Three normal grenades or one super grenade will destroy it, but you can also use the shotgun, etc. Kill another giant scorpion off to the left, along with one of those huge, nasty beetles on the right. Enter and slide down the ramp into a dark tunnel. Pyramid Of Menkaure. His black stone sarcophagus, also carved with niched panels, was discovered inside, but was lost at sea as it was being transported to England. Then just slide down to land in the one safe spot at the far right corner of the spike pit. The pyramid of Menkaure is markedly smaller than the other two main pyramids of Giza. Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation, PSP, Vita & Dreamcast. In it, Lara searches for the Temple of Horus to defeat Set... 1 Walkthrough 2 Details 2.1 Weapons Found 2.2 Allies Encountered 2.3 Enemies Encountered 2.4 Locales Visited 2.5 Secrets See Inside Menkaure's Pyramid Walkthrough Dual Uzis none Bat Mummy Pyramid Guardian Giant Scorpion Giza 1 - 1x Uzis To get through the first swinging blade, position Lara at either side and run past the blade as it starts to swing away. You'll need to cross another deep pit to get to the base of the pyramid. Slide to the bottom of the rope, swing, and jump to land on the opposite ledge. Kills: 13  Items: 2 plus Western Shaft Key  Secrets: 1*. BUILDING WITH GUARD UNDER ATTACK: The next section can be a little complicated and possibly buggy, so save the game before entering the building. It takes about 4 revolver rounds, 7 shotgun rounds, or 100 Uzi rounds to kill the scorpion. NOTE: If you need a rope-swinging refresher, check the Last Revelation Controls page and/or the TOMB OF SEMERKHET walkthrough. By the time you reach the blade, it will have swung away. From the entrance in the north face of the pyramid a descending corridor partially clad in pink granite led to a paneled chamber with niches cut into the walls. var emailarray8809= new Array(115,116,101,108,108,97,108,117,110,101,64,116,111,109,98,114,97,105,100,101,114,115,46,110,101,116) In the corner at the southwestern area of the Plateau of Giza, Menkaure’s Pyramid stands tall with the other pyramids. This revision includes many new screenshots as well as various other corrections and clarifications. †UPDATE HISTORY: 6/10/00 - Previous edit, details not available. The Pyramid of Menkaure. Either continue shooting from below or jump straight up and down while firing. Copyright © 1999-var curDate=new Date(); document.write(curDate.getFullYear()) Stellalune ( The 4,300-year-old pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the famous trio at Giza (some 200 feet lower than the other two), is now opened to the public after the completion of its renovation. Then it will fly up and you'll need to deal with it. Walk onto the flat spot at the bottom left corner of the pyramid. Step off the edge to land on the flat spot below on the left. (screenshots), DESERT NEAR THE PYRAMID: A gigantic red scorpion approaches from the west. The answer is not a lot actually. NOTE: If Lara took some damage during the fight with the guardian, you can return past the swinging blades to the top of the tunnel. Then take a running jump to grab the opposite edge of the pit. Go around the corner and up the ramp to a trapdoor in the ceiling. Follow this link for details about this site's advertising and privacy policy. King Menkaure (Mycerinus) and queen, 2490-2472 B.C.E., Greywacke, overall: 142.2 x 57.1 x 55.2 cm, 676.8 kg / 56 x 22 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches, 1492.1 pounds (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) The outcome of the next fight will determine whether or not you get a secret later in the game. ), If you check your inventory now, you'll see that you not only have THE GUARD'S KEYS but also the ARMOURY KEY, which you'll use later to access the secret in the KHUFU'S QUEEN'S PYRAMIDS level. If the guard is killed in the fight with the scorpion, you can pick up the GUARD'S KEYS, but you do not get the ARMOURY KEY. Thanks also to Jared S., mystercoren, Sturm, and Trancid for their suggestions and corrections for this level. Turn right and take a running jump across the slope to land on the flat spot beyond. (screenshot) Once the blades have passed, you can stand up and proceed. To set it apart from the others, it's builder tried to encase the lower portion in granite. It was constructed of limestoneand Aswan granite. Although the Great Pyramid has subterranean chambers, they were never completed, and Khufu’s sarcophagus rests in the King’s Chamber, where Napoleon is said to have sojourned, deep inside the Great Pyramid. 2465 bce) of Egypt; he built the third and smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. HALL WITH SWINGING BLADES: Head down the ramp, killing a bat as you go. To get through the swinging blade, position Lara at either side, close to the blade (but not too close) and run through as the blade starts to swing toward the other side. (screenshots), PITS WITH CONCEALED SPIKES AND DANGLING ROPES: Follow the ramp down to a green pit filled with concealed spikes. Return to the bottom of the ramp and swing back across the spike pit. It owes its current name to the reddish color of the stone blocks of its internal part was built. Inside Menkaures Pyramid is the thirtieth level of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Entering inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu costs 400, while entry to the Pyramid of Khafre (or Menkaure – whichever is open) costs 100 EGP. Thanks also to Dale F., Kas D., and Shane for their help on this level. * Tool URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ Although the Great Pyramid has subterranean chambers, they were never completed, and Khufu’s sarcophagus rests in the King’s Chamber, where Napoleon is said to have sojourned, deep inside the Great Pyramid. If this site was useful, please consider supporting it financially or in other ways. *NOTE ON SECRETS: There are 70 secrets in the entire game. His black stone sarcophagus, also carved with niched panels, was discovered inside, but was lost at sea as it was being transported to England. Turn left (north) toward the deep pit. At the end of this level, you should have 65/70. It has only 1/10th the amount of stone as the Great Pyramid, and is less than half the height of the two larger pyramids. Copyright © 1999-var curDate=new Date(); document.write(curDate.getFullYear()) Stellalune ( Then climb onto the block at the top of the pyramid. Then exit the and re-enter the level to top up Lara's health without using a medipack. Menkaure's pyramidhad an original height of 65.5 meters (215 ft), and was the smallest of the three major pyramids at the Giza Necropolis. Continue down the stairs a little farther and you'll see 2 mummies shambling around near a white marble basin. Inside you'll find a guard being attacked by a giant scorpion. Then jump into the basin and drop through the trapdoor you opened by shooting the star. If you turn and look up the pyramid, you can spot a giant beetle a few tiers up. postemail8809+=String.fromCharCode(emailarray8809[i]) Slide to the bottom then swing and jump to grab the second rope. If you turn and look up the pyramid, you can spot a giant beetle a few tiers up. When entering the pyramid a narrow passageway leads to an ascending passageway, which takes you to the Grand Gallery, the Queen’s chamber (a misnomer) and then to the King’s Chamber where the Khufu’s sarcophagus rests. Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation, PSP, Vita & Dreamcast. When entering the pyramid a narrow passageway leads to an ascending passageway, which takes you to the Grand Gallery, the Queen’s chamber (a misnomer) and then to the King’s Chamber where the Khufu’s sarcophagus rests. Take a running jump across. Then, when you put them away, she should function normally. (screenshots). Pull up and continue. Use the monkey bars on the ceiling to traverse across the next deep pit. /*********************************************** Kill another giant beetle as you approach the door to the building. Pick up a large medipack ahead on the right. LEVEL 36: INSIDE MENKAURE'S PYRAMID Secrets: 1* HALL WITH SWINGING BLADES: Head down the ramp, killing a bat as you go. Then traverse to the left, around the corner, and along the eastern edge of the pit. I'm not sure if it works on other systems. As always, I welcome your corrections/suggestions. (screenshot). Climb up the blocks to the trapdoor in the ceiling. They are coded G3a, G3b and G3c (G for Giza, 3 for the 3rd pyramid, the letter identifying the Pyramid from East to West). One of the regular pick-ups will be the REVOLVER if you didn't find it in an earlier level. (screenshots), Now you should be on the same level as the doorway, which is off to the right (east). By all means, share it with friends, but please include this credit line so people can send me their feedback. Swing back across the pit, then back across the first spike pit (the one with only one rope). Use the revolver or crossbow combined with the laser sight to target the star. You're now back in the area where you began the level UNDERNEATH THE SPHINX. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Special thanks are given to the participants in the alt.games.tombraider newsgroup and the old tombraiders.com forum, without whom parts of this walkthrough could not have been written. /*********************************************** The next pit is a wide one with concealed spikes and a swinging blade. Take a running jump to grab the dangling rope. When you pick up the gun, a swarm of beetles comes out of the pyramid. Turn right and crawl along the long, straight passage to avoid the converging horizontal blades. There are some suggestions for avoiding and fixing this problem in a footnote. Like his father and grandfather before him, Menkaure created his own monumental pyramid too. No part of this walkthrough may be reproduced on another site without permission. Climb/jump up to the fourth, and continue climbing until you reach the seventh. Turn around and climb up twice more, to the ninth tier, level with the top of the doorway. The pharaoh’s final resting place was usually within a subterranean burial chamber underneath the pyramid. Stella's Tomb Raider Site: tombraiders.net. Stella's Tomb Raider Site: tombraiders.net. Menkaure Pyramid inside the Da Vinci Vitruvian Man YouTube: https://youtu.be/hpNtVKA81Go Leonardo Da Vinci encrypted the Pyramids of Khufu and Menkaure in his famous drawing of the Vitruvian Man. (screenshots). NOTE: There are two friendly soldiers whom you can kill if you're a bad person, but they are not counted here. If not, angle Lara slightly to the left, take a standing jump up onto the long ledge, and shoot the beetle as it flies toward you. Hop over the sloping edge of the pit to the open area on the left. Menkaure Pyramid: If you want to go inside the pyramids - go in this one - See 306 traveler reviews, 223 candid photos, and great deals for Giza, Egypt, at Tripadvisor. (screenshots), If you succeed in saving the guard, a short cutscene plays, in which the guard thanks Lara for saving his life and gives her his keys. Repeat the rope swinging business to get across. (screenshots), Reaching the opening at the top of the pyramid is not too difficult, but any misstep will likely result in Lara sliding into the pit. Try not to let the scorpion get too close. Please see the YouTube video I have made of this discovery of Menkaure inside of DaVinci’s Vitruvian Man. The gate you just opened is here. The Third Pyramid of Menkaure. Beyond this room are 2 more pits with concealed spikes. The burial chamber is lined with massive granite blocks. There's another giant scorpion here. Pretty much like its neighbor pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, the Great Pyramid has minimum open space. Like the guardians in CLEOPATRA'S PALACES, he'll continue firing over Lara's head without actually doing any damage. (screenshots). BACK TO THE START: Return down the ramp to the spike pit. The lid of the sarcophagus was missing, and the scattered bone fragments of a male were discovered in the upper chamber. Jump to grab the handle at the edge of the trapdoor to open it. Take a running jump across. Feel free to copy or print this walkthrough for personal use. Jump across it just like you did the others. You'll have to hop across the flat ledges on the sloping side of the ancient building. Inside of the pyramid is the “King’s Chamber,” the location of the sarcophagus. At the entrance to the pyramid an inscription thought to be the work of Khaemwaset (son of Ramesses II) confirms that Menkaure was the builder of the pyramid and that he died on the twenty-third day of Ipt-Hmt (the third month) of Shemu (harvest). The next pit is a wide one with concealed spikesand a swinging blade. Partway down, Lara will look up at a recessed spot in the ceiling containing a gold star. The pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs of Egypt. (screenshots). Just turn around and go back through the door to re-enter MENKAURE'S PYRAMID. (screenshots). Take a running jump across the gap on the right side to grab the ledge. Menkaure, fifth (according to some traditions, sixth) king of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575–c. Take a running jump across. There's a giant beetle at the end of the long ledge on the fourth tier. Pick up the revolver ammo on the floor behind the basin. The first is a smooth-faced pyramid while the other two are at degrees. NOTE: For running jumps along the pyramid, like the next one, set up each jump so Lara takes off just a bit before the raised edge of the next block; otherwise, she'll nick her foot on it and end up doing a standing jump instead. (screenshots), CLIMBNG THE SMALL PYRAMID: Go around to the west side of the small pyramid, where it slopes down toward the excavation pit. Then let go to drop into the passageway below without taking any damage. document.write(''+postemail8809+'') The tomb of Menkaure has three annex pyramids along its southern face. If you need help right away, I recommend the Square Enix Tomb Raider Forum or any of the other message boards listed at tombraiders.net/stella/community.html. Switch to pistols, continue to the bottom of the stairs, and kill another bat. You can then use pistols to destroy him. (screenshots). (screenshots), Take a running jump across the pit on the left side. Step off the edge and as you slide down toward the small, square opening at the bottom of the cave, jump forward to land on the opposite slope. Pick up the REVOLVER (or ammo if you already have the weapon). Angle Lara to the right and jump forward to land on the right side of the slope. (You will get there in the next level.) Afterwards use your CROWBAR to pry the WESTERN SHAFT KEY from the wall with the huge, carved star. To escape them, drop down and run through the doors into the pyramid. (The dialogue is transcribed in the Cinematics section. Go up the ramp to the trapdoor you just opened. The next pit is a wide one with concealed spikesand a swinging blade. Return to the top of the ramp, climb up through the open trapdoor, and jump out of the marble basin. From there you can reach another flat spot on the third tier (one level above). They are coded G3a, G3b and G3c (G for Giza, 3 for the 3rd pyramid, the letter identifying the Pyramid from East to West). Its angleof incline is approximately 51°20′25″. OUTDOORS NEAR TWO SMALLER PYRAMIDS: As soon as you emerge, 2 giant scorpions scurry out from between the pyramids ahead on the left (southeast) and attack. If not, I apologize and invite you to contact me with any questions. One shot should break it, opening a trapdoor in the room below. Khafre was succeeded by Menkaure, who was the last great pyramid-building pharaoh at Giza. (screenshots), INSIDE THE SMALL PYRAMID: Go up the ramp and around the corner to a spike pit. If you missed this secret and exited the level prematurely, it's not a problem. A HAWK-HEADED GUARDIAN (perhaps a minion of Horus?) Then jump straight up, holding Action to grab. Start by moving past the first exposed block at the right (east) end of the pyramid and stepping up onto the second tier. Slide back and grab the edge of the opening. Thank you! From here you can climb up one tier. Immediately turn right (left if you slid down facing up the slope) and kill another giant beetle. Secrets: 1. The Solar Boat Mueseum costs 100 EGP and the tomb of Meresankh costs 50 EGP. * Tool URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/emailriddler/ INSIDE THE SMALL PYRAMID:Go up the ramp and around the corner to a spike pit. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Special thanks are given to the participants in the alt.games.tombraider newsgroup and the old tombraiders.com forum, without whom parts of this walkthrough could not have been written. The answer is not a lot actually. (screenshot) Climb through the trapdoor to the desert above. Or, select the binoculars from the inventory screen. Then start firing. What was inside the pyramid of Menkaure? However, it was recorded that the sarcophagus contained a strange wooden coffin that was supposedly inscribed form Menkaure… (screenshots), CLIMBING THE PYRAMID: Now you're headed for the door set into the side of the pyramid about halfway up. (screenshots), Head downhill to the intersection of paths. If you wait for them to move near each other, you can destroy both mummies with a single grenade or explosive arrow. for (i=0;i