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.
Hyperborea & Delos: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 5:47 — A ten‑minute visual guide that links ancient literary and archaeological evidence of Hyperborean worship on Delos with modern reconstructions of those mythic and historic scenes.
Denisovans: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 5:47 — From their unexpected discovery in a Siberian cave to their far‑reaching genetic legacy, this film traces the rise, spread, and disappearance of the Denisovan lineage.
Boats, Fishing & Hunting: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 7:17 — A ten‑minute tour of ancient boat, fishing and hunting imagery, showing how artists recorded daily life and how modern reconstructions draw on those sources.
Y‑DNA Haplogroup Journeys: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:23 — A ten‑minute visual tour of how major Y‑DNA lineages spread from the Early Holocene to the medieval world, based on ancient DNA and modern genetic models.
Stone in the Hand: Tools Time‑Mapped – the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:52 — From the earliest stone flakes in Kenya to the precise masonry of the Egyptian pyramids and the massive Inca walls, this ten‑minute film maps how stone tools shaped human societies.
The Death of Cleopatra (later imagining)
Test animation · 0:04
Hannibal's march
Test animation · 0:12
Salammbô illustration (the colossus and the crowd)
Test animation · 0:09
A crew rows out
Test animation · 0:10
Libyan captive appliqué, bronze
Test animation · 0:09
Mummy portrait of a woman, Athens EAM 1628
Test animation · 0:08
Stick figure test: the fight
Test animation · 0:10
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.