It’s a solid three weeks into Shelter-in-Place and you finally made your way through the stack of books on your nightstand, so you decide to try and check out a book online. You already have a library card, so this shouldn’t be too hard, right? But as you’re clicking through the library website, your phone screen flickers, goes black, and then flashes bright white light. When your eyes adjust, you’re no longer in your house. You’re somewhere else entirely, but you’re not sure where. A man in a toga approaches you…

This escape room was developed by Portia Carryer for San Leandro Public Library's Staycation 2020. Image credits:
https://www.needpix.com/photo/88529/toga-ancient-roman-clothing-cloak-man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt
https://pixabay.com/photos/book-book-open-book-pages-wind-3720292/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_A_Complete_Set_of_Canopic_Jars_-_Walters_41171,_41172,_41173,_41174_-_Group.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Plateau_-_Sphinx.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egyptian_-_Chest_with_Writing_-_Walters_61271_-_Three_Quarter_Right.jpg