Palace
of Columns
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ump over the Stream of Life and go upstairs, then right to the altar. Go up the stairs in front of the altar, make a left outside, returning to the entrance to Obelisk of the Moon, enter. Enter the obelisk room and place the two skulls in the rooms across from you and to the right. Once both skulls are placed, doors will open in both skull rooms leading to a small room with the entrance to Palace of Columns (Image 1).
Jump down and grab the Ring of Water Breathing, then enter Palace of Columns (Image 2). Go forward past the first two entrances on your left and right. Enter the hall at the end and go left or right, down to a large outdorr area with a structure facing some columns. Go up the stairs on the structure and around the ledge to grab an urn and Power Cube (Secret #1/Image 3) and read a sign about where the Element of Air was taken by the High Priest Coatepec.
Jump down and take the door between the columns to a hall with scorpians and a red carpet (Image 4), facing two doorways. Take the door on the right to the lava pit and bridges (Image 5). Throw the first switch on your left, then walk across the bridge to the second button and press, extending a bridge above you.
Backtrack to the red carpet hallway and take the other doorway, go over the extended bridge, around the catwalk to a teleporter (Image 6). Teleport to the entrance above where you began, leading to the Tomb of the High Priest, enter.
1 Secret; Objective Order: Place the Jade and Crystal Skulls to enter
Palace of Columns. Gain Access to Tomb of the High Priest. |
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