Arab guard

An Arab Guard helped the Nazis at Tanis, Egypt during the Third Reich's attempt to acquire the Ark of the Covenant in 1936. He and his colleagues served under the orders of Colonel Herman Dietrich and Major Gobler.

Biography
This guard was recruited along some of his colleagues to help Colonel Herman Dietrich and his soldiers to find the Ark of the Covenant at Tanis, Egypt in 1936. After finding the Ark with the help of archaeologist Indiana Jones, the Nazis sealed him and Marion Ravenwood inside the Well of the Souls to die while the Arabs helped the soldiers to disarm the camp while the Flying Wing was preparing to travel to Berlin, Germany with the Ark. This guard was patrolling around the excavation area when Jones and Ravenwood managed to escape from the Well of the Souls. Surprised, the guard attempted to give the alarm, but Jones quickly knocked him out and proceded to escape with Ravenwood.

Behind the scenes
The Arab Guard was played by an uncredited performer in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The scene in which the Arab Guard finds Indy and Marion after their escape from the well of the Souls was filmed, but it was deleted from the final edit of the film. The characters still appears in the finished version of the film however, although as there is no explanation why he is lying on the side of the hole through which Indy and Marion escaped, any spectator might suppose that he is asleep or drunk.

There is a similar scene which resembles the Arab Guard's scene in LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures. After escaping from the Well of the Souls, Indy and Marion are surprised by two Nazi soldiers. After Jones gives stianed binoculars to one of the soldiers, the other one laughs when seeing marks in the former. Then, Jones and Ravenwood proceed to knock them out before they both fall into the Flying Wing area.

Appearances

 * Raiders of the Lost Ark