Belize blog
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Joshua Berman spent 10 years touring, trip-leading, and teaching throughout Central America, and still believes there's no place like Belize. In this blog, he'll share his knowledge of this beautiful country.
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Belize's Famous Skull
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Though you can see a real crystal skull -- in fact, an entire calcified skeleton -- on a trip to the Actun Tunichil Muknal "cave of the crystal maiden" in western Belize, people are still fascinated with the legendary skull of Lubantuun. Allegedly discovered in 1927 by Anna Mitchell-Hedges on her 17th birthday, the crystal skull is flawlessly crafted, spurring some to involve aliens in their theories. Hoax of not, Belize wants its skull back, which resides in Canada since Anna passed away in 2007 at the age of 100.
Read more: "Myth of the Crystal Skull"
Here is the Crystal skull's entry in the Skeptic's Dictionary
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Wow, hoax or not, that's a
Posted by SarahJ on March 2, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Wow, hoax or not, that's a pretty impressive piece of chisel-work—and long before Damien Hirst's *other* crystal skull appeared on the scene. I'm interested to see who ends up with it this time.