German Bulldozers at Tanis Dig

Heavy bulldozers rumble across the vast Tanis dig site under Nazi control, their blades gouging earth in relentless excavation. One machine lumbers toward a distant digging area, kicking up dust clouds as Arab diggers and workers scatter nearby. German supervisors direct the operation while Indy and Sallah observe from a rise above, spotting the machines' misguided assault on the wrong location for the Well of the Souls.

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Purpose

Heavy machinery tears up soil to excavate the Tanis site in search of the Well of the Souls

Significance

These machines drive the Nazi excavation effort, digging in the wrong spot and creating urgency as Indy races to beat them to the map room before the sun beam at eight

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Map Room Identified — Race to the Well

A bulldozer is described lumbering toward the sand-duned area beyond the main activity, physically demonstrating the Germans are digging in the wrong area and thereby revealing a tactical error Indy and Sallah can exploit.

Before: Operating as part of the excavation, moving toward the dunes beyond the main dig.

After: Continues its misguided excavation, reinforcing that the Germans have misallocated their efforts.

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