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Crystal skull impossible to duplicate in the here and now. Why?
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<blockquote data-quote="ChordatesLegacy" data-source="post: 49083345" data-attributes="member: 193033"><p><img src="http://www.world-science.net/images/crystalskull-smithsonian.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>DAD you are without doubt the most illogical person I have ever had the pleasure of correcting.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>As In&shy;di&shy;ana Jones rac&shy;es to find an an&shy;cient crys&shy;tal skull in his new mov&shy;ie ad&shy;ven&shy;ture, he might want to take a mo&shy;ment to check its au&shy;then&shy;ticity.</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">New re&shy;search sug&shy;gests two well-known crys&shy;tal skulls, in the Brit&shy;ish Mu&shy;se&shy;um and the Smith&shy;so&shy;nian In&shy;sti&shy;tu&shy;tion in Wash&shy;ing&shy;ton, are not, af&shy;ter all, from an&shy;cient Mex&shy;i&shy;co. Aca&shy;demics now be&shy;lieve the Brit&shy;ish skull was made in 19th-cen&shy;tu&shy;ry Eu&shy;rope and the Amer&shy;i&shy;can one even later.</span></strong></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The Brit&shy;ish Mu&shy;se&shy;um bought its skull, a life-size carv&shy;ing from a sin&shy;gle block of rock crys&shy;tal, from Tif&shy;fa&shy;ny and Co., New York, in 1897. Its ori&shy;gins were un&shy;known but there were sug&shy;ges&shy;tions it was of an&shy;cient Mex&shy;i&shy;can or&shy;i&shy;gin.</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hu&shy;man skulls worn as or&shy;na&shy;ments and dis&shy;played on racks were known to have fea&shy;tured in Az&shy;tec art. The skull at&shy;tracted much pub&shy;lic at&shy;ten&shy;tion and specula&shy;t&shy;ion and was once thought to have heal&shy;ing pow&shy;ers. </span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Crys&shy;tal skulls have since fea&shy;tured in many books, ar&shy;ti&shy;cles and films, most re&shy;cently in the new Ste&shy;ven Spiel&shy;berg mov&shy;ie <em>In&shy;di&shy;ana Jones and the King&shy;dom of the Crys&shy;tal Skull</em>.</span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">How&shy;ev&shy;er, there have been doubts about the au&shy;then&shy;ticity of the skull since the 1930s. Now an in&shy;terna&shy;t&shy;ional re&shy;search team has scru&shy;tin&shy;ized the Brit&shy;ish Mu&shy;se&shy;um skull and a larg&shy;er white quartz skull do&shy;nat&shy;ed to the Smith&shy;so&shy;nian in 1992.</span></strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Elec&shy;tron mi&shy;cro&shy;scope anal&shy;y&shy;sis for tool marks found both skulls were carved with ro&shy;ta&shy;ry disc-shaped tool, a tech&shy;nol&shy;o&shy;gy the an&shy;cient Mex&shy;i&shy;cans didnt have. Anal&shy;y&shy;sis of the quartz in the Brit&shy;ish Mu&shy;se&shy;um skull sug&shy;gests it was quar&shy;ried from Bra&shy;zil or Mad&shy;a&shy;gas&shy;car far out&shy;side the An&shy;cient Mex&shy;i&shy;cans trad&shy;ing links.</span></span></strong></p><p></strong><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><p style="text-align: left"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The team, made up of ex&shy;perts from Car&shy;diff and King&shy;ston uni&shy;ver&shy;s&shy;ities in the U.K., the Brit&shy;ish Mu&shy;se&shy;um and the Smith&shy;so&shy;nian, con&shy;clud&shy;ed that nei&shy;ther skull could have been made in Mex&shy;i&shy;co be&shy;fore the time of Co&shy;lum&shy;bus. They be&shy;lieve the Brit&shy;ish skull was cre&shy;at&shy;ed in Eu&shy;rope in the 19th cen&shy;tu&shy;ry, and the Smith&shy;so&shy;nians shortly be&shy;fore it was bought in Mex&shy;i&shy;co City in 1960.</span></span></strong></p><p></strong><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p><strong><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">It is al&shy;ways dis&shy;ap&shy;point&shy;ing when an in&shy;tri&shy;guing ar&shy;te&shy;fact like a crys&shy;tal skull turns out not to be gen&shy;uine, said Car&shy;diff Uni&shy;ver&shy;s&shy;itys Ian Free&shy;stone, a mem&shy;ber of the re&shy;search team. How&shy;ev&shy;er, it is im&shy;por&shy;tant to be pre&shy;cise about what is au&shy;then&shy;tic and what is fake if we are prop&shy;erly to un&shy;der&shy;stand our past. May&shy;be In&shy;di&shy;ana Jones will have bet&shy;ter luck in his hunt for a real crys&shy;tal skul&shy;l!</span></p><p></strong><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><strong>The findings are to appear in <em>The</em> <em>Journal of Archaeological Science</em>.</strong></span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left"><a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080523_crystal.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">LINK</span></span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChordatesLegacy, post: 49083345, member: 193033"] [IMG]http://www.world-science.net/images/crystalskull-smithsonian.jpg[/IMG] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][B]DAD you are without doubt the most illogical person I have ever had the pleasure of correcting.[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B]As In­di­ana Jones rac­es to find an an­cient crys­tal skull in his new mov­ie ad­ven­ture, he might want to take a mo­ment to check its au­then­ticity.[/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial]New re­search sug­gests two well-known crys­tal skulls, in the Brit­ish Mu­se­um and the Smith­so­nian In­sti­tu­tion in Wash­ing­ton, are not, af­ter all, from an­cient Mex­i­co. Aca­demics now be­lieve the Brit­ish skull was made in 19th-cen­tu­ry Eu­rope and the Amer­i­can one even later.[/FONT][/B] [LEFT][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Arial][B]The Brit­ish Mu­se­um bought its skull, a life-size carv­ing from a sin­gle block of rock crys­tal, from Tif­fa­ny and Co., New York, in 1897. Its ori­gins were un­known but there were sug­ges­tions it was of an­cient Mex­i­can or­i­gin.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=windowtext]Hu­man skulls worn as or­na­ments and dis­played on racks were known to have fea­tured in Az­tec art. The skull at­tracted much pub­lic at­ten­tion and specula­t­ion and was once thought to have heal­ing pow­ers. [/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [LEFT][B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=windowtext]Crys­tal skulls have since fea­tured in many books, ar­ti­cles and films, most re­cently in the new Ste­ven Spiel­berg mov­ie [I]In­di­ana Jones and the King­dom of the Crys­tal Skull[/I].[/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [LEFT][B][FONT=Arial][COLOR=windowtext]How­ev­er, there have been doubts about the au­then­ticity of the skull since the 1930s. Now an in­terna­t­ional re­search team has scru­tin­ized the Brit­ish Mu­se­um skull and a larg­er white quartz skull do­nat­ed to the Smith­so­nian in 1992.[/COLOR][/FONT][/B][/LEFT] [B][LEFT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=windowtext]Elec­tron mi­cro­scope anal­y­sis for tool marks found both skulls were carved with ro­ta­ry disc-shaped tool, a tech­nol­o­gy the an­cient Mex­i­cans didnt have. Anal­y­sis of the quartz in the Brit­ish Mu­se­um skull sug­gests it was quar­ried from Bra­zil or Mad­a­gas­car far out­side the An­cient Mex­i­cans trad­ing links.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT][/B][LEFT][/LEFT] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE][B][LEFT][B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=windowtext]The team, made up of ex­perts from Car­diff and King­ston uni­ver­s­ities in the U.K., the Brit­ish Mu­se­um and the Smith­so­nian, con­clud­ed that nei­ther skull could have been made in Mex­i­co be­fore the time of Co­lum­bus. They be­lieve the Brit­ish skull was cre­at­ed in Eu­rope in the 19th cen­tu­ry, and the Smith­so­nians shortly be­fore it was bought in Mex­i­co City in 1960.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/LEFT][/B][LEFT][/LEFT] [B][LEFT][FONT=Arial][COLOR=windowtext]It is al­ways dis­ap­point­ing when an in­tri­guing ar­te­fact like a crys­tal skull turns out not to be gen­uine, said Car­diff Uni­ver­s­itys Ian Free­stone, a mem­ber of the re­search team. How­ev­er, it is im­por­tant to be pre­cise about what is au­then­tic and what is fake if we are prop­erly to un­der­stand our past. May­be In­di­ana Jones will have bet­ter luck in his hunt for a real crys­tal skul­l![/COLOR][/FONT][/LEFT][/B][LEFT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=windowtext][FONT=Arial][B]The findings are to appear in [I]The[/I] [I]Journal of Archaeological Science[/I].[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][URL="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080523_crystal.htm"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]LINK[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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