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.
Farming: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 7:30 — A ten‑minute visual tour of ancient agricultural scenes, showing how each image is rooted in real archaeological and textual evidence.
Nefertiti: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 6:38 — A ten‑minute look at the recreated gallery pieces that depict Nefertiti, showing the original artifacts and their archaeological contexts.
The Horse: Time‑Mapped – Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:41 — From the first domesticated herds on the Eurasian steppe to the horse’s re‑introduction in the Americas and its decline by 1900, this ten‑minute film follows the animal’s pivotal role in human history.
Viruses Between Species: Spillover and Spillback – The Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:55 — A ten‑minute journey from ancient accounts of animal‑borne disease to modern spillover and spillback events involving bats, birds, camels and mink.
mtDNA Haplogroup Journeys: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:32 — A ten‑minute visual tour of how mitochondrial lineages spread, shifted, and faded from the Upper Paleolithic to the early medieval world.
Semitic and Afroasiatic Tongues: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 5:40 — From the first pictographs to the spread of Arabic, the documentary traces how Afroasiatic languages were recorded, transformed, and eventually superseded over three millennia.
Hathor lotus headband — Sabratha theatre
Character scene · 0:08
Vulture crown — Skull mummy
Character scene · 0:08
Sonchis of sais — Nef cleveland talatat painted
Character scene · 0:08
Nubian red sash — Menna lotus girl
Character scene · 0:08
A priestess of neith at sais — Hybrid siren kylix
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A priestess of neith at sais — Hybrid nessus deianira
Character scene · 0:06
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.