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Back out in the statue courtyard, shoot any roaming gorillas (if you haven't already). Climb up to the Midas statue. Go around to the left side of the statue. You can see 2 stone wall cracks in the statue frame. Jump the wall cracks and climb to the 2nd floor terrace around the back of the statue. Pull the wall lever. A cutaway scene shows another door opening in the courtyard. Go up top and grab the shotgun shells if you need them.
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Walk through the now-opened doorway and down the hallways. Lara enters into a tall cathedral room with 3 large stone pillars. Each pillar is protected by an iron fence, that Lara can't climb. The middle column has a small niche with a lead bar clearly visible. Hmmm... Don't go up the stairs by the entrance. Instead, go to the back of the room on the left and go down the stairs to the lower basement level. Load your 50-cal guns.
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As you walk onto the dirt floor, watch for the gorilla and lion attacking from the right. Climb back up the stairs, running backwards, and shoot both of them. If need be, use a small medipack to restore health. Back in the basement, there are 4 retaining rings, holding wooden brace poles to the pillar. Use the grapple and pull the retaining rings. The wooden braces will fall away from the pillar. Pulling the last brace collapses the pillar.
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A cutaway scene shows the pillar breaking apart, collpasing to the ground and sand falling into the basement. The lead bar is lying on the base of the pillar. Grab the lead bar. Walk back up the stairs to the main floor. The place is a mess. Both sides of the room are now covered with large dunes of sand. The stone pillars are broken. Climb around the rubble and go back to the entrance. Go up the stairs.
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Load your pistols. As you walk out to the balcony ledge overlooking the room, 3 flying bats attack. Shoot them. Go to the right. Take a running jump to the stone block in the sand. Jump to the next block on the right then grab the wall ledge. Jump to the left pull-up and grab the large medipack. Safety drop back down to the ledge. Shimy right and jump to the wall ledge along the back wall. Shimy to the right as far as you can go. Look up.
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There's an overhead grapple hook [square]. Jump and use the grapple to swing-run across the wall. On the high end of your running arc, release and leap to the stone ledge along the wall. Shimy right and climb to the stone ledge underneath the platform. Lean back. Line up with the dangling rope. Jump to the rope. Pivot Lara on the rope so she lines up with the broken pillar on the left [X]. Slide down the rope to the bottom [triangle].
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Swing back and forth to get momentum to reach the column. Release and jump to the pillar crack. Jump up the column to the next crack. Align Lara's camera and jump to the stone platform on the left. Pull up. Turn around and face the room. Look for the broken pillar in the middle of the room [X]. Stand back on the platform and take a running leap to the broken pillar. Lara will land on the ramp of the pillar. Slide down and leap to the next pillar.
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Now you have a choice? Up in the wall balcony to your right [1], there a large medipack If you REALLY want it, go to the left and climb your way around the back of the room to the ledge (alot of work). If you DON'T need it, jump to the next broken pillar then leap to the balcony ledge at the back of the room.
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To leave the room, run to the next broken pillar, then jump to the balcony ledge. Pull up and start to walk out the hallway. Load your 50-cal guns. 2 more gorillas greet you down the hallway. You can take them down in the hallway or go out to the 2nd floor terrace and take care of business there. Out on the terrace, pull the wall lever. A cutaway scene shows a door behind the statue opening on the 2nd floor. Safety drop to the floor.
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