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The Story
Read this aloud to your explorers before the game begins:
Exploring Ancient Egypt! It's where your grandfather, Howard Carter, discovered the remains of the ancient pharaoh Tutankhamun. But he had a secret. Something he never told anyone, but you!
He believed there was another tomb connected to the first. A hidden tomb. A Lost Mummy. You've spent years preparing, and now it's your chance to find it! The boat ride to Egypt took forever, but you are finally setting foot on the dusty sand, ready to unearth this mystery.
How To Solve Puzzles
Solving puzzles in The Lost Mummy involves making lateral connections between clues, or completing tasks like mazes. Start where any good explorer would: by looking at the evidence on the puzzle cards. Some are easier to tackle than others, so check them all out to get a feel for how things work.
- You have some of your grandfather's old Journals to give you clues along the way. You'll need them, so start by folding them together.
- Write your answers on the Archaeologist Report. Not sure where an answer fits? Keep solving other puzzles and use the process of elimination.
- Each puzzle has just one way of solving it, and the answer is usually a word or a two-word phrase.
- You'll find your way out when you've completed the entire report. Good luck!
Hints From Grandpa Carter
Having trouble solving a puzzle? Check these extra hints from your grandfather, Howard Carter. His previous expeditions might be of help.
The Diaries
Hint
To repair the Diaries, simply fold along both lines to make the book. If you'd like to go all out, you can also trim around the edges and glue the white sides together.
Solution
The diaries aren't a puzzle themselves: they contain hints and facts you'll need to complete the other puzzles in the game. Keep them handy throughout.
The Snake Stones
Hint
The stones can be aligned in a special way to complete the snake. Look up Howard Carter's diaries for a hint on where to place each stone.
Solution
Follow the snake's path to find the 4-digit combination 3245. This can be read by looking at the Ancient Egyptian numbers along the snake's body when the stones are aligned.
The Translation Stone
Hint
The purple colour of the stone blocks must match another puzzle page. Time to get the scissors working and cut out each of the stone blocks!
Solution
Using the translation stone, we get: "Birth to Twins", "Royal Sister", "Third Word", "Fifth Word".
The 3rd and 5th words are TWIN SISTER. Tutankhamun must have had a twin sister!
The Hieroglyph Wall
Hint
This hieroglyph wall painting shows Anubis inspecting the Heart of Life. The six stages of the Lost Mummy's life surround the Scales, but they don't seem to be in order.
Ahh, I have seen those heart pieces before! The diaries should help me decipher the life of the Lost Mummy.
Solution
The Diaries contain each heart piece, and a clue matching it to the Life of the Lost Mummy. Translating the life events in order, we get PHARAOH.
Ammut, Goddess Of The Feather
Hint 1
The shattered stone animals have to be cut out and put back together. But there is only one true form, what could it be? One head, one body and one set of legs combine to form the true Goddess of the Feather. I know her name: Ammut!
Looks like the circles and lines on the animals have to match up to find the answer. There are different sized circles along the edges of each piece. Translate the two hieroglyphs on each animal section and line them up to read the answer. Only one combination of three animal sections produces a word.
Hint 2
The head is cold-blooded. The body pounces. The legs are strength.
Solution
Crocodile Head = WO, Lioness Body = RT, Hippo Legs = HY. The Goddess Ammut has found the Lost Mummy to be WORTHY!
Here is a real wall painting of Ammut. She watches carefully at the Weighing of the Heart, and will eat the heart of the pharaoh if it hasn't followed the 42 principles of Ma'at.
The Pyramid
Hint
Time to cut out and build! Cut out and paste together the pyramid. It must match another puzzle page, the icon in the top right gives us a clue.
Solution
The diary clue tells us to align the entrance of the tomb with north. The green circle disk has a North indicator on it, so place the pyramid on the square with that alignment.
The Obelisk Pillars
Hint
Looks like there are four stone pillars to cut out and glue or tape together. There is a four-letter translation on each pillar, making a sentence. The green colour must match another puzzle page.
Perhaps the pillars need to be aligned somehow? Maybe the Diary has some useful clues.
Solution
Following the clues in the diary, we can work out which pillar aligns on the stone circle disk. There is only one correct text on each pillar (the others translate to decoys like "CANT", "MISS", etc.):
- Frog = Skip
- Cat = the t
- Scarab = rip w
- Ankh = ires
Reading them together: SKIP THE TRIP WIRES!
The Rosetta Stone
Hint
In the kit you will find an alphabet written in an Ancient Egyptian-style font, which needs to be placed correctly on the Rosetta Stone sheet. Cut out the symbols and arrange them based on the hints found in the 4 diaries.
For example: b, c, d, e, f, g are on one slab of rock with corresponding symbols of a foot, cup, hand, arm, slithering animal, and headpiece. This can be worked out by reading "Foot = B" in diary 4. Keep filling these in, any leftovers will only have one place they fit. Enjoy cracking the code!
Solution
Cutting out the purple stone blocks, they arrange into this pattern:
The Stone Marker
Hint
This green colour must match another puzzle page. The stone pillars and pyramid bases would match these blocks well. The North compass face looks important.
Solution
The stone marker disk is the base that ties the construction puzzles together. Place the pyramid and the four obelisk pillars onto the green circle disk, using the North compass face for alignment (the diary tells you the tomb entrance faces north).
With everything correctly aligned, the pillars read out the phrase from the Obelisk puzzle: SKIP THE TRIP WIRES. Enter it on your Archaeological Mission report sheet.
The Mission Report (Finale)
Hint
This is the Answer Sheet, a way to track all of the mission items. There are 5 puzzles, each with an answer word or phrase to fill out.
There are 4 numbers in a block at the top right of the page, with an underline on the first one. There is another underline on the page as well. The numbers must match some letters.
Full Solution
Here are the answers in sequence:
- 1. 3245 Years
- 2. Twin Sister
- 3. Worthy
- 4. Pharaoh
- 5. Skip the Trip Wires
Bonus puzzle: make the word STAR by taking one letter from each answer. The number sequence tells you which letter to use. Congratulations, you're a star adventurer!
The game ends here. If you'd like a climactic end to your adventure, set up and complete the trip maze game (found in Props, then Trip maze).
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