Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive

# Summary A retired archaeologist writes to a humor column observing that archaeologists have an exceptionally high death rate in films, particularly in movies involving Egyptian mummies where nearly all non-lead characters perish, citing the Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, and Mummy franchises as examples. The column notes that the author's own survival in the field is likely due to his focus on mundane British commercial archaeology—finding broken pottery rather than cursed artifacts—which rarely leads to cinematic homicide.