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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Zefram: [QB] [QUOTE]-- Who took the skull from Akator originally? Was it Orellana? Indy said Orellana was [i]looking for[/i] the city in the 1540s and that the skull was stolen in the 15th or 16th century. So, did Orellana find the city and take the skull when he left? If so, why did he take only one, and why not more of the treasure?[/QUOTE]I seem to remember that, after finding the skull with Orellana, Indy said that he must have found the city after all. It did look like there was some treasure buried with Orellana, perhaps the skull and a small amount of gold was all he and his men could grab while avoiding angry natives. [QUOTE]-- How did the skull come to be buried with Orellana? If the natives caught him (as they must have, based on the mummification and location of burial) why did they leave the skull with him and not return it?[/QUOTE]I believe they found the skull with Orellana's body in Peru while the temple he stole it from was in the Amazon. The Peruvians, not affiliated with the Amazonian natives, probably revered him due to his possession of the skull and gave him the fancy burial (complete with gold mask). [QUOTE]-- The relationship between the aliens and the indigenous people is unclear. It is said that the visitors taught the people agricultural and architectural techniques and it is implied that their influence is also found in other early cultures around the world. Yet, it is also said that they were archaeologists who were collecting artifacts from these same cultures. These seem like contradictory roles: [i]directing[/i] human development versus [i]documenting[/i] it.[/QUOTE]The only explanation we get is Indy's guess that 'they were archaeologists'. They could have been collectors of "primitive" artifacts as well as humanity's benefactors. Perhaps they didn't have a variant of the Prime Directive. [QUOTE]-- What happened to the aliens that caused them to end up as skeletons in the temple? The ending seems to imply that they were inactive due to one of their collective being missing, and they were waiting for the skull to be restored. However, the theft of the skull apparently didn't happen until the 1500s, long after the city had been built up around their vessel. What were the circumstances uder which it was built and why were they just hanging out there for thousands of years? This is very confusing.[/QUOTE]My only guess is that the aliens knew that even their skeletons could be beneficial to the natives (it was shown that the crystal skull could communicate with Indy). Upon their deaths, they allowed their skeletons to remain to guide the natives. Orellana arrived, took the skull, and the rest of the region was eventually decimated by Conquistadors and various European diseases. By that time, not only would the civilization that the skeletons had been aiding be a shadow of its former self, but the aliens probably did not want modern civilizations to gain access to knowledge that would undoubtedly be abused. Hence, the command to return the skull to allow the aliens' departure. [QUOTE]-- If they are collective beings, why were the ones at Roswell and in the USSR alone?[/QUOTE]Didn't they mention that there were three bodies at Roswell at that the body in the crate was one of the three? I'm pretty sure that the number of bodies was part of the established Roswell mythos. As for the USSR aliens, perhaps the others survived and escaped. [QUOTE]-- Why is the skull only selectively "magnetic"?[/QUOTE]They specifically mention that gold is not magnetic, yet it seems to be attracted to the skull. I'm sure the various properties of the skull were deliberately left unexplained to emphasize the mystery and unearthliness of the skull. [QUOTE]-- What is up with the portal through which Spalko is sent? Why is such a portal necessary on the interior of a vessel already designed for interdimensional travel? For that matter, if interdimensional travel can be accomplished through such a portal, why is the gigantic ship necessary at all?[/QUOTE]I was under the impression Spalko was disintegrated and that it was her ashes that were pulled into the portal since everything else was being sucked into it as well. There could be any number of explanations for why there is a portal within the ship itself. Perhaps the ship is inverted or turned inside out in some way and actually travels through it's own interior portal. This may be necessary if the portal can't be projected outside of the ship and if you don't want to have a portal generator that is separate from the vessel (which may not be feasible if you ever want to return to your point of origin). Given that it's an interdimensional portal, maybe concepts such as "inside" and "outside" aren't all that relevant. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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