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.
Writing Systems: Time‑Mapped – the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 5:29 — From the first pictographs in Mesopotamia to modern alphabets, the film traces how writing was invented, transformed into alphabets, and spread across continents.
The Aztec and the Inca: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 5:22 — From their foundations in the 12th‑13th centuries to their collapse under Spanish conquest, the Aztec and Inca empires built vast networks of tribute, roads, and stone cities before disease and war ended them.
Neanderthals: the Rise and Fall
Documentary · 6:42 — From their emergence in Europe and western Asia to their disappearance, the film traces Neanderthal biology, culture, and the forces that ended their lineage.
Nubia: Scenes Remade
Documentary · 7:00 — A ten‑minute visual tour of Nubian history, showing the original sources behind the gallery’s recreated scenes.
Nebamun banquet: musicians and dancers
Test animation · 0:09
Statue of Cleopatra VII (basalt), Hermitage, upper body
Test animation · 0:06
Ship of the Shekelesh or Sherden — Medinet Habu (drawing)
Test animation · 0:09
Bible solomon dedication
Test animation · 0:08
The ferry to Gîza across the Nile
Test animation · 0:04
Tuareg horseman at Bida (1912)
Test animation · 0:04
Stick figure test: walk, run, leap
Test animation · 0:08
Hannibal's march
Test animation · 0:12
Everything in this set, and everything that comes next: documentaries · animated maps · animation lab · make your own.