Warriors of the Clouds: My Journey Through the Ruins of the Chachapoyan Culture
- "This was Forrestal's favorite."
- ―Indiana Jones.[src]
Warriors of the Clouds: My Journey Through the Ruins of the Chachapoyan Culture, or simply known as Warriors of the Clouds, was a book on the Chachapoyan culture authored by The Globe journalist Marya Smirnova about her experiences in Chachapoyas, Peru.
History[]
Published by 1935,[1] Marya Smirnova's Warriors of the Clouds: My Journey Through the Ruins of the Chachapoyan Culture became a favorite of Princeton University archaeologist Forrestal, hence why he carried it with him on his ill-fated expedition to the jungle of Chachapoyas, Peru to find the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors and their golden idol. Although he found the site, he was killed exploring the interior and Forrestal's copy of Warriors of the Clouds was left behind at his campsite along with his other possessions.[2]
In 1937, before waking up and realizing that someone was looting Marshall College, Forrestal's competitor Indiana Jones had a dream where he relived his own 1936 expedition to the temple, including the discovery of Forrestal's camp in the jungle, during which he scared off a monkey approaching the box where Forrestal had left Smirnova's book and recognized it. When his guide Satipo wondered why it was abandoned, Jones remarked Forrestal had likely intended to come back.[2]
Later that year, Smirnova was scheduled to give a presentation on the book at a book store on November 15 at the Via Guilia in Rome, Italy.[3]
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Indiana Jones notes during his 1937 dreams in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle that the book was a favorite of Forrestal, who disappeared around 1935 per the Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook. Therefore, the book must have been published before or during that year before Forrestal went to Chachapoyas, Peru.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – The Order of Giants