Dial of Destiny

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Dial of Destiny is a powerful, time-related ancient artifact central to the plot of the film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient device
fictional artifact
appearsIn Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny NERFINISHED
hasAlternateName Antikythera NERFINISHED
hasFunction navigation through time fissures
time-related manipulation
hasGenreAssociation adventure film artifact
time-travel device in fiction
hasNarrativeRole MacGuffin
hasProperty ancient Greek origin
linked to celestial calculations
mathematical precision
mechanical construction
hasThemeRelation consequences of altering history
fate versus free will
obsession with the past
isCentralToPlotOf Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny NERFINISHED
isConnectedTo Archimedes’ tomb NERFINISHED
World War II-era research
ancient Syracuse
isCreatedBy Archimedes NERFINISHED
isDepictedAs dangerous if misused
difficult to interpret
highly coveted
isDesiredFor altering historical events
changing the outcome of World War II
isDividedInto two halves
isLinkedToCharacter Basil Shaw NERFINISHED
isLinkedToCharacter Helena Shaw NERFINISHED
isOpposedBy Indiana Jones NERFINISHED
isPartOfFranchise Indiana Jones franchise NERFINISHED
isProtectedBy Indiana Jones NERFINISHED
isSoughtBy Helena Shaw NERFINISHED
Indiana Jones NERFINISHED
Jürgen Voller NERFINISHED
isUsedFor locating temporal anomalies
time travel to the Siege of Syracuse
requires both halves to function fully

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Indiana Jones notableArtifactPursued Dial of Destiny