Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh



Before reaching the end of Pharaoh Atem's Tomb and the Millennium Puzzle, Solomon Muto and his guides had to go through a variety of trapped rooms as the ancient treasure was well defended. Each room was treated like a "game", with the ultimate sacrifice awaiting those who lost: death.

Burial of the Pharaoh
The Pahraog defeated Zorc Necrophades using a spell which included his name, He then sealed Zorc in the Millennium Ring and sealed himself within the Millennium Pendant, erasing his mind in the process to keep the spell from ever being used to resurrect Zorc.

The Millennium Pendant was shattered. Both the Pharaoh and the Pendant, now a PUzzle, were sealed within the tomb.

Solomon Muto's visit
At the time of Solomon's visit in the 1960s, over 60 ancient tombs had been discovered in this valley, but no one had dared enter the inner chambers of teh Pharaoh tomb. The one person that did and survived, was a villager known by Solomon's guides. He was driven mad and repeated the same phrase over and over: "The Shadow Game" (Yami No Game in Japanese).

Room 1: The Needle-Spitting Snake Statues
The first room Solomon Muto had to cross contained two giant snake statues: their eyes were encrusted with rubies, but it was just a gimmick to attract the greed of unwary adventurers, for their mouths were motion-activated traps that shot out deadly needles.

After he spotted the trap (by throwing out his toothpick/cigarette into the middle of the room), Solomon thwarted the danger by carefully avoiding the room's motion sensors.

Room 2: The "Invisible Ink" Tablet
This room contained a giant statue of Horus and a seemingly blank Tablet. Upon closer examination however, there was a receptacle for tar just below the Tablet, which prompted Solomon to light it on fire with his torch. Like magic, poof: ancient hieroglyphs appeared on the Tablet:
 * Beyond here lies the resting place of a great Pharaoh. Only those who show respect may enter, all others will be engulphed by the Pit of Shadows
 * (in the original Japanese, the tablet read "Ahead is the sleeping place of the great Pharaoh. Trespassers' bodies will be eaten and their souls will be thrown into the darkness")

Soon after, a passageway opened up in the ground, with stairs leading down to the next room.

Room 3: The Maze Across the Pit of Shadows
The North & South ends of this room were separated by a large chasm (the "Pit of Shadows"), with a narrow maze-like corridor providing the only way of reaching the exit. On top of this maze, big statues armed with scimitars blocked the passage. A pressure-sensitive switch also activated a moving spiked wall, a proper incentive to "motivate" hesitant adventurers.

The statues would activate and slash with their weapons if the traveler did not "show respect", which in ancient Egyptian ways meant putting your left foot forward (the heart is on the left side of the body, which meant facing the heart towards the Pharaoh). By doing so Solomon Muto was able to cross the room, but lost one of his guides to the "Pit of Shadows" below during the process.

Room 4: The Monster Bridge

 * Ye shall now be judged by the creatures of the stone. Only the pure of heart are permitted to pass, all others will lose their souls to the darkness.
 * (NOTE: in the original Japanese, "The Ka residing in the tablets will judge you. Cowards' souls will be eaten. Warriors will be shown the way")

As he crossed the bridge, Solomon Muto was shot in the back by his other guide and wounded. However as the guide crossed the bridge himself, a Shadow Monster sensed his fear and attacked him ("swallowing" him alive in the original Japanese). The spirit of Pharaoh Atem then helped Solomon from his predicament, so that he could retrieve the Millennium Puzzle.