Crytal Skull…….anciet Mayan artifact found in Belize?
Question by kaykay: Crytal Skull…….anciet Mayan artifact found in Belize?
One of the Crystal Skulls were found by the Mayan Ruin of Lubaantun in Belize, i think that artifacts shouldnt be taken away from the country they were found in, do you think it should be given back to Belize? I am from Belize and a lot of our artifacts have been stolen or smuggled from the country, if i went to Egypt and found a tomb, i wouldnt be able to take anything that i found in it, i think the owners of the skull should give it back to the country. what do you think every since I heard about this story years ago ive felt this way and many of the people in Belize feel the same way, we see it as a sacred treasure and even tough it was taken years ago i feel like the owners should have some morals and do the right thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull
here’s a piece of the article from wikipedia
Mitchell-Hedges skull
Perhaps the most famous and enigmatic skull was allegedly discovered in 1926 by Anna Le Guillon Mitchell-Hedges, adopted daughter of British adventurer and popularist author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges.
Anna Hedges claimed that she found the skull buried under a collapsed altar inside a temple in Lubaantun, in British Honduras, now Belize.[7] As far as can be ascertained, F.A. Mitchell-Hedges himself made no mention of the alleged discovery in any of his writings on Lubaantun. Also, others present at the time of the excavation have not been documented as noting either the skull’s discovery or Anna’s presence at the dig.
In a 1970 letter, Anna also stated that she was “told by the few remaining Maya, and was used by the high priest to will death”.[9] The artifact is sometimes referred to as “The Skull of Doom”, either because of its seemingly inexplicable properties and the supposed ill-luck of those who have handled it, or perhaps a play on ‘Skull of Dunn’ (Dunn being an associate of Mitchell-Hedges). Anna Mitchell-Hedges toured with the skull from 1967 and continued to give interviews about the artifact until her death in 2007.
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Answer by Blake G
well……I suppose artifacts should be displayed in thier country of origin.
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its like someone coming here and stealing stonehenge, we would be pissed off & rightly so.
yes it should go back to Belize.
It is a shame that there is a black market, but there is a reason the black market exists. Who ended up with the majority of the money when it left Belize (Whom got paid off at customs)? That is the problem and only the citizens of Belize can fix it.