archaeology theme

The scientific study of human activity through excavation of old sites, analysis of artefacts, etc.

8 total · 2 major · 6 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: Guyver: Dark Hero (1994) major The lion's share of the film is set at an archaeological dig in a Utah cave. There a team of archaeologists discovered incontrovertible evidence of an ancient alien visitation.
movie: Timeline (2003) major The excavation of a medieval French village, named Castlegard, was integral to the plot.
ahp5x16 minor In his sketch, Alfred Hitchcock was poking around in and old tomb with a spade.
ahp6x25 minor Mr. Clovis pretended to be an archaeo-psychologist (i.e., a specialist at inferring the psyches of ancient people by examining the artifacts they left behind). The apparent archaeo-psychologist Mr. Clovis examined a couple of ancient obsidian knives. Mr. Hollister was a museum curator.
movie: Alien from LA (1988) minor Wanda's archaeology professor father was in North Africa searching for Atlantis.
movie: Alien vs Predator (2004) minor Sebastian was working on an archaeological dig in Technochtitlan, Mexico.
movie: Babylon 5: The Legend Of The Rangers (2002) minor It was revealed that a team of archaeologists excavated a billions of years old alien city.
movie: Godzilla vs Mothra (1992) minor The archaeologist Masako Tezuka was sent to explore a remote Pacific by the Japanese government.