User Guide

Pyramids
Pyramids are the largest and most complex structures
you will build. They require a large amount of empty
land and take years to construct. But, with the right
amount of raw materials and brute labor, your
Pyramid will soon reach towards the sky.
The most elaborate Pyramids are part of a larger
Pyramid Complex. In addition to the Pyramid, the
Complex includes a Mortuary Temple, a Valley Temple
and a Causeway. At the Mortuary Temple, located on
the eastern face of the Pyramid, the deceased is wor-
shiped and offerings are made to ease his existence in
the afterlife. The long Causeway connecting the Valley
Temple in the east to the Mortuary Temple in the west
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ed to construct them. Mastabas come in three sizes
and always face east.
To build a Mastaba, click on the Religious Structures:
Monuments button and choose Mastaba from the
monument list. As you move the cursor over the
land, you will see the footprint of the building. If the
footprint is red, you cannot place the Mastaba in the
location you’ve chosen. If the footprint is green, you
have chosen a suitable location. If you are having
trouble placing the monument, press the “M” key to
freeze the footprint in place (see page 132).
Once you click on a valid location, the corners of the
Mastaba are marked with stakes. From this point,
peasants and bricklayers take over.
You can watch workers each step of the way as they
construct the Mastaba. After peasants clear the land,
removing sand and top soil until a solid base is
exposed, a team of bricklayers makes their way to the
construction site and waits for a delivery of brick.
Once there are at least 400 bricks stored in the city’s
Storage Yards, peasants drag a sledge loaded with the
material to the bricklayers at the construction site.
Each load of bricks is enough for one course of one
section of the Mastaba. The number of courses and
the number of sections in each course varies with the
size of the monument.
Info-click on the Mastaba at any time for a progress
report on the project.
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Pyramid Construction.
This Pyramid has begun Phase II of its construc-
tion. Peasants have cleared and leveled the land and the tomb has been
cut. Now, stonemasons are awaiting delivery of stone to continue
Pyramid construction.