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.
Trade and Travel: the Celts
Documentary · 6:42 — How Celtic societies moved goods across Europe by river, sea, and road, and why they did it.
Kings, Queens and Courts: Kush and Nubia
Documentary · 6:23 — A ten‑minute journey through the rise of Kush, its rule over Egypt, the splendor of the Meroitic court, and its lasting diplomatic legacy.
Crafts and Makers: Ethiopia and Aksum
Documentary · 5:37 — A visual journey through the artisans of Aksum, revealing their metalwork, pottery, textiles, and the scribes who recorded their empire.
Gods in Real Places: Kush and Nubia
Documentary · 6:59 — Exploring how Nubian deities were anchored to mountains, rivers, springs and temples, where the spirit world and the physical landscape intersected.
Sonchis of sais — Tuareg horseman edwardes
Character scene · 0:08
Udjahorresnet — Nile fortress of ibrim
Character scene · 0:06
Composite bow — Hindu vamana trivikrama
Character scene · 0:07
Peseshet — Abizar numidian horseman
Character scene · 0:07
Modius crown — Nile funeral of a mummy
Character scene · 0:06
The pythia — Fayum petrie red youth
Character scene · 0:06
A priestess of neith at sais — Body neanderthal
Character scene · 0:07
Libyan antelope hide cloak — Latona children mengs
Character scene · 0:07
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.