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Ankh Hints

Where can I get some cement?

  • 1 of 17: Maybe the construction workers left some lying around.
  • 2 of 17: Search around everywhere for a cement bag.
  • 3 of 17: There's a "sack with concrete" in the area, but it's up on an unreachable perch just like memo 3 is.
  • 4 of 17: Run over to the spot on the right ramp from which you can see memo 3.
  • 5 of 17: Go back a short ways and look at the top of the entrance you used to get into the Sphinx (and which is now blocked).
  • 6 of 17: If you wave the cursor around the top of the entrance, you'll find the sack even if you can't see it clearly.
  • 7 of 17: So now how are you going to get it? It's as out-of-reach as memo 3.
  • 8 of 17: Well, maybe not quite as out-of-reach. It's a bit closer and you can stand almost directly above it.
  • 9 of 17: Maybe you could knock it off with something.
  • 10 of 17: Something long and sturdy that you could swing at the sack.
  • 11 of 17: Such a tool is lying around here in the Sphinx.
  • 12 of 17: Go back to where the cart tracks are and look around a bit beyond them.
  • 13 of 17: There's a big hammer lying around fairly near the handcart.
  • 14 of 17: Take it and go back to where you can see the sack of cement.
  • 15 of 17: Use the hammer on the sack to knock it off.
  • 16 of 17: Then run all the way back around to the bottom floor and over to the entrance area.
  • 17 of 17: You can now take the sack of cement off of the box it fell on.