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1. uri ud Each player controls the pits and counters on his side of ff ae 5 P the board and the home container on the right During the game tokens are moved counterclockwise D U R E T D E f N U D E to each player s right around the board The winner is the player who ends the game with the most tokens in his home container e The first player takes all tokens from any pit on his side He then distributes these tokens counterclockwise He puts one token into each successive pit including his p U D F i l K own home container and each pit of his opponent Tokens are not put in the opponent s home container Oo When the tokens from the chosen pit have all been dis tributed the player s turn ends If the last token was placed in the player s home container he takes another turn If not the other player repeats steps 3 and 4 If the last token on a turn goes into an empty pit on the player s own side that sets up a capture The final token played and any tokens in the opposite pit of the other player are considered captured These tokens are placed in the home container of the player whose turn it is A capture ends a turn Players take turns until one player has no tokens in any of the pits on his or her side At that point the player who still has tokens in pits removes them to his home container The player with the most tokens in the home container wins the game QU BE2S qeJe9G2. the artistic effect it looked better that way Sometimes hiero glyphics were part of large paintings The hieroglyphics in such paintings faced the same direction as the person they 23 described Solving Hieroglyphic Code Here are some English words written with a hieroglyphic alphabet See if you can figure out what they mean Use the hieroglyphic alphabet on page 22 24 See answers on back cover DIRECTIONS RECASTING YOUR MYSTERY MATRIX CLAY You can use the Mystery Matrix Clay over and over again e Excavate your Egyptian treasures once more by casting a new Mystery Matrix e Create a whole new mystery What would an archaeolo gist of the future find in a Mystery Matrix excavated at your house or school Cast a new matrix but place in it artifacts of your own coins keys small plastic toys anything that won t be harmed by water e Make miniature replicas of the great monuments of the pharaohs a pyramid or a sphinx e Use the clay to mold shapes of your own Here s how to recast the Mystery Matrix Clay Gp Spread newspaper or another protective covering on your work area 95 Pour the broken pieces of clay and the clay powder you have saved onto this area Use a small hammer or mallet to carefully break any large lumps of clay into powder Note Be sure to wear eye protec amp tion 25 26 O Spoon the powdered clay into the mold you re going to
3. the god is shown in human form with a jackal s head as in this amulet An amulet is a small object worn gt as a charm against evil In many Egyptian tombs Anubis is pictured at a balance scale He weighs the heart of the person who has died against a symbol of truth Egyptians believed that Anubis was the guide who would show them the way to the afterlife The Egyptian city where Anubis was principally celebrated was called Kynopolis Greek for Dog City m E a E fe a oH Your figure of Anubis has an opening at the top between the ears If you like you can thread string yarn or a thin strip of leather through this opening and wear the figure around your neck or wrist Your ankh and scarab can also be worn this way 17 18 The TRBLET Official and religious records were written by scribes in a picture writing called hiero glyphics Learn more about hieroglyphics on page 21 Usually hiero glyphics were painted with a small reed brush Sometimes they were carved in stone or tooled into soft clay Your tablet represents just such a record The hieroglyphics pic tured on the tablet and on other artifacts were special ly designed for this kit They are used as a code for English words Look at the side of the tablet with the large eye The hieroglyphics under the eye tell about this symbol The word on the left is the name of the Egyptian god this eye represents The word on the right i
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5. IDPEHO JSIIGEH O sepert t ripi RERE TEES ERE 8 The Egyptian Empire 0 0 eee eee eee 9 Directions Excavate Your Buried Treasures 11 Record Your Dala ccacnssasegmgsecesessensvere oes 14 Buried Treasure Fact Sheets 008 17 nuno MEM 17 IMG Wap E E E E 18 TAN eane erR ANER 19 ills DCAlAOr guste ae ee ay esse aan see te gene eee een aes 20 PHeras vDDOSca veceewene acts us neuennesetaecneas 21 Hierogi phic Ind GE jesgeacer ana dew t sheen nos sees 22 The Mystery of Hieroglyphics Solved 23 Usne DIOS MICS Los oce arque REUS paper ance a a a 23 Solving Hieroglyphic Code races geo zb E Rig 24 Directions Recasting the Mystery Matrix Clay 23 lucc DIT 28 Jd JC P m 28 Mankala A Game of Ancient Egypt 29 PUGWeU NC e D eee Back Cover SEARCH F R BURIED TREASURE Are you ready to dig into history and discover the won ders of an ancient world Grab your digging tool and brush It s time to search for buried treasure just as archaeologists do Archaeologists are scientists who study the way people lived long ago They do this by digging up and studying the tools pottery and even buildings that ancient people left behind For many years archaeologists have been studying the treasures of ancient Egypt Now you can too Here s everything you ll need Archaeologist s Guide Book This guide book contains instructions background history a
6. cast Count how many tablespoons it takes to fill the mold o Next pour the clay powder from the mold into a mix ing bowl Put 2 more tablespoons of clay powder into the bowl For a new matrix add all remaining powder measuring it by the tablespoon Add warm or hot water to the clay powder For every 2 tablespoons of powder you ve put in the bowl add 1 teaspoon of water c Mix water and clay until they are blended into a thick grainy paste Like spoon cookie dough it should stick to a spoon even when you turn the spoon over Q opoon this paste into the mold packing it in solidly If you are making a new matrix cover the bottom of the mold first As you fill the mold put each artifact into the new matrix Surround each artifact with clay paste Continue putting the clay paste into the mold until it is full Smooth the top of your filled mold tapping the paste gently with the back of the spoon to make sure the mold is well packed 10 Set the mold outdoors to dry in the sunshine for 3 1 2 to 8 hours The time needed depends on the weather If it s hot and dry your mold will dry more quickly If it s humid drying time will be longer You can also set the mold under an incandescent light bulb Place it no closer than 6 inches 15 cm from the bulb Drying time will vary indoors but could take up to 24 or even 36 hours Q When the clay is dry it fades from the dark color of the paste to the lighter tone
7. nner mummy shaped coffin To make sure they had all they needed on their journey to the afterlife wealthy Egyptians were buried with great trea sures foods favorite possessions and even rooms full of furniture The famous pyramids of Egypt were built as tombs for the pharaohs The pyramids were robbed of their treasures thousands of years ago In time pharaohs began to hide their gold filled tombs in the cliffs of the Valley of wipe E M An d e AX DAMM aS SEN pL E a ar LETT atras aus c us mr T TOLL Sse V eee TT lil il Va Ul from hollowed log the Kings rather than letting everyone know where their riches could be found The Egyptian Empire For two thousand years Egypt was one of the most important and power ful nations in the world Its traders brought goods from across the Mediterranean Sea Its army con trolled lands and people south into Africa and north into Syria and Palestine The buildings and monu ments the Egyptians built still amaze us today Their art and culture influ enced people in southern Europe western Asia and northern Africa Gradually internal struggles for power weakened Egypt and other nations took its wealth and lands The Greek ruler Alexander the Great con quered Egypt and his general Ptolemy seized power after his death Later Rome defeated the last of Egypt s ro
8. of the original matrix and pow der Gently press the edge of your thumb into the clay If it s still soft like ripe fruit it needs more drying time When the paste is almost dry turn the mold over and gently wiggle its plastic walls to free the newly cast clay Q9 If you made a sphinx you can use your excavation tool to carve details of the face Look at the illustration of the Great Sphinx of Giza on page 28 for ideas HINT As you carve you can smooth out mistakes Use the tip of a finger and rub the clay very gently This technique will also add to the weather beaten look of your carving Did you know the real monument had its nose shot off in the 18th century by the troops of Napoleon 13 Remember save your Mystery Matrix Clay any time you break up or carve a cast piece You can reuse it many times 27 28 About the Monuments PYRAMID Pharaohs and their queens were buried in pyramids tombs for the rulers of ancient Egypt More than seventy were built and more than thirty of these can be seen today along the Nile River The largest and most famous is the Great Pyramid of Giza built for the pharaoh Khufu It stands about 450 feet tall 140 meters and has long been con sidered one of the architectural wonders of the world SPHINN The sphinx is a mythological crea ture with the body of a lion and the head and sometimes the chest of a human being In ancient Egypt the strength of the lion joined
9. other peoples And once each year the river overflowed deposit ing a rich layer of silt along its banks This silt made pro ductive farming possible even at the edge of the world s greatest desert Cities grew up along the Nile and over time a great civi lization developed The People of Ancient Egypt For thousands of years Egypt was ruled by pharaohs The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was not only a king but a god as well The pharaohs were very powerful and had great wealth In Egyptian life the pharaoh nobles high priests and chief scribes enjoyed all the good things of the land They lived with their families in fine houses ate a wide variety of won derful food and were waited upon by servants The nobles fished and hunted and watched over the running of the government They also planned great building projects pyramids and other monuments built by the ancient Egyptians can still be seen today It was the job of the scribe to record information about Egyptian life The scribes of ancient Egypt developed a system of writing called hieroglyphics They kept careful records of crops grown and cattle raised tracking the many details of running a great empire They also wrote down laws and the teachings of the Egyptian religion Scribes held an honored position in Egyptian life Because of their work we know many things today about Egypt s past On the artifacts you find you will see hieroglyphics like the ones
10. recorded by scribes The priests organized public ceremonies to honor the many gods worshipped by the Egyptians Temples were built and offerings were made to the sun gods Ra and Amon Re Many other gods including Horus the sky god Osiris the god of the underworld and Isis the mother goddess also received sacrifices from the priests and people A middle class of merchants and craftsmen served under the nobility Sailors cloth makers sculptors and stonema sons all were trained to perform their tasks These people had small homes and modest comforts in furniture clothing and food The common people worked the farmlands Their families lived in one room mud huts They wore very simple clothing and ate a share of food from the crops they harvested During the dry season they provided the muscle power used to construct the pharaohs great pyramids and memorials p nat UIN Preparing for the Afterlife The ancient Egyptians worshipped many gods They also believed that death was not the end of life but a passing from this world to another They believed that after death a person s spirit stayed near the physical body It was very important then that the body be well preserved so the spirit would not be homeless Because of this Egyptians developed a way to mummify or preserve dead bodies zi ud NS N Mummy of Seti I BA 7 XY a Outer shroud held in place by bandages I
11. rning GLOVES GARDENING GLOVES WORK FINE TO PROTECT YOUR HANDS AS YOU WORK Work slowly and carefully so you don t scratch or dam age any artifacts with your tool Remember the artifacts could be buried anywhere inside the matrix IMPORTANT As you work save all the clay that made up the matrix Don t throw it away or let it fall onto the floor When you ve found all of your artifacts you ll be able to recast this clay into a new matrix or other figures See pages 25 27 for directions When you see an artifact showing through the clay be careful not to scratch it with your tool Carefully dig out the clay from around the artifact When you ve uncov 12 ered its top and sides start to dig out the clay under neath it Never try to pull a specimen from the clay before you ve dug completely around it The artifacts might break if not removed gently O After you ve freed your first artifact from the clay place it on the newspaper Use the excavation tool to remove any big clumps of clay from the artifact Then use the brush to dust off the remaining clay You can use a damp cloth or carefully rinse with water to clean off the residue once all of the clay has been removed e Follow these steps until you have found all four of the artifacts As you find each one fill out a Data Card pages 14 16 13 RECORD YOUR DATA When an archaeologist digs up an artifact he or she writes down where it was found wha
12. s a carving or an amulet that looks like the scarab beetle also known as the dung beetle The Egyptian dung beetle often has gold en colors on its back This coloring and the bee tle s rounded shape reminded Egyptians of the sun The sun god Ra or Amun was one of the most important figures in the Egyptian reli gion He was sometimes thought to appear as a scarab beetle The scarab beetle can often be seen burrowing up through the soil along the banks of the Nile To the ancient Egyptians the beetle looked like it was coming back to life after dying The scarab became a powerful symbol of immortality The artifact you uncovered has a coded English word on the inside It names this amulet Can you decode the hieroglyphic message HIEROGLYPHICS Five thousand years ago the Egyptians developed a system of writing using pic tures This system was later called hiero glyphics from the Greek words meaning sacred carvings Hieroglyphics could be written from left to right like English from right to left like Hebrew or even from top to bottom in a column like form Egyptians read from whatever direction the hieroglyphics faced The first hieroglyphics were simple pic tures of things A picture of a lion for example meant lion Later certain pic tures were used to represent single sounds as do the letters of our own alphabet The sound of n for example was represented by Ww the symbol for wa
13. s another name for this eye symbol On the back of the tablet is a much longer message in hieroglyphic code It was inspired by blessings from the religious writings of ancient Egypt Like real archaeologists you can try to decipher these messages Use the hieroglyphic alphabet on page 22 to see if you can translate them The answers are in the back of this guide book The ANKH The cross with a looped top is an ankh a hieroglyphic meaning life It was also a reli gious symbol thought by some to represent the key tto que ert redes Tm many paintings found on the walls of Egyptian tombs gods pharaohs and other important people are shown carrying ankhs Look carefully at the carvings on your ankh The beetle on one side is called a scarab You ll find out more about scarabs on page 20 Beneath the scarab are hieroglyphics These spell out the name of an Egyptian god of the afterlife who is often pictured carrying an ankh On the other side of the ankh is a picture of an animal that was very important to the Egyptians It was important because it protected their grain a valuable food supply Can you guess what animal this is The hieroglyphics beneath the picture spell out the name of the Egyptian goddess for whom this animal was sacred In fact pictures of this goddess often show her with the head of this animal 19 20 The SCARAB The most commnon Egyptian artifact is the scarab The scarab i
14. special hieroglyphic code data cards and games Mystery Matrix Your four buried treasures are hidden inside the Mystery Matrix The Mystery Matrix Clay can also be recast for hours of additional fun Excavation Tools Proper tools are very important to an archaeologist We ve included a special digging tool and a brush for use in uncovering your buried treasures Mystery Matrix Molds The tray that holds your kit can be used to recast the Brush Mystery Matrix Mystery Matrix Clay You can reform the Mystery Matrix or Clay Brick with even make your own pyramid Egyptian Treasures or sphinx Le Digging Tool Mystery Matrix Mold Tray BACKGROUND DATA ANCIENT EGYPT Archaeologists do much more than dig up ancient objects They also find out everything they can about them who made them what they were used for how old they are and what they meant to their owners To answer these ques tions archaeologists must learn as much as they can about the land and the people from which the objects came To better understand the treasures you will find you ll need to know something about ancient Egypt Egypt The Land by the Nile For thousands of years people have lived along the banks of Africa s greatest river the Nile For the early Egyptians this river was truly the source of life Fish from the Nile fed their families Its waters carried boats the length of the country allowing Egyptians to develop trade with
15. t it looks like and any other information that might be important Fill out one Data Card pages 14 16 for each artifact you find You ll need to check out the Fact Sheets on pages 17 20 to answer some of the questions on the Data Cards or it Draw a picture of your find Col Describe the object a ee What do you find most interesting about this artifact ee ncient Egyptian What did this artifact mean to an a What is the artifact 14 BURIED Draw a picture of your find Color j Describe the object n Ims aM cR RN What do you find m about this artifact Ost Interesting REDE RM What is the artifact hat did this artifact mean to an ancient Egyptian ARTIFACT 3 Draw a picture of your find Color it Describe the object What do you find most interesting about this artifact What is the artifact What did this artifact mean to an ancient Egyptian 15 16 ARTIFACT 4 Draw a picture of your find Color it Describe the object NEN MERE oon What do you find most interesting about this e TS e What is the artifact What did this artifact mean to an ancient Egyptian hhh a aa TREASURE FACT SHEETS Here s some information about the treasures you discovered ANUBIS Ne Anubis protector of the dead Sometimes Anubis is seen as a four footed jackal or dog In other images
16. ter Still other symbols represented ideas like happiness or sadness In time all of these symbols were used together as they are on this obelisk Since they were not always used the same way each time hieroglyphics became very compli cated Obelisk A Hieroglyphic Alphabet Here are twenty five symbols that closely match the sounds of the English alphabet The hieroglyphics pictured here each represented one sound much like the letters used in many modern languages HIEROGLYPHIC ALPHABET K hard C like in cap S soft c like in Queen like in race gt 2 u oo w like in rule The Mystery of Hieroglyphics Solved The use of hieroglyphics gradually faded out In time no one knew how to read them at all Over the years many artifacts were found bearing hieroglyphics but no one could translate them It seemed that ancient Egypt would keep its secrets for all eternity Then in 1799 a French soldier found a large tablet with the same message written in three languages This find known as the Rosetta Stone eventually allowed scholars to unlock the meaning of hieroglyphics Using Hieroglyphics Names of the gods and pharaohs were among the first hiero glyphics to be under C I IO P A T R A stood A pharaoh s name was placed within a loop called a cartouche In this example some of the hieroglyphics are stacked on top of each other This was often done by Egyptian scribes just for
17. with the intelligence of a human symbolized the power and authority of the pharaoh Many images sculptures and carvings of the sphinx have been found The best known is the Great Sphinx of Giza It is sculpted from a natural bluff and is 240 feet 73 meters long and 66 feet 20 meters high MANKALA A GAME OF ANCIENT EGYPT The ancient Egyptians loved to play games Mankala is a game of strategy that was played in many parts of Africa under many different names To play Mankala you will need e an egg carton e 48 counting tokens e two plastic butter tubs or other small containers Puttons bingo tokens dried beans or plastic beads can be used as tokens People who lived near the seashore used very small shells as tokens when they played this game omooth pebbles were used in many places The color and shape of the tokens make no difference to the game The object of the game is to capture as many of the tokens as possible by placing them into your home container ap To start the game two players face each other on oppo site sides of the egg carton An empty container is placed at each end Place four tokens in each of the openings in the egg carton Each opening is called a pit OOO000 Otle6660600 U0 Se 29
18. yalty Queen Cleopatra VII Finally as the Roman Empire crumbled Muslims from Arabia seized control of the land of the Nile Ancient Egypt Today Although the pharaohs of Egypt are gone many of their pyramids temples monuments and artifacts remain to tell us about Egyptian life long ago Archaeologists still explore the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and they still seek answers to questions about this great civilization Your Mystery Matrix holds artifacts like those found by archaeologists If you re ready it s time to begin your trip into the past for a Buried Treasure Egyptian Dig ye bu 1 i ul F T Ln m LI L p ia 1 DIRECTIONS EXCAVATE YOUR BURIED TREASURES Before You Begin Set up a place to work The area you choose must remain undisturbed while you complete your excavation Spread out plenty of sheets of newspaper Work on a floor or table counter that can easily be cleaned off when you re finished YOU LL NEED ep Follow These Steps Before beginning read all the directions carefully Gp Carefully examine the surface of the clay matrix before you start Look for bumps or dents that might show where one of your artifacts is buried e Gently start to scrape away the edge of the clay with your excavation tool BE CAREFUL TO KEEP THE SHARP END OF THE TOOL POINTED AWAY FROM YOUR EYES BODY OR OTHER HAND WEAR WORK T Safety wa
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