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History Alive Season 1 Episode 24

The Real Tomb Hunters: Snakes, Curses and Booby Traps

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The Real Tomb Hunters: Snakes, Curses and Booby Traps

AIRED: 9/15/06

Fighting Nazis; grabbing golden treasure; fleeing angry natives; dodging pitfalls in a booby-trapped temple, we all know how fictional explorers and archaeologists spend their days. But does real life compare? Follow some of the most daring archaeologists and take on the dangers they face--Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass steps into a booby-trapped tomb; American Arthur Demarest fights looters in the jungles of Cancuen; and in Chiapas, angry villagers kidnap Australian-born Peter Mathews. Also examine stories of past explorers who helped shape the "Indiana Jones" stereotype--paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews battled venomous snakes and Mongol bandits in the Gobi Desert; John Pendlebury, the British archaeologist, fought Nazis on Crete; and Sylvanus Morley, who was the first American archaeologist/spy.moreless

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Josh Bernstein	Host	Guest Star
Harry Chase	Narrator	Guest Star

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- Josh: Hi, I'm Josh Bernstein from Digging for the Truth here in the ancient city of Hedra in Jordan. You might recognize this place from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, this is where Indy & his dad found the Holy Grail. But behind fantastic movies like that one there are deeper truths to be found. Tonight, we'll get a glimpse into the surprising and sometimes perilous world of the archaeologist, where hostile groups, poisonous snakes and booby traps await. And on a good day, incredible discoveries too. The Real Tomb Hunters begins now, here on the History Channel.
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- Commentators:
  
  Lisa Lucero
  Archeological Director, Yalbac
  
  Zahi Hawass
  Director of the Giza Pyramids Excavations
  
  Peter Mathews
  La Trobe University, Melbourne
  
  Arthur Demarest
  Vanderbilt University
  
  Michael Novacek
  Curator, American Museum of Natural History
  
  Charles H. Harris III
  Author, The Archaeologist Was A Spy
  
  Louis R. Sadler
  New Mexico State University
  
  Imogene Grundon
  Author, Rash Adventurer
  
  Christopher Hale
  Author, Himmler's Crusade
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