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 Amazigh of North Africa
Documentary · 6:05 — Exploring how Berber peoples wove deities and spirits into the mountains, springs, and temples of their landscape.
Kings, Queens and Courts: Byzantium
Documentary · 4:41 — A ten‑minute journey through the imperial palaces, regalia and ceremonies that defined Byzantine power from its foundation to its later transformations.
How They Built: the Norse
Documentary · 5:39 — A ten‑minute look at how Viking societies sourced timber, shaped stone, and organized labor to raise their iconic longhouses, churches and monuments.
The Dead and the Afterlife: the Amazigh of North Africa
Documentary · 6:41 — A ten‑minute visual journey through Amazigh burial sites, funerary rites, and the enduring belief in ancestors.
Gods in Real Places: Mesoamerica
Documentary · 7:16 — Exploring how Mesoamerican deities were anchored to mountains, rivers, springs, and temples, showing the overlap of the spirit world with the physical landscape.
Crafts and Makers: Assyria
Documentary · 6:59 — A ten‑minute look at the artisans who shaped Assyrian power through metalwork, textiles, pottery, and the scribal arts.
Tyre Port — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Tuareg Horseman Edwardes — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Tuareg Azdjer Women Foureau — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Tuareg Azdjer Tents Foureau — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Tuareg Azdjer Notable Camel — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Trajan Moorish Cavalry Cast — in 3D
Test animation · 0:05
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.