Fayum ashmolean young man yellow
Character scene · 0:08
Udjahorresnet — 6fc00bec 357
Character scene · 0:06
The pythia — Cleo isis montemartini
Character scene · 0:07
Broad collar — Fayum berlin woman lilac chiton
Character scene · 0:08
Worn — Userhat offerings wife
Character scene · 0:06
A priestess of neith at sais — Body neanderthal
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.