| The legacy of the ancient and mysterious Mayan | | | | Some people link it to the cosmic belief that the skull if |
| civilization not only rests with its ancient calendar and | | | | placed in a temple, projects energy from space. After |
| temples that dot Central America. Some strange and | | | | all Mayan cities were designed around the position of |
| very real artifacts have mystified generations- since | | | | stars, and planets- particularly Venus, and the cosmic |
| we know very little about the Maya. One is the Skull of | | | | equator. |
| Doom. | | | | Other critics of this theory citing the legacy of fakes |
| Perfectly crafted crystal skulls have been one legacy | | | | that materialized after the original crystal skulls were |
| of ancient Mayan civilization that has inspired | | | | discovered, claim the skull of doom is nothing more |
| generations to dream about their real meaning. The | | | | than an object that feeds on our fantasies, and |
| Spanish conquers saw them as "objects as evil," but | | | | imagination. But fail to answer, why the "Skull of Doom" |
| did not destroy them- rather keeping them or even | | | | was created, and if it was nothing, Why did ancient |
| selling them to get a quick buck. | | | | Indians bother to continue making it in over 150 years?. |
| The most famous crystal Skull is the "Skull of Doom." | | | | Crystals have also been believed to attract some |
| Discovered in 1924 by Michael Hedges in Central | | | | form of "cosmic energy," and this reinforces the claims |
| America, at the ancient Mayan city of Labatuun in | | | | of new age believers- that the "Skull of Doom" is itself |
| Honduras- it is a life size crystal Skull that is perfectly | | | | a symbol of power and goodness.Whilst others |
| crafted and is thought to be over 3500 years old. | | | | believe it is evil, and represents all that is bad about the |
| This Skull has inspired movies like "Indiana Jones", but | | | | ancient civilizations that once existed in Central |
| also created a market in forged crystal skulls. | | | | America. |
| However, the Skull of Doom is very real, and one of | | | | Whether it is linked to the cosmic conjunction |
| the strangest artifacts that come from the | | | | prophesized on December 21st, 2012- when the |
| pre-Columbian age. | | | | Mayan calendar ends is open to question. But many |
| The "Skull of Doom" was thought to have taken over | | | | people agree it should be returned to the temples it |
| 150 years to craft, and many people speculate it was | | | | originated from, rather than sit in a far off museum in |
| either an object of worship or a symbol of death for | | | | Europe. |
| the ancient people in Central America. | | | | |