Comments on: Tomb of Mayan prince found in Mexico http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/18537 History fetish? What history fetish? Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Virginia Burton http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/18537/comment-page-1#comment-474249 Virginia Burton Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:14:54 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=18537#comment-474249 I wonder how they will prevent looters from coming during the nine or ten months a year when the rains preclude archaeological excavation. I wonder how they will prevent looters from coming during the nine or ten months a year when the rains preclude archaeological excavation.

]]> By: Android http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/18537/comment-page-1#comment-390805 Android Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:58:51 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=18537#comment-390805 Loved the movies, but wasn't Indiana basically a step above the looters? Plus, if I remember my fictitious history correctly, Indiana was the dog's name. Loved the movies, but wasn’t Indiana basically a step above the looters? Plus, if I remember my fictitious history correctly, Indiana was the dog’s name.

]]> By: Cordate http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/18537/comment-page-1#comment-390802 Cordate Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:51:21 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/?p=18537#comment-390802 That photo of the cup is great! It makes me think of some movie featuring a archaeologist-type character, intrepidly exploring some dangerous hidden chamber full of traps to loot the place of its shiny trinkets before the actual looters can do the same. Pity that Indiana bloke never brought a camera to shoot photos of everything before the context got muddled though- that would've been fine chance to help the audience of the films understand that context is as important as the ornate artifacts (or more so)! That photo of the cup is great! It makes me think of some movie featuring a archaeologist-type character, intrepidly exploring some dangerous hidden chamber full of traps to loot the place of its shiny trinkets before the actual looters can do the same.

Pity that Indiana bloke never brought a camera to shoot photos of everything before the context got muddled though- that would’ve been fine chance to help the audience of the films understand that context is as important as the ornate artifacts (or more so)!

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