Author: Jason Nelson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601251442
Category : Fantasy games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The race is on to discover the lost treasures of ancient Osirion, seat of the Pharaohs of antiquity! Scoundrels, archaeologists, Pathfinders, and foreigners scour the sand-choked pyramids and temples of this once mighty kingdom! Pathfinder Companion: Osirion, Land of Pharaohs provides a comprehensive overview of Osirion from its star-crossed ancient history, to its treacherous modern politics. A complete gazetteer of the nation's teeming, monument-laden capital of Sothis provides a great resource for player characters from -- and for Game Masters running campaigns set in -- the pulp-inspired nation of Osirion.
Author: Paizo Publishing
Publisher: Pathfinder Campaign Setting
ISBN: 9781601255952
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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From the cosmopolitan capital of Sothis, Throne of the Ruby Prince, to the timeless ruins of the deep desert, adventurers brave accursed tombs and risk the wrath of forgotten mummies in this mysterious land of pyramids and pharaohs. Learn about every corner of Osirion, the backdrop of the exciting Mummy's Mask Adventure Path, including dangers of the desert, mysteries of the richest ruins, deadly new creatures, and everything you need to run a campaign in this exotic realm.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601256010
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Explore the lands of Osirion, Thuvia, and Qadira, ancient nations with fierce traditions born from the heart of vast, merciless deserts. Discover the ways of these proud peoples and how to play natives of these shining lands, as well as the unique traits, feats, equipment, magic, and more that assure their survival against thirst, vicious storms, ancient monstrosities, and worse. A perfect companion to the Mummy's Mask Adventure Path!
Author: Leonard Cottrell
Publisher: New Word City
ISBN: 1936529831
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 125
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More than 3,000 years ago, a young man of seventeen named Tutankhamen became pharaoh of Egypt. His reign came toward the end of a vital period in Egypt's history when Thebes was the wealthiest and most splendid city in the world. Great temples soared into the sky, and in the temple workshops, hundreds of craftsmen labored to turn the riches of Egypt into magnificent garments, furniture and houses, ornaments, and weapons for all their heavenly gods and for their earthly god, the pharaoh. In 1922, Howard Carter, after twenty years of searching, unearthed Tutankhamen's tomb. In it were the glorious artifacts that had been made for him and that he would need in the afterlife. In this book, award-winning historian Leonard Cottrell vividly recreates Carter's discovery of the treasures that have yielded invaluable knowledge about the lives of the pharaohs as well as ordinary Egyptians.
Author: Samuel Manning
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Author: Jim Groves
Publisher: Pathfinder Adventure Path. Mum
ISBN: 9781601255884
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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-- The Mummy's Mask Adventure Path begins with "The Half-Dead City, " an exciting new adventure in the pyramid-laden realm of Osirion, Land of Pharaohs! In the city of Wati, the church of Pharasma holds a lottery allowing explorers to delve the tombs of the city's vast necropolis in search of the nation's lost glories. In the course of investigating dusty tombs and fighting their ancient guardians and devious traps, the heroes encounter a group of rival adventurers intent on keeping one tomb's treasures for themselves. At the same time, the heroes learn that a dangerous artifact has been stolen from the tomb. Can the adventurers defeat their rivals, or will they fall to the undead defenders of the city's necropolis? -- This volume of Pathfinder Adventure Path launches the Mummy's Mask Adventure Path and includes: -"The Half-Dead City, " a Pathfinder adventure for 1st-level characters, by Jim Groves. -A double-sized gazetteer of Wati exploring both parts of this vibrant city dedicated to the dead, by Crystal Frasier. -A rough welcome to Wati in the Pathfinder's Journal, by Amber E. Scott. -Five dangerous new monsters, by Jim Groves, Will McCardell, and Michael McCarthy.
Author: F. Wesley Schneider
Publisher: Pathfinder Player Companion
ISBN: 9781601254535
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Never has a land needed heroes more than Varisia. There, at the edge of civilization, barbarians clash with dark armored invaders, foul creatures lurk within the hearts of titanic monuments, and daring explorers unearth the secrets of a forgotten age of wizard-tyrants. This definitive Pathfinder guide equips players with all they need to face Varisia's dangers and mysteries, as well as dozens of new options for playing characters native to this wild region -- perhaps as a mystical thundercaller of the Shoanti barbarians, a daring bravo leading a caravan of Varisian wanderers, or an obsessed magic-user steeped in the lore of the sinister Thassilonian empire. New options for character backgrounds and campaign traits allow players to integrate their characters into any of the Adventure Paths set in Varisia -- such as the Rise of the Runelords or Shattered Star Adventure Path -- like never before! Varisia needs heroes, be one of them with the all-new format Pathfinder Player Companion: Varisia, Birthplace of Legends!
Author: Pearce Paul Creasman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190229071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
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The concept of pharaonic Egypt as a unified, homogeneous, and isolated cultural entity is misleading. Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands. This volume uniquely examines Egypt's relationship with its wider world through fifteen chapters arranged in five thematic groups. The first three chapters detail the geographical contexts of interconnections through examination of ancient Egyptian exploration, maritime routes, and overland passages. The next three chapters address the human principals of association: peoples, with the attendant difficulties differentiating ethnic identities from the record; diplomatic actors, with their complex balances and presentations of power; and the military, with its evolving role in pharaonic expansion. Natural events, too, played significant roles in the pharaonic world: geological disasters, the effects of droughts and floods on the Nile, and illness and epidemics all delivered profound impacts, as is seen in the third section.0Physical manifestations of interconnections between pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors in the form of objects are the focus of the fourth set: trade, art and architecture, and a specific case study of scarabs. The final section discusses in depth perhaps the most powerful means of interconnection: ideas. Whether through diffusion and borrowing of knowledge and technology, through the flow of words by script and literature, or through exchanges in the religious sphere, the pharaonic Egypt that we know today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it.0Exhibition.
Author: Paizo Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781601252234
Category : Fantasy games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Countless centuries ago the gnomes emerged into the world of the Pathfinder Chronicles from the First World, a mysterious other-realm of half-finished possibilities and relentless natural dangers. Scions of the immortal fey, the gnomes left their strange homeland behind and rooted themselves to the world of mortals -- even if those roots have never been particularly strong. Gnomes of Golarion offers Pathfinder players more information than ever before about what many gamers consider the most unique and interesting of the standard player character races. From details on gnomish culture, equipment, and names to rules for the bizarre process known as the Bleaching, when a gnome's color begins to fade as he loses connection to the ephemeral world that spawned his kind, Gnomes of Golarion has everything you want to know about gnomes and how to play them effectively.
Author: Robert Bauval
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591438136
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Exposes the many cycles of monument destruction and cultural suppression in Egypt from antiquity to the present day • Details the vandalism of Egyptian antiquities and suppression of ancient knowledge under foreign rulers who sought to cleanse Egypt of its “pagan” past • Reveals the real reason behind Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt: Freemasonry • Shows how the censorship of nonofficial Egyptology as well as new archaeological discoveries continued under Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Called the “Mirror of Heaven” by Hermes-Thoth and regarded as the birthplace of civilization, science, religion, and magic, Egypt has ignited the imagination of all who come in contact with it since ancient times--from Pythagoras and Plato to Alexander the Great and Napoleon to modern Egyptologists the world over. Yet, despite this preeminence in the collective mind, Egypt has suffered considerable destruction over the centuries. Even before the burning of the Great Library at Alexandria, the land of the pharaohs was pillaged by its own people. With the arrival of foreign rulers, both Arabic and European, the destruction and thievery continued along with suppression of ancient knowledge as some rulers sought to cleanse Egypt of its “pagan” past. Exploring the many cycles of destruction and suppression in Egypt as well as moments of salvation, such as the first registered excavations by Auguste Mariette, Robert Bauval and Ahmed Osman investigate the many conquerors of Egypt through the millennia as well as what has happened to famous artifacts such as the Rosetta Stone. They show how Napoleon, through his invasion, wanted to revive ancient Egyptian wisdom and art because of its many connections to Freemasonry. They reveal how the degradation of monuments, theft of relics, and censorship of ancient teachings continue to this day. Exposing recent cover-ups during the tenure of Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass, they explain how new discoveries at Giza were closed to further research. Clearing cultural and historical distortions, the authors reveal the long-hidden and persecuted voice of ancient Egypt and call for the return of Egypt to its rightful place as “the Mother of Nations” and “the Mirror of Heaven.”
