History, Unwrapped
Published: 1 September 2021
Online game using lab techniques to analyse an ancient Egyptian mummy, University of Glasgow
You have been toiling away in the Egyptian desert for months before your team finally uncovered this long-forgotten tomb. Who is buried here? When did they live? How did they die? You have been tasked with answering these questions.
This online game is designed to teach the player about polyomics through the discovery and analysis of an ancient Egyptian mummy. Polyomics is the umbrella term that relates to fields such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and epigenetics.
During the Game:
The player will collect samples throughout the mummies tomb, in the canopic jars (the jars that hold the mummy’s internal organs), in the mummy’s wrappings, and on the mummy themselves.
These sample could then be brought to the lab and ran through machines. The output of the machines will help the player piece together the mummy’s story. They will find out when the mummy lived, what their occupation was, some information about their lives, and how they died.
Play the Game: History, Unwrapped
*It is recommended to play on a laptop or PC and not on a phone
Game credits
Creator: Isabella Bushko
Thank you to the University of Glasgow Polyomic department and the Glasgow School of Art.
Special thanks to Hannah Bialic who initially came up with the game’s concept.
First published: 1 September 2021
