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Justin Cho
03/17/09

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Dr. Grant in Jurassic Park made being an archaeologist very cool. Also Rachel Weisz (also known as the crush of every ivy league college student everywhere) in the Mummy series.
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Bill-Lee
07/26/09

@Justin Cho: Dr. Grant was not an archaeologist. He was a paleontologist. Archaeologists look for artifacts and remains pertaining to human beings. Paleontologists look for the remains of extinct animals such as dinosaurs.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/14/09

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The archaeologist from "Crusade".

The guy from "Forbidden Planet", with the bad id.

I'm coming up short on names today.
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Briareosdx
03/14/09

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There's also Alex Benedict and Chase Kolpath, from Jack McDevitt's books. 2005's Seeker even won a Nebula.
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PhilR8
03/14/09

@Briareosdx: Yeah, I'm surprised McDevitt wasn't mentioned. I mean, pretty much ALL of his books deal with interstellar archeology. Which isn't necessarily a good thing, but hey, I liked most of his books.
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Grey_Area
03/14/09

@PhilR8: Well, sure. Most of them are the same book!
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gertymac
03/14/09

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Also from Babylon 5: Dr. Vance Hendricks. Dr. Franklin's former professor now turned field archeologist working for the evil Interplanetary Expeditions.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/14/09

@gertymac: What about the archaeologist guy from "Crusade"? Speaking of B5. He was always out there translating the dead alien languages and stuff.
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Moff
03/14/09

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"It's almost as though the Federation's apparent policy of stranding one or two people on an uninhabited planet for years at a time to dig through the remains of a dead civilization was somehow flawed."

Very nice.
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Boas_MC
03/14/09

@Moff: Actually, knowing a good number of archaeologists, I'd say that they're all a bit nuts to begin with.
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Alasdair Wilkins
03/14/09

@Boas_MC: Truer words have never been spoken. At least the ones I know best are relatively sane.
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