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Temple of Karnak (1st)
Items: 34
Kills: 11
Lara will arrive at the Temple of Karnak by Jeep. She approaches the temple entrance at high speed, and at the last minute, yanks the wheel to the left, causing the Jeep to skid sideways. The Jeep lightly clunks against a stone block. Lara looks around, and climbs out of the Jeep. (follow plot)

Turn left and run forward, past the block that the Jeep crashed into, to the limestone brick wall. Turn right and vault up onto the lowest block against the wall. Turn left, vault up to the higher ledge, step forward and finally vault up onto the top of the brick wall.

Step forward and drop down the other side of the wall and draw pistols. Lara will slide down a steep part of the wall and land on a flat ledge. Kill a black scorpion (1) that will crawl out from the left. Step forward off the ledge and kill a second black scorpion (2) that will emerge from behind the obelisk on the left. When both are dead run forward to the obelisk and pick up a small Medi Pack (1).

Turn left and run forward into the middle of three doorways, which is also the widest of the three. Run up to the brick ledge and vault up onto the lower part of the ledge on the right. Turn right and climb up onto the ledge above. Take a standing jump over the gap to reach the far ledge. Turn left, run forward and pick up the small Medi Pack (2).

Turn left and take a standing jump back to the previous stone ledge. Take a running jump across the wider gap to reach another ledge. Pick up the pair of Uzi clips (3). Angle Lara to the left and take a standing jump to the brick alcove ahead and slightly to the left. Pick up a box of wideshot shotgun shells (4). Reverse roll and run forward to drop to the ground below.
SECRET #1
Reverse roll again and run forward to drop into the trench ahead. Turn right and crouch down. Crawl forward into the crawlspace until Lara emerges inside SECRET #1. Quickly stand up and draw pistols to kill a black scorpion (3) ahead. Run forward, up the steps, to the next chamber. Angle Lara to the left, draw pistols, jump up and shoot the vase. Climb up onto the ledge that the vase was formerly sitting on and collect a box of regular shotgun shells (5).

Turn right and drop off the ledge and draw pistols. Run forward into the next chamber and kill a black scorpion (4) that will emerge from the alcove to the left and a second black scorpion (5) that will emerge from another alcove ahead and to the right. Step forward and a third black scorpion (6) will emerge from the last alcove on the left. After all three scorpions are dead, jump up and down to shoot the four gray vases, three of which are on ledges against the north wall and the fourth is on the middle ledge against the south wall.

Collect the wideshot shotgun shells (6), Uzi clips (7), a canister of flares (8) and a large Medi Pack (9) from the four ledges. Exit this room and turn left. Run back down the steps and return to the entry chamber with the four pillars. Run forward to the crawlspace, crouch down and crawl back outside. Turn left and run forward and climb out of the trench.
Sidestep to the right and run forward to return to the middle room. Turn right and vault up onto the limestone brick ledge. Run forward to drop back to the ground and return to the courtyard with the obelisk.

Turn left and run forward toward the area with the six pillars, which is on the western side of this courtyard. Step onto the short slanted block just in front of the area with the six pillars. Sidestep to the left and step backwards away from the six pillars. Angle Lara slightly to the left and take a standing jump to the taller block that is against the wall. Make sure Lara lands on the lower right corner of the block, as the area on the left is too steep for her to stand. Angle Lara back to the right and take a standing jump and grab to reach the ledge above the pillars. Pick up the box of wideshot shotgun shells (10) and then hop backwards to drop back to the ground.

Run forward, dropping into the hallway lined with pillars, and enter a chamber with two large dark vases. Run forward, through the open doorway ahead, into another chamber with four pillars. Lara will look up to the right to indicate where she must go next.

Turn right and climb up onto the ledge in the northwest corner of this room. Turn left and climb up to the ledge above. On the western wall, are two alcoves, sealed off by metal gates. Turn left, step forward to the part of the ledge that is between the two alcoves, and turn left again. Take a running jump to the ledge that spans the middle of the room.

Turn left and run forward to the hole in the wall and reach in to activate a switch to open one of the gates. Reverse roll and run to the opposite end of the ledge. Reach into the hole to open the other gate. Reverse roll and turn right. Take a standing jump to the last ledge and collect a box of regular shotgun shells (11) from behind the pillar on the right, and a pair of Uzi clips (12) from behind the pillar on the left.
Canopic Jar #1
Turn and face the two alcoves. Take a standing jump back to the middle ledge, and then take a running jump back to the ledge in front of the two alcoves. Enter the alcove on the right and take the first Canopic Jar (13) from the pedestal. Taking the jar reveals a chamber elsewhere which is lined with columns, with a gray door at one end and a large gray button on the opposite wall.

Reverse roll, exit the alcove and turn right. Run forward and turn right to enter the second alcove. Pick up a small Medi Pack (14) from the ground, and step forward and take the shotgun (15), which will count as regular shotgun shells if Lara is already carrying the shotgun, from its pedestal. Reverse roll and run forward to exit this alcove. Turn left and run to the other end of the ledge. Turn right and drop back to the block below. Turn right and drop back to the ground.
SECRET #2
Turn right and run forward into the chamber with the deep cistern of water. Swim to the bottom of the cistern and pick up the canister of flares (16). Swim into the large hole in the side of the cistern and swim through the next chamber. Swim down into a narrow tunnel on the right and turn right when Lara reaches a gray stone door. Open the gray stone door and enter the underwater doorway. Swim forward into the underwater tunnel, and turn left. Swim forward and up to the left, where there is a small airspace above and to the left where Lara can surface for air.

Turn around and face south and pull up onto a ledge, which is SECRET #2. Pick up Uzi clips (17) and a quiver of regular crossbow bolts (18). Turn around and hop back into the water.

Swim down into the small crevice on right. Lara will swim through a small area. Continue forward until Lara reaches a long straight underwater tunnel, which dead ends on the right at a closed metal gate. Turn left and swim through the small opening into SECRET #3. Pick up a box of wideshot shotgun shells (19), a quiver of poison crossbow bolts (20), a large Medi Pack (21), and a pair of Uzi clips (22).

Swim close to the ceiling of this underwater chamber and exit through the small hole. Turn right and swim downward through the crevice. Beyond the crevice, swim upward and turn right to surface for air in the air pocket. Turn left and continue swimming forward and turn right. Follow the underwater tunnel back to the gray stone door. After exiting through the underwater doorway, turn left and swim upward, back through the underwater chamber, through the large opening in the cistern. Turn upward and surface for air. Turn left and pull out of the water.
Run down the sloped hallway and exit through the doorway with the lattice. Run forward through the chamber with the two vases, past the area with the six pillars and vault up onto the brick ledge to return to the courtyard with the obelisk.

Run forward to the obelisk and turn left. Run forward and vault onto the brick ledge. Run forward and climb up into the gap in the wall. Step forward, and step down to a ledge beyond the wall. Walk forward until Lara reaches the end of the ledge. Turn right and take a running jump1 over the steeply sloping wall support to the sandy ledge beyond it.

Run forward until Lara is near the wall and turn left. Vault up onto the stone ledge and take a running jump over the small gap and the sloping block to land on a ledge on the other side of this courtyard. Turn right and vault up onto the ledge to pick up a small Medi Pack (23). Reverse roll and run forward to drop off the small ledge. Run forward until Lara reaches a ledge that juts to the right. Turn right, run to the wall and pick up a box of regular shotgun shells (24). Reverse roll and return to the main ledge.

Turn right and run forward until Lara is past the square support block and reaches another ledge that juts to the right. Turn right, and run to the end of the ledge and pick up a pair of Uzi clips (25). Turn right, hop backwards, grab the ledge and safety drop to the ground. Immediately draw pistols and take a backflip to kill a black scorpion (7) that will emerge from the left.

Turn left and vault up onto brick ledge. Step forward and angle Lara to the left. Take a standing jump to the block in the back left corner and pick up a canister of flares (26). Turn right and step forward to drop off the ledge. Run forward and slightly to the right to drop into a hole. Turn left and run down the short trench and climb out of the other end. Run forward to gray stone block.
SECRET #4
Turn left and run forward to the alcove. Jump and grab the crawlspace above. Pull up into a crouched position and crawl forward into SECRET #4. Stand up and turn left. Run forward and pick up two pairs of Uzi clips (27, 28) and a canister of flares (29). After collecting all the items, reverse roll and run back to the other end of the tunnel. Turn left, crouch down and crawl backwards through the crawlspace. Have Lara lower herself out of the crawlspace and drop back to the floor. Reverse roll, run to the gray stone block and turn left.
Vault up onto the stone block and walk forward. Draw pistols, step down to the lower stone ledge, and look down into the pit. Kill a black scorpion (8) that is crawling around in the pit. Lara can dangle herself off the side of that ledge as necessary to kill the scorpion. When it's dead, turn around and vault back over the stone block.

Turn left and run across the room to another small gray stone block. Turn left and vault up onto this stone block. Draw pistols, step down onto the lower stone ledge, and kill another black scorpion (9) that's crawling around in this pit. When this scorpion is dead, run forward and drop into the pit to pick up a small Medi Pack (30).

Reverse roll, and climb back up to the stone ledge. Vault back up onto the gray stone block. Turn around, jump up and grab the wooden beams on the ceiling. Swing across the pit and release when Lara is over the gray stone block on the far end of the pit. Draw pistols and kill another black scorpion (10) that will be crawling around on the ledge there.

Turn left, run forward and vault up onto the stone platform. Run forward and turn right. Press the large square button to open the gray stone door at the opposite end of the room. Opening the gray door will release another black scorpion (11) into the room. Reverse roll, draw pistols and step forward. Open fire and run forward, dropping to the ground, to kill the scorpion.

Run forward into the newly opened door and reach into the hole to pull a lever that will lower the bowl at the other end of the room. Reverse roll and run forward, down the steps, to the hole. Safety drop into the hole and Lara will take a little damage when she lands. Turn around and take a jump over the bowl and run forward. Vault up onto the stone ledge and take the large Medi Pack (31).

Turn around and examine the room. To either side are passages that lead to doorways. On the right the wall bears the marking of the face of some kind of mammal, and the left the wall bears the marking of a falcon. Both lead to a room with a large pool, but water currents will prevent Lara from crossing over to the next chamber.

Enter through the doorway on the right with the face of a mammal. Run forward through the doorway with the lattice and turn right. Run to the corner and turn left. Run forward and drop into the water. Turn around and swim underneath the ledge and turn right. Swim forward to pick up two boxes of regular shotgun shells (32, 33). Turn right and swim forward. The current will sweep Lara back through the trench until she is at the bowl.

Climb out of the water and jump over the bowl. Turn right and run to the passageway marked with the head of a falcon. Vault up into the passageway and turn right. Place the canopic jar in the small niche opposite the visage of the falcon. A small gray door will open back in the room with the two large dark vases. Turn right and drop back to the floor.

Turn right, run forward to the wall, and jump up and grab the crawlspace. Pull up into a crouched position and crawl forward. Turn around and have Lara lower herself over the edge of the crawlspace into a tunnel beyond. Turn left and run forward to the other end of the tunnel. Turn left once more and vault up into the alcove. Turn right, jump up and grab the next ledge and pull up.

Turn right and run forward into the dark alcove and pick up a canister of flares (34). Turn around and run back to the dark brick wall. Grab onto the crawlspace and pull up into a crouched position. Crawl forward until Lara can stand up. Run forward up the sandy slope, weaving to the right and then back to the left to avoid steep parts of the slope. At the top, take a standing jump up to the mouth of another crawlspace.

Crouch down and crawl into the crawlspace and turn right. Crawl forward until Lara reaches a hole. Turn around and have Lara lower herself over the edge of the crawlspace. Drop down to the sandy ground below and reverse roll. The wide passage to the right will lead back into the chamber with the two pits. Instead of returning to that chamber, run forward across to the limestone alcove opposite the one Lara dropped into.

Climb up onto the yellow limestone ledge and turn left. Run forward to drop back to the ground. Run forward across the courtyard and climb up onto the brick block. Run forward, through the gap in the wall, and drop down into the courtyard with the obelisk. Turn right and return to the area with the six pillars. Drop into the trench between the pillars and run forward into the room with the two vases.

Run down the stairs and turn right. Run through the doorway and slide into the room below.

Summary
In order of appearance:
Pickups
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Uzi Clips
1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells
1 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells
1 Uzi Clips
1 Flares
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells
1 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Uzi Clips
1 Canopic Jar
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Shotgun
1 Flares
1 Uzi Clips
1 Regular Crossbow Bolts
1 Wideshot Shotgun Shells
1 Poison Crossbow Bolts
1 Large Medi Pack
1 Uzi Clips
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Uzi Clips
1 Flares
2 Uzi Clips
1 Flares
1 Small Medi Pack
1 Large Medi Pack
2 Regular Shotgun Shells
1 Flares

34 Total
Kills
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion
1 black scorpion

11 Total

Footnotes:
  1. If you're having difficulty getting to the ledge, aim for the corner of the slanted limestone support and keep the forward key pressed down until Lara lands on the sand. Bruce suggests that you simply turn right and vault upto the ledge, then walk diagonally to the left and take a standing jump to the sandy ledge ahead.