World-renowned explorer Oliver Steeds, who has been hailed as a real-life Indiana Jones, is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan this week to meet fans and promote his new investigative series on the Discovery Channel, an official from the TV channel said.
The 35-year-old explorer and former journalist at American Broadcasting Corp has traveled to more than 100 countries and led numerous adventure expeditions, the official from the Discovery Channel said.
Steeds will attend a function at National Taiwan University’s Socrates Chamber on Thursday, where he will discuss and share with fans stories of his adventures, the official said.
The new series, Mystery Investigator: Olly Steeds, which will air on June 16, will feature his new adventures, including investigating the Ark of the Covenant and exploring how beliefs influence history. Other adventures to be featured in the series include his attempt to determine whether the lost city of gold really exists.
Steeds has lived with tribes of cannibals, escaped from China’s People’s Liberation Army and has been imprisoned on trumped-up charges of espionage in a number of countries. His adventures are much more interesting than the movie Indian Jones, the Discovery Channel said.
Asked how he felt about being called the real Indiana Jones, the adventurer said the character had awakened his curiosity in the world. In the movie, Indiana Jones always makes mistakes to entertain audiences, but in reality, an adventurer had better not make mistakes, Steeds said.
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