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Would the real Indiana Jones please stand up?

By Kat Austin

2 June 2010

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Gallery:Would the real Indiana Jones please stand up?

Arthur Demarest, the leading Mayan archaeologist, has had a career worthy of Indiana Jones. And when you get compared to Indy you know you’ve made it as a popular archaeologist. But who does the hat really fit? New Scientist has put a line-up together so that you can decide.

Gallery:Would the real Indiana Jones please stand up?

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