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Death in SakkaraJust launched over at the BBC's history website is this gorgeous, interactive narrative and detective drama set in the late 1920's and produced by the award-winning creative team at Preloaded in the UK.

Death in Sakkara is an Egyptian adventure game, created in Flash, that offers a rich immersing narrative experience peppered with historical content, puzzles, mini-games, mystery and intrigue. Selectable dialog transports you right into the unfolding drama as you help journalist Charles Fox unearth clues that may help explain the mysterious disappearance of one Elizabeth Armstrong. Granddaughter of Dr. Mortimer Armstrong—the man whom sends Charles to Egypt to look for her—Elizabeth has evidently uncovered something to do with an ancient Egyptian mystical text, the Book of Thoth, dating back to Khaemwese, the 4th Son of Ramesses II.

Death in Sakkara: The CurseThe Curse, the first of four (4) episodes, has just been released today with the others to follow November 7th, 14th, and 21st. By giving the BBC your email, you will be sent a code with which to resume a game previously saved. You will have the opportunity to save your progress only at the end of each chapter (episode).

The style of the game is reminiscent of an old detective comic, and combines techniques such as panning stills and simulating traditional cel-animation to provide an authentic in-period look and feel. Quite an extraordinary production, though it's not surprising considering the talent behind it.

The entire adventure is based on an original idea by the BBC's history team, and includes comic and character illustration by Joe Berger, and an original musical score composed by Pendle Poucher. Click.

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Rating: 4.5/5 (14 votes cast)

Comments (may contain spoilers)

help me im doing level 4 and im stuck were u have to go up and find the exit its really confusing plzzzzzzz help

how do you get out in the maze at the fourth episode?
im so stuck some1,anyone HELP!!!

the slider puzzle is pretty easy.

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theres little dots in the corner and when you hold down the left mouse button the tile shakes and lifts up so you can move it anywhere on the board

Have all the missing picture pieces. :)

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This is what you get for putting the picture together. :)

For those of you that are stuck on the Aten Symbols:

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All of them are hidden underneath the Aten Symbol. It is a circle with rays coming from it to form a triangular shape. If you MUST know the EXACT location of these pieces...
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Episode 1) In the hotel room, there is a table with a book on it. Check the stool sitting right beside it to the left. :) You should see the famed Aten symbol.
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Episode 2) Right before entering the antique shop, there is a poster with the Aten symbol on it.
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Episode 3) At the ruined campground site, at the very far left, there are ruins that have the rays of the Aten symbol on them. :) Clicky!
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Episode 4) On the newspaper, on the left hand page, there is an Aten symbol.

Also, for those who are having trouble with the "naming the gods" part:
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Third row, right column
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First row, right column
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Last row, right column
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Last row, middle column
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Second row, middle column
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First row, middle comumn

:) Hope these lil' walkthroughs helped!

if any one still hasnt found out the code for the safe here it is :

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2142

Hello, I need to know if it is normal that the lines in the stars puzzle dissapear when I get to the other stars, or if the lines are suppossed to stay.
Thanks!!

i cant do the slider puzzle! - i have tried pressing the dots like sugested put all that happpens is that it moves several tiles at once! plzz help, this is driving me crazy!

Anyone have some tips for the ball in jar puzzle? I'm terrible at those things!

The constellation one is very frustrating!

very well done game challenging but I completed it :)

Liz: Focus on the top of the cup. And follow.

Frances: Click and hold the tile to drag it.

Wow! That was astonishing. I really like this pencil/comic style, the sound fits perfectly, wonderful story... great game! All thumbs up!

However, does anyone of you know the name of the font used in the game? Lokks kinda... mysterious, like written hastily, would like to have it in Word ;)

greet from Germany, Bensch

Help i need to catch the thief but it's really hard!

how do u get out of the maze???

Jay - Just discovered your awesome site and have really enjoyed poking around the last few days. This is a fantastic game - very engaging. Glad somebody posted help for the catacombs, that would have taken me hours on my own. There must be some clue system, but I haven't figured that out.

Please help!!!!
Im stuck on the bit where you have to get all the symbols right and if you dont you die.

@mossberg, the answer to your question is posted above.
@mk

I managed to complete the maze in the first attempt by doing this:

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Go down and right as long as you can, then go up as far as you can and left if you must.

@Jay: I absolutely adore your website.

this is the order and combination of those freak symbols when the dude's dyintg.

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the first one's one square above the bottom right
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the second one's top right
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the third one's bottom right
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the fourth one's middle bottom
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the fifth one's one square below the top middle
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the last (sixth) one is top middle

aauuuurrgghhhhh!!!!!! i can not figure out the slider puzzle after the catacombs!!!!! HELP!!!!!!!

I played Death In Sakkara and was really disappointed in the ending!!!! For those of you who give up, here it is:

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Baldwin kills Elizabeth and tries to take the remains of Chamwese but as it turns out he has the wrond remains. Baldwin gets away on a boat which sinks, and he is drowned. Also, the mysterious voodoo doll was cursing Fox.Pretty wierd, huh? I was expecting him to meet Elizabeth!!!!!

I'd give the game 6.5/10

I really enjoyed this game! I thought the comic book style was an awesome idea and had a lot of fun playing it. Although I did need some help on some of the puzzles, and..

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I wish he would have saved Elizabeth

..it was well worth the effort :)

This game was quite easy, or at least I did not find it that hard... I needed no hits at all to solve it....

It was much fun though... really cool, I like this kind of stuff!

I really enjoy ancient egypt, in fact i aspire to be an egyptologist. I found this game cute, but what did Aten have to do with anything? he was the sole God of Ankhen aten, and his city was ankhetaten, now called amarna. it is no where near sakkara, and he was God in the 18th dynasty, sakkara was used in the old kingdom, way before 18th and in ptomloy times, way after 18th.

Exelent game but crap ending.
I got 80%
The game took about 2 days
For those of you who can't finish it

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in the end Baldwin(guy on the train)killed Elizebeth! The ending was pretty crap, Baldwin got away but got some mummified bull. The reason Charles had so many bad things happen to him is because that doll that the robber leaves behind is cursed!

I give the game 7.5/10

hey umm i have 86% of the game done!

horray. one hundred percent. xD

I really need help at the constelation puzzle!!! =(
Hey Jay, great game!!!

no matter what combination i try the numbers are all 0-0-0-0 do i not know how to use a lock or something?

Don't click the center of the dial. Click on the actual number you want, and wait for it to spin on its own. :)

I feel kind of stupid but I dont know what the telegram is. Is it that latter posted to the inside of the journal?

Hey, my 1st post! just finished the game and was pretty impressed, shame about the ending. only found this site a few days ago cuz i was flippin through my FHM mag and it was listed on there. just wanted to say to jay that i saw a thing on gamestations website about earning 5% on any sale they get if directed from your site and other percentages, considering you both have the same thing in common it should work nicely. plus it should help with the costs of running this baby!

I am soooo disapointed I finally complete the star puzzle which may I add took me ages until I finally gave in to reading the spoiler on it thanks person who posted it. But now I can't play episode 4 because it won't load for me I guess I'll never find out what happens in the end :'(

Can someone just give me a walthrough for goodness sake!!!

what do you do in episode 3 at the telescope? im getting annoyed about it

i got the code as

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2142
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all alone but when i put it in it comes up with 0000 and says wrong combination

i got everything 100% except for the photos because i got 5-6 of them. i just need 1 of them. can you give me a list of where they all are?

it took me me a looong time but i got 100% knowledge

I'm stuck at the telescope... trying to connect stars.
VERY difficult.
I think I'm missing something.

nevermind. it IS hard. but it is just what it seems.

okay, the slidey puzzle is making me nuts.
help me, jay!
I am confident that I am making NO progress on it.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I can't get this stupid theif every time I try to cut him off I get totally Lost!!
HELP!!

ARGH what to do with those stupid stars???

aaaarrrrrgggg doin rli well until the part wiv the slider puzzles... damn dun wanna restart but will hav 2 cuz no 1 has hints 4 it yet so annoying btw lock combo

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2142

for the stars damnit
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read the star map... click on the "mynotes wil help" something along those lines... then see the stars with 1-7 connect them in that order its difficult 2 start but uget the hang of it

exit 2 da sliding puzzle
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dldluldldldrdldldr(collect oil) (past Mummie) ururdr Drululurulurullu (2nd 1) lur that duz it im positive atleast 95.5% sure which is the surest of anything i've been in my life... the other 4.5% i have no idea
but yer
plz post help for sliding tiles

yer umm here u go guys just finished it (not properly but heres hints/cheats wot ever u wanna call them)
God things

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1st one above the bottom right, second is top right, 3rd is under 1st, 4th is next to 3rd, 5 is 2 above 4, and 5 is above 6

i hope this helps guys
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Combo is 2142

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stars is go to the journal.. go to the star map... clkick "my note may shed some light" or something... then see the stars how it shows the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 on the stars... go back 2 the map and connect in that order

tunnel
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DLDLULDLDLDRDLDLDLDR get oil... go past mummies... URURDR DRULULURULURULU 2nd one LUR

im sure thats it tho if not rli sorri guys
and for the sliding tiles bit there are 3 areas and yeh it gets easier the more u go sorri theres no help 4 it

I just want to say that this is a great game and that its soo much fun! But I just recently signed up for this game- death in sakkara- and i'm stuck in "Elizibeth's Room" again i just singed up for this game and am still getting used to it but I always get stuck there. Is there anything to help
like clues or a hint? And i just can't seem to get the combonation on the safe! Help!!

Hi. I was wondering if anyone might perhaps think of posting their code for logging in?

Please help me to get out of the catacombs......i'm always stuck!

Ps: if you want to know how to do the star thingy

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click on the star map click will my notes shed light only follow the 1234567 whatever thing and do it on the middle of the sky :)

I am stuk on episode 3 with the god tiles.I can get the first 5 i am stuk on the picture of the snake in the corner.Please give me the answer cos i really want to get on with the game!Thankyou

HELP!!! jay can you please help me with the sliding tiles? I have tried 6 times & I can't do it please HELP!!!

i need help for the cup game!!!! please

wow!

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why did you kill off the girl.
Im begining chapter 4. what exitement. GOOD GAME.....so far..jk

oy may! some one please post help for the sliding tiles. i got 2/3 of it done. then the dang thing dies on me!!!! graahhhh

good game JAY!

pleez help me i only just found your website (its the best!!) and i still cant do the flipping star wotsit i cant find the plough thinggummy and the line keeps dissapearing help me (please!!!)

I got stuck but

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c/o isnt a number but for may be

In the maze in the tomb, are there two vials of oil? I tried to follow the two sets of directions posted above but never actually get to the oil at the right spot. If i keep wandering I do find a vial of oil, but never find a mummy, so those directions don't work for me. Where did I go wrong?

Hello there.. I've tried opening the start page a few times and it keeps giving me an error message. Is this game unavailable to people outside of the UK? I'm in Canada.

The labyrinth is elegant to solve and you will find everything in it.

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Follow the basic rule of labyrinth walking. Left hand on the wall/floor. And do not let go even if you see a dead end. Just continue.

What do these athen symbols accomplish in the end?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
I can't get this stupid theif every time I try to cut him off I get totally Lost!!

Please someone tell me how to catch the thief!!!

Hi...
I finished the game!!!
yay!
I just cant find all the pictures...
a little help would be awesome!

Every time I try and load the second episode, it stays at 0%. Upon attempting to reload the game, I get a 404 message at the BBC website. What's going on?

I've found 5 of the 6 missing photos/missing pictures. Below are where I found them. If anyone knows where the other is, PLEASE share:

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Episode 1: Photo 1. when you arrive at the hotel, before you go in, I think on the right; Photo 2. Souq chase. Episode 2: Photo 3. At the very end, when you've been ransacked and there's a brownish picture of the room torn in three, the piece is in the right third of the screen. Episode 3: Photo 4. near Elizabeth's fire Episode 4: Photo 5. in the catacombs. the gif Karmen posted here is very helpful (thank you!).

Where is the last...?

Found the last photo:

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it's in Episode 4, just after you get bombed in, the first or second screen, you are looking into a tunnel (before the mummified monkeys). Before clicking the bottom right, find the photo, on the tunnel floor, just above the caption.

Finding the photos
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unlocks the Desktop Download in the Specials. It's nothing too exciting.

Good game. Thanks Jay.
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I agree that the ending is disappointing. They could have made Hafiz more interesting, less a cliche of an all-seeing magician. Why let Elizabeth die, then? That made no sense.
Still, a very very good game.

Please help with the telescope.

the code for the safe is

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1242

woow this game is very cool , i've never played a game so cool!

ummmm i used all your hints but i only got 86%. Does anyone know where the sixth bit of the picture is?
Thanks a bunch!!!!

This sucks! I cant figure out what I'm missing. Karmen you said you got 100%. I'm prety darn sure I got all the pictures, I got all the Aten signs I finished the game and it says I only have 87%! What did I do wrong?

hello I'm new and when i click on the telescope it goes into the room and then i cant do anything else could someone please help me

hello im new and when i click on the telescope it goes into the room and then i cant do anything else could someone please help me

So, I have finally found all six photograph pieces, all four Aten symbols, 100% knowledge, and scored 100% on three of four games. However, I cannot seem to get 100% on the chase game. This may be because

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I already found and picked up the photograph from the chase game, and now I can no longer find the photograph in that game. Does it disappear once you have found it?

I currently have a time of 20 seconds and a score of 70% for the chase game. Is the reason above going to prevent me from getting 100% in this game?

Ok since I didn't see anyone post a pic for the stars, heres one.

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Isn't is similar to the map of the sites, and the circle is the circle on the constalation map. screenshot

i must be pretty dumb- i am still stumped on the safe-the previous descriptions of what's in the letter don't make sense to me, sorry-could someone please help me?

How do i do the sliders puzzle thingy? Its CONFUSING!
Can someone tell me how to do it please?
THE DIRECTIONS thats all i need.

what is the code for the safe!!

For those of you who are having trouble getting Charles out of the Underworld: here's the tiles. "X" is a tile you don't use. Here you go;

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X 6 2
X 5 X
X 4 3

for the cups in the antique shop:

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i got middle, left right, left

I dont know if it's the same for everybody though

Gave up on the safe code; used a spoiler. What I want to know is: how did you come up with the right numbers for the combination??

@Wayne's World:
I got the numbers from the telegraph.
There it says:

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Too (=2) hot. [...] One (=1) hopes for (=4) a storm to (=2) hide us.

But it took me quite a while and many, many tries, before I realized it. ;-)

Nice game.

I just started playing the game and I'm stuck where Charles gets beaten up and taken to the Underworld. What do I do now?

There's this puzzle and I can't seem to figure it out without dying.

Someone help me, please.

To: angela....Click on any tile.(I started with tile #1 and worked my way up to #12.) When you get the first one right, the statue on the right will spin around and change heads. Write the # of the tile down. Now, go to any other tile (Start with #1 again.)and click on it. Eventually, you'll have a pattern of tiles (six in all) that when clicked in order, will save your life.It took me awhile, and I died 17 million times....but it was interesting figuring it out. If you COMPLETELY give up though, here's the tile #'s in order....

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9-3-12-11-5-2

So ... I think it got taken offline while I was playing. I was just about to go to Chapter 3, when it refused to load. Coming back here, I can't get the links to work anymore, and the BBC page says things have recently been moved around.

Does anyone know where else it might be found?

Really good game!!!!!!!!!!!

i tried the code for the safe many times and i still can't get it! why?

Death in sakkara is really good but I can't find out what the code is in the safe.

Hello, People! I've completed the game....whatever may others think, the game's graphic is wonderfull; i'm so into Egypt and whoever liked this game will definetely like PHARAOH(strategy). As for the conclusion of the game....YOU should keep on eye on the statue of Khaemwese at the British Museum and on Elisabeth's photo- RING A BELL?!
Kisses from Romania

The code to the safe is 2142. You have to click the numbers 2 1 4 2 and then it will say click, and then you click whats inside of the safe, then look in your journal, then close the journal, and click explore outside, then you get something stolen from you and you have to chase the theif. I cant figure out how to get the puzzle part. It is after you get out of teh cafe with a lighter. Can anyone tell me how I complete the puzzle?

I N E E D H E L P ! ! !

I only know :

Code for the safe is 2142

You need to look at the telescope to find the stars... it looks like a pot really.

For the cups... it is left then ... I forgot, I think the last is the middle one.

When you chase the thief, they sometimes walk in circles... you can try out a short cut and you'll get him.

You can find some things that would be useful (when you do the cup bit) it in the abandoned work site.

In the tunnel, you just keep on going down until you see something shine (it's the oil) then go right and you'll see a body then....I am not sure

The naming the gods bit. First the top right corner, then the second one from the bottom (very right side), then the bottom right corner, then next to it, then count 2 blocks, then above it.

W H A T I N E E D F O R H E L P :

The tunnel bit : how do you get out of the tunnel? I never get out! Please help me!

I am stuck Elizabeth's room. Yesterday I went all the way to being in the tomb, but my work was not saved. Now when I try to replay with a new ID I open the safe but instead going outside the screen becomes blank. I have found all the clues and read them. Why can't I go further?

If it wont load next episode sign up again with new e-mail, and play whole game again............Elizabeth was born again khamwese........he throw figure with execration text on it in river, and becouse of it the boat sinks as you can read in newspaper........
Among the most sinister objects from the ancient world are the figurines in human shape which were used to cast spells on the persons they depicted........

Here's what happened in the end, for all those of you who were unsure exactly what was going on:

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Khamwese was somewhere near the tomb that Charles found. Maybe. One thing is for certain: Khamwese did actually master the spell for eternal life. However, it wasn't a spell of eternal life, but one of eternal rebirth. Khamwese was reborn, and reborn, and reborn again and again-- his most recent reincarnation being that of Elizabeth. Whether the mummy in the hidden tomb was missing because the spell had used it as fuel (to rebirth Khamwese) is unknown. The statue may or may not have had a curse on it; that is unknown. However, the fact that bad things kept befalling Charles when he had it, combined with the fact that Baldwin's boat sunk once Charles threw the statue into the water, is rather suggestive-- that said, I'll leave it to you to decide.

A marvelous game, as are most all BBC productions. Now, why not try CDX?

Aaaaaah!
Help me with the constellation!
R the lines suposed to dissapear!?!
Plz! somebody help me I'm rli lost!

I have been waiting so long for someone to reply. Can someone help me in the tunnel bit, where charles has to crawl around tunnels..


I really need help, i just need to go through the tunnel bit. Please do help.

OMG THE TUNNELS!

I need help getting out of the tunnel!

I need help with the freekin tunnels!
I went passed the mummy now what?
plzzzzzzz help me!

hi im stuck on the tellyscope, ive looked at the map
and ive tried it like a million times but nothing working. tried the spoiler map but still nothing. HELP Please

where is the telegram located? also what is the code for the combo lock in her hotel room?

Right the death in sakkara game, what really got on my nerves was the constellation, yes but i finally passed that some how but now theres another challenge- The Magician part where you have to go right to the top of the maze to get out!!! IT IS VERY FUSTRAITING but you know its a good history game. So.........
Can anyone help me please!!!!!!!!!
i know im sort of cheating but i really need help!
Ciao!

Hello people again oh yh the code for the safe is: 2142.
And so for the maze/tunnel thing bit you have to go down for a mummy.. is that right and something to do with oil?????
Please just someone help me out here!!
Thank you.

ok hello AGAIN im still waiting for someone to reply is well lol.
Everyone is stuck on the tunnel so .. oh yh where do you find the mummy and the oil if there is some???
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