New Indiana Jones Movie to Offer Accurate Archaeology

Instead of fighting Nazis, Indy will spend a good portion of the movie working to accumulate sufficient grants for his field excavations.

The dig itโ€™s self will be the climax of the movie, bringing Indy to a site on the border of Argentina and Brazil. When contacted for further comment, George Lucas had this to say:

“We’re looking for realism here, so the ‘crystal skull’ is just a metaphor for information, anything more would be foolish. What you should really have in mind is ceramics. When people think of Indian Jones we want them to think of pot sherds.”

APRIL FOOL’S!

I actually believed it when I read the first couple of paragraphs. Not because it’s plausible or even remotely likely, but just because I am that gullible.

Naturally to spring it on y’all I had to wait a day, because nobody else was likely to buy it on April 1st.

14 thoughts on “New Indiana Jones Movie to Offer Accurate Archaeology

  1. LOL. Good one! :skull:
    You know, at some of the digs here in Israel, both we the volunteers and the archaeologist boss (in Indy hat) would hum the leitmotif from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” whenever we were on to something big.

      1. Over the years I’ve been on many expeditions (several dig seasons) at 8 or 9 different sites, from prehistoric up to Crusader periods. As a volunteer I’ve stayed in a tent, a monastery, a kibbutz, a youth hostel, and a straw bungalo (all pretty primative) with wonderful fellow diggers. The digs are usually in the summer, when Israel is at its hottest. Lately I have to do the fieldwork as a real job, for pay, in the Old City. The pickaxe is my favorite tool. Scorpions, wasps, and chiggers are my least favorite companions. Archaeology is a great life. Come on over and dig, everybody!

  2. “The dig it’s self…”

    I knew you would never reward grammar like that with a quote and a link, liv, unless you had some sneaky motive…

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