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Hands up who wanted to be an archaeologist when they first saw this? Don't lie 🤣

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Ted Little

Though my Assyriology professor cited Indiana Jones as an example of how not to do archelogy, this film did inspire many people to enter the field.

Lee Pitman

I am very happy you enjoyed Indy. I hope you watch (or went on to watch) them all. The famous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman is not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the sword out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, Ford suggested "shooting the sucker." Steven Spielberg immediately took him up on the idea, and the scene was successfully filmed. Freeze-framing during the Well of Souls scene, you can notice a golden pillar with a tiny engraving of R2-D2 and C-3PO from the Star Wars saga. They are also on the wall behind Indy when they first approach the Ark. The Well of Souls scene required 7,000 snakes. The only venomous snakes were the cobras, but one crew member was bitten on set by a python. In biblical descriptions, the Ark is a gold-plated wooden box that must be carried with poles because it is too holy to be touched.