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Post by Lori Croft on Mar 16, 2013 8:47:32 GMT
Amazing new blog you can visit here. Looks behind the archaeological sites visited and talked about in the Tomb Raider games and movies. Seeing as Tomb Raider was one of the main reasons I ended up getting into archaeology myself and getting a degree in the subject (and writing my dissertation on how much Tomb Raider has influenced modern students' views of archaeology), I think this blog is amazing and something I will be visiting on a regular basis. If you have any interest in this sort of thing, make sure you pay a visit! |
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Post by trarchaeology on Apr 4, 2013 0:11:29 GMT
Thanks so much for the mention! Sorry for not replying sooner but it's been a hectic couple of weeks...  |
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Post by Lori Croft on Apr 4, 2013 7:47:57 GMT
No worries, and you're welcome, it's a brilliant blog!  |
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Post by Vinegaress on Apr 4, 2013 21:26:49 GMT
Thanks so much for the mention! Sorry for not replying sooner but it's been a hectic couple of weeks... I find the information truly fascinating! And what's even neater for me personally, is that I've done a lot of research and have collected information about the Mayans, Incas, and Aztec's mythology so your entry about the statues and their real origins is quite interesting to me. Thank you for it! |
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Post by trarchaeology on Apr 6, 2013 17:42:56 GMT
Thanks so much for the mention! Sorry for not replying sooner but it's been a hectic couple of weeks... I find the information truly fascinating! And what's even neater for me personally, is that I've done a lot of research and have collected information about the Mayans, Incas, and Aztec's mythology so your entry about the statues and their real origins is quite interesting to me. Thank you for it! You're welcome. There's obviously a lot more history behind those statues and the sites I've written about so far but I don't want to make my articles too academic. Usually I just post a few links to other books and articles for further reading. I plan to write about the real Vilcabamba in the near future as well as take a look at the Aztec art and mythology seen in Guardian of Light (I've never played this one so I might have to rely on Youtube and screenshots). |
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Post by Vinegaress on Aug 13, 2013 2:30:25 GMT
I love your new article on Bastet and the way you tied it in with Tomb Raider. You are so talented! |
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Post by trarchaeology on Aug 17, 2013 17:31:55 GMT
I love your new article on Bastet and the way you tied it in with Tomb Raider. You are so talented! Aww, thanks so much. Not so much talented as interested and willing to learn. I just love all the detail they put into the games, especially TR1 (not always historically or geographically accurate...but who cares). There's loads of Maya and other Pre-Columbian art hidden in the Peru levels of TR1 which I hope to get around to examining closely in the coming weeks. |
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Post by Vinegaress on Aug 17, 2013 19:10:01 GMT
Aww, thanks so much. Not so much talented as interested and willing to learn. I just love all the detail they put into the games, especially TR1 (not always historically or geographically accurate...but who cares). There's loads of Maya and other Pre-Columbian art hidden in the Peru levels of TR1 which I hope to get around to examining closely in the coming weeks. Well, I believe you are talented. Loving to learn one thing. Putting it down into words and comprehensive knowledge that is both insightful and enjoyable for the reader, is talent. Would you consider doing any articles about TRII? |
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Post by trarchaeology on Aug 18, 2013 15:06:17 GMT
Aww, thanks so much. Not so much talented as interested and willing to learn. I just love all the detail they put into the games, especially TR1 (not always historically or geographically accurate...but who cares). There's loads of Maya and other Pre-Columbian art hidden in the Peru levels of TR1 which I hope to get around to examining closely in the coming weeks. Well, I believe you are talented. Loving to learn one thing. Putting it down into words and comprehensive knowledge that is both insightful and enjoyable for the reader, is talent. Would you consider doing any articles about TRII? Thanks so much. I certainly try my best to keep the posts both educational and entertaining. If they're too academic, it just puts off a lot of readers so I admit it's a bit tough to strike a good balance between the two. ;-) I have a post about TRII in the works so keep an eye out for that in the not too distant future. :-) |
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Post by drcroft on Aug 20, 2013 13:27:53 GMT
Amazing new blog you can visit here. Looks behind the archaeological sites visited and talked about in the Tomb Raider games and movies. Seeing as Tomb Raider was one of the main reasons I ended up getting into archaeology myself and getting a degree in the subject ( and writing my dissertation on how much Tomb Raider has influenced modern students' views of archaeology), I think this blog is amazing and something I will be visiting on a regular basis. If you have any interest in this sort of thing, make sure you pay a visit! You did?! Oh that is amazing! Could you summarise your methodology and findings? Sorry if this has broke the flow of this thread, I'm a bit of an academic geek  |
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Post by trarchaeology on Aug 20, 2013 14:50:27 GMT
Amazing new blog you can visit here. Looks behind the archaeological sites visited and talked about in the Tomb Raider games and movies. Seeing as Tomb Raider was one of the main reasons I ended up getting into archaeology myself and getting a degree in the subject ( and writing my dissertation on how much Tomb Raider has influenced modern students' views of archaeology), I think this blog is amazing and something I will be visiting on a regular basis. If you have any interest in this sort of thing, make sure you pay a visit! You did?! Oh that is amazing! Could you summarise your methodology and findings? Sorry if this has broke the flow of this thread, I'm a bit of an academic geek I second that. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, Laurie. |
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Post by Lori Croft on Aug 21, 2013 8:10:14 GMT
haha, oh God, now you're asking! I'd have to find a copy of my dissertation seeing as I did the studies over 7 years ago!
I can tell you what I did for research though and that was visiting my old junior school, secondary school and College to interview a set amount of students and to see the sort of exposure they had had to archaeology in movies and games... I remember one of the questions I asked was if they knew the name Lara Croft... was pleasantly surprised that the kids int he Infant school knew who she was even though they had never played the games, but they knew about the movie.
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Post by Vinegaress on Aug 26, 2013 7:10:04 GMT
I found this article in particular to be fascinating. Like I said, you really know how to appeal to so many different genres of readers; Artist, scholar, enthusiast, fan, it all works so well. Where do you find the iformation on most of your articles, if I may ask. |
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Post by trarchaeology on Aug 26, 2013 19:42:36 GMT
I found this article in particular to be fascinating. Like I said, you really know how to appeal to so many different genres of readers; Artist, scholar, enthusiast, fan, it all works so well. Where do you find the iformation on most of your articles, if I may ask. Usually from a variety of sources. I use Wikipedia as a basic reference point and then run a few searches in Google and Google Books for other useful information. Most of the information is out there on the net somewhere but I try to condense it to a few paragraphs (anything more than that would probably bore most readers) and try to make sure that I get most of my facts straight (I usually consult a few different books/sites/blogs for this and avoid anything that involves pseudoarchaeology and/or aliens). In some cases, I already have some basic background knowledge of the subject matter but each Arte-Factual and Lara's Travels article requires a lot of further background reading on my part. But I have no complaints. It's a great way to learn about other cultures and broaden my knowledge. If you ever want to learn a little more about any of the items or places I've written about, check out the links listed under "Sources & Further Reading". |
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