Indiana Jones

During this weekend my Grandma was watching TV, and an Indiana Jones marathon was on. All throughout the marathon, Indiana Jones travels to exotic places and is faced new adventures and ancient relics. Most of these ancient relics throughout the movies have inscriptions in Latin.  I do not remember any of the actual quotes, but one specific movie had lots of Latin in it. This movie was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The plot of the film is an art collector appeals to Indiana Jones to search for the holy grail. The legend of the holy grail is that the grail was said to be the cup of the Last Supper and at the crucifixion to have received blood coming from Jesus's head. Supposedly Joseph of Arimathea guards it. Indiana also learns that another archaeologist has disappeared while searching for the grail. The archaeologist that had disappeared was Dr. Henry Jones, Indiana Jones's father. They run through many trials with Nazis and trials within the cave that holds the cup. The last trial is to choose the correct cup from 50+ other cups, in multiple shapes and sizes. After you choose you test if it is the correct cup, by dipping it into a bowl of water and drinking from it. If you get the cup wrong, you die, if you get it right, you will have everlasting youth. I just thought that it was cool that Latin was used so much throughout these movies.

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