Manage massive armies in your quest for domination.
Relive 6000 years of civilization that marked history and humanity in this
multimedia approach to Egypt. Explore one of history's major civilizations
through multiple menus and three-dimensional reconstructions, animations,
numerous videos, slide shows, audio commentaries and comprehensive texts.
A comprehensive history of Egypt is examined and divided into chronological
order with 18 periods starting from the Neolithic Period (6000 BC) and ending
with the Modern Age. This interactive program introduces you to the world of
hieroglyphics, the ancient Egyptian system of writing based on pictorial
symbols, and also includes a full chronological history divided into 18 time
periods.
Have a personal, 3D virtual tour of Tutankhamen's Tomb, the Pyramid of Cheops,
Neferati's Tomb, and a cruise down the Nile. Explore these areas by yourself, or
opt to take the guided tour and simply sit back, listen, and watch!
Life in Ancient Egypt - From the pharaohs' lives to architecture, every
aspect of Egyptian society is covered by theme or subject - mythology, clothing,
work, the family, funerary rites, war and court life. Sixteen of the greatest
pharaohs, including Tutankhamen, Ramses II and Akhenaton, and twenty-eight of
the principal Egyptian gods, such as Isis, Osiris, Anubis, Horus Nekhbet and
Bastet, are presented in detail.
Initiation in Hieroglyphs - Mysterious Egypt offers an exclusive in-
Mysterious Egypt offers an exclusive initiation in the art of hieroglyphs.
follow the traces of Champollion with explanations about the role of writing in
Egypt and detailed lessons on the Egyptian language. Hieroglyph hobbyists can
decipher several hieroglyphs in different levels of exercises with the help of
numerous enlightening analyses.
The Great Mysteries - How were the Khafre and Menkaure pyramids perfectly
aligned with the stars that form Orion's belt? Was the Giza Sphinx really
constructed 7000 years before the first pharaoh dynasty? Was it the fatal curse
of Tutankhamen that killed several of his tomb's raiders? Several hypotheses
attempt to answer these and many other mysteries.......
A Virtual Cruise - Take a cruise up the Nile from Abu Simbel to
Alexandria through Aswan, Luxor, Thebes, Giza and Cairo. Explore the wonders of
each site - the Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Tutankhamen's tomb, pyramids,
Hathor's temple, the Sphinx, the Rosetta Stone and many others.
3D menus and reconstructions
75 videos and animations
More than 1000 full-screen images
More than 70 slide shows
240 fact sheets
Text and image print and copy/paste
options
Chronology divided into 18 chapters from
6000 BC to today
1 hour of audio commentaries
1 hour of music
Key word search engine
Theme-oriented photo album
Detailed glossary and Index
Windows 95, 98, Me, XP
75 MHz processor
16 MB of RAM
100 MB free Hard Disk space
2 MB 16-bit PCI/AGP Graphics Card
16-bit Sound Blaster or Compatible Sound
Card with Speakers
256 color monitor supporting high color
(16-bit) at 640 x 480 resolution
"Great Digs of Mysterious Egypt")
