The Temple of Jupiter Ammon
Just finished "The Temple of Jupiter Ammon" released by The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society.
Based on the wildly popular success of their previous release of their adaptation of the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" in their Dark Adventure Radio Theatre," the team at the HPLHS' created, wrote, and brought to life the archaeological adventure yarn "The Temple of Jupiter Ammon" the brilliantly mixes actual historical people, places, and events within the realm of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
"The Temple of Jupiter Ammon," written by by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman, opens at a glitzy fund raising event at the Geographical Society where the notorious treasure hunter Count Byron Khun de Prorok is promoting and fund raising for an expedition into the Libyan Desert in an attempt to find the lost tomb of Alexander the Great at the Temple of Jupiter Ammon.
Byron Khun de Prorok was an entirely real person who wrote four books describing his globe-trotting archaeological adventures in the 1920s and '30s. His efforts were very well publicized during his lifetime, although his reputation nosedived in following years and he is now pretty much forgotten. Lovecraft does make a passing mention in a letter.
Whatever his faults as an archaeologist might have been, Prorok really was a pioneer in the use of motion pictures and aerial photography in archaeology. Most of the films he made have been lost. Lots of the details in this episode came from His book "Mysterious Sahara" provided a lot of the background material for the creative team at Dark Adventure Radio Theater" for this tale.
What I found interesting is that the HPLHS proudly notes that no AI was used to create the prop materials that accompany this tale. In other words, old fashioned human intellect, imagination, and creativity created this tale. In other words, the HPLHS is proudly proclaiming - and rightly so - that they didn't and don't cheat.
"The Temple of Jupiter Ammon" is a splendid weaving of real life history and of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.hplhs.org/darttja.php
Based on the wildly popular success of their previous release of their adaptation of the "Masks of Nyarlathotep" in their Dark Adventure Radio Theatre," the team at the HPLHS' created, wrote, and brought to life the archaeological adventure yarn "The Temple of Jupiter Ammon" the brilliantly mixes actual historical people, places, and events within the realm of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
"The Temple of Jupiter Ammon," written by by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman, opens at a glitzy fund raising event at the Geographical Society where the notorious treasure hunter Count Byron Khun de Prorok is promoting and fund raising for an expedition into the Libyan Desert in an attempt to find the lost tomb of Alexander the Great at the Temple of Jupiter Ammon.
Byron Khun de Prorok was an entirely real person who wrote four books describing his globe-trotting archaeological adventures in the 1920s and '30s. His efforts were very well publicized during his lifetime, although his reputation nosedived in following years and he is now pretty much forgotten. Lovecraft does make a passing mention in a letter.
Whatever his faults as an archaeologist might have been, Prorok really was a pioneer in the use of motion pictures and aerial photography in archaeology. Most of the films he made have been lost. Lots of the details in this episode came from His book "Mysterious Sahara" provided a lot of the background material for the creative team at Dark Adventure Radio Theater" for this tale.
What I found interesting is that the HPLHS proudly notes that no AI was used to create the prop materials that accompany this tale. In other words, old fashioned human intellect, imagination, and creativity created this tale. In other words, the HPLHS is proudly proclaiming - and rightly so - that they didn't and don't cheat.
"The Temple of Jupiter Ammon" is a splendid weaving of real life history and of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.hplhs.org/darttja.php
No comments have been added yet.
