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.
Homo sapiens: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 7:07 — From the earliest modern human fossils 315,000 years ago to the seafaring societies that settled the Pacific, this film traces our species’ biological origins, cultural breakthroughs, and global migrations.
The Chariot: Time‑Mapped – Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:05 — From its earliest depictions around 2500 BC to its disappearance by the 1st century AD, the chariot reshaped warfare across continents.
Egypt through the Ages: The Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:05 — From the first unification to Roman annexation, Egypt’s dynasties, foreign rulers and cultural achievements are traced across three millennia.
Part human: gods & creatures – Scenes Remade
Documentary · 7:17 — A ten‑minute tour of ancient artworks that portray hybrid beings, showing the original monuments and the myths that inspired them.
Lotus perfume: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 8:21 — A ten‑minute visual journey tracing how ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures depicted and used lotus perfume, and how the gallery reconstructs those scenes.
Skin, Hair and Eye Colour: Time‑Mapped – the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:23 — A ten‑minute visual journey tracing when and where human skin, hair and eye colour variants first appear, using archaeological finds, ancient DNA and classical texts.
Mummy portrait of a bearded elderly man, er-Rubayat
Test animation · 0:06
Peseshet
Test animation · 0:08
A crew rows out
Test animation · 0:10
Egypt and Nubia, Vol. I: Luxor
Test animation · 0:08
Citadel of Sidon
Test animation · 0:11
Scribes recording the harvest
Test animation · 0:04
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.