On the most superficial level, it’s that archaeology – even when the practice is explicitly being undertaken in a place where a corpse has been lain – isn’t about the dead but the living.

Archaeology expert Dr. Alexandra Jones discusses the realism of various films including Prometheus, The Mummy, and Encino Man.

On the most superficial level, it’s that archaeology — even when the practice is explicitly being undertaken in a place where a corpse has been lain — isn’t about the dead, but the living.