Packard's crystal lab had tested thousands of specimens, but they'd never seen anything like this. The Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull defied everything they knew about physics and engineering.

and the skull soon became known as the Mitchell-Hedges skull. The discovery overjoyed their Mayan guides. Supposedly, it had been missing for centuries and was a big part of their heritage.

When it comes to getting into the society, there are several stories about stealing a bronze goat sculpture to increase the ...