Marya Smirnova was a journalist for The Globe of New York City and archaeology correspondent who was a friend and associate of Indiana Jones from the earliest years of his career.
Biography[]
In 1923, Marya Smirnova was in Egypt to cover Howard Carter's excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. Afterwards, a chance encounter with her friend Indiana Jones saw them head to the Great Pyramid of Giza, where she was nearly sacrificed by a mad devotee of the pharaoh Kheops.
In 1933, her stories on Gandhi garnered international attention. While in India, she discovered an ancient, reconstructed Thuggee temple near Bhubaneshwar and called upon Jones to help her investigate.
In 1936, she joined up once more with Jones at Barnett College shortly after The Book of Abraham had come into his possession. The pair's research into the tome led them to Paris, where they discovered a powdered substance that medieval alchemist Nicholas Flamel claimed could turn lead into gold.
Behind the scenes[]
Marya was apparently named after the technical director of Bagheera, the French company that published the comic books in which she appears.
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones et le Secret de la Pyramide
- Indiana Jones et la Cité de la Foudre
- Indiana Jones et le Grimoire Maudit