tomb of the lost queen

hi. i can't locate the jar on the left shelf where i can find the enigmatic egg. robert.

When you enter the antiquities tent, straight ahead are 2 shelves.
There is a jar(s) on the left shelving. Use the pick on the jar. This part is optional.

hi mag. when exploring tunnel 1 and going left, which hieroglyph do i translate to hear 'twice is my hiding place opened'? robert. p.s. thanks for the puppeteer saved game. i am alternating between 2 games - 1 old, 1 new.

While at the central room of the tomb - face the entryway for tunnel 1 - the one on the left if you have your back to the main door.

See hieroglyphs left and right of the entryway. Those are the ones you translate.

BTW - Translate any hieroglyph that you see that can be translated.

hi mag. can i by-pass this part of the walkthrough and still carry on successfully with the game? i have checked out youtube as well as your reply and still can't get it. is translating hieroglyphs at either side of the entryway an integral 'must' to the game? i don't need a saved game quite yet. robert.

Yes - you can skip this part.

hi mag. do you have any tips for solving the mirror puzzle? it seems to me you can't apply any logic or you cannot even follow your walkthrough example as you can't predict the various mirrors and which way they will go. you are working blind. robert.

Actually:
- I did apply logic to that puzzle. I checked (if I remember correctly) where the mirrors are located.
- then I formed a path that I think would work.
- Once I know all then I arrange the mirrors going backwards (from end to front).

Also I think this is a set (not random) puzzle - so you can copy the walkthrough solution.

hi mag. you must be a genius if you figured all that out. i think 'll stick to solitaire CHUCKLES! i can't even find the w/t solution. robert.

There are 2 mirror puzzles.
Which one are you doing?

Here's is the first one:


Here's the second one:

hi mag. by using what method should i 'copy' the w/t? robert.

Look at the solution above that applies to your puzzle.
Then arrange the mirrors in your puzzle the same way that picture shows it.

hi mag. i am having some difficulty 'arranging' the mirrors the same as yours. robert.

After you light the lamp, then you can arrange the mirrors.
You will see the overhead view of the room as shown by the solution.
You then click on the mirrors (the lines spread in the room) and they will turn.
Arrange them as shown by the pictured solution.

I sent you a saved game for the first mirror puzzle. I do not have a saved game for the second one.

hi mag. do you have a saved game after the tomb is illuminated, please. robert.

I sent you the saved game 2 hours ago. Check your spam filter and see if my mail is there.

Is the saved game (if you got it) the wrong one?

hi mag i got a saved game called 4tomblight.hitmbsave. is that the one? if i click just above the lamp, nothing happens when i use the dictionary on the glyphs. robert.

Robert,

Yes, that is the one.
Can you look close at the hieroglyph and then translate?
If you can't do a translation anymore, I might have done it already when I played.

hi mag. no, i can't translate. can you advise what to next? robert.

Continue on to the Canopic jars at left corner. Examine them and get the items in there.

hi mag. i cannot find the canopic jars. left corner? when i go to the left corner, the program doesn't give me a highlighted spy-glass. i know you told me the left corner, but where? robert.

Robert,

Walk the room.
Stand close to the tomb and face the doorway.
See if you can see and get from there to be at the left corner of the doorway where the jars are located.

hi mag. i solved the lamp, mirror puzzle by sheer trial and error. moving along, i have another question for you. how do i translate the rest of the hieroglyphs above the lamp? when i try, i get a rehash of the old puzzle, 'as for the one who broke the seal.....'. how do i get the rest? i have read and re-read your w/t but no answer. robert.

If the translation is not complete - you can click on the quick translate at top left.
If you want to do it manually - you do it like regular cryptogram. Look for a script that is single and maybe it is A or I. You can go from there.

hi mag. do i have to go back to an earlier game YUCK or can i translate from my current game? robert.

You can do it now. No problem.

hi mag. you say 'no problem'. i MUST be doing something wrong. i just cannot get to translate the rest! is there a youtube i can watch?

Hi Robert, if you visit the main YouTube page and type in "Nancy Drew Tomb of the Lost Queen", you'll get a list of walkthrough vids to check. Choose the one that's closest to where you are in the game.

rushes. do you know which part of youtube covers the rest of hieroglyphs section as i can't find it. thanks, robert

Robert,

It might help to watch from the start of the video.
It will help you know how the game is played.
So have a nice time watching.

hi mag. after i have spoken with prof. Hotchkiss outside on the cell phone,how do i get back to the scarab room the 4 discs puzzle? i still can't back even after reading your W/T. robert.

Enter the tomb.
Enter the hallway to your right (with main entryway on your back).
Go forward until the scarab room.

hi mag. i have entered the tomb. now what? i go forward but how do i get to the scarab room? robert.

After you enter the tomb, enter the right hallway.
Then - Just go forward after entering that hallway and you will be in the scarab room.

See the map below;

hi mag. i am doing the gods puzzle - master sleuth - and trying to understand your w/t to this puzzle. the text doesn't seem to match the pictures so i must be misunderstanding. the grid is 8X13 but your w/t mentions the first 4 lines going across L to R. where do the other lines fit in? what are the boxes in green highlight for? i am just trying to get the whole picture into perspective. robert.

Robert,

I thought you're playing amateur sleuth. The text is above the picture solution for Amateur.

So you should be following:
Amateur:
Top (L-R): Jackal, ibis and falcon.
Bottom row (L-R): Beetle, crocodile and lion

hi mag. so you are saying i should be playing amateur sleuth hints even if i'm playing as master? robert.

As I mentioned above - I thought you're playing Amateur.

If you are playing Master; your puzzle should look like this:


The solution for above Master is:
Master:

Top (L-R): Jackal and jackal.

2nd from top: Falcon, crocodile, lion, crocodile and falcon.

3rd from top: Crocodile, falcon, lion, beetle and beetle.

Bottom row (L-R): Ibis and ibis.

Hint: Do the 2nd and third rows first. Arrange the heads outside the squares (either above or below where you can position the heads - move up-down or left-right). Count the squares, spaces and then get the heads. Then position them at the squares.

Now - your questions as to why it is 8x13 and the solution is 4 rows.

Note that the puzzle is to place certain God's head inside certain boxes-squares in that 8x13 grid.
Those movable squares are 4 rows at the center.
I think those squares have heavy black lines surrounding them.

In the solution above; those squares-boxes are surrounded by green lines.

Tell me if you need more explanation.

hi mag. thanks for the explanation. this appears to be a lengthy process to slide these groups from side-to-side and up and down. can i save as i go along? i tried to save previously, but no success. if yes, how do you do it? robert.

I really don't remember, Robert.

If you couldn't, then it might be so.
I think I have a Master saved game here, if you want.

hi mag. please send the saved game. robert.

Robert,

Saved game for Master is sent.

hi mag. i got your master sleuth saved game ok. thanks. i don't open a regular Tomb of the Lost Queen game but just click on the 9cheavenhead... icon and it opens another nancy drew game at the sarcophagus. but how do i proceed from there? robert.

Continue the walkthrough here:

Second coffin: Hear a click. Open the tomb. See another coffin.

Hieroglyphic clue: Translate the hieroglyphic clue.

Nancy says this could be about the queen's children.

hi mag. i hear what can be described as a 'thud' not a 'click'. nothing happens - no second coffin! could i have inadvertently overwritten your saved game? if you think so, could you resend please. sorry for all that trouble i have caused. robert.

I forgot to post but I sent you the saved game again 3 hours ago. Hope that helped.

hi mag. i just don't understand it! even with 2 saved games-there should be no problem-right? i do not get the second coffin. i must be doing something very basically wrong. can you identify what? robert.

I wonder - if I already opened that coffin and that what you see is the next coffin already.
See if that coffin is holding a plaque that is not deciphered yet.

hi mag. the plaque says 'the procession of gods...' and is already translated. robert.

Can you double check to see if the procession of the Gods puzzle below is finished.

Also click all over the coffin and see if it will open.

hi mag. i tried all your tests - nothing, except when i click on the hand, sometimes i get a duller thud. robert.

Robert,

I sent you the next saved game I have. This is after the Nefertari's children puzzle.

Load it and then do this from the walkthrough.

mag. this is not possible! i know you sent me an updated saved game - 10childrennames...., but onscreen i don't see a second coffin and the file has not changed. i can't tell if it's empty or not because i can't see it. i have no explanation???? please, please advise. is it because i'm doing something wrong? robert.

When you go to load screen, did you scroll down the list to see if the saves I sent and you loaded are at the beginning?

Also - are you loading the files sent in the Tomb folder found in My Documents folder?

Check now and see. Good luck.

hi mag. in 'tomb' file in documents is a notepad file???? i think this may be the crux of the problem. should it be notepad text? robert.

No. It should be similar to the files I sent to you.

Are you in the My Documents folder or Document-Settings or whatever they call it in win7?

Maybe you are not looking for the correct folder or the saves are placed in a different folder in win7.

hi mag. probably. i am STILL trying to get familiar with that expletive goes here Win7. this Windows program is not a patch over WINDOWS XP, so you see, i'm still learning. i am liable to do daft things with Win7 - sorry. exactly where should i look or are you as in the dark like me? robert.

My win7 is not here right now and I didn't play Nancy Drew in that computer.

Best to do a search under Documents and see if there is a "My Documents" in that Documents folder.

hi mag. as i said in my post, i am still trying to grasp Win7. excuse my ignorance, how do you do a search under documents? robert.

I believe the "search" box is at top right of the frame.

Follow this step by step - Click here or video step by step.

hi mag. excuse me, i MIGHT have asked before, but the gods puzzle. 10childrennames..., the one with falcon, alligator, lion, jackel etc. is mixed up and not in the same order as your w/t. isn't the saved game puzzle supposed to be in re-arranged order to get the 2nd coffin? robert.

The last saved game I sent you was after the children's name puzzle.
Check the posts in previous page.
So that god's puzzle is done (also the children's name puzzle).

Check the load page and scroll at beginning. If you placed the saved game at correct place, it might be listed at the beginning of the load list (arranged by dates).

Keep us posted.

hi mag.where do i see load games by date? i don't see any dates. robert.

The dates are seen in the saved game folder - not in the load page.
The load page just lists your saved games.
The game arranges the listing automatically by date-time.

hi mag. what should that finished puzzle by time/date in the Document Library be called - so i can look for it. robert.

As you posted: 10childrennames

I don't know where win7 keeps Nancy Drew saved games.
In XP, it is in My Documents folder - Tomb of the Lost Queen folder.

Check if you can find My Documents folder in Document Library folder.

For Win7, the saves for this game are here by default:

C:\Users\[computer name]\Documents\Tomb of the Lost Queen

mag. i cannot find a file called '10childrennames' in Document Library. therefore i don't know what to do. robert.

Robert,

What did you do with the saved games I sent yo you?
We can go from this info.

hi mag. i went into Windows Live Mail then just clicked on the '10childrennames' icon which opened the Nancy Drew program automatically. robert.

Robert,

Then once you open the game - the saved game that way; save the game right then and there.
Then you proceed using the walkthrough after the 10 children puzzle done.

Good luck.

hi mag. i am replaying 'lost queen' as junior detective instead of senior and back at the mirror puzzle again. i am sure i have asked this question before. - i solved the mirror puzzle, but when i translate the glyphs behind the lamp, the translation is incomplete. how do i get the entire translation in one go? robert.

Are you talking about this glyph?


When you translate a glyph:
- you can use the quick translate at top left and it should do it in one go.
- or do it manually by deducing what the letters are missing. For example - you have a single glyph; that could either be I or A. Slowly deduce the letters.

hi mag. this is the hieroglyph or whatever you call it. i am talking about the one that begins 'everyone who has been in this place'. there is no quick translate i can see. robert.

This is from the walkthrough:

Use the dictionary on the glyphs.

Everyone who had been in this place, they are wretches. There is no remedy for them because I know their names. Beware. This is the taste of death. Darkness shall conceal them.

Then the glyphs cannot be translated.

So just do the one that I posted a picture above.

hi mag. how do i get the whole glyph when Nancy says 'that's not good. i have to find what the rest says'?. robert.

Let's review:
- You see the hieroglyph above the lamp.
- Click the dictionary on it and part is translated; the rest cannot be decoded.
- look close at the part that cannot be translated.
- solve it like any cryptogram. There is no easy way like you want.

You can copy the solution from the picture I posted.

hi mag. 'copy solution to the picture i posted'????. please explain. robert.

- look close at the part of the hieroglyph that you cannot decode.
- you will see the above puzzle - without the solution.
- now click on a letter at top of screen and place it under the glyph that it corresponds to or you decoded or as you can see from the solution in the picture above.

hi mag. i ?THINK? i understand you now, mag, but as you said, this isn't going to be easy! in fact, downright hard. which letter should i start off with? i don't see any glyph in the uncoded portion. robert.

There should be letters at top of puzzle screen.
You click on a letter and then click under the glyph you want to place it on.

Are you in close up?
Are you seeing the puzzle that is shown in above picture (without solution of course)?

hi mag. please excuse my denseness but to which puzzle screen do you refer so i can get a handle on it? robert.

Robert, I believe MaG is referring to the screenshot a few posts above.

Ana

hi BrownEyedTigre. let me rephrase that question. which glyphs? i don't see any glyphs under the unsolved portion. robert.

The unsolved portions are made up of (hiero)glyphs.
You place the letters under them like in the picture posted above.

when i look at the unsolved portion, i see words like 'shdiso' or 'sfiche' etc. these are NOT glyphs just jumbled up ?words?. how does one make any sense out of this? no wonder i am befuddled. robert.

If what you're seeing is jumbled words then it sounds as if you're part way through solving the puzzle, but some of the letters are in the wrong places and need to be changed.

Here's a YouTube video which might help -- it shows the solving of a number of hieroglyphs in the game, and perhaps the one you're stuck on is among them:

Hieroglyph solves

At the least it will show you the process of solving these type of puzzles.

hi rushes. i have looked and studied the youtube but no, thanks very much. it doesn't un-befuddle me and i'm just as confused as ever. how do i relate all these nonsensical words to the glyphs? by substitution? how? robert.

If you see those words - see if you can change the letters to the correct ones as shown by the solution picture.

Click a wrong letter and then click the letter from the top that you want change it with.

ok, mag. i give up!!!! what SHOULD the uncyphered portion look like? where is the solution picture in this maze of posts and replies? thanks, a VERY confused robert.

It is that picture I posted above.

Here it is again:



The letters-words are the solution of the puzzle that you should place under the glyphs.

Can you send me a saved game for the God's puzzle. I'm playing amateur.

Thank you in advance.

It's on the way, Giovanna.

Enjoy.

@MaG

THank you so much, you are an angel as always.

You're welcome. Have fun.

Can I have a saved game after you have opened the footlocker. I'm playing amateur.

Thank you

I presume this is Lily's footlocker. It is sent.

Mag. i am close to the end but where is the 'new passage' after the ceiling caves in, trapping Lily in false tomb area? robert.

It is that passage that opened up earlier on left wall by the foot of the mummy.
You went through there earlier to get to tunnel 2.


The true tomb is at top right of the map below.
The passage that opened up is the one going left from there.

Mag. i don't think i am at the correct tomb? when Nancy wants shelter in the tomb, i end up looking at a coffin - with a dead cat! that can't be right. i followed your w/t but i'm not at the gold coffin. please direct me to the right place. robert.

I think you went too far.
Check the map above - see that tunnel 2 is at center.
So from the true tomb; go though the wall.
Then when you reach a door; go through and be at tunnel 2. Turn left from there to go the main chamber.
(Now I believe you did this - if you go through another door across the one you came through - then you will reach another passage that will lead you to the cat's tomb room.)

hi Mag. i've got the signal box, the ankh key and the riddle from Jamila but i cannot find my way back to the gate where i can use the ankh key. your w/t should, but doesn't get me there so please don't paraphrase. there must be other words you can use or alternate ways to go as i end up going round in circles. thanks, robert.

From across Jamila - scarab room - passage - main room - tunnel 2 at top center - last door at right - passage - forward twice - right at gate - use key.

hi Mag. i REALLY enjoyed that game which, in my opinion, was one of the best in the ND series. thanks for your help. let's see if Alibi in Ashes is anywhere as good. robert.

Glad that you enjoyed the game.