The Indiana Jones movie about a magical quartz skull caught on one of the mysteries that have caused more controversy in the world of gemology. Fraud or valuable carving work? On the web pensamientoconsciente.com, talks us about the story of this mystery.

According to legend (attributed to the Mayans) that there are thirteen skulls magic on Earth. They are all natural mineral. Twelve were carved in the twelve worlds inhabited in the remote past of humanity, the last on Earth. The Atlanteans were bequeathed to the Mayans and, eventually, the jewels were scattered. The day when the meet again, skulls will tell us the true history of our species and they will impart knowledge that will change our lives forever. It's what dreams the beautiful Irina Spalko, the Soviet agent "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" obsessed with finding the ultimate weapon to put in the service of Stalin.

The most famous of the skulls is the Mitchell-Hedges, also known as the Skull of Doom. It measures 13 inches high and 18 long, weighs about 5 kilos and is made ​​of two quartz blocks, one for the skull and one to the jaw. Frederick Albert Mitchell-Hedges, an English adventurer and writer, said that his stepdaughter had found among the ruins of the Mayan city of Lubaantum, British Honduras, now Belize-the January 1, 1924, the day on which the girl met 17 years.

Historical overview and Atlante origin

Mitchell-Hedges was the first to call attention to the crystal skulls. He wrote in his autobiography, "Danger My Ally" (The danger, my ally, 1954), that the scientists had concluded that of 3,600 years and Lubaantun had required its creators had 150 years of work, "rubbing with sand an immense block of rock crystal until finally emerged the perfect skull". In 1970, art restorer Frank Dorland said after an analysis in the laboratories of Hewlett-Packard, the piece had been carved against the natural axis of the quartz and that no traces of metal tools. He believed, like the explorer, who was Atlantean origin and had taken 300 years to carve it.

Paranormal properties

Mitchell-Hedges and his daughter remained to the end that the skull had supernatural powers. Fans of the paranormal have blamed the skull color changes associated with the positions of the planets, healing, vision pictures in the hollows of his eyes, capturing sounds and odors ... Everything has been suggested that since its discovery a mysterious origin of the relic, which not only have supernatural powers, but also would not be unique, as the Mayan legend warns. There are several similar skulls scattered around the world, among which the British Museum, the Museum of Quai Branly in Paris, the ET-named for its large eye sockets, 'Max, who is in a private collection in Texas - and the Smithsonian Institution, which weighs 14 kilos.

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