door.donau-uni.ac.at o:5613 DOI 10.48341/nt4v-0933 Knowledge and fantasy in Lara Croft : Conceptions of history in Tomb Raider (2013) In the video game Tomb Raider (2013), the characters exhibit varying and developing conceptions of history. These differ more in detail than in principle. The movement from a strict adherence to scientifically proven facts to an openness to the truth of myths and supernatural phenomena is widespread among the characters. Such a conception of history is precisely what characterises the icon Lara Croft in its reception as such. In Tomb Raider (2013), players only know the Lara who was open to mythologies and the supernatural. The 2013 reboot of the series, however, shows for the first time how Lara develops from a conventional scientist to an explorer of scientific frontiers. For the archaeologist Lara, this automatically goes hand in hand with a new conception of history. This article demonstrates the transformation of conceptions of history using all characters in Tomb Raider (2013). eng Lara Croft Tomb Raider history conception of history action-adventure game 2025-11-25T08:11:29.740Z LOMv1.0 Author BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 N:Meis;Daniel; FN:Daniel Meis X-ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-1164 END:VCARD https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/scheme https://w3id.org/kim/hcrt/text Textdokument Text LOMv1.0 yes https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 application/pdf 861695 https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/o:5613 https://door.donau-uni.ac.at/api/object/o:5613/thumbnail LOMv1.0 discipline