![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the irrepressible Von Croy had followed Lara and deduced the same information. Her search also revealed that Set’s binding incantations were inscribed on a Ceremonial Tablet buried under the Citadel of Saladin, in Cairo. ![]() One escape and desert train ride later, Lara reunited with Jean Yves in Alexandria and began hunting for the pieces of Horus’ Armour. This could be accomplished by placing the Armour of Horus upon his statue, at midnight at the turn of the millennium, in his temple deep beneath the Great Pyramid at Giza. Semerkhet turned out to be so delighted to have a visitor that, after a friendly game of senet, Lara learned that Set could only be re-imprisoned by summoning the spirit of Horus. However, she was sealed inside and had the Amulet of Horus stolen by her old mentor. With Von Croy hot on her heels, Lara successfully located the tomb. The exact information was located in the tomb of Horus’ high priest, Semerkhet, in Karnak. Happily, Jean Yves also revealed ancient clues about how Set’s spirit could be re-imprisoned. An ancient prophecy, written in Hebrew, confirmed that Set – the Egyptian god of darkness and chaos – would once again walk abroad and violate the Earth at the turn of a distant millennium. Unfortunately, her friend had bad news by removing the Amulet, Lara had unwittingly released the essence of Set himself. Upon escaping Von Croy’s henchmen, Lara paid a visit to her faithful friend, Jean Yves. ![]() He, too, coveted the Amulet of Horus, and was willing to kill Lara to get it. The professor had evidently dug himself out of Angkor at some point and was holding a grudge against Miss Croft. Lara then discovered that her local guide (known in various sources either as Ahmed Ben Trayal or Sahib), was actually in the pay of Von Croy. How do you say ‘uh-oh’ in ancient Egyptian? She successfully penetrated the depths of the tomb and removed its most precious treasure – the Amulet of Horus – from Set’s sarcophagus. The game then flashed forward to the then-present day (December 1999), and to Egypt’s Valley of the Kings where Lara was searching for the hidden Tomb of Set. However, Von Croy became trapped in the ruins while Lara made her escape. Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation opened with a sixteen-year-old Lara Croft accompanying her mentor, Professor Werner Von Croy, to a hitherto undiscovered tomb in Angkor Wat in search of the Iris artefact. And a certain video-game archaeologist was about to experience an adventure that would change her – and the Tomb Raider franchise – forever. Earthquakes and other natural disasters in places such as Turkey, Mexico, and Taiwan whipped every tin-foil-hat-wearing Armageddon-predicting cult into a frenzy about the impending end of the world. Cinema-goers were revving up to the first new Star Wars film in sixteen years. In 1999, PC owners and corporate businesses alike were anticipating everything from minor inconvenience to global meltdown over the Y2K bug. Today, we travel back to the turn of the millennium, back to the race against time that was Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. ![]()
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