BRAIN GAME TREASURE HUNTS PYRAMID PUZZLES by Dr Gareth Moore Minneapolis
CONTENTS Pyramid Puzzles Introduction 5 Let There Be Light A Hieroglyph Mystery Numbered Doors The Mummy’s Chamber Pyramid Piles Anubis’s Maze The Hidden Path A Papyrus Puzzle Let’s Get Out of Here The Final Gate Pyramid Puzzles Hints 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 Pyramid Puzzles Solutions 30 Index 32 Pictures like this one are called hieroglyphs The ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphs to represent words In this book whenever you see the word hieroglyph it is referring to an individual picture like this one
PYRAMID PUZZLES INTRODUCTION You’re in Egypt the land of the pharaohs and you are just beginning a visit to a recently discovered ancient pyramid The wind is stirring up a sandstorm outside so you are glad to get inside the pyramid where you find yourself all alone The incredibly well-preserved hieroglyphs inside the pyramid are so colorful that you don’t notice the sand piling up at the entrance until it is too late and you are trapped inside Welcome This is a special kind of book It contains a story with lots of puzzles but these puzzles don’t always tell you exactly what to do they provide only a certain amount of information and then it’s up to you to work out what to do and how to solve them If you get stuck use the hints provided They are an important part of each puzzle and you will need them for at least a few puzzles Read them one at a time and only go back for more if you are still stuck They are meant to help you rather than solve the whole puzzle 5
