History Quotes / AdventurerArchaeologist

->'''River:''' A meteor shower is about to hit this ship, exactly on the hour.\\
'''Concierge:''' How could you ''possibly'' know that?\\

'''The Doctor:''' I'm a time traveller. I ''point and laugh'' at archeologists.

->'''The Doctor:''' An archeologist?\\
'''River:''' You have a problem with archeologists?\\

-->-- ''TheDevilsDictionary''

-> ''If adventure has a name, it has to be Indiana Jones''

->''Back in 1981 Bill Trotter took me to see ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' thereby sparking my long-standing interest in archaeology. Former EIC Trent Ward's mom was an amateur archaeologist and helped to cultivate this interest throughout my high school years. Once I entered college, I quickly discovered that there was a lot more to archaeology than shooting Nazis and whipping guys in turbans. My own experiences in the field of archaeology always seemed to involve an awful lot of dusting of pot sherds. (Don't call them shards.) In the true spirit of the university hierarchy it was the grad students who seemed to draw all the choice jobs that involved mine cart racing or Thuggee punching.''

->"Archaeology is about ''facts''. Not truth. If it's truth you're interested in, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is down the hall. ...Forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot."
-->-- '''Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.''', ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. [[HypocriticalHumor You may now laugh]].)

->"You call ''THIS'' archaeology?!"

->'''Jack O'Neill''' ''(to Malakai)'': What kind of archaeologist carries a weapon? \\

-> '''Rory''' (To Dr. Song): So... What kind of doctor are you?
->'''River''': Archaeology. (''[[OffhandBackhand shoots alien behind her]]'') Love a tomb.

->'''Tali:''' With all this exploration of Prothean culture, this must be like a survey for you, Liara.
->'''Liara:''' Our travels now are somewhat different from my normal excavations. I would prefer lengthier studies, and fewer explosions.
->'''Wrex:''' It's good for you. A nice explosion now and then keeps the mind sharp.

-->-- '''[[Franchise/IndianaJones Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.]]''', [[HypocriticalHumor You may now laugh]].

-->-- '''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of ''Franchise/TombRaider Underworld''.

->'''River''': Archaeology. ([[OffhandBackhand ''shoots alien behind her'']]) Love a tomb.

-> ''If adventure has a name, it has to be Indiana Jones"''

->'''River''': Archeology. ([[OffhandBackhand ''shoots alien behind her'']]]) Love a tomb.

-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect''

-->-- '''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of ''TombRaider Underworld''.

The House of Indifference. Tombs are now by common consent invested with a certain sanctity, but when they have been long tenanted it is considered no sin to break them open and rifle them, the famous Egyptologist, Dr. Huggyns, explaining that a tomb may be innocently "glened" as soon as its occupant is done "smellynge," the soul being then all exhaled. This reasonable view is now generally accepted by archaeologists, whereby the noble science of Curiosity has been greatly dignified.\\

-->-- [[http://pc.ign.com/articles/392/392075p1.html IGN's review]] of ''IndianaJones and the Emperor's Tomb''

--> '''Rory''' (To Dr. Song): So... What kind of doctor are you?
-->'''River''': Archeology. ([[OffhandBackhand ''shoots alien behind her'']]]) Love a tomb.

-->'''Tali:''' With all this exploration of Prothean culture, this must be like a survey for you, Liara.
-->'''Liara:''' Our travels now are somewhat different from my normal excavations. I would prefer lengthier studies, and fewer explosions.

->-- ''Series/StargateSG1'', "Window of Opportunity"

-->--{{tagline}} for ''IndianaJones and the Temple of Doom''

-->--'''Andy F. Bryan''', "Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail and Discovers His Bid for Tenure Has Been Denied," ''[=McSweeney's=]''

->''Back in 1981 Bill Trotter took me to see ''[[IndianaJones Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' thereby sparking my long-standing interest in archaeology. Former EIC Trent Ward's mom was an amateur archaeologist and helped to cultivate this interest throughout my high school years. Once I entered college, I quickly discovered that there was a lot more to archaeology than shooting Nazis and whipping guys in turbans. My own experiences in the field of archaeology always seemed to involve an awful lot of dusting of pot sherds. (Don't call them shards.) In the true spirit of the university hierarchy it was the grad students who seemed to draw all the choice jobs that involved mine cart racing or Thuggee punching.''

-->-- '''[[IndianaJones Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.]]''' [[HypocriticalHumor You may now laugh]].

->--''Series/StargateSG1'', "Window of Opportunity"

-->--'''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation: TombRaider Underworld''.

-->--'''Prospector Whelgar''', ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.

-->--''Series/DoctorWho'', "Day of the Moon"

->--''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', "Window of Opportunity"

-->--'''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''', ''WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation: TombRaider Underworld''.

-->--'''Prospector Whelgar''', ''WorldOfWarcraft''.

-->--'''Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw''', ''ZeroPunctuation: TombRaider Underworld''.

-->--''Series/DoctorWho'',

->"You would use a bulldozer to find a china cup."
-->-- '''Rene Belloq''', ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''

->"The world of intrigue is not that different from archeology....except that the bodies still smell."
-->--'''Liara T'soni''', ''[[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]]''

-->-- '''René Belloq''', ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''

-->--'''Liara T'soni''', ''MassEffect 2''

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--> ''If adventure has a name, it has to be Indiana Jones"''

->-- [[http://pc.ign.com/articles/392/392075p1.html IGN's review]] of ''IndianaJones and the Emperor's Tomb''

->"Archaeology is about ''facts''. Not truth. If it's truth you're interested in, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is down the hall. ...Forget any ideas you've got about lost cities, exotic travel and digging up the world. We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot."\\
-- '''[[IndianaJones Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.]]''' [[HypocriticalHumor You may now laugh]].

->-- '''René Belloq''', ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''