Hi Tom,
I just checked NLS and there are 13 listings for Nefertiti.
The most recent is,
Author: Moran, Michelle.
Title: Nefertiti / Michelle Moran.
Description: 3 sound cassettes (C-90) : analog, 15/16 ips, 4
track, mono.
Book Number: RC 64454
Dewey No.: 813.6 AFI 22
ISBN: 0307381463
Notes: A shared master program book. This Books on Tape
recording has been adapted by NLS. The publication has
been
changed to 15/16 ips, 4 track format. Side announcements
have
been added.
Digital master.
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell.
Egypt, 1351 B.C.E. When seventeen-year-old prince
Akhenaton inherits the throne of Egypt, his mother marries
him to her fifteen-year-old niece, Nefertiti. Nefertiti's
younger sister Mutnodjmet witnesses the ruin of her
country
as the royal couple spends recklessly and alienates the
priests. Commercial audiobook. 2007.
Female narrator. NLS/BPH
Reissue of: Library ed. Santa Ana, CA : Books on
Tape, p2007.
Subjects: Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, 14th cent. B.C. --
Fiction.
Akhenaton, King of Egypt -- Fiction.
Queens -- Egypt -- Fiction.
Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca.
1570-1320 B.C. -- Fiction.
Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
Biographical fiction. gsafd
Historical fiction. gsafd
Other authors: Campbell, Cassandra, narrator.
Location: DLC-B RC 64454 NLS/BPH
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 3:51 PM
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> hi Phil,
> Yeah, I would like to name the pharaoh in this game. At this point I
> haven't decided on who the pharaoh should be, but Queen Nefertiti would
> be a really good choice. Now that I think about it, if i used Nefertiti
> it would actually fill in a lot of plot holes in my game's story. It
> would help define Angela's quest.
> For example, many of the important queen's of Egypt are depicted waring
> a golden diadem on her head. Finding Queen Nefertiti's golden diadem
> would be one of the greatest finds in archaeological history. Sure
> finding a complete burial tomb of hers would be pretty important, but
> that single object would be as big as if not larger than finding
> Tutankhamun's burial mask. It is not just anyones crown, but the most
> famous queen in Egyptian history besides Cleopatra. Cleopatra doesn't
> really count, in my opinion, since she was really Greek and not
> Egyptian by birth.Nefertiti is a true Egyptian queen from the most
> famous line of kings and queens in history.
> Also as I sit and think about this there is another reason I might want
> to use Nefertiti. As you probably guessed I am a really big fan of the
> Tomb Raider games. In the first Tomb Raider game Lara Croft is seeking a
> lost artifact from Atlantice. In the final level of the game the evil
> boss is the rezerected queen of atlantice, Queen Natla, which has
> special powers like throwing fireballs at Lara Croft.
> Rather than having the rezerected queen of Atlantice in my game I could
> use a rezerected queen of Egypt, Queen Nefertiti, to be the boss villen
> for this game. She was treated as a goddess in Egyptian legend so her
> throwing fireballs or having some other special powers wouldn't be that
> far afield.
> As far as copyright issues goes using Nefertiti should not be a problem.
> No real person historical or current can be copyrighted. Since Nefertiti
> was a real person, an actual person who lived, she can not be copyrighted.
> At any rate the Curse of the Pharaoh game is pretty different from my
> game. The majority of that game was looking for gold coins, collecting
> pieces of Nefertiti's death mask, solving puzzles, and locating
> Nefertiti's tomb. it doesn't really have any actual mummies walking
> around trying to kill you or have skeletons wielding swords like my game
> has. My game is a lot more combat oriented with treasure hunting thrown
> in as game plot. Searching for Nefertiti's diadem would narrow the focus
> to a special artifact like the Tomb Raider games do. Plus, in my
> opinion, cooler than just looking for another golden death mask. Been
> there done that too many times in games already.
> Just for starts you find Nefertiti's death mask in Quest for Nefertiti,
> which you mentioned below, and there is a Tomb Raider expantion pack
> called, the Golden Mask, where Lara looks for a golden death mask. So
> searching for a diadem instead seams a little more unique.
>
>
> Phil Vlasak wrote:
>> Hi Tom,
>> I liked your description of the Egyptian game.
>> Do you plan to name the King in the game?
>> I did a search of undiscovered kings and Queen Nefertiti's name came up.
>> There have been several games with her as a character and there was a
>> Curse of the Pharaoh: The Quest for Nefertiti game so you may not want
>> to go in that direction, but the idea of naming the tomb's king appeals
>> to me as something to be discovered.
>
>
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