A Real Archaeologist Explains What Indiana Jones Gets Right
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As the franchise returns to the big screen, a real archaeologist discusses the merits of the Indiana Jones movies.
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An Archaeologist's Take on What Indiana Jones Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Field, History
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What Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny gets right (and very wrong) about the historical Antikythera Mechanism
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Did Indiana Jones help or hurt archaeology?
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny's ending, explained - Polygon
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What Indiana Jones gets right – and wrong – about archaeology
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