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Death in Sakkara: An Egyptian Adventure
Egypt, 1929. Journalist Charles Fox plunges into a darkly sinister world of intrigue, murder and mysticism in the hunt for a missing archaeologist. Multi-layered and fiendishly challenging, you'll be lucky to get out of this adventure alive.
If you love games, then the BBC's online game will thrill you to bits. It ties in with the special Egyptian ehibition currently appearing at the British Museum in London over the next couple of months.
The game includes: finding objects, solving puzzles and finding the missing female archaeologist.
A Windows shareware version of an Ancient Egyptian board game of which many have been found in tombs dating from approximately 2100 BC and which is known only by the name of Hounds and Jackals, because of the shape of its unique Hounds and Jackals playing pieces.
The game features stunning images, great game sounds, original MIDI background score, and MummyFacts of ancient Egypt. It is easy to learn and play, it teaches much about ancient Egypt, and is a lot of good fun besides.
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Board games were very common in Ancient Egypt and people from all levels of society played them.
However, the rules explaining how to play these games, alas, have not survived. By studying game boards and other evidence, experts have made some educated guesses about how these games were played.
