In a forest in Peru, Phindiana Jones find a temple containing a golden idol, when Phindy accidentally sends a boulder rolling after them upon removing it, but manages to survive it, only to encounter his rival Thaddeus Weaver accompanied by a tribe of natives. Outnumbered, Phindy had no choice but to give him the idol, while Thaddeus gloats Phindy makes a hasty retreat and escapes on his jet. Phindy returns to school only later to be called back to the OMCA by Major Monogram to take an assignment to find the lost ark, a chest fortold to contain power that could destroy the universe. Phindy is told that The key to finding the ark is written on the headpiece of the Staff of Ra, which is currently in the hands of his mentor and former archeologist Hernan Shapiro. Phindy immediatly takes a p