Professor Indiana Jones teaches two young boys to appreciate the history of art while visiting a museum and recalling his youth. He tells them how his father, Henry Jones Sr, was invited to give lectures all over the world in 1908, and, taking his wife and son along, invites his former tutor, Helen Seymour, to teach young Henry Jr. during the trip. On their first stop in Cairo, Egypt, Junior, who prefers to be called 'Indy,' and Miss Seymour, were invited to join an archaeological dig by another former student of hers, T.E. Lawrence (who prefers to be called 'Ned').While first part focuses on Egypt, 1908, second part skips to Mexico, 1916 where Indiana Jones and his cousin Frank head south of the New Mexico border for a little excitement. But Indy had something else in mind other than finding himself surrounded by Pancho Villa's men and being sentenced to die!