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While vourg Indiana Jones is portrayed as takng part "igores rom histo many. the ‘S-Gharacters imine book as well as the vevyg Situations and scenes desenibed are inventions ofthe suthor’s In Mion, where rea storia . ramatic fleet Mike Richardson publisher Nedittanborsonsn “ap manoger s : Po Seen Bl Grossi esrson, Jack Poor ‘Kris Young = bebhne Bed ‘cba “The lig tenes Chic, Bie, (oobo8e Man Stiga Gresen S's nena ciao fone (Cusack £1992 Curactin ad the ring ks Gos ak etonea fon oh ‘isan the rng Sar Coton 0) 992 Lach L.A Sher ffaleed ence = Dark Howe Com Ine, Al ares eee agit oleae ee re Pa amel) « Na>I eee ONE Diy, MYQUR FIRST STOP WAS. ‘OXFORD, ENGLAND.THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, THE GARDENS OF KYOTO. AHH, THE TAd MAHAL BY MOONLIGHT SUNSET OVER THE PYRAMIDS.YES, SIR, FIRST, THEY’D ORILL UP INTO THE NOSE...THEN USE A HOOK TO TEE-EASE THE BRAIN OUT, REZEAL NEXT, THEY’D OPEN THE CHEST...HAUL OUT EVERYTHING BUT THE He WAGH ALL THESE, POUR GOO ON THEM, WRAP THEM— AFTER THEY CLEANED OUT THE BODY, DRIED IT AND STUFFED IT, THEY'D: THEN THEY, CUT OPEN THE WHOLE LEFT SIDE OF ‘THE CORPSE, REACHED IW AND PULLED OUT ALL IE LOWER. THEY LEPT THE KIDNEYS \N.NOW THEY’D WRAP——————— , THE GREAT PYRAMID. BUILT MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO!‘YOUR FEET ARE THE FIRST TO TREAD THATSTEAL FROM THE PAST! { THEY OPEN IT UP TO Ev —AND BUT NED CMR. LAWRENCE) OPENED UP A WIDE WORLD OF DIFFERENT BELIEFS... & FoR Miss SEYMOUR— MINISTER'S DAUGHTER—Yeg-E-E-S55, WHEN HIS SP/RIT RETURNS AT ‘SUNSET... AND ENTERS Ul SHRIVE BO. IS (ELEDWHY ARE. ‘SITTING IDLE? THOSE MEN THEY SAY THERE WY 1S. A CURSE ON ‘THE TOMB. TH ARE APRAI H ALL CLEAR DOWN HERE, DEMETRIOS!HE'S RECORDING OUR RECENT FINDS. POTTERY, LINEN, CLAY SEALS,WENT OFF TO CAIRO WITH RASHID‘S BODY. THE DIG WAS NEAR- DESERTED, HEAVY WITH GLOOM.YOULL MEET LD AHA LET Hn co. HIM AGAIN IN THEN HE/S ER HE ROSE HEAVEN, 2 BIN PARADISE? +-,ABOUT MUMMIES. COMING TO LIFE— see 1S, IT — IT'S SOMETHING *I WAS BELOVED OF THE. PHARAOH. FOR MY SERVICE... PRECIOUSIT’S AN IMPORTANT (PACT AND BELONGS Nh MCTBeoM, HENRY! WHO KNEW THE CURSE, BUT DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. WHO NEEDED MONEY- AND HATED RASHI! --~ ' [eee Sarria ee ‘captureth several cities on the Red Sea, But the \ {J TE “Nea” Lawrence. Indy's got good reagon to remember Ned — years before Indy would ‘have his adventures seeking the Lost Ark afd the eee Arabia” one ofthe most celebrated itary geniuses 0AWarld War Lang aerteial figure in the development of the Middle East as we know it today. After meeting Indy, Lawrence went 10 Syria to see 12th century Crusader castles, which had been 2 passion of his since he was a sd “Wien Syria, he traveled alone, livipgfamong the Afubs. He shared their food and their customs, getting\to know their language and heir way of life. Itwak unheard of for an ishman to act like this back then, bur that was J the sort of person Lawredice was. Even asa schoolboy, he'd often visifed Crusader castles in England, usually traveling BY bicycle, living off the land and whatever tiny ‘of money he had him. This gave him great ‘and taught ‘Turks sendyhousands of troops into the area by train, and itYooked like the rebellion would be crushed befdre it could accomplish anything, Lawrence, wilo by then was a British soldier ier ees in the Bureau tOxonsult with Fe ibn Hussein, the leader of the Atti rabets, fo see if there was & ‘way the rebellion could be saved. \ Lawrence knew that simply reinforcing | the Arab rebels with British troops would not ‘work. The British were wedded to the idea of J trench warfare, and the Arabs, with theirswift- ‘moving camels and thei skill at individual hand to-hand combat, were much better suited.to» ~ ‘guerilla tactics. He also knew that oMer Arab tuibes would be reluctant to join Peishl if the British, were involved. The Arabs hated the Tugks, but at least both the Turks and Arabs were Moslagns — and for many Arabs, the idea of leting Christians overya tic Hoiyands would be worse than Whe Turkgsh domination. uwrence recommended 10 go without food, water, or tlgep for long _that British aid be confined t¢wugplies and a feud pperidlsof time, so living among the Agabs wasn’t advigors. His plan was accepted, atltae was, 7 thetardsip Fweulghave bee foot les mad lasonPeween the Bish and Fas prepared Englishmen, ~ See. After Lawrence school, hes, From the start, Lawrence took an active ‘worked in Syria for four yeprs as part of an ~ —harid in the rebel ‘command of the archaeological expeditiog’ and learned even more rebels with Feisal.”His knowledge ol military. ‘ici lives. Back then, Arabia strategy ang factics made him a t (phich wasnt ust Saudi Arabia, but the whole For instafice, most authorities, Arab and Brigsh, ‘Bion we now call the Middle East) was harshly thought the rebels fist prioty should be the ‘Yjed by the Otwoman Empire of Turkey. The Arabs ad tried rebelling, but the punishment for rebellion Wardeath — and worse, if single Arab ‘of the Turkish garrison at Medina, gne the holiest cities in the Moslem world. But ce realized there was a better approach. rebel was captured in village, the entire village Medina was the southernmost point on the Hejg2 ‘would be massacred in the oppression and brutal the Arabs endured, ned saw thei desis 6 fees. He loejed wo lead a new crusade — toe Arabia and its people from forsigtt SGmaination. 77 Andie got his chance. The Turks were allies in World War I, so with the British «gontrolling Egypt and the Turks ruling Arabia, the fea was a trouble zone. The British wanted to rack the Turks, but the Turkish army was t00 What they really needed was an Arab that would engage the Turkish army s0 the tion. Lawrence saw y railroad, which brought food, ammunition, supplies, and reinforcements. A battle for Medina trould require large amay,andmett ta huge 'sgumber of lives. Andven ifthe Turks were diven out, they simply rejoin the Turkish army inghe north, qfeating even worse conditions for a attack, Lawrence let the Turks stayin and, usifigsrgall bands of Araby affatReq railroad itself, The TUrks hmd:to’Send more \ , both to guard the railroad and to repair it the Arab attacks. Thus, with amere handful Brtigh could attack Palestine with a chance of —_” of men, Lawrence kept 30,000 Turkish soldiers succes, SC “The Arabs did revo, in 1916, and er I stuck in the south for the duration of the war, where they were useless to theircommanders.1 I 1 1 \ Pipers orsckes Agaba. t 77 awrend® xa ful of teks lke that When the rebels decid2dgo take Aqaba, a moree 7 Aortherly city that would maRewgrearbie for / further operations, he made no attempt to hide the 1 fact that he was assembling an army nearby. Rather, he spread the word — but let the Turks think the rebels were planning an assault on Damascus, which lay as far as Aqaba from wheré? the army was gathering, but in the opposite ,7 direction. ‘The Turks brought in exten m defend Damascus, and were unpreparegrwhen the ’ s Lawrence was a master offfuerilla tactics, bu himself ‘conventional warfare, tod= Theemtlifid battle he foughr, in the town of Tafa, proved that. The rebels had taken the town, but a massive Turkish force was sent to reclaim it, The town’s defenders set up their forces ‘on a ridge north of the town, while Lawrence's ‘men kept moving abaut.simulating a larger army, Bere gsiemens the furthgrfidge and Lawrence'syren retreated ‘Thengtie Turks discovered that tharidge they'd jusCoceupied was a trap — the Ara forces had all {guns trained on the Turks, and rere able to ‘wipe out the Turkish gunners before qhe Turks could find the range to counterattack. Once the Bunners were out of action, the Arab opvalry swept in and routed the Turks in minutes. Mare than 7 ta : a ¢ fad already made,a.deabwith the French to divide up Syria, Palestine, and in berween them afgefthe war. Still, Lawrence Wanted the Arabrto be in the best postion. —and meant ithad to be Arabs and not the Bish 7 ho captured Damascus, the hear of Turi Ania. lawrence and the Arab rebels coufdnt simply attack Damascus the Beiish had spfashed the Turks in Palestine, and 9,000 Turi retreating toward Damascus. They Hid to be stopped before they got these-hd reinforoed the city. The rebels st tnly 600 men — but their ‘guerilla tgoties, Which had proven so effective before; worked again. In one bloody night, the rebels destroyed the retreating Turks, leaving only 2,900 of them alive. ‘The Arab rebels reached Damascus first ang! took the city without® bate. They setup a isional governnfent and had restored order in the qty by the tind the Briish arrivétl, But as it keep lawregce had the British their woRt.-B&pite the promises made (nd repeated after the fall of Damascus) France, and India laid claim to much of Aral the Versailles Peace Conference. Lawrence, wo attended the conference as Feisal's advisor, was, furious — he was ready to lead the Arabian army against both the British and the French. Buta \, 1,000 Turks were capuured or killed, and only 25 comprogplsews worked out in which Feisal ioe eee! battle —and he won'® medal ‘control. ae 7 ‘Not every mission of 'shyas a ‘The compromise didn Mast. By 1923 /the triumph, He had his failures as well, losing gen to Frejich had seized Damascus and thrown Feisal off starvation and bitterly cold ‘watching “> — ahé throne, and Arabia was onthe verge of carefully conceived plans go awry When one man rebellion. Lawrence was cafled SPagain — this blundered, But though Lawrence from time by Winston Churchill then the Bitish time to time, his British superiors weke delighted colonial secretary —to Help solve the problem ‘with him, Throughout the war, Lawience never hhad more than 3,000 Arabs, and mog of the time the figure was closer to 600. But thg Turks never knew what he would do next, or where the atiacks ‘would come from, Thus, they sent more apf more reinforcements into the area aroynd the Hi railroad. At one time, Lawrence and the rbbels ‘were responsible for immobifzing more than 55,000 Turkish troops — Alf the Turkish army south of Dama8eus: By'this time, the Britisfhhad their assault in Palestine; ifnotfor Aavwrence, they would have had to face twice &. Y many Turks as they did. No wonder the Brtish ¥, were happy with Lawrence. 1 ‘But Lawrence never lost sight of his true \ goal: independence for the Arabs. The British had promised the Arabs that when the war was over, Arabs could keep whatever territory theyd from the Turks, but Lawrence didn’t , believe axpromise. He'd heard thatthe Brig - /O without violence. The French were completely unwvling to give up Syfia, bu Lawrence afd Churchill managed tofpersuade both Britain'ind India to give up theifinterests in Arabia. At ng ‘ay, Lawrence got 6 see a free Arabia, his drgam. of so (ore / History never stands still, of courge, and that's true for Arabia as much or more ; anywhere else. The Middle East us been a region ‘of turmoil ever since, fron creation of Israel ‘after World War Il 14H€ recent Gulf War conflict. But TE. Lawrege€, who died in 1935 ina ‘motorcycle agticent, has gone down in history for his great cogftributions to Arab independence. ‘ ne - ¢ pcre ae he TE. Lawrence finally succeeded in ‘winning freedom for much of Arabia, ! Howard Carter had his moment of triumph. But 1 41 I iy laeTenc aae Ang ie, mee hen ene Camér was a hero ofthe pakesife made what _corpplecely invisible from the surface. any consider the most imponantuigcovery inthe , 7 _Thutmose's plan worked much better history of moder archaeology when hé — — ~ “than the pyramids — but stl, tomb robbers 1 discovered the long lost tomb of Tutankhamen, IF Tound even the tambs in the Valley of I the enigmatic boy-king of Egypt. Kjngs and defiled them, carrying off the treasures. I ‘When young Indy meets Howard Carter ts often assumed that the pyramids and) I in this issue, Carter has already come far. Noone / were broken into long after the age of pharadhs, \ would have expected him to become an / ut that's not the case; most of them were ‘a acqlogist — his familfhad been too poor / during ancient imes, And the lite treasure ceerinecnd him to school! Bop 1873ia | remulg had been cried of by others vee es Norfolk, England, the young Carteqhad been ‘centuries, sothat no archaeologist had ever J tutored at home, and his father, a graftsman and‘. discovered an undisturbed tomb, or even’ ~ ‘watercolorist who made a living painting portraits“ gad been only partially looted. They knew what ‘of local aristocrats’ pets, traine@l him to follow in _araintact tomb would look like = Paintings and his footsjeper #ufTn'TS90, Howard Carters life text§ discovered over thg fears described them chgnfed forever. fully $~ but only bits apd pieces, fragments of the {Percy Newberry, an Egyptologist loriobs whole, had een found. ‘hnnected to the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, 1 By the timg Carter and Camarvon started ‘was looking for someone to help him finish pencil work fn the Valley pf Kings, most people thought Tacgolgapehicogis. Lsdy/Ambenr of ther were no mor Hackney, for whorl CaR@Ps father bad done some_, sh tombs had beep ‘work, recommended the 19-year-old, andhe was ~ The Valley had hired. After a short stint at the British Museum, centuries, but it Carter found himself in Egypt, where he eventually by adventurers loo ‘worked alongside some of the greatest names ip. __on the other hand, hal secrets to find there, that all discovered. But not Carter. ‘searched many times over the been searched haphazardly, for a “lucky strike.” Carter, ‘made a painstakingly archaeology. In 1907 he was hired asan ~~ Yeualed study of the Valley, compiling careful archaeological expert by Lord Carnarvon, af notes on every discovery’mgde in the Valley, every ‘reaihy Brits poble leaked peneaaiay eee ee ato de acai el ‘andshe-isiogy that lay under Egypt's sands.) been burg there. He was convinced (Mirshere io back then was a very | ‘was still morao find. And he took a different” jfiferent field from whats today. Many J approach from most of his predecessor, searchigg {archaeologists ofthe ime weren sons the Valley lly and systematically. scientists as treasure-hunters, digging more for But jods were slow. He dug gold than for knowledge and history. The for years, intemupted aply by World Warl, and ‘government even encouraged this: ithad found virtually nothing ya few relics, but no Ile money to conduct digs itself, so it attracted tomb. And by 1922, Lore \Carnarvon was; ign explorers by promising that they could discouraged. He'd been fnding the work for take fom Egypt half of what they discovered. And years with litle to show fort. And forall it was ig this spirit that much of ition had__was spending — hundreds ofthousands ofollars been done — particularly in the Valley of Kings, per year by today’s standards > \ where Carte did most of hispvork. to look like even if they found anything, he ‘The Valley of Kings is possibly the most. wouldn't benefit from it. The new Director secretive burial grotimd iff history. Before the feign General of Antiquities intended to change the ‘of Thutmose I, Egypt's rulers had been entomiged rules, o exert total government control over the in pyramids and above-ground tombs, along yith digs, nd total control over what, if any, artifacts food, wine, weapons, works of art—everytjing the excavators would get to keep, Tired, the ancient Egyptians believed the deaguithig discouraged, his would be Bt fore hing tigyvrethe Reet week would otto lat of the finest jewel-encrusted, gleaming,” And that's when Carter's methodical vith gold, Naypely, allthis treasure atracted _, “approach paid off. He and his crew had tomb robbeps’and within a few generations gt” discovered the foundations of some workers’ huts ‘most, the pyramids were defiled and the tfeasures that dated back to the time of Rameses VI, and. stolen. Thytmose I decided to bpild'an under thaserformdatjons, a tomb entrance. underground burial chamber Ridden away from Begaifse the hut the tomb robbei Histon was ult inte Valley _dfturbed, Carter knew tha Ws tomb bd been hgalevfiiling, Camarvondecided ‘would need in the afterlife. And ghe€ necessities in the summerf 1922 that the next year’s dig s i hadn't been ; of igs, ad for centres theeaer Egypt rulers lose since had bee lt Meg housin ®’ - YORTS 920.5 oe me me oe yo ‘They'd found the tomb of Tutankhamen. 7/ Asittumed out, the tomb was not ‘cqmpletely intact — robbers had broken into it in {Up two hundred years beoween Tutankhamen's , ‘that went gn in the tomb (WHR it was possible to" work) was'a model of scientific archaeology, 1 exacting ang meticulous, Carter was not much of , a politician, but he was a consummate, careful and he did his job splendidly. He ,' ‘The Egypt's “had made arcl ogy his life, and archaeology’ rewagded him Yyith one of history's greatest, 7 secrets, a triumph by any standard After ‘work dh Tut 9's tomb had-béen compleled in springJ932, berefired from the field, and regimed to England, where he died six years ae = SOWHATHAPLENS NEXT MONTH? In ‘The¥oung Indiana Jones’ +#2,y0ul find out wbo killed Rasbid. Wasvt Pierre? Did be Bika ia Patel Sagat (vou aoa go 100 ube Indy was like at age 17, as be travels Ys Mexico for the final solution to the mystery kicked Off in this ‘ssue— and along the way, you'll ee bing meet Pancho Villa, General Pershing, and even a young George Pation. I say ‘Don’t missy,” but fier that last page, who could? ak at Ave‘osesiotne pn pan ‘paves shy Bn ASM 2861 7 tr UR Vio rldl== R tiches! oa eae. inne eat ee Boy = iS ing Te Young toa t ana !Jones Chronicles \ 1 tems! 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