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[[File:SennenItems.png|right|thumb|300px|The 7 seven Millennium Items.]]The '''Millennium Items''' are seven treasures in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]]. They were created from an ancient spell found in the [[Millennium Spellbook]] in order to keep the ancient magic of the [[Shadow Game]]s locked up forever. [[The Millennium Stone]] in the village of [[Kul Elna]] is the origin and resting place of the seven items, and also where [[Akhenaden]] sacrificed ninety-nine humans in order to create them. The Millennium Items are also mentioned in the description of "[[Sengenjin]]" as well as being wielded by "[[Ma'at (manga)|Ma'at]]" in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)|''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' manga]].

They are based on the [[Millennium Items (manga)|Millennium Items]] from the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]]. == Millennium Items ==

! scope="col" | Old carriers! scope="col" | Recent carriersCarriers

* [[Seto Kaiba]] ''(anime only)''

* [[Thief Bandit King Bakura]]* [[Alexander the Great]] (Only [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters|Yu-Gi-Oh! CM]])* [[Mana]] (Only manga)

| * [[Millennium Ring thiefmerchant|ThiefMerchant]]

* Contains the souls of [[Zorc Necrophades]] and [[Bandit King Bakura|Thief Bakura]]

* Seals [[Egyptian Spirit Monster]]s inside of stone tablets (Ancient ancient Egypt)

* Sees into the past and the future

* [[Millennium Spellbook|Spellbook]] - the book that Ahkenaten Aknadin used to create them.* [[Feather of Ma'at]] - a tool used by the Pharaoh's Priests to judge the hearts of criminals.

Outside of a game, in addition to their unique abilities, the items' power of the Shadow Games also allow the owners to harness dark magic that they can defend themselves with. The power within the Millennium Items lets their holders perform feats like: putting people to sleep, cloaking himself and others from sight, interfering with other Shadow Games, remote-viewing, etc. The items also give their owners protection from harm, and from other magic. According to Shadi, three of the Millennium Items represented justice (Key, Scale and Necklace), three are weak to evil (Ring, Rod, and Eye), and the seventh, the Millennium Puzzle, represents both evil and justice. This would the explain the increasingly evil natures of the main antagonists (Pegasus, Marik and Bakura) and Yami Yugi's anti-hero nature early on. ==Origin===== Manga ===In {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|14|ref}}, [[Shadi]] gives a vague explanation about why the '''Millennium Items''' were created. According to this story, the relics were created by the Pharaoh's magicians of Ancient Egypt in order to punish thieves who tried to rob the Pharaohs' tombs. Shadi says this is written in the ''Pert Em Hiru'', or ''Coming Forth By Day'' (the Egyptian title of ''The Book of The Dead''). Later chapters of the manga (published as ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World'' in North America) then give a more detailed lore about their origin. With Egypt under threat from invading armies 3,000 years ago, the Pharaoh [[Akhenamkhanen]] sought to protect his land through mystical means, and laid down the command for the seven magical Millennium Items to be forged, based on an ancient spell found in the [[Millennium Spellbook]]. Akhenamkhanen's brother, [[Akhenaden]] was charged with creating the items, but Akhenaden refrained from informing his brother that in order to do so, 99 human sacrifices were required. The village of [[Kul Elna]] became the victim of the Pharaoh's unwitting decree, as Akhenaden had them slaughtered, their blood, bone and flesh melted in with the gold that was cast in the mystic rite that formed the items.

With Akhenamkhanen possessing ==History==3,000 years ago, the Millennium PuzzlePharaoh, the remaining six items were entrusted to his high priests the [[The Sacred Guardians|Sacred Guardians]]: the Millennium Key to [[Shimon Muran|SiamonAknamkanon]], the Millennium Eye sought to Akhenaden himselfprotect his land through mystical means, and laid down the command for the seven magical Millennium NecklaceItems to be forged, Rod, Scale, and Ring to the other four priests (based on an ancient spell found in the predecessors of [[IsisMillennium Spellbook]]. Aknamkanon's brother, [[SetoAknadin]]was charged with creating the items, [[Karim]]but Aknadin refrained from informing his brother that in order to do so, and 99 human sacrifices were required. The village of [[MahadKul Elna]]). Using became the Items' combined power, an army victim of Duel Monsters was summoned which repelled the invading foes of Egypt. However, upon discovering the dark truth behind the ItemsPharaoh' creations unwitting decree, Akhenamkhanen attempted to atone by offering his soul up to the Egyptian Gods as penanceAknadin had them slaughtered, sparing his sontheir blood, [[Pharaoh Atem]] from any future retribution for his own indirect actionsbone and flesh melted in with the gold that was cast in the mystic rite that formed the items.

===Anime version===The With Aknamkanon possessing the Millennium Puzzle, the remaining six items were entrusted to his [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (Toei anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' Toei animeSacred Guardians]] just makes use of : the story depicted in Millennium Key to [[Shimon Muran]], the early chapters of Millennium Eye to Akhenaden himself, and the manga due Millennium Necklace, Rod, Scale, and Ring to its small coverage the other four priests (the predecessors of the series[[Isis]], [[Seto]], while the [[Millennium WorldKarim]] arc of the , and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|NAS animeMahad]] follows ). Using the detailed version Items' combined power, an army of monsters was summoned which repelled the manga's late chapters (invading foes of Egypt. However, upon discovering the dub cuts dark truth behind the mention of Items' creation, Akhenamkhanen attempted to atone by offering his soul up to the villagers dyingEgyptian Gods as penance, but still specifies their souls were used)sparing his son, [[Pharaoh Atem|Atem]] from any future retribution for his own indirect actions.

==Historical implications==When his father died, Pharaoh [[Atem]] was given the Millennium Puzzle, and in time, [[Shimon Muran|Siamon Muran]] relinquished the Millennium Key to [[Shada]]. The Millennium Rod was given to a young priest named Seto, who (unknown to everyone) was actually AkhenadenAknadin's son. Seto became a strong friend of Atem, though both young men remained unaware that they were cousins. [[Thief Bandit King Bakura]], the sole survivor of the slaughter in [[Kul Elna]], stole the holy [[DiaDhank]] from the tomb of Akhenamkhanen. By using it, Bakura could summon the ka, or soul, sealed in slates in the tomb of Akhenamkhanen and the demon Diabound, which created by the ''[[ka]] '' of the deceased people in Kul Elna (originally, a Millennium Item was needed to summon Ka''ka'', except your own). After failing to beat Atem, he defeated [[Mahad]] and acquired the Millennium Ring. Then, using the Millennium Ring, Thief King Bakura injected evil thoughts into [[Akhenaden]]'s Millennium Eye to corrupt his mind. Akhenaden wanted his son, [[Seto]], to become the new Pharaoh, so he helped Bakura defeat the other priests and Atem, then he placed the Millennium Items upon the stone slab to summon the Dark God [[Zorc Necrophades|Zorc]]. While Zorc attempted to decimate the planet, Atem used his own name and the magics of the Shadow Games, within the Millennium Items, sealed Zorc and his own soul within the Millennium Puzzle, wiping his memory so that he could not recall it, so that the binding might never be undone.

With Atem's eventual death, the Millennium Puzzle was entombed along with him in his crypt in the Valley of the Kings. In a chamber beneath the village of Kul Elna, a sculpted stone rested - it read "Should the seven Millennium Items be placed upon it, along with the eighth key, the Pharaoh's name, Zorc would be free again".

Back in the present, following Atem's defeat at the hands of his vessel, Yugi Muto, in the conclusion of the Ceremonial [[Battle and the seriesRitual]], the Millennium Items, placed onto the tablet just before the duel Duel began, would open opened a gateway to the afterlife, allowing the Pharaoh Atem to be finally at rest. Afterwards, the temple would then crumblecrumbled, sealing all 7 Millennium Items deep underground until Kaiba digs them back up in The Dark Side of Dimensions.

[[File:MillenniumItemsGXmanga==In other media==<gallery widths="240" heights="160">Millennium Items - manga.jpgpng |150px|left|thumb|The items as they appear on the body of "[[Ma'at Millennium Items (manga)|Ma'at]]"]].In the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Millennium Items (manga)|and ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GXDark Side of Dimensions'' manga)]], the Items are wielded by "Millennium Puzzle - Toei.png | [[Ma'at Millennium Items (mangaToei)|Ma'at]]", an incarnation of the Egyptian God with the [[wikipedia:Maat|same name]]DarkNitesTomb-FMR. "Ma'at" uses the power of the items that [[The Sacred Guardianspng |priests]] had sealed in [[Winged Kuriboh Millennium Items (characterForbidden Memories)|the White-Feathered spirit]] to defeat [[Tragoedia Millennium Items (character''Forbidden Memories'')|Tragoedia]] and allow Millennium Items - ROD.png | [[Winged Kuriboh Millennium Items (characterThe Sacred Cards and Reshef of Destruction)|Winged Kuriboh]] Millennium Items (''The Sacred Cards'' and [[Light and Darkness Dragon (character''Reshef of Destruction'')|Light and Darkness Dragon]] to seal him permanently.<ref name=gx64>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|64|ref}}</refgallery>