THE MYSTERY OF
THE CRYSTAL SKULLS
As profound as the pyramids of Egypt,
the Holy Grail or Stonehenge…
CHRI SMORTON AND CERI LOUISE THOMAS
TO THE EARTH, AND ALL HER CHILDREN
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
CONTENTS
12. The Aztecs and the Crystal Skull
14. The Maya and the Crystal Skull
15. The Skull and the Ancient Calendar
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Figure 1: Map of Mesoamerica (ancient central america)
It was just before dawn and we were deep in the jungle, trekking through the dense undergrowth to get to the ruins of the once great Mayan city buried somewhere deep within. In the darkness of the rainforest your mind starts to play tricks on you. You start to see and hear all manner of strange things – creatures, spirits, shadows of the unknown. It was then we heard the terrifying roar of a jaguar. In one split second that sound, cutting through the background of jungle noises, and all too close at hand, shattered our illusions of self-confidence, suddenly reminding us of our own delicate mortality. We stopped, for an instant frozen with fear, before turning in our tracks and stumbling off, as fast as we could, into the vast darkness of the unknown.
We
