Encore: Preserving A Century of Adventure

Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology

Before the Enterprise boldly “went where no person had gone before” or Indiana Jones shouted “THAT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!” there was the National Geographic Society. For over 100 years it has embodied a sense of adventure in faraway locales with the goal of changing the world through science and exploration. From the heights of Macchu Picchu to Mayan underwater caves, the Society has a strong commitment to archaeological discovery, preservation, and most importantly, education. The rich experience with cultural heritage demonstrated by the Society is particularly important today when the looting and destruction in Syria by ISIS has pushed cultural heritage issues into the mainstream media. Join us, and our guest Dr. Chris Thornton, as we discuss his own experiences working in cultural heritage with the National Geographic Society as well as director at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat in Oman as we attempt to determine how we can preserve the past in a constantly developing world.