The crystal skulls are a number of supposed artifacts that are kept by collectors and museums around the world. Claims regarding the crystal skulls range from them being tools of a sacrificial temple to supernatural tools of murder. What they really are may be much simpler.

The typical claims regarding the crystal skulls regard their origins. It is said that they are Mayan or Aztec artifacts. Some even say that they date back even farther. More specifically, proponents of the supernatural claims say that the Mitchell-Hedges Skull was brought here…