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Article: Here's one for Indy!(FALSE FACTS!)(Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)(Brief article)
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- January 1, 2009
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Have you seen the latest Indiana Jones movie--Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Wonder if there are really are crystal skulls? Well, there's new research out from Cardiff University and Kingston University (both in the U.K.) and the Smithsonian (in the USA) that says "No!" Since 1897, the British Museum has housed a life-size skull cut from a single block of crystal. While its exact origins were a mystery, its shape and details origins were a mystery, its shape and details seemed to suggest that it had been fashioned in ancient Mexico. Surviving remains of Aztec art and sculpture often featured human skills. There was also documented evidence that the Aztecs thought crystal ...