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In this blog I'm going to inform you about Archaeology and what makes it so exciting! Although the Indiana Jones Series is a very good movie saga story about a wild, charismatic archaeologist who travels the world in search of priceless artifacts, it doesn’t depict the true reality of being an Archaeologist. Archaeology can be very exciting, however, even if you don’t get to carry a leather whip and have an attractive sidekick! There are many adventures involved in archaeology.
Think of yourself at a popular archaeological site, like the Mayan ruins Chichen Itza, or the Egyptian pyramids like the Great Pyramid of Giza. You’ve always wondered what was in those temples and large stone structures, but the only thing holding you back was the rope that was closing you off from these amazing sites. Archaeologists get to go “behind the scenes” and past the guide rope into these ancient buildings to discover relics and artifacts that our ancient ancestors left behind. Archaeologists go all across the globe on different dig sites to search for things that seem manmade or important to our knowledge of our history. How exciting would it be to go to places like The Valley of the Kings in Egypt or Tulum in Mexico? Or what about the Ellora Caves in India or to see the incredible 8,000 Terracotta Army in China?
So many things have yet to be found, but archaeologists are on a budget. It requires a lot of money and time to get the approval to excavate an area. Archaeologists have to have a broad knowledge of our world history or a particular culture and civilization that you are studying. Even though many people don’t enjoy history, it really is what made us the way we are today. What most people don’t realize that history is last year, last month, yesterday, and history was even 5 minutes ago, that’s how history is made. That’s how archaeologists think; they keep their minds open to new things, new ideas and answers to ancient clues.
Archaeologists are like detectives, they investigate ancient crime scenes and look for clues and hidden answers to all of our history questions. One of my favorite archaeologists and “detectives” is Howard Carter; he is the archaeologist that discovered King Tutankhamen’s tomb which was one of the most well-preserved tombs in all of Egypt. He discovered it on November 26, 1922, which in my opinion is one of the coolest archaeologists that I have ever researched about.
In this post I have talked about many things that I like about archaeologists and what they are about, I find it to be one of the coolest jobs in the world to contribute something and to give our world some answers about our ancestors. Knowledge is power, and I think we wouldn’t have the knowledge if our ancestors didn’t think about it, Mayans with their infinite knowledge of the universe and their ‘know how’ of astronomy, Greeks with their knowledge of philosophy and mathematics. The Japanese with knowledge of war tactics and the use of poetry and zen. The Babylonians and their use of trade of goods and crops, Egyptians and their essential knowledge of cultivating and harvesting in the desert. Incredible people, all across the globe, our past makes the future to make this Earth a better place.
