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The Observatory The Season 2 incarnation of the Observatory Seasons Used 1 & 2 Layouts Used I-XIV Episodes Seen 1-80 Objective Completion 12 (Sundial) 6 (Celestial Lights) 15 (Stone Column) Total: 33 Temple Guard Encounters 11 Artifacts Featured The Star of Sultan Saladin The Oracle Bowl of Delphi The Belly Button of Buddha The Gordian Knot The Walking Stick of Harriet Tubman The Cracked Crown of the Spanish King The Very Tall Turban of Ahmad Baba The Mask of the Man in the Iron Mask The Milk Bucket of Freydís Successor The King's Storeroom Adjoining Rooms The Wall Climb (Layouts I-IV) The Troubled Bridge (Layouts V-IX, XII) The Pit of Despair (Layouts X, XI) The Pit (Layouts XIII, XIV) The Heart Room (Layouts I-VIII, X) The Room of Fallen Columns (Layout IX) Medusa's Lair (Layouts XI-XIII) The Room of the Mandarin Hand (Layout XIV) The Room of the Golden Idols (Layouts I-III) The Treasure Room (Layouts IV-VIII) The Treasury of Golden Orbs (Layout IX) The King's Storeroom (Layouts X-XIV) The Observatory was a room in Olmec's Temple. This particular room went through the most incarnations during the show; three different objectives were housed in the Observatory. Sundial (Layouts I-VII) When a player entered the Observatory, they would have to spin the sundial in order to open a door to move forward. Celestial Lights (Layouts VIII-IX) When a player entered the Observatory, they had to spin the celestial lights (a small canister from which light emanated through small holes). This lowered the lights in the room, sent the celestial lights into perpetual motion and opened a door. Stone Column (Layouts X-XIV) For the entire second season, when a player entered the Observatory, they had to put together the puzzle on the stone column to open a door. Furthermore, where Season 1 had a door leading to the left blocked by a metal rod (that was sometimes manually opened to no avail, such as in The Snake Bracelet of Cleopatra), Season 2 featured a thick slab that lowered to let the contestants pass. Trivia If not counting the the Shrine of the Silver Monkey (the only room to last the entire show's run), this is the longest living room from Season 1, lasting 80 episodes. Tied with the Crypt, the Ledges and the King's Storeroom, it is the third longest lasting room in the entire show. Temple Layouts XV and XVI are the only layouts that never had the Observatory. This is the only room to both appear simultaneously with the another room and be replaced with that same room. In this case, it's the King's Storeroom.