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The Indiana Jones Exhibition
Many staff members here are geeking out about the Indiana Jones Exhibition opening in Montreal in April. Penn Museum will be loaning many of the real artifacts that will be on display in this...
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Indiana Jones invades Montreal
Thirty years after busting onto the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones remains one of the world’s most captivating characters and still the best liaison between the worlds of scholarship...
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A week of non-stop installation and the exhibit installation is nearing its conclusion, but before I go into further detail about why this exhibit is fascinating (aside from the obvious allure of...
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Raiders of the Lost Ark vs. Sitio Conte
Raiders of the Lost Ark has one of the best opening sequences of any movie: booby-traps, an enormous boulder, and an incredibly-close getaway. But what was it all for? Treasure … or the Chachopoyan...
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Culture clash and the Temple of Doom
It’s no secret that Dr. Jones, better known as Indiana, did not always use the methods that were very sensitive to local culture. In fact, it was even highlighted in a letter regarding his denial of...
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Every Object Tells a Story
The series’ lone flashback – a cut to a discovery of the Cross of Coronado by a boy scout Indy and the follow-up conversation with his dad (deeply in-thought with some grail lore) – sets up a movie...
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Nazca vs. Aliens
Alleged alien encounters are not a modern-day phenomenon, yet we seem to actively incorporate those themes into the everyday life more than our predecessors. For decades, it seems there is at least one...
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