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Drawing on Western movie icons about mummies and Egypt, this set of levels is best run under the Treasure of Egypt theme.

To polish your Egyptology, you will find factual tidbits related to each level in the hints, where the facts are drawn from Wikipedia rather than Hollywood.

This Championship game was composed by Steve Mann <smann at cgl uwaterloo ca>, with a few Egyptian ideas and the Red Sea level contributed by Ian Wadham.

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The Giza Plateau on the outskirts of Cairo is the site of the Giza Necropolis, which consists of the Pyramid of Khufu (The Great Pyramid), the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with the Great Sphinx and a number of other smaller edifices.

As you make your way under the plateau, try to avoid killing the mummies: if too many reappear on the right, it becomes difficult to escape at the end. To get started, you will need to use the technique of digging while falling.

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The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid (kbhw-ntrw in Egyptian) is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis.

To complete this level, it is important to proceed in steps: first free the mummy on the left side of the second level (from the bottom), allowing it to drop into and fill the hidden pit on the ground level.

Now enter the right side of the second level and move across the pole, over the mummy, and get the piece of treasure in the middle, being sure to dig out the brick to the left of the middle.

The mummy on the third level is a bit problematic because it will take a piece of treasure and carry it. You may get lucky and find that it abandons its treasure at some point, but you can also trap him in the one diggable brick on the right with careful timing.

Finally, before getting the last piece of treasure, be sure to open the bottom right of the step pyramid to allow the mummies on the right to enter the pyramid - if there is more than one mummy on the bottom right before the escape ladder appears, you will be unable to reach the exit.

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The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2,500 BC. The ship was almost certainly built for Khufu (King Cheops).

It is one of the oldest, largest, and best-preserved vessels from antiquity, and measures 43.6 m overall. Despite its age, it could sail today if put into water.

This is almost a simple level: good treasure and not too many mummies. But your task is to wrest the treasure they carry.

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The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Going up and down all the time must have been a chore for ancient Egyptians, much as you are likely to find it a chore going up and down this pyramid.

To get the second treasure from the left, you have to use the brick that blocks the ladder at the bottom as a bridge to escape.

To get the fourth treasure from the left, clear the three brick above and to the right of the left most mummy; if dug in the correct order, this will give you just enough time to grab the treasure and escape.

Some of the mummies must be released to get some of the treasure. However, get the first, second, and fourth treasures (from the left) before releasing any of the mummies. Be careful not to kill any mummies; if they appear to the right of the pyramid, you will be unable to finish the level. Also it is possible to release the mummies and trap them in one of the other chambers.

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Crocodiles can live to be over 100 years of age, with the largest species reaching 4.85 meters in length. Various species have been observed attacking and killing sharks.

Sobek was the deification of crocodiles. Egyptians who worked or travelled on the Nile hoped that if they prayed to Sobek, the crocodile god, he would protect them from being attacked by crocodiles.

In this level, it is not the crocodile you need to fear. Still, a prayer to Sobek might help you escape the mummies while you gather the treasure.

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The Giza Necropolis has been a popular tourist destination since antiquity, and was popularized in Hellenistic times when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Today it is the only one of those wonders still in existence.

You may find it easiest to navigate this wonder if you get two mummies in the far right pyramid before going over there.

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Tura was Egypt's primary quarry for limestone, and was used on the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The mining of this limestone left behind caverns that were later used by the British Army as a secret depot during World War II, and which you can now explore.

To the left of the bottom of the long shaft, there are two hidden pits. Free the mummy to the right of the long shaft to fill one of them and free the mummy in the large chamber to fill the other. Be sure to ride the first of the two mummies down to get the piece of treasure in the nook near the bottom of the shaft. When leaving this nook, dig to your right several times to open up your escape route.

Get all the treasure on the left of the board, then move to the right. Make sure to dig free the mummy at the top so that you can get its treasure later. You will also need its help to escape back to the left at the end of the level. The treasure on the right is easier to get than it looks: strategically placed false bricks make this the easy half of the level. Note: If you feel like some variety, you can do all of the right first and then the left.

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There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt, with the oldest being built around 2600 BC.

In this pyramid level (built around AD 2008), avoid (by luring away or killing) getting the two mummies in the middle of the bottom section.

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The Great Sphinx is a guardian of the Giza Plateau, where it faces the rising sun. Standing 73 meters long and 20 meters high, it is the largest monolith statue in the world and is a mere 4500 years young.

As you grab the treasure inside the sphinx, try to solve The Riddle of the Sphinx: how do you get past the horde of mummies on the right?