1 - Ancient Egyptian inscriptions

A set of fictional tasks from ancient Egypt. In these tasks, we will program a machine that will automatically carve Egyptian inscriptions into stone.

Archaeologists in Egypt have deciphered inscriptions carved into the wall of an ancient tomb.

One of them shows a ruler - a pharaoh sitting on a throne.

Use the blocks on the left to build a program that will carve a symbol for the stool - the pharaoh's throne.

After the program is built, press the Run button. You can try it multiple times (use Resume).

The arrow next to the hammer shows which direction to chisel. Use the Rotate block to change its direction.

2 - Four seasons

The sign for the 4 seasons in Egyptian inscriptions looked like a square. Create a program from the blocks on the left to carve it in stone.

However, you can only use 3 blocks at most.

Be careful, the test remembers your last answer. If you send the correct solution and then the wrong one, the test will remember the wrong one.

3 - Symbol of wisdom

In ancient Egypt, they had a symbol of wisdom. When someone was recognized as wise, they added this symbol to his name, similar to the way scientific titles are used today.

Create a program that will carve the symbol of wisdom.

4 - The Eternal Life of Cleopatra

When Queen Cleopatra died, the Egyptians carved a beautiful symbol representing eternal life on her tombstone.

Create a program for this symbol.

5 - A heroic story

The Egyptians often depicted heroic stories of the pharaohs. They used a series of frames carved into the walls of temples to depict each part of the story.

Create a program that carves a series of 10 such frames for a heroic story. You can use up to 10 blocks.

Hint on the right: you can insert blocks into each other.

6 - Pyramid

Pharaohs are associated with the pyramids. Before the Egyptians built smooth pointed pyramids, they built stepped pyramids.

Create a program that draws a stepped pyramid with 13 degrees according to the picture.

If you dare, you can do it with less than 10 blocks.

7 - Pharaoh's wisdom

The symbol for great wisdom belonged only to Pharaoh.

It emphasized its dignity, and no one else could boast of it.

Build a program that draws this symbol.

8 - Flooded Nile

The Nile River often flooded, and the Egyptians had a special symbol for it. It was formed from two identical dashed lines of 10 commas.

Build a program for the symbol of the swollen Nile. Use blocks for drawing.

9 - Plan of burial room

In the pyramids there was a columned burial room where the sarcophagus with the pharaoh was stored.

The plan of such a room is in the picture.

Build a program that renders this plan. However, you may use a maximum of 10 blocks.

10 - Rays of light

The supreme Egyptian god was Ra, the sun god, and Pharaoh compared himself to this god.

For the title "radial" was used the symbol of rays of different lengths, arranged around but unfinished, and in its center was empty.

Build a program that carves this symbol.

11 - Fertility symbol

One of the most demanding on the accuracy of carving was the symbol of multiplication and fertility.

It consists of 12 squares, mutually shifted 10 steps horizontally and 10 vertically.

Build a program for this symbol.

12 - An impossible task - Beehive

On the wall of the tomb there is an ornament of a beehive. It shows that probably the ancient Egyptians already kept bees.

Build a program that draws this image. You may use a maximum of 19 blocks. It's really a challenge! 

The block   is not counted into the total number of blocks, nor the block  is counted.