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The Science of Secrecy

The Code Challenge

(This page features hieroglyphs and so some graphic content has been unavoidable.)

Message 2

What is the name of this king?

To obtain your letter from this message, simply take the initial letter of the king's name.

To establish the sound value for each hieroglyph, use this table of sound values.

	Object depicted	Modern sound
	Flowering reed	i or a weak y
	Quail chick	w or u
	Foot	b
	Stool	p
	Horned viper	f
	Water	n
	Mouth	r
	Basket with handle	k
	Loaf	t
	Tethering rope	tj or tsh
	Hand	d
Determinative
	Man seated	Indicates the name of a man

Message 2 hints

How hieroglyphs work

Code Challenge introduction

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