Pseudohistorical and supernatural elements are common in fiction even more recent works portray a highly fictionalised version of real-life locations and figures. The limited knowledge and understanding of history and undiscovered regions, and the high amount of superstition and pseudoscience prevailing in the era, gave to these stories a larger-than-life aura of mystery. Those historical personalities had multidisciplinary background in many languages, cultures, history, egineering, wildlife, nature. In a historical context, protagonists of the tradition were hardened western explorers, archeologists, hunters, officials, even spies, who served and operated in Africa, the Orient, the Amazon and contacted other cultures and even primitive tribes. The roots of the aesthetic are older and can be traced to the western colonialism, and represents a Victorian's romanticised perception of the Exotic. The core of this aesthetic is perhaps the Indiana Jones franchise, which, beginning in early '80s, started as a tribute to the existing genre the character of Indiana Jones was created as a pastiche of such heroes and historical figures, but in turn also redefined, revitalised and popularised the aesthetic in modern times, and spawned other tributes and ripoffs. However the "adventure" subgenre had also a significant impact, drawing inspiration from the "Lost World" fiction and non-fiction explorer literature. Pulp is a literary and artistic genre of the early 20th century that encompasses many subgenres of literature, especially horror, detective and science fiction. Allan Quatermain, Indiana Jones, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Stargate, The Mummy, Tomb Raider, Uncharted
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