Ptah

"You have advanced to the Classical Age through the Creations of Ptah."
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Ptah is an Egyptian Classical Age minor god in Age of Mythology. He is available to worshipers of Ra and Set.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Shifting Sands	Teleports a group of units anywhere in player's Line of Sight on the map.

Technology

Name	Description
Scalloped Axe	Axemen do 15% more damage.
Leather Frame Shield	Spearmen have 15% less pierce
Electrum Bullets	Slingers have +1 divine attack.
Shaduf	Reduces Farm cost by 50% and build time by 50%.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Wadjet	Regenerating cobra that shoots venom at enemies.

Gameplay

Ptah offers a wide range of upgrades that benefit both the economy and military. His technologies upgrade each Barracks unit in some way, providing a noticeable boost to Classical Age combat. Axemen and Slingers gain increased attack while Spearmen take reduced damage from ranged units. Ptah also aids the economy by decreasing the cost of farms and enabling them to be built faster. His god power can be used to make a deadly early rush, move away enemy units or take Laborers out of danger. His myth unit, the Wadjet, is best used defensively.

Mythology

"The cult center of Ptah was at Memphis, one of the older cities of ancient Egypt, and his importance grew as that city became the capital for many dynasties. He was usually depicted as a shaven-headed mummy holding a scepter or working with tools. He may have originally been a fertility god, and for a time was held to be the creator of all gods and religious practices. As other cults and gods rose in importance, he became a protector of the arts and crafts, a shaper of all things."
In-game compendium

Trivia

In the original game, he is incorrectly depicted with a human-like skin color. In Retold, his skin color is correctly changed to green.