Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh Located at the heart of the Valley of the Kings , the Tomb of the Nameless Pharaoh is the burial place of Pharaoh Atem , whose name was lost in history . The tomb is guarded by a series of game - like traps . Burial of the Pharaoh . The Pharaoh defeated Zorc Necrophades using a spell which included his name , He then sealed him and Zorc in the Millennium Pendant , erasing his mind in the process to keep the spell from ever being used to resurrect Zorc . The Millennium Pendant was shattered . Both the Pharaoh and the Pendant , now a Puzzle , were sealed within the tomb . " Atem " is the key to unlock Zorc Necrophades , so all traces of the Pharaoh ' s name were erased from history to prevent Zorc from being released . Atem thus became known as " The Nameless Pharaoh " . Solomon Muto ' s visit . At the time of Solomon ' s visit in the 1960s , over 60 ancient tombs had been discovered in this valley , but no one had dared enter the inner chambers of the Pharaoh ' s tomb . The one person that did and survived was a villager known by Solomon ' s guides . He was driven mad and repeated the same phrase over and over : " The Shadow Game " ( " Yami No Game " in Japanese ) . Before reaching the end of Pharaoh Atem ' s Tomb and the Millennium Puzzle , Solomon Muto and his guides had to go through a variety of trapped rooms as the ancient treasure was well defended . Each room was treated like a " game " , with the ultimate sacrifice awaiting those who lost : death . Room 1 : The Needle - Spitting Snake Statues . The first room Solomon Muto had to cross contained two giant snake statues : their eyes were encrusted with rubies , but it was just a gimmick to attract the greed of unwary adventurers , for their mouths were motion - activated traps that shot out deadly needles . After he spotted the trap ( by throwing out his toothpick / cigarette into the middle of the room ) , Solomon thwarted the danger by carefully avoiding the room ' s motion sensors . Room 2 : The " Invisible Ink " Tablet . This room contained a giant statue of and a seemingly blank Tablet . Upon closer examination however , there was a receptacle for tar just below the Tablet , which prompted Solomon to light it on fire with his torch . Like magic , poof : ancient hieroglyphs appeared on the Tablet : Soon after , a passageway opened up in the ground , with stairs leading down to the next room . Room 3 : The Maze Across the Pit of Shadows . The North & South ends of this room were separated by a large chasm ( the " Pit of Shadows " ) , with a narrow maze - like corridor providing the only way of reaching the exit . On top of this maze , big statues armed with scimitars blocked the passage . A pressure - sensitive switch also activated a moving spiked wall , a proper incentive to " motivate " hesitant adventurers . The statues would activate and slash with their weapons if the traveler did not " show respect " , which in ancient Egyptian ways meant putting your left foot forward ( the heart is on the left side of the body , which meant facing the heart towards the Pharaoh ) . By doing so , Solomon Muto was able to cross the room , but lost one of his guides to the " Pit of Shadows " below during the process ( in the original Japanese , the guide got stabbed by one of the statues ) . Room 4 : The Monster Bridge . As he crossed the bridge , Solomon Muto was shot in the back by his other guide ( with a gun in the Japanese , a slingshot in the English version ) , and wounded . However as the guide crossed the bridge himself , a Shadow Monster sensed his fear and attacked him ( " swallowing " him alive in the original Japanese ) . The spirit of Pharaoh Atem then helped Solomon from his predicament , so that he could retrieve the Millennium Puzzle . Shadow RPG . During the Dawn of the Duel story arc Yugi discovers the key to defeating Zorc , so he and his friends are forced to go through the Pharaoh ' s tomb and do everything Yugi ' s grandfather did in the 1960 ' s . However , the group discovers another hidden room beyond the room where Grandpa Muto found the Millennium Puzzle . After being betrayed by Tristan ( possessed by Yami Bakura ) and escaping another trap , Yugi & his friends find the only remaining trace of the Pharaoh ' s name inscribed on the wall of the secret room . It was in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics , so they could not read it , but they printed it in a necklace so that Yami Yugi could read it .