Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt

Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt is the Discovery Tour educational mode for Assassin's Creed: Origins. It was released as a free downloadable addition on 20 February 2018 and is available for free to those who own the base game, or for purchase as a stand-alone version on PC. In it, players are to free roam the game's map of ancient Egypt and learn about the Ptolemaic Kingdom's history through a series of guided tours.^[1]

Tours[edit | edit source]

Egypt[edit | edit source]

The Major Regions of Egypt	Bringer of Life, The Nile River	Deserts of Egypt	The Qattara Depression
Siwa	The Faiyum	The City of Memphis	Rediscovering Egypt
Natron	Fauna of Ancient Egypt	Flora of Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Jean-François Champollion	The Founding of Cyrene	The Agora & Thermal Baths	The Temple of Zeus in Cyrene
Important Monuments of Cyrene	The Acropolis of Cyrene	The Gladiator Arena	Major Exports of Cyrene

Pyramids[edit | edit source]

The Origin of the Pyramid	The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser	Inside Djoser's Step Pyramid	Sneferu's First Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur	The Red Pyramid of Dahshur	Pyramids of the Middle Kingdom	An Overview of the Giza Necropolis
The Riddles of the Sphinx	Khufu's Funerary Complex	The Secrets of the Great Pyramid	The Great Pyramid: Subterranean Chamber
The Great Pyramid of Giza: Upper Chambers	Jean-Pierre Houdin's Theories	Khafre's Funerary Complex	Menkaure's Funerary Complex

Alexandria[edit | edit source]

The Greek Pharaohs	Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt	The Siege of Alexandria	Introduction to Alexandria
Alexandria: Planning of the City	Alexandria: A Commerical Hub	Alexandria, City of Celebration	Education in Alexandria
The Great Library of Alexandria	The Mouseion of Alexandria	The Serapeion of Alexandria	The Island of Pharos
The Paneion	The Hippodrome of Alexandria

Daily Life[edit | edit source]

Osiris, The First Mummy	Mummies of Ancient Egypt	The Importance of Mummies	Amulets & Rituals
Temples & Rituals of Ancient Egypt	Temples And Priests	Building Ancient Egypt	Workers & Transport
Agriculture & Seasons	Ancient Egyptian Cultivation	Domesticated Animals of Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egyptian Medicine
Leather & Linen in Ancient Egypt	Ancient Egyptian Fashions	Artisans of Ancient Egypt	Evolution of Pottery in Ancient Egypt
The Egyptian Household	Beer & Bread	Wine in Ancient Egypt	Oil in Ancient Egypt

Romans[edit | edit source]

Roman Military Equipment	Roman Forts	The Forts of Cyrenaica	Roman Aqueducts
Crucifixion

Characters[edit | edit source]

Image	Name	Description
	Bayek of Siwa	Medjay. Husband to Aya of Alexandria.
	Aya of Alexandria	Trained as a medjay. Wife to Bayek of Siwa.
	Julius Caesar	Roman politician and general.
	Cleopatra VII Philopator	Descendant of Alexander the Great's general, Ptolemy I Soter. Queen of Egypt.
	William Miles	Modern day mentor. Father of Desmond Miles.
	Layla Hassan	Technical engineer. Former employee of Abstergo Industries.
	Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator	Brother-husband of Cleopatra VII Philopator. Pharaoh of Egypt.
	Khemu of Siwa	Son of Aya and Bayek.
	Shadya of Euhemeria	Egyptian. Daughter to Hotephres and Khenut.
	Reda the Merchant	Egyptian. Nomadic merchant.
	Hasina of Yamu	Daughter of Menehet, an old friend of Bayek.
	Actor	One of the famed actors of ancient Egypt, in costume.
	Egyptian Woman	Wearing clothing typical of the common Egyptian folk of the era.
	Egyptian Nobleman	Wearing clothing typical of the nobility of Ancient Egypt.
	Egyptian Noblewoman	Wearing clothing typical of the nobility of Ancient Egypt.
	Roman Soldier	Wearing clothing typical of Roman soldiers of the era.
	Greek Nobleman	Wearing clothing typical of the Greek nobility of the era.
	Greek Noblewoman	Wearing clothing typical of the Greek nobility of the era.
	Greek Man	Wearing clothing typical of the common Greek folk of the era.
	Greek Woman	Wearing clothing typical of the common Greek folk of the era.
	Ptolemaic Soldier	Wearing clothing typical of Egyptian soldiers of the era.
	Bayek with Egyptian Hedj	Wearing hedj clothing, a more distinguished though still practical outfit. Hedj means "white".
	Bayek with Egyptian Irtyu	Wearing irtyu clothing, favored by the nobles. Irtyu means "blue".
	Bayek with Egyptian Narok	Wearing the robe of an elder Maasai warrior.
	Bayek as a Persian Commander	Purple is the color of leaders, feared by their enemies.