Episode 89: As Above, So Below (2014)

Today we’re getting spooky with As Above, So Below (2014), the story of yet another unethical archaeologist who has no qualms about breaking into sites, vandalizing artifacts, and never documenting anything. Unlike most archaeological heroes, however, she is forced to atone for these sins by passing through the nine levels of Hell, à la Dante’s Inferno. Discover new #RealArchaeology podcasts, YouTube channels, and more at https://real-archaeology.com/ Get in touch with us: Twitter: @SotSA_Podcast Bluesky: @sotsapodcast.bsky.social Facebook: @SotSAPodcast Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/sotsa/ Email: [email protected] In this episode: Visit the Paris Catacombs: https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/en The movie was actually filmed in the catacombs: https://ew.com/article/2014/08/28/as-above-so-below-dowdle/ The real Nicolas Flamel was not an alchemist: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/cobbling-together-legend-nicolas-flamel Dante’s Nine Circles of Hell: https://www.thoughtco.com/dantes-9-circles-of-hell-741539 You can’t get a PhD in “Symbology”: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/09/in-the-dan-brown-books-robert-langdon-is-a-professor-of-religious-symbology-is-there-really-any-such-thing.html Semiotics: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~chazelle/courses/BIB/semio2.htm The Sedlec Ossuary: https://sedlecossuary.com/ We ArE lIvInG iN a SiMuLaTiOn – R/sUpErStOnK kNoWs ThE tRuTh! https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/q0m68d/so_uh_anyone_read_manly_p_hall_lucifer_equals_741/ Manly P. Hall – The Secret Teachings of All Ages: http://www.themasonictrowel.com/books/hall_the_secret-teachings_of_all_ages/files/chapter_29.htm “It’s the Trevi Fountain! There can be no question!”: https://comb.io/iPRAQX