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.
Gods in Real Places: the Andes
Documentary · 7:38 — Exploring how Andean peoples wove mountains, rivers, springs and temples into a living landscape of gods and spirits.
Festivals and Rites: the Norse
Documentary · 7:15 — A ten‑minute visual journey through Viking‑Age celebrations, music, incense and temple rites, grounded in archaeological finds and contemporary texts.
Crafts and Makers: Sumer and Akkad
Documentary · 4:59 — A ten‑minute look at the artisans who shaped early Mesopotamian life—metalworkers, weavers, potters, and scribes—and the objects that reveal their skill.
Gods in Real Places: the Persian Empires
Documentary · 6:41 — Exploring how Persian deities and spirits were anchored to mountains, rivers, springs, and temples, showing the overlap of the sacred and the landscape.
Daily Life: Byzantium
Documentary · 5:51 — A ten‑minute glimpse into the homes, food, work, markets, family life, clothing and adornment of Constantinople’s citizens.
Crafts and Makers: Ancient Egypt
Documentary · 6:23 — A ten‑minute journey through the workshops, workshops, and scribal offices that created Egypt’s famed metalwork, textiles, pottery, and writing.
Peseshet — Lily offering e11377
Character scene · 0:06
Peseshet — Menna fowling
Character scene · 0:08
The pythia — Atc kithara vase
Character scene · 0:06
Usekh broad collar — Cleo berlin head three quarter
Character scene · 0:07
Sonchis of sais — Latona children mengs
Character scene · 0:07
Tutankhamun gold mask — Nef wilbour plaque
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.