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Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds was inspired to follow the adventurous trail of Indiana Jones around the world to explore first-hand the reality behind the cinema classic Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). A Kickstarter campaign has been launched to fund a documentary about his project.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds used his professional skills to track down and relocate the lost Star Wars (1977) filming sites in Tunisia, allowing the Prequel Trilogy to be filmed at the original locations. The expedition led Reynolds to a job working for Lucasfilm, where he became a #1 best-selling Star Wars author.
Real-life archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds worked for Lucasfilm during the Star Wars Prequel era at Skywalker Ranch, where he discussed Indiana Jones with Indy's creator, George Lucas.
In 1995 before GPS, archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds relocated the site in Tunisia that was filmed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas as the "Tanis Digs" in the original Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds found to his surprise that props in Raiders of the Lost Ark such as the Headpiece to the Staff of Ra featured authentic inscriptions in ancient languages.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds followed the adventurous trail of Indiana Jones around the world to explore first-hand the reality behind the cinema classic Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds tracked down filming locations from Raiders of the Lost Ark, including this jungle river vine in Hawaii.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds tracked down the connections to authentic history in Raiders of the Lost Ark, including this vintage flying boat seen in the film.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds worked with props from the original Indiana Jones trilogy in the Lucasfilm Archives, like the "Ark of the Covenant" seen here.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds tracked down Indiana Jones filming locations and props, including the jungle river vine, vintage flying boat, and "Ark of the Covenant" seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds tracked down Indiana Jones filming locations and props, including this army truck seen memorably in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds tracked down on horseback the remote ruin in Peru that is the real-life counterpart of the temple where Indiana Jones runs from the giant boulder at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Throughout his project tracking down the real history and archaeology behind Raiders of the Lost Ark, archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds kept an illustrated journal inspired by the Grail Diary seen in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds' sketched in his journal the entrance of the temple where Indiana Jones seeks the Golden Idol at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark to help him in his quest for the real-life counterparts of the movie hero's cinematic adventures.
Archeologist Dr. David West Reynolds was invited to present a lecture on The Archaeology of Indiana Jones at the Explorers Club in New York City.
Objects from The Archaeology of Indiana Jones project were on display in a museum exhibition in Summer 2024.
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds was inspired to follow the adventurous trail of Indiana Jones around the world to explore first-hand the reality behind the cinema classic Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Archaeologist Dr. David West Reynolds followed the trail of Indiana Jones around the world to explore first-hand the reality behind the cinema classic Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Archaeologist, author, and speaker Dr. David West Reynolds, 2024 photo