Lara Croft: Tomb Raid

Ever since the establishment of Institutional Review Board, many researchers have been made sure that their research follows the principles of ethics. The board makes sure that no human subject is to be harmed or taken advantage. However, in archaeology, it is rare to have to go through the board since human subjects are not usually their area of interest. Archaeologists care about ancient artifacts and sites and how to preserve those said artifacts and sites. An artifact's destruction is the last thing an archaeologist wants to do, the same destruction that is evidently noticeable in the movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in the search for the triangle that would give a person the power to control time. Many artifacts and even the sites themselves were destroyed as the result of the method Lara Croft or her enemies/rivals have chosen. The movie sets such a bad example of how an aspiring or professional archaeologist should be doing their research; it encourages people to raid tombs without proper permission, harm other people, and

Another example of how much disregard they had is when they brought down a wall of a temple with what looks like a statue of Buddha carved on it. There are so many more ways to enter a site without actually destroying a part of it. A professional archaeologist will take the time to find the best way to enter a site and not just randomly bust their way in because in doing so, there is a possibility that artifacts may be destroyed. New technologies and techniques also give archaeologists new ways to properly preserve an artifact. It is only due to many trials and errors that archaeologists have found the best conditions to store artifacts. These conditions include soils with antimicrobial matrix, very dry and very cold climates, and oxygen-free environments (Fagan