Is ‘Tomb Raider’ Archaeology? With Christopher Lowman
£10 / FREE to Derby Museums Friends
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Lara Croft is Derby’s pop-culture-famous archaeologist… but is what she does in video games and movies really archaeology?
Learn about the archaeology that inspired the Tomb Raider games, how the games differ from real-life professional work, and how Lara Croft continues to inspire our understandings of the past.
Christopher Lowman is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Anthropology Department of the University of California, Irvine. He specializes in historical archaeology and museum anthropology and has participated on excavations in the United States,,Turkey, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.K.
Suitable for Adults (18+). Booking essential. Limited places.
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