The famous Crystal Skull, actually there are a number of them, has been a focus of intrigue

for a very long time.

Some claim it is proof of ancient advanced technology or even of alien visitation.

For those who want the complete story however, one need only trace back its chain of custody.

And you can get all the way back to exactly when and where it was carved.

The truth about the Crystal Skull is coming up right now on Skeptoid.

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The Crystal Skull, Mystical or Modern.

It was 1926 when Anna Mitchell Hedges, adoptive daughter of British adventurer and author

Frederick Albert Mitchell Hedges, was something of a real life Lara Croft.

She was crawling through an ancient Mayan temple in Belize long ago wrecked by the ages

and ravages of the encroaching jungle.

Beneath a crumbled altar, she unearthed perhaps the most curious artifact from the ancient

...