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The_Secret_of_the_Ankh_The_Legacy_of_the_Pharaoh

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Author: Ankh1rsi

Professor Indiana Ping, a renowned archaeologist and inventor, discovered the previously unexplored tomb of Pharaoh Ankhnaton. In the main hall, among golden sarcophagi and wall paintings, he found a strange stone sarcophagus with a hieroglyphic inscription: "Here lies the great processor Ankh." Inside, instead of a mummy, lay an ancient computer with a single USB-C port and a blinking Eye of Horus on the lid.

Professor Ping, of course, immediately connected the device to his laptop, and... the ancient computer booted up! The screen displayed:

ПРИВЕТСТВУЮ ТЕБЯ, СМЕРТНЫЙ! Я СЧИТАЮ, ЧТО ТЫ ДОСТОИН УЗНАТЬ ТАЙНУ АНКХА. НО СНАЧАЛА РАЗГАДАЙ МОЙ КОД, НАПИСАННЫЙ НА ЯЗЫКЕ БОГОВ. Но внезапно налетевший песчаный буран засыпал вход в гробницу. Пин успел выдернуть флешку со странным файлом sacred_scroll.ankh, прежде чем древний компьютер отключился. Our days, Smeshariki

Pin returned from Egypt with a flash drive and an artifact, but the ancient computer still won't boot. The flash drive contains only one file—sacred_scroll.ankh. Pin claims it contains an encrypted message from the pharaoh, revealing the location of the treasure's hidden location.

Losyash has been trying to decrypt the file for a month, but to no avail. He's stopped drinking coffee, started talking to the pyramids, and is trying to prove Fermat's theorem in hieroglyphics.

Krosh and Hedgehog accidentally find Pin's notes and realize that the sacred_scroll.ankh file is Ankh's ancient assembler, and it needs to be "revived"—turned back into a program that will show the way to the treasure.

Help Krosh and Hedgehog decipher the ancient code before Losyash goes to live with the Bedouins!

Author: @Ankh1rsi

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