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.
The Dead and the Afterlife: the Phoenicians and Carthage
Documentary · 6:29 — A ten‑minute journey through Phoenician and Carthaginian burial customs, the rites for the dead, and how ancestors shaped identity.
How They Built: The Phoenicians and Carthage
Documentary · 5:56 — A ten‑minute look at the materials, tools, and labour that let Phoenician settlers raise Carthage’s monumental architecture, and the questions scholars still wrestle with.
Trade and Travel: Ancient Greece
Documentary · 6:56 — A fast‑paced look at the sea lanes, overland caravans, and the goods that moved across the ancient Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Crafts and Makers: The Amazigh of North Africa
Documentary · 5:47 — A ten‑minute portrait of Amazigh artisans, from ancient metalworkers and weavers to potters and scribes, grounded in archaeological finds and historic accounts.
The Dead and the Afterlife: Babylon
Documentary · 6:10 — Exploring Babylonian tombs, burial customs, beliefs about the soul’s journey, and ancestor veneration.
Petra of the Nabataeans
Documentary · 6:30 — A ten‑minute journey through Petra’s rock‑cut monuments, its ingenious water system, and the incense caravans that made the city flourish.
Seti Asiatics — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Sennedjem Ploughing — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Sennedjem Harvest — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Sea Peoples Ship Sherden — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Sea Peoples Prisoner Led — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Sea Peoples Naval Melee — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.