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Post by auntym on May 16, 2015 14:24:51 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150514-indiana-jones-archaeology-exhibit-national-geographic-museum/ How Indiana Jones Actually Changed Archaeology Blockbuster film series led to spike in archaeology courses, careers.By Jeremy Berlin, National Geographic PUBLISHED May 14, 2015 Don your leather jacket and fedora, strap on a satchel, and get that bullwhip cracking: It’s time to explore the mythical intersection of Hollywood fantasy and real-world discovery. Three decades ago, Indiana Jones’s swashbuckling brand of archaeology inspired a generation of moviegoers. Now a new exhibit at the National Geographic Museum pays homage to the actual artifacts and archaeologists that inspired Indy’s creation. Archaeologist Indiana Jones, played by actor Harrison Ford, attempts to remove a golden idol from a booby-trapped altar in the 1981 action-adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Opening Thursday, “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology” brings together movie memorabilia from LucasFilm Ltd., ancient objects from the Penn Museum, and historical materials from the National Geographic Society archives. Some of the artifacts are real, including the world’s oldest map (a cuneiform tablet showing the city of Nippur), pieces of 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian jewelry, and iconographic clay pots that helped unlock the mystery of the Nazca Lines. CONTINUE READING: news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150514-indiana-jones-archaeology-exhibit-national-geographic-museum/
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Post by skywalker on May 16, 2015 15:11:51 GMT -6
I was kind of inspired by the Indiana Jones movies. I was already interested in unsolved mysteries and history and dinosaurs long before that but it was Indiana Jones that caused me to eventually start studying anthropology. I think things like that are fascinating. I'm still searching for that one big discovery that will bring fortune and glory just like Indy wanted. Haven't found it yet...probably never will... ...but it's still fun searching.
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