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Video: Legendary archaeological adventurers of the early twentieth century, whose adventures would have been the envy of Indiana Jones himself
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
When the first film about Indiana Jones was released in 1981, interest in archeology increased many times over. What was previously associated with endless excavation of ceramic shards, through the prism of adventure, suddenly turned into something fun and exciting. Despite the fact that modern archaeologists are skeptical about the actions that take place in the film, history knows several names of men and women of the same profession, whose thirst for adventure can be compared with Indiana Jones.
The films about the adventures of Indiana Jones are mostly set in the 1930s and 1940s. It was at that time that archeology was shrouded in a veil of mystery and mysticism, since such remote places as the jungle of the Indian subcontinent or the Sahara desert were considered extremely remote and dangerous.
Percy Fawcett
Percy (Percival Harrison) Fawcett was a British geographer, surveyor, archaeologist and lieutenant colonel. He became famous for his expeditions in South America. Throughout his life, Fawcett was firmly convinced that somewhere in the wilds of the Amazon was a lost city, which the explorer named "Z".
In 1925, Percy Fawcett assembled an expedition and went with his son in search of the mysterious city. Unfortunately, no one came back. Several expeditions were sent to find Fawcett, but to no avail.
Some of the adventurous explorer's adventures were immortalized by the writer Arthur Conan Doyle, who used the geographer's travel notes to write The Lost World.
Lawrence of Arabia
Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, is a truly unique person. He was a British officer, archaeologist. Since childhood, Lawrence has been interested in ancient castles in the south of England, where he lived. The future traveler studied history and archeology at Jesus College, Oxford.
In 1909, Thomas Edward Lawrence traveled alone to the sites of the crusaders in Syria. He walked a distance of 1600 km, gradually learning Arabic culture and language along the way.
Lawrence of Arabia had to abandon his archaeological research, because a war broke out in the Middle East, in which he took a direct part and played an important role. READ MORE …
Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell is another desperate adventurer on this list. British writer, spy, archaeologist and researcher in the Middle East. At the Carchemish excavations in Syria, she met Lawrence of Arabia. They became good friends as they both tried to better understand the Arab world.
Gertrude Bell also advocated for the independence of Iraq under the rule of King Faisal I. She was the founder of the Baghdad Archaeological Museum (now the National Museum of Iraq).
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews was not exactly an archaeologist, but rather a naturalist and paleontologist. Douglas Preston, an employee of the American Museum of Natural History, once said about him:
Andrews is best known for his expeditions to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia in the 1920s. There he had to fight in robbers, bandits. During that period, those territories were the most dangerous for foreigners, since Mongolia and China were decentralized, which caused constant unrest. But this situation literally attracted adventurers, criminals, revolutionaries, hopeless romantics and other thrill seekers there.
Andrews was known for his fearlessness, the ability to dashingly handle firearms. This paleontologist was also the first to find the remains of a dinosaur egg.
Archeology is an amazing science. When another artifact is discovered, the mystery of the millennium is revealed. Continuing the topic, we read The most incredible archaeological finds made by modern scientists.
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