Hi-Fi Color’s Brian Miller is no stranger to the fictionalized versions of history that working on Booster Gold comics and Indiana Jones projects for Lucasfilm carry with them–but right now, he’s joined his wife Kristy–a real-life archaeologist–on a trip to Oman, where she’s running a lab for categorizing and preserving artifacts from the long-lost port city of Al Baleed.The ruins of the city were found decades ago, but archaeological excavations aimed at preserving the site have only begun in earnest in the last few years. Kristy Miller, who has been in Oman a number of times, brought Brian with her to the site along with Dr. Krista Lewis, Dr. Lamya Khalidi and Dr. Sarah Graff.What they found was that the project was massive and their resources limited–so Brian Miller took to IndieGoGo to raise funds for the expedition. Giving supporters access to a digital photography library that gives a sense for the project’s scope, Miller is also producing replica dig patches for anybody contributing more than $5 and an exclusive lithograph for those who donate over $30. Anyone donating more than $250 to the dig will get the lithograph signed by Miller and the four doctors running the site.Brian Miller joined us for an interview about the project; you can check out a video from the Al Baleed site below, followed by our conversation with Miller.
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