Been a while since I did it, and I do not remember where the armor was, the room you describe as two combinations, one to open the floor grate and one to open the small alcove. The two eagles open the floor grate I think, the two fish open the other door. Two snakes open the door down the bottom of the stairs. Get the fish alcoves open by pulling the chain again as you can see the fish, have both open, move the pillars to the fish symbols and then pull the lever and see if that works. If you already have them on the fish, maybe change the pillars to the birds before pulling the chains.