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.
Festivals and Rites: Mesoamerica
Documentary · 5:06 — A ten‑minute visual journey through the daily, seasonal, and spectacular ceremonies that animated Maya and Aztec cities.
Crafts and Makers: Byzantium
Documentary · 3:28 — A ten‑minute journey through the imperial workshops, textile looms, pottery kilns, and scribal rooms that powered Byzantine art and daily life.
The Dead and the Afterlife: Sumer and Akkad
Documentary · 5:17 — A ten‑minute look at how the first Mesopotamian societies buried their dead, honored ancestors, and imagined the soul’s journey beyond death.
Daily Life: Ancient Greece
Documentary · 7:46 — A ten‑minute portrait of how ordinary Greeks lived, ate, worked, and dressed.
Daily Life in Ancient China
Documentary · 4:18 — A ten‑minute glimpse into how ordinary people in ancient China lived, worked, ate, and dressed.
A priestess of neith at sais — Greek zeus ganymede
Character scene · 0:06
Udjahorresnet — Bronze mycenae lion gate
Character scene · 0:06
Golden throne tutankhamun — Fayum ashmolean young man yellow
Character scene · 0:08
Sonchis of sais — Skull2 shanidar
Character scene · 0:07
Peseshet — 5db72396 599
Character scene · 0:06
Sonchis of sais — Nile edfu portico
Character scene · 0:07
Beeswax cakes — Nakht hoeing sowing
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.