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Weta Workshop's Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary statue

Weta Workshop Teases Tomb Raider Anniversary Statue

July 27, 2020 - by Kelly M

Tomb Raider’s 25th anniversary may be over a year away but New Zealand-based design studio Weta Workshop has already announced that it will be paying homage to the beloved video game franchise and its iconic heroine in the form of a brand new 1:4 scale statue. The new statue was …

Review: Lara Croft Funko Pop! Figure

February 12, 2017October 28, 2019 - by Kelly M

I’ve been a huge fan of Funko’s uber-cute aesthetic ever since a friend of mine introduced me to their range of Pop! vinyl figures a couple of years ago. What began as a one-off acquisition (a Scarlet Witch Pop! I received from said friend) has since grown into an eclectic collection …

The griffin-head protome as seen in Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Arte-Factual: Griffin-Head Protome

April 21, 2015May 23, 2022 - by Kelly M

One of the two relics Lara discovers amongst the ruins of Midas’ Palace in Tomb Raider: Anniversary is the griffin-head protome, a bronze decorative piece that she correctly surmises was once fitted onto an Ancient Greek cauldron or drinking vessel. What Lara’s declaration doesn’t tell us is where such an …

Lara’s Travels: The Cistern

June 17, 2014May 17, 2022 - by Kelly M

Over the years, Lara Croft has visited dozens of archaeologically fascinating places but not all of them have been particularly glamorous. One such place that instantly springs to mind is the Cistern in Tomb Raider 1. When I first started playing Tomb Raider back in 1996, I bought myself a copy of …

Lara’s Travels: Meteora

September 11, 2013May 17, 2022 - by Kelly M

In the last edition of Lara’s Travels, I wrote about the island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean, one of the real-life locations featured in Tomb Raider: Underworld. This time, however, we’ll be going back in time to where it all began and look at one of the places …

Arte-Factual: Athenian Owl Figurine

August 18, 2013May 22, 2022 - by Kelly M

In the last edition of Arte-Factual, I wrote about the Gayer-Anderson cat statue and its virtual counterpart seen in the original Tomb Raider. This time around, I will be looking at an artefact that depicts one of my favourite feathered friends: the Athenian Owl Figurine. The Athenian Owl Figure is one …

Arte-Factual: Killer Whale Bottle

June 25, 2013May 21, 2022 - by Kelly M

In the last edition of Arte-Factual, we looked at the Golden Mask of Tornarsuk and learnt a little about Inuit culture and mythology. In this edition, we will be turning our attention to one of the collectable relics found in Tomb Raider: Anniversary: the Killer Whale Bottle. Like many of the artefacts …

The Toltec warrior statues in Qualopec's tomb

Arte-Factual: Toltec Warriors

April 3, 2013May 20, 2022 - by Kelly M

Sharp-eyed gamers may have noticed that the same colossal sculptures appear repeatedly throughout the Peruvian levels of the original Tomb Raider (1996), most notably in the Tomb of Qualopec. These sculptures are actually based on the real-life Atlantes – or Atlantean pillars – found at Tula, a Postclassic archaeological site in the Mexican …