Ancient Monuments

Ancient Monument of Art and Music

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Where	Midland Valley 984,5060

In Egypt, water is life, and what is life without Art? Artists, you will turn the life-giving water of Egypt into a thing of beauty. Build and arrange decorative basins, and in each of them construct a fountain. Fill the structure with water and watch it take on a life of its own as the water sprays from the fountains and pours from the basins, one into another. In search of serene beauty, amusing interactions, or thunderous amazement, the citizens of Egypt will visit and judge your work, and the most highly regarded creations will advance.

Ancient Monument of Thought

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Where	River Plains 1411,2806

A great discovery from Tyana! A series of ancient tablets, inspired by Thoth himself, have been unearthed. If deciphered, these tablets could reveal the secrets of the philosopher's stone and life itself. Unfortunately the text is so cryptic, that even the hieroglyphs themselves were not written down, but are obscured by an empty grid and numeric code. Mastering this code is the first step to discovering the secrets that Thoth graced our ancestors with. An Alchemist's Rune (more commonly known as a nonogram) is a 10x10 square filled in. Individual numbers indicate how many of those cells need to be adjacent to each other, while a comma indicates that there is a gap of one or more cells. The rune designer is given a 10x10 grid to work on, and can choose between one and three colors. Clicking within a cell fills it in, clicking again cycles to the next color or blank. After creating their desired rune, the processor generates the clues along the borders and the puzzle can be opened to the public. Note, it is entirely possible that any particular rune might have multiple valid solutions! Hence being able to finish and judge a puzzle should rely on filling in the grid in such a fashion that it meets the requirements, even if that does not match the designer's initial layout.

Ancient Monument of Worship

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Where	Midland Valley 1027,5402

Children of Egypt, the gods look upon you from the firmament and weep bitter tears. Where are their Temples, their devoted followers? Where are their priests? They ask for your dedication in body and spirit and devotions in actions, words and deed. They demand that you humble yourselves before them, that those of you deemed worthy may receive their blessings. The gods have thrown down the challenge and present you with the Test of the Humble Priests. You must humble yourself before your gods, 5 will chose you and test your devotion. Gather together with other priests chosen by your gods and travel to their Temples to dedicate yourselves to them by performing various small sacrifes, rituals, actions, tasks and prayers. Racing against time to appease those gods and fulfil their particular demands, if successful you will gain status in their eyes and be rewarded with their blessing.