LAPIS GATEAn Egyptian puzzle · iOS
The turning temple

Lapis
Gate

Every pair you remove changes the path of the next. Restore the temple, one linked ring at a time.

Read the mechanism
Linked rings align a pair at a temple lockThe outer ring turns clockwise while the inner ring turns counterclockwise. Matching lotus stones meet at the upper lock, disappear into it, and leave two empty sockets.
One turn moves both rings in opposite directions. The lotus pair meets the upper lock; two empty sockets remain.
Inside a seal

Matching is only
the beginning.

Every stone is visible. The puzzle is deciding which pair to seat first, and which turn to save for later.

I

Turn together

Drag the outer ring and the inner ring answers the other way. Each lock shows the pair it wants; bring both stones beneath it.

II

Leave a space

Seat the pair and its stones leave the rings. Every turn burns lamp oil, so the order you choose decides whether the light lasts.

III

Read the stonework

Later seals add a moon gate that flips Sun and Moon faces, ruby-barred locks and locks that ask for an ordered sequence. A scarab wing turns one ring alone.

Twenty-two seals

A temple restored
in your own order.

Learn the rings at the Threshold, then choose among the Lotus, Ibis and Cobra mechanisms. Restore all three to reach the Horizon.

Fill every lock before the lamp runs dry. A golden imprint records the restored seal, gilded when you match the master's count of turns, and the Cartouche Wall remembers your fewest turns.