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: Ancient China
Documentary · 4:22 — A ten‑minute visual journey through Chinese tombs, burial rites, and beliefs about the soul’s passage to the ancestors.
Trade and Travel: Ethiopia and Aksum
Documentary · 6:35 — A concise look at Aksum’s maritime ports, overland caravans, and the goods that connected the Horn of Africa to the ancient world.
Daily Life: The Persian Empires
Documentary · 4:30 — A ten‑minute glimpse into homes, food, work, markets, family, clothing and adornment across the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanian periods.
Crafts and Makers: Kush and Nubia
Documentary · 6:58 — A ten‑minute look at the artisans of ancient Kush and Nubia, revealing their metalwork, weaving, pottery, and the scribes who recorded their world.
Udjahorresnet — Bfh oseberg ship
Character scene · 0:07
Sherden horned helmet — Nile ferry to giza
Character scene · 0:08
Sonchis of sais — Cleo isis montemartini
Character scene · 0:07
Wellcome Musicians Guests — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Wellcome Guests Attendants — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Vanquished Libyan Bronze — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Userhat Offerings Wife — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Userhat Mother Wife — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.