TombReader
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Besides Indy of course! 
Favorite archaeologist/site?
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Johan
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My favorite archaeologist? Mika Lavento, PhD, the University of Helsinki. A hilarious man.
"Okay, the ones who came to this lesson after watching an Indiana Jones movie, please leave now. This science has nothing to do with a man who uses heavy pickaxes and shovels plus his brawn to bust into an ancient tomb... heck, the man would probably use trotyle if the occupational health and safety legistlation hadn't disagreed..."
"Okay, the ones who came to this lesson after watching an Indiana Jones movie, please leave now. This science has nothing to do with a man who uses heavy pickaxes and shovels plus his brawn to bust into an ancient tomb... heck, the man would probably use trotyle if the occupational health and safety legistlation hadn't disagreed..."
TombReader
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Finn,I would assume that Lavento was NOT a Belzoni fan then?
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TombReader said:Besides Indy of course!
Would have to be Archaeology World because it's Australian.
http://arts.anu.edu.au/arcworld/arcworld.htm
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Finn said:
I think you mean "Troy." Cuz it's not sure if it is "the" Troy, but something simular or whatever....A hell, he's a great guy, impressive enough to dig up a city with the help of the Iliad.
My fav:
Thor Heyerdahl
Although he aint a "real" archaeologist, close enough though.
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John Romer
John Romer is both an accomplished Egyptologist/archæologist and a skilled educator through his documentary films (occasionally on public television) and books:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7171/romer.html
He is a bit controversial for being a little too objective in his work, which means not conforming his findings or conclusions to the Judæo-Christian Bible. He is not scornful of J-C - just treats it as one of a number of composite Middle Eastern religions that was cobbled together by enthusiasts over several centuries. His television series and book Testament, for example, is a fascinating history of how the J-C Bible came to be assembled from various pre-Hebrew sources, then modified to suit changing European political tastes in the following centuries. This is quite fascinating to a historian, but occasionally ruffles the feathers of Jews and Christians, who can't handle the idea of the book being a cut-and-paste job.
Michael Aquino
John Romer is both an accomplished Egyptologist/archæologist and a skilled educator through his documentary films (occasionally on public television) and books:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7171/romer.html
He is a bit controversial for being a little too objective in his work, which means not conforming his findings or conclusions to the Judæo-Christian Bible. He is not scornful of J-C - just treats it as one of a number of composite Middle Eastern religions that was cobbled together by enthusiasts over several centuries. His television series and book Testament, for example, is a fascinating history of how the J-C Bible came to be assembled from various pre-Hebrew sources, then modified to suit changing European political tastes in the following centuries. This is quite fascinating to a historian, but occasionally ruffles the feathers of Jews and Christians, who can't handle the idea of the book being a cut-and-paste job.
Michael Aquino