Jerusalem, June 1909

"Jerusalem, June 1909" is an un-produced episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, which would have been part of the third season of the series.

The subject of this episode was to have been archeology. The theme was to have been "Greed", and the historical figure Indy would encounter was the archeologist Montague Parker. Also, Indy would for the first time (chronologically) encounter his future mentor Abner Ravenwood.

Here follows the synopsis, as it allegedly was recovered by Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm archives [1]:

"Indy visits Jerusalem. His father goes off an a separate trip to visit Crusader castles. Indy is disappointed to be left behind, but Abner Ravenwood, an archeologist, invites Indy to spend time with him. Indy meets Montague Parker, who offers to let Indy work at his dig. Parker is secretly searching for the Ark of the Covenant but needs a map of the ancient tunnels, which Ravenwood has. Parker talks Indy into "borrowing" the map, which shows that the Ark is below the Temple Mount. He and his men, disguised as Arabs, enter the temple and begin excavating, but are discovered. The temple keeper brings a large mob of locals, which chases Parker's group of out of the city. Ravenwood explains to Indy that the Ark is not believed to be under the Temple Mount, but elsewhere, and someday a real archaeologist will find it."