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    Daniel and Archaeology

    As an Archaeology student myself, I was wondering about Daniel's life before SGC. Did we ever find out which excavations he went on or what work he was involved in apart from any info from The Curse?

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    Okay, I am trying to write an archaeology paper and I need some inspiration.
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    watch some of the osiris/sarah gardner eps again, in most of those his previous work is mentioned.. i cant remember specifics but i know in Chimera he's starts by dreaming about wen he was working out what a specific artifact's role was, that'll give u a general idea of the period he was working n at the time he met sarah..

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      #3
      Originally posted by Bacardi
      watch some of the osiris/sarah gardner eps again, in most of those his previous work is mentioned.. i cant remember specifics but i know in Chimera he's starts by dreaming about wen he was working out what a specific artifact's role was, that'll give u a general idea of the period he was working n at the time he met sarah..
      The Egyptian Period! Specifically the 'stuff with gold and hieroglyphs' kingdom.

      Seriously though; since his focus was on the age of the Pyramids, he was probably working in the study of the Old Kingdom and/or the pre-Dynastic period: No studying the Valley of the Kings or Aketaten for our Daniel. He probably wasn't digging much in that case - since the Egyptian antiquities ombudsman doesn't take kindly to that kind of theorising - but could well have offered out some sound work before going way off the wall.

      Actually, what impressed me about the movie was how sober his original theories were. Especially when they asked who did build the pyramids and he says: "I don't know." So much more exciting for an archaeologist to hear that.
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        #4
        If you've seen the Stargate movie, his life before the Stargate program seems to be dull. Or perhaps thats just what I thought. Since he stayed on Abydos and returned to Earth he felt that he was "a part of something". Quote from season sevens "Homecoming"
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          #5
          Originally posted by Anubis
          If you've seen the Stargate movie, his life before the Stargate program seems to be dull. Or perhaps thats just what I thought. Since he stayed on Abydos and returned to Earth he felt that he was "a part of something". Quote from season sevens "Homecoming"
          I'd guess that his life kind of emptied out as he drifted away from the archaeological mainstream. Since he has a real passion for his subject, it must have been a real kick in the head to see his work being taken away from him: No digs because the Head of Antiquities wouldn't let him near a tomb or a temple; no research grants; no support from his colleagues.
          Behold the majesty that is...GERALD!
          - Read The Prophet's fan fiction at The Lost Vegas Public Library.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Mr Prophet
            The Egyptian Period! Specifically the 'stuff with gold and hieroglyphs' kingdom.

            *cough cough* oh no we have a comedian on the premises...alert security

            we all know that bit, i was talking about more specific periods ancient egyptptian history. such as pre-dynastic etc..

            mayb he wasnt doing much digging at that time, but he is definately comfortable with getting his hands dirty and identifying sites of archaological interest in their natural locatoin.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Mr Prophet
              I'd guess that his life kind of emptied out as he drifted away from the archaeological mainstream. Since he has a real passion for his subject, it must have been a real kick in the head to see his work being taken away from him: No digs because the Head of Antiquities wouldn't let him near a tomb or a temple; no research grants; no support from his colleagues.
              No Digs. Research grants are a beast
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                #8
                Originally posted by Bacardi
                we all know that bit, i was talking about more specific periods ancient egyptptian history. such as pre-dynastic etc..

                mayb he wasnt doing much digging at that time, but he is definately comfortable with getting his hands dirty and identifying sites of archaological interest in their natural locatoin.
                Well, I'm not sure Stargate makes that much distinction, but I did suggest a few periods.

                As I said above, he was probably not working much at the end, but Crystal Skull and The Curse suggest that he had a pretty glowing career before he began to obsess about the age of the pyramids. He was probably on a fair few digs with Professor Wassname and his fellow RAs; maybe he even directed some less important excavations and I'd say he definitely supervised some students in his time as a postgraduate and post-doc researcher.

                Then he got this thing into his system. Maybe he found an anomolous text or inexplicable stela. Anyway, he published a paper that didn't go down so well; that was his official warning. The Prof probably told him to leave it, but that didn't sit with the idealist in Daniel: He didn't want to sit on what he believed to be the truth. So, he distanced himself form his mentor, ignored everyone's advice and set out to establish that the Great Pyramids pre-date the Old-Kingdom.

                As happens when you go up against the man for truth - rather than selling a cheesy version of your theories on the cult fringe - he was pulled down and destroyed. Couldn't get peer reviewed so he couldn't get published, so even if he had good results, no-one wanted to hear. The established archaeologists would have rallied to their own banners and shouted him down at any lecture he gave.

                It's a vicious, dirty game, archaeology. Academia is not for the faint-hearted.

                This brings our hero to the beginning of the movie. Disillusioned, destitute and miserable, with nothing to his name but a few old papers, two suitcases and a pretty face.
                Behold the majesty that is...GERALD!
                - Read The Prophet's fan fiction at The Lost Vegas Public Library.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Bacardi
                  *cough cough* oh no we have a comedian on the premises...alert security

                  we all know that bit, i was talking about more specific periods ancient egyptptian history. such as pre-dynastic etc..

                  mayb he wasnt doing much digging at that time, but he is definately comfortable with getting his hands dirty and identifying sites of archaological interest in their natural locatoin.
                  Yup. I have a classmate who is just like Daniel. It's scary. He points at a pretty artefact and goes
                  " Oo.Oo.Oo."
                  but he knows his stuff.
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Bacardi
                    *cough cough* oh no we have a comedian on the premises...alert security

                    we all know that bit, i was talking about more specific periods ancient egyptptian history. such as pre-dynastic etc..

                    mayb he wasnt doing much digging at that time, but he is definately comfortable with getting his hands dirty and identifying sites of archaological interest in their natural locatoin.
                    Yup. I have a classmate who is just like Daniel. It's scary. He points at a pretty artefact and goes
                    " Oo!Oo!Oo!"
                    He'll even do a dance, if pushed, but he knows his stuff.
                    Honk if you love cheese

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                      #11
                      I have a feeling he said, in Brief Candle, that he'd been on a dig in Mexico. He had written about 'cross-pollenization of ancient cultures' (says so in Hathor) so it makes sense to assume that he had studied a few cultures other than Egyptian, Middle-Eastern or North & East African ones.

                      Madeleine

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                        #12
                        Wow. I have alot to live up to.
                        I was lucky enough to go to Egypt this year on a dig. I even went to Abydos. I think there's a place called Naqada as well.
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Madeleine_W
                          I have a feeling he said, in Brief Candle, that he'd been on a dig in Mexico. He had written about 'cross-pollenization of ancient cultures' (says so in Hathor) so it makes sense to assume that he had studied a few cultures other than Egyptian, Middle-Eastern or North & East African ones.
                          Well, you tend to have generalise in an archaeology degree. You specialise once you're a postgrad. Of course, Mr. Two Doctorates and Thirty Languages is presumably something of a prodigal polymath anyway.
                          Behold the majesty that is...GERALD!
                          - Read The Prophet's fan fiction at The Lost Vegas Public Library.

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                            #14
                            The archaeological aspect of the show is my favorite part. I wish more was done with this idea.
                            How could they leave me out?

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Madeleine_W
                              I have a feeling he said, in Brief Candle, that he'd been on a dig in Mexico.
                              Yes, I'll confirm that: In Brief Candle he says he was on a dig in the Yucatan. (It's supposedly where he learned to deliver babies.)

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