Talking Pyramids

For the final post in the series on Ancient Egyptian Games I’ve collected a bunch of games that can be played online and put them all together here on one page.

You can also purchase games for your computer from the Ancient Egyptian Games Shop.

Senet:
You can read all about the ancient Egyptian game of Senet or you can just jump straight in and play a game of Senet by clicking on the game board below:

An alternative game of Senet can be played at Paleoglot.

Hounds & Jackals:
Like Senet, Hounds & Jackals was another popular game in ancient Egypt.

Build a Pyramid
The BBC has a fun and educational game for children to learn about the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids and how they were built. It’s really quite authentic. The picture below, for example, shows the stage where you select the angle for your pyramid and the accompanying hieroglyphic writing is from plate 16 of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus.

Build another Pyramid
This game is similar to the game Pharaoh but is a bit more simple.

Explore the Tomb of Perneb
Explore the Tomb of Perneb at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Enigma
The game consists of four challenges found at locations on the map. After successfully completing each challenge you will be rewarded with a part of a hieroglyphics chart, which will be fully completed once you have met the four challenges. If you can answer all questions you will receive a screensaver as a prize!

Egyptian Pyramids Jigsaw puzzle
A fun Jigsaw puzzle with an Egyptian photograph. Just choose the yellow “Play as Guest” button.

The Challenge – ‘Lost and Found’
When Jane opened her eyes, the room was dark. She realised that she must have been asleep for hours. She tried to find her way out of the museum but all of the doors were locked. She realised that she was locked in the museum- all alone in the dark…

To get Jane out of the museum you must ask the gods and goddesses for help. They may ask you to bring them something before they give you any advice. Wake up Hathor first and remember Jane is counting on you…

Lost & Found

Egyptian Tomb Adventure
Looking for a new challenge? Not afraid of snakes and scorpions? Explore an anceint Egyptian tomb:

The Challenge – ‘The Underworld’
The ancient Egyptians believed that before a person could get to the afterlife, that they had to pass through the underworld. The underworld was a place that was full of terrifying monsters and dangerous animals. A person would need magic to successfully overcome these threats.

The ancient Egyptians chose spells to take with them on their journey. The spells were chosen from a group of spells known as the Book of the Dead. The spells were then written on a papyrus scroll which was buried with them in their tomb

The Nile File
Join Nakht-Amun as he shows you the world of Ancient Egypt. He’ll tell you all about hieroglyphs, pharaohs, temples, pyramids and more. At the end you will be given a quiz about what you’ve learned.

Escape from the Mummy’s Tomb
Discover and collect the artifacts as you move through the tomb but watch out for the Mummy!

Tomb of the Unknown Mummy

The Mummy Maker
This is where things start to get a bit messy. Not for the squeamish, in this game you get to scoop the brains out of Seneb’s nose as one of the stages of preparing the body for mummification. Its OK though, we made sure that Seneb was dead first.

Designing a Mummy isn’t as easy as, say, designing T-Shirts.

The Birmingham Museum of Arts for Kids has an educational walk-through. Guess the questions correctly and you get to see inside the mummy’s sarcophagus:

Museum of Civilization
Mummification: Click on any of four mummification stages to play a fun game in which you will learn about the steps involved in making a mummy. Canopic Jars: Learn which ancient Egyptian god protected which organ in the Canopic Jars game. Weighing of the Heart: In the last of the three games you get to weigh your heart to see if you are worthy to enter the afterlife. The goal is to make your way to the sarcophagus chamber by winning all three games.

Pharaoh’s Secret

Bricks of Egypt
Bricks of Egypt takes you on a fantastic journey through an Egyptian world of traps, lasers, fire-balls, gems and hieroglyphs. Classic brick-breaking action and three difficulty settings makes Bricks of Egypt fun for all ages:

Pharoah’s Tomb

Pharoah’s Treasure

Hangaroo
Play Hangaroo, a variation on Hangman. You can also play Hangaroo with a Tutankamon theme.

Immortal Cities: Nile Online
Nile Online is a persistent browser-based empire building game set in ancient Egypt. Play with thousands of other players as you construct cities and monuments worthy of your legacy as Pharaoh! Nile Online is casually paced; it’s something you can play throughout the day, minutes at a time.

The game is free to play and there is nothing to download or install – within seconds you’re commanding, tweaking and growing your empire from anywhere that you have access to the internet.

Death in Sakkara

Osiris

Pyramids Puzzle
Train your brain with this Pyramids puzzle.

Ancient Egyptian Tetrix

Mosaic – Tomb of Mystery
Venture to Ancient Egypt in this stunning mystery-puzzle quest filled with gorgeous effects and endless gameplay! Place shapes and decrypt ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs as you uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of King Tut. Play in Relaxed or Challenge Mode as you climb your way up through Egyptian society.

Ology World

Amenra
Explore the lost tomb of Amenra. Collect all the treasure while avoiding the creatures of Ancient Egypt. Fire a rope and hoist yourself to the platforms above.

Mysteries of Horus
Enter the Mysteries of Horus. Put the hieroglyphs in the appropriate slots to appease the Gods.

Bomb Jack at the Pyramids
An old fashioned arcade game set at the Giza pyramids.

Pyramid Solitaire
Pyramid Solitaire requires players to match cards so their face values equal thirteen. Kings are thirteen by themselves, Queens are twelve, Jacks are eleven and Aces are one. All other cards are the value on the cards.

Free Downloadable Games:
Mehen
20 Squares
Egypt Ball
Ancient Quest of Saqqarah 1.12 (25.6mb – one hour Demo)
Arrow Antics
Tomb of Giza 1.0 (1mb)
Scepter of Ra (17.12mb – one hour demo)
Rise of the Nile
Pharoah’s Feast (1mb)
Empire of the Gods (17mb)

Luxor (Mac OS X)
Luxor 3 (Mac OS X)
Ankh (Mac OS X)
Ancient Quest of Saqqarah (Mac OS X – one hour demo)
A Tale in the Desert (Mac OS X, Linux & Windows – 24 hour demo)

Amazing Adventures – The Lost Tomb
This one requires that you first download and install the game before you can play. The site offers both a free download and a paid version.

A piece of an ancient map was discovered and is believed to reveal the location of the Lost Tomb of Egypt. Under the direction of the Museum, begin your adventure to locate the Lost Tomb and the treasures locked within!

Previous Ancient Egyptian Games articles:
Ancient Egyptian Games: Senet
Ancient Egyptian Games: Hounds & Jackals
Ancient Egyptian Games: Mehen
Ancient Egyptian Games: Aseb

Extra Links:
Mary Harrsch’s blog Ancient Games
The Cleveland Museum of Art ‘Egypt Activity’ page.
A stack of Egyptian-themed board games and here.

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