I could be wrong, but I also seem to remember another Egyptian god by the name of Amon. A social studies teacher in high school told me about him. He was apparently the lord of the gods at one time. It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Thoughts about a tomb hunter game.
> Hi Richard, > Well, some of the Egyptian and gods and goddesses names are exactly the > same in English as ancient Egyptian like Osiris and Isis for example. > However, for the god Set hostorians don't all agree on the proper name > for him. It really depends on who translated the name, and I guess there > is some tricky reading of the heirogliphs for his name. Though, most > historians refer to him commonly as Set. > At this point I am just brain storming ideas for the Tomb Hunter game. I > like Egyptian history as well as the next Historian, but that is but one > possible game plot. > I can easily see my new Tomb Hunter character exploring deep in some > African or South American jungle, looking through some ancient > mountains, searching a desert, etc... > Bottom line, our history is filled with thousands of quests for some > mystical and mythical item or place like Atlantice, the Spear of > Destany, Arc of the Covenant, Excalibur, fountain of youth, just to name > some of the more popular choices. I could write an entire series of > games surrounding this game character if the games become that popular. > If I run out of the usual suspects I can venture into more Sci-fi relms > seaking some long lost alien artifact left hear by some alien race that > visited our planet in ancient times. Basically, there is allot of > options here. > > > Richard Bennett wrote: >> Hey Tom, well I believe I prefer Apophis to Set. I also would rather have >> the Ancient Egyptian names instead of the English translations. I also >> like >> Ancient Egyptian myths, pyramids, and other things of the time; however, >> I >> doubt that I know a 1/4 of what you seem to know about them. Good luck, >> Bean >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
