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[|Ancient Egyptian Gods]

[|Melting Gold in a Crucible]

[|Pulling or Drawing Gold Wire]

= The Golden Goblet = = Character Chart = ** Who ? ** ||
 * ** Character ** ||
 * Ranofer || Twelve-year-old Egyptian orphan boy; lives with his cruel half-brother. ||
 * Gebu || Ranofer's cruel and greedy older brother; claims all of his father's possessions when the father dies; abuses Ranofer. ||
 * Thutra || Father of Ranofer and Gebu; was a talented goldsmith. ||
 * Heqet || Twelve-year-old boy; goldsmith apprentice. ||
 * The Ancient || Old peasant who lives near the marshes of papyrus. ||
 * Rekh || Goldsmith who owns the shop where Ranofer and Hequet work. ||
 * Zau || Master goldsmith. ||
 * Ibni || Babylonian who works for Rekh. ||
 * Pai || Foreman of Gebu's stonecutting shop ||
 * Sata || First Craftsman (top worker) in Rekh's gold shop ||
 * Queen Tiy || Queen of Egypt. ||
 * Wenamon || Friend of Gebu. ||
 * Zahotep || A stonecutter in Gebu's shop ||
 * Setma || A riverboat captain ||
 * Qa-nefer || Dwarf who serves the queen. ||
 * Tuaa&Huaa || Parents of Queen Tiy. ||