The important point to be made here, though, is that the movie inspired you
and others to look further into the subject of archaeology. That's a good
thing, no matter what one may think about it's portrayal of archaeologist
Indiana Jones.
"Caryn M. Berg"
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HISTORICAL
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HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY
My decision to become an archaeologist was coincidentally made around the
same time Raiders of the Lost Ark released. I wonder how many other people
made the same decision at the same time only to discover that archaeology
lacks the whip cracking, bullet dodging excitement experienced by Indiana
Jones? Perhaps they discovered, as I did, that the real story is more
interesting than the movie.
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