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.
Kings, queens and courts: Ancient Greece
Documentary · 6:31 — A ten‑minute journey through the evolution of Greek rulership, from Mycenaean wanax to Macedonian monarchs and Hellenistic courts, highlighting palaces, regalia and political memory.
The Dead and the Afterlife: the Scythians
Documentary · 5:49 — A ten‑minute look at Scythian burial mounds, funerary rites, elite tombs and ancestor worship on the Eurasian steppe.
Crafts and Makers: Rome
Documentary · 4:42 — A ten‑minute journey through the workshops of ancient Rome, revealing how metalworkers, weavers, potters, and scribes created the everyday objects of the empire.
Festivals and rites: Sumer and Akkad
Documentary · 7:46 — A ten‑minute glimpse into the music, incense, processions and sacred ceremonies that animated Sumerian and Akkadian temple life.
Trade and Travel: the Minoans and Mycenae
Documentary · 7:17 — A ten‑minute look at how the island civilization of Crete and the mainland power of Mycenae moved goods, people and ideas across sea and land.
Daily Life: The Celts
Documentary · 6:19 — A ten‑minute glimpse into how Celtic peoples built homes, fed families, worked the land, dressed, and organized society.
A priestess of neith at sais — Stele fc6a2fb7
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Golden flies of valour — Nile funeral of a mummy
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Peseshet — Skull jebel irhoud
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Sherden round shield — Hannibal alps poussin
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The pythia — Canaries gomeros
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The pythia — Atc standard ur peace
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Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.