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| - The headpiece to the Staff of Ra is Abner Ravenwood's most prized possession. When he died in an avalanche, Marion Ravenwood, his daughter, became the owner of it. When placed in the Map Room in Tanis,Egypt along with the Staff of Ra, sun shines through the hole, revealing The Well of the Souls.
- The actual Staff of Ra, in and of itself just a simple a shaft of wood, was apparently long lost to the ages. However, the headpiece contained instructions on how to make a new staff. The instructions written on the headpiece stated that the staff should be six kadams high. However, the obverse of the headpiece held specific instructions; that the builder was to subtract one kadam out of respect for the Hebrew God. The headpiece was discovered by the archeologist Abner Ravenwood in 1926, and later came into the hands of his daughter Marion, who wore it around her neck as a medallion.
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| - The actual Staff of Ra, in and of itself just a simple a shaft of wood, was apparently long lost to the ages. However, the headpiece contained instructions on how to make a new staff. The instructions written on the headpiece stated that the staff should be six kadams high. However, the obverse of the headpiece held specific instructions; that the builder was to subtract one kadam out of respect for the Hebrew God. The headpiece was discovered by the archeologist Abner Ravenwood in 1926, and later came into the hands of his daughter Marion, who wore it around her neck as a medallion. In 1934, Marion was robbed of the headpiece by a mercenary. She chased the thief to Tibet and teamed up with a member of the Adventure Society she met along the way. Together they tracked the medallion to a monastery where the thief believed the artifact was the key to treasure there. Marion sold the headpiece to Indiana Jones for three thousand dollars when he was searching for the Ark of the Covenant in 1936. The headpiece was momentarily in the possession of Nazi Gestapo agent Toht, during a fight at Ravenwood's bar. However, the headpiece had become extraordinarily hot having fallen into the fireplace, and the medallion scarred Toht's hand, leaving the imprint of the markings on his palm that allowed French archaeologist René Belloq to create his own headpiece for the Nazis to locate the Ark. However, Toht failed to realize the proper headpiece was engraved on both sides. As a result, Belloq's counterfeit headpiece caused the Nazis to build an overlarge staff, which led Indiana and Sallah to discover that "they're digging in the wrong place." Indiana, using the information on the headpiece, was able to locate the Well of Souls, which he infiltrated disguised as a native worker. Foisting the true headpiece atop a properly measured staff, Indiana marveled at how sunlight created a spectrum of red light showing the Ark's correct burial site. Later, Sallah and Indiana forged deeper into the Well of Souls, braving a colony of asps in order to recover the Ark. Their success was fleeting, however, as Belloq and the Nazis were waiting at the surface, holding Marion hostage in exchange for the Ark.
- The headpiece to the Staff of Ra is Abner Ravenwood's most prized possession. When he died in an avalanche, Marion Ravenwood, his daughter, became the owner of it. When placed in the Map Room in Tanis,Egypt along with the Staff of Ra, sun shines through the hole, revealing The Well of the Souls.
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