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How dangerous is it to be an archaeologist?
Archeology can be a dangerous business. The perils of archeology are not restricted to collapsing trenches. Archeologists risk exposure to Lyme disease, valley fever, rabies, hantavirus, cryptococcosis, and an assortment of toxic wastes.
Is Indiana Jones realistic?
Indy isn’t, but he may be based on a very real person — from Beloit, of all places. His name was Roy Chapman Andrews, and he was an academic, archaeologist and adventurer. His writings made him a national celebrity, and his discoveries made him a scientific hero.
Is Indiana Jones really an archaeologist?
On Indiana Jones Larry Coben, archaeologist and founder/executive director of the Sustainable Preservation Initiative: Indiana Jones isn’t really an archeologist except in name. He doesn’t excavate in any of the movies, he doesn’t do surveys — he’s a treasure hunter, and archaeologists aren’t treasure hunters.
What is the best Indiana Jones movie?
People still argue to this day over which Indiana Jones movie was the best: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989), or The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). To state the obvious, Harrison Ford as globetrotting archaeologist Indy is one of the most kick-ass heroes ever.
What does Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom get wrong?
Unsurprisingly, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom gets a lot wrong about India. In fact, the movie is so jumbled and confused that I needed an international team of archaeological experts just to make sense of how wrong it is.
What would happen if you placed the Indiana Jones series in Colombia?
If you took the Indiana Jones series, spoofed it, and placed it in Colombia, you’d have Romancing the Stone. This 1984 action-adventure movie stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito. Joan Wilder (Turner) plays a romantic-adventure writer who needs help delivering a treasure map to her sister’s captors in the Colombian jungle.