Ancestors

Ancestors is an Egyptian Heroic Age god power in Age of Mythology that is available to worshipers of Nephthys. When cast, it raises an army of 13 undead soldiers that will fight for the player. If Ancestors is invoked on land, Minions (identical to those the Mummy creates) return from their graves; if invoked on water, a fleet of Lost Ships rises from the depths. Either way, these units have a lifespan of 60 seconds.

Strategy Edit

The units Ancestors creates are fairly capable at fighting, but will only last one minute before dying. In addition, they can be easily defeated by an organized force. As such, they should not be used as a primary fighting force. Rather, they should be used to support the player's own troops during an attack, or defend against a surprise attack.

As Minions are myth units, Isis players may consider invoking the Eclipse god power shortly after invoking Ancestors. This will increase the Minion's strength and prevent the enemy from using their own god powers to counter them. Ceasefire is the best counter to Ancestors as the Minions will automatically die shortly before the battle can resume.

Gallery Edit

God powers
Culture	Age	God powers
Greeks		Bolt · Lure · Sentinel
		Pestilence · Restoration · Ceasefire
		Underworld Passage · Curse · Bronze
		Earthquake · Lightning Storm · Plenty
Egyptians		Prosperity · Vision · Rain
		Eclipse · Shifting Sands · Plague of Serpents
		Locust Swarm · Citadel · Ancestors
		Tornado · Meteor · Son of Osiris
Norse		Dwarven Mine · Great Hunt · Spy
		Healing Spring · Forest Fire · Undermine
		Frost · Flaming Weapons · Walking Woods
		Fimbulwinter  · Nidhogg  · Ragnarok
Atlanteans		Deconstruction · Shockwave · Gaia Forest
		Spider Lair · Valor · Carnivora
		Chaos · Traitor · Hesperides
		Tartarian Gate · Vortex · Implode
Chinese		Year of the Goat · Recreation · Timber Harvest
		Barrage · Great Journey · Call to Arms
		Geyser · Uproot · Imperial Examination
		Great Flood · Inferno · Earth Dragon
All		Titan Gate
Other
Campaign exclusive		Blessing of Zeus  · Deconstruction Wonder  · Seed of Gaia
Cheat		Chicken Storm  · Goatunheim  · Walking Berry Bushes
Cut content		Bramble  · Enrage  · Rebellion  · Shepherd  · Sight  · Snowstorm  · Volcano