Phurba
Marco Polo's golden passport to Shambhala.
The Phurba is an ancient three-sided Tibetan ritual dagger in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It works both as a guide to Shambhala and as the key that opens its gates. Marco Polo called it the "golden passport" in his journal.
Quick Facts
- Game
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Type
- Three-sided Tibetan ritual dagger
- Also called
- Golden passport
- Found in
- Borneo
Facts from the source article.
Background
Polo got the Phurba through his close ties to Kublai Khan, who probably had it from his grandfather Genghis Khan. With it Polo found a temple in a Nepalese valley that led to Shambhala beneath a Tibetan monastery. The dagger was lost for centuries after part of Polo's fleet was wrecked; Nate recovers it in Borneo, and after it changes hands several times he uses it to open the final gate to Shambhala.
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