Crystal skulls are not uncommon or terribly mysterious ... carved thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago by an ancient Mesoamerican civilization. Others think they may be relics from ...

So began the latest astonishing twist in our quest to find the truth about the 13 crystal skulls said to have come into the possession of the Mayan people, one of the ancient world's most ...

Crystal skulls arrived on the archaeological scene in the 19th century. No one knew who made them. Eventually, they all turned out to be clever fakes.