Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors
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| ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE | |
| Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors | |
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| Culture | Chachapoyan |
| Established | circa 100 BC |
| Location | Peru |
| Structure | Cave |
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Artifacts | |
The Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors was the dark, well-protected cave that housed an infamous fertility idol. The temple's many defenses included spiders, spears, darts, cave-ins, and a large boulder.
In 1935, an archaeologist named Forrestal attempted to recover the idol, but was killed by the temple's booby traps. In 1936, Indiana Jones successfully navigated around these dangers to recover the golden idol (though his guide Satipo was killed while attempting to escape), which was subsequently stolen by a competitor.
Jones returned to the temple some years later to find the boulder still blocking the entrance. Searching the nearby river he discovered an underwater network of corridors and worked his back inside the temple, returning to the location of the idol by flooding the very pit that had almost taken his life back in 1936.
[edit] Behind the scenes
In one of The Simpsons episodes, Bart Simpson re-enacts the prologue from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Instead of acquiring the golden idol, Bart tries to get his father's coin jar.
Also in an episode of Family Guy; Peter, Lois and Chris Griffin with Jock Lindsay escape the same way as Indiana Jones fleeing the Hovitos. The sequence keeps the music intact, and Meg Griffin is left behind to suffer a death like Barranca.
[edit] Appearances
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
- LEGO Indiana Jones Adventures (Non-canonical appearance)
- Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
