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City of Khamoon
Items: 24
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Kills: 14
Lara examines the two pieces of the Scion that she has acquired. Wielding a piece in each hand, she fits the two pieces together, and a vision explodes before her mind's eye.

Ancient runes, writings and other images of past civilizations flash before her. The images subside, and a view of a city of gold appears to her. At the heart of the city stands enormous golden pyramid. Beyond the pyramid, Lara can see the shadows of what must be the three rulers of Atlantis, each in possession of a piece of the Scion. When the three pieces are united, an enormous power is released and energy, like flames, rise above the pyramid.

The vision darkens as Lara observes one of the rules using the power of the Scion to give life to a strange creature. The creature appears both like a reptile and a human. It is clearly not natural. The other two rulers punish the third for this abuse of power. The piece of the scion is removed from the third ruler's possession, and the wicked ruler is restrained.

The vision continues with a celestial object impacting the continent. Atlantis is devastated. The casualties are without number and significant portions of the continent sink beneath the ocean. The three pieces of the Scion are scattered to the corners of the earth. The first is taken to Peru. The second to Europe. The final piece finds it's resting place in Egypt.

Lara makes her way to Egypt. There she rents a motorbike, and speeds off to the location revealed to her in the vision.



Run forward until Lara reaches the pit, and hang down at the edge. Release the action key and immediately press it again to grab the lower ledge. Shimmy right until Lara reaches the passageway. Release and throw the switch. Exit the tunnel by doing a safety drop to the bottom of the gorge. Enter the doorway Lara just opened and pull the block out three times. Climb over the block and enter the tunnel behind it and grab the magnum clips(1) and the small Medi Pack (2).

Return to the block and climb onto it. Now pull the upper block away from the corner so that it is lined up with the lower block, and take a jump over the gorge and then return to face the upper block. Pull it three times away from the wall, and then come around to the back side of the block and push it once so that it is against the opposite wall.

Climb onto the block, then onto the tall column beside it. Grab the crevice above and then shimmy right until there is enough room for Lara to pull up. Ready a weapon while hanging, and pull up and turn and face right. Take one side jump to the left to face a panther (1). Fire at it and hop away from it until it's dead, being careful not to hop past the sandy slope that leads down to the sphinx.

After the panther is dead, face the passageway Lara entered from, climb onto of the beam on the right side. Grab the small Medi Pack (3) and the magnum clips (4). Drop down off the beam, and run over to the block on the right. Climb onto the block, and Lara will have a good view of the sphinx and the valley below. Ready pistols and shoot at the panther mummy (2) until it explodes. After the mummy is dead, drop down to the valley floor.

Jump into the pool that surrounds the obelisk and grab the two magnum clips (5, 6) that are at the bottom. Exit the water at the ledge with the vegetation and the palm trees. Head forward onto the short platform in the corner and then face left and climb onto the ledge above it platform. Walk to the left until Lara is opposite the obelisk and take a running jump and grab to get onto it, and pick up the shotgun shells (7). Get down by stepping off into the water or going back the way Lara came.
Sapphire Key #1
Go to the front of the sphinx and climb up between its paws up to its chin. Then go around one side of the head to get around behind the head, where Lara will find some shotgun shells (8) and a tunnel that leads to the first Sapphire Key (9). After picking up the key, have Lara make her way back to the front of the sphinx and pull the block out at least once, and enter the tunnel.

Use the sapphire key to open the door, then enter the tunnel and climb onto the first ledge above and to the right. Pick up the small Medi Pack (10), and ready pistols. Take a standing jump to the next ledge on the same side of the room, and a panther (3) will appear. Kill it from above and then take a jump across the gorge over to a ledge on the other side. Walk along the edge until Lara reaches the last ledge. Face right, where Lara can see a tunnel on the other side of the room. Ready a weapon, and take a standing jump across to the other side. Run down the tunnel until Lara reaches a slight slope, and begin back flipping away and start firing at the panther (4) that suddenly appears around the corner. Lara will either drop down into the gorge, or back flip onto the opposite ledge. If Lara fell down, climb onto the opposite ledge to shoot at the panther until it's dead.

Continue down the tunnel, then along a wide hallway with a bridge over head. Lara will reach a large room. Ready pistols, if they've been put away, and shoot at the crocodile (5) running around on the floor, then safety drop down to the floor. Lara should be standing in front of a passageway. Run down the long passageway and grab the large Medi Pack (11) that was formerly unreachable because of the gate. And return to the large room.

Run over to the middle of the ramp, stand a block away from the ramp, and turn and face the doorway that the ramp leads up to. Take a side jump onto the ramp, and immediately another side jump off of it. A boulder will roll by, the run over to where the boulder comes to a stop.
SECRET #1
Head right and up the slope. Jump over the slope and enter the area behind the wall to get to SECRET #1. Grab the large Medi Pack (12) and the magnum clips (13), and exit this area.
Jump into the pool and swim into the tunnel in one corner. At the end of the tunnel is a lever and a door. Throw the lever, and immediately swim forward through the door, surface in the next room and exit the water. Ready weapons, to kill the croc (6). Climb up to the upper ledge, and push the block twice along the narrow bridge, and climb onto the block. Do a standing jump and grab onto the ledge above and enter the room with the hieroglyphics. Head up the steps and boost onto the highest step. Turn around, climb up into the hole in the ceiling, and throw the switch at the end of the tunnel to extend a bridge in the room outside.

Exit the room, and do a safety drop off one side of the ledge to the ledge below. Return to the block and pull it twice to it's original position. Then pull it once along the wide ledge toward the gold bridge, and then get around behind the block and push it once. Then climb on top of the block, and take a running jump and grab to get to the upper ledge with the block on it1. Push the block once, enter the room and throw the switch to open the trap doors above the bridge.

Return to the room with the gold bridge, pull the block twice, and then climb onto the block. Then take a running jump and grab to get to the gold bridge, then jump, grab and pull up into the room above. Throw the switch to make the floors around the cat statue outside fall away, then walk out to open ledge that faces the large room.

Walk along the ledge to the left and take a standing jump onto a stone ledge outside. Walk out to the edge of the stones and take a running jump onto the natural stone formation hanging from the ceiling. Once over there, walk to the right, over the crest of the rock, and pick up some magnum clips (14). Then walk back to the left, and slide down the to the ledge below, where a small Medi Pack (15) is awaiting Lara. Take a running jump and grab to get to the stone out-cropping. Ready pistols and kill the croc (7) that's running around below, and then take a running jump onto the green roof of the structure that houses the cat statue. Grab the magnum clips (16) there.
SECRET #2
Now climb onto the "horn" nearest to the magnum clips, and take a running jump across from the roof of the structure onto the top of the doorway that the ramp leads down from, which is SECRET #2. Pick up the Uzi clips (17).
Safety drop to the ground and run over to the cat statue. Safety drop down the near left corner onto a green block below, then drop again down to the floor. There is a dark area to one side with some steps that is a trap which leads to some spikes. Instead enter the tunnel on the other side and grab the magnum clips (18). Then drop down the dark hole. Lara will find herself on a ledge that faces a large room. Ready pistols and pick off the two panthers (8, 9) running around in the darkness below. At this point Lara can throw the switch that is on that ledge, which will open a trap door and let light enter the dark room, or continue in the dark2. Beside Lara on the ledge is a cat statue. Walk around behind the cat statue and pick up the magnum clips (19) that are in the alcove behind it.

Safety drop into the room below. Reverse when Lara hits the ground, and ready a weapon. Magnums or better3 are recommended. Side step to the left until Lara is near the corner. Run forward toward the opposite corner. Halfway across the room, a door will open and two panthers (10, 11) will emerge. Begin back flipping away while shooting at the panthers. Lara will need to do some fancy jumping to keep enough distance between her and the two panthers4. When they are dead, enter the tunnel they emerged from and grab a large Medi Pack (20), then return to the main room and climb onto the grey block that is against the wall. Climb once more to get to the ledge with the rope bridge.
SECRET #3
Cross the bridge and head to the left of the center column, and take a running jump and grab to get to the ledge with the cat statue. Boost up into the alcove, which is SECRET #3, and pick up the shotgun shells (21). Now ready pistols, and take care of the two panthers (12, 13)that have emerged from the second doorway. After they two panthers are dead, safety drop to the floor and enter the tunnel the last two panthers emerged from and grab the small Medi Pack (22), then climb back up to the ledge.
Ready weapons and enter the twisty tunnel. There is a panther mummy (14) in the room at the end of the tunnel. This is one of the few enemies, for which no effective trick was found to deal with it, but conveniently it appears near the end of this level. Just run forward into the room, and take the bruises as they come. Magnums or better3 weapons. Rush forward into the room and fire and jump around until the panther mummy explodes. Don't use a Medi Packs because there are no more enemies that Lara needs to worry about on this level. Climb up into the passageway to the left of the tunnel Lara entered from, and climb up the steps and then up the slope.
Sapphire #2
Climb onto the column and grab the second Sapphire Key (23), then drop down off the column and run up the slope. At the top, Lara should walk over to the far wall and face the tree ledges. Take three standing jumps to get to the third ledge and pick up the magnum clips (24), then take one more standing jump to the ledge in the corner, then climb up to the ledge and throw the switch. Drop back down to the ledge in the corner, take a running jump and grab to get to the ledge that is far away, then another running jump to get back to the entrance.

The mound of sand that Lara ran up earlier has now sifted down, so safety drop down into the hole below and slide all the way to the bottom. Then run back up the slope beside the one Lara just slid down, and take a jump at the end to get into the room above. Enter the room and use the sapphire key to open the double doors. Run into the double doors to exit this level.

Summary
Pickups
5 Small Medi Packs
3 Large Medi Packs

10 Magnum Clips
3 Shotgun Shells
1 Uzi Clips

2 Sapphire Keys

24 Total
Kills
3 crocodile
9 panther
2 panther mummy

14 Total

Footnotes:
  1. At this point, there is a difference in the game depending on whether you are playing on a PC or a console. On the console version, there is a panther mummy in the next room which will bring the total kills to 15.

    Either pull the block once and then see about shooting the mummy from a safe vantage point, then push the block twice to enter the next room, or push the block to reveal the doorway, and immediately take a side flip to the left to land in the water below. Using the latter method, Lara need only climb out of the water and shoot at the panther from a safety. Thanks to Andy Lucas for the alternate method of dealing with this panther mummy

  2. Many other walkthroughs suggest that you do not throw the switch, implying that something undesirable occurs. I found no ill effects to pulling the lever, so I don't see why you shouldn't.

  3. What is meant by "better" is Uzis. I'm well aware that you have had no opportunity to obtain the Uzis yet. However, if you're using the weapons cheat, now would be a good place for them.

  4. An alternative method for dealing with these two panthers is suggested by Walter Fooshee. He suggests that, instead of readying weapons, Lara should run across the room and take a running jump and grab to reach the sloped block, where kill the two panthers safely. I tried this method a few times and liked it, except for two issues: Firstly, the timing of the running jump can be tricky. Secondly, even if Lara does make it to the block, usually one of the panthers gets a swipe in before she can pull up to safety. I've found that with a little practice, luck, the magnums, and some jumping around, Lara is more likely to kill both panthers completely unscathed. This method is still worthy of note for the timid. Thanks.