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But that they are carved against the natural grain of the quartz is bollocks, and was said by a crystal carver who also claimed it was created in Atlantis and had been carried around by the Knights Templar (soooo...how did it end up with them, even before America had been discovered?). The same skull (the Mitchell-Hedges skull, which can be found in the British Museum in London) was examined again not to long ago, and it's much less exciting than this older examination by this apparently quite superstitious guy mentioned earlier (nothing against believing in Atlantis. I am of the opinion that as long as it's not proven otherwise, there's nothing wrong with believing it exists. But reading stuff into things that is obviously not true, like claiming stuff about things like these skulls when a normal examination reveals it as complete and utter bollocks, is just stupid. Seriously, sometimes an carved piece of crystal is just a carved piece of crystal, nothing more.). It was made in the last 150 years, most likely somewhere in Germany (the documentary I learned about this first actually went so far as being more specific, namely the area. I think that they said southern Germany, which is suitably vague, but would make sense since that's where the Alps would be, mountains being the most likely place to find Mountain Crystal (Quartz).). I think there's actually a tradition of manufacture of Crystal objects in that area, though you shouldn't quote me on that. Sadly, I can't find that on the Internet right now (it was a documentary about 1 and a half year ago on television, on one of my favourite TV channels, which brings lots of documentaries on topics of regular Archaeology [I suppose some people might consider the topics a bit dry, as they rarely make any unfounded assumptions and try to remain as much as possible on the bare facts. They mention the mysteries some people like to ascribe to it too, of course, but they don't weave them on either. They are luckily quite objective, overall. Though I always find they have too little information still, and they should put in the even deeper factual information I know exists, but is mostly considered too dry for regular television even in documentaries. But that's what our University's library is for. ^_^ You haven't seen dry recording of facts until you've read a book listing the findings of a particular archaeological dig and every miniscule detail about it. Remember that finding details about and from everday life is often of greater worth to an archaeologist than a whole grave chamber full "treasure". Because it's everyday life that we known little about. Sure, grave chambers are good too, but you find them more often than, say, the remains of a kitchen [and it's extremely exciting if you even find the remains of actual food if you do happen to find the remains of a kitchen, due to food rotting away quite fast, obviously. That makes finding out what people used to eat quite tricky, espcially since they rarely wrote down recipes, and instead passed them on from person to person.]. Also, similar to those time capsules people tend to put in the foundations of buildings all the time for the people in the future to find, graves have things put in them that might not be that everyday. Though at least, graves tell us something about the burial traditions of the people, while those time capsules are of no real historic worth most of the time - at least in the foundations of medieval buildings you might find a dead calico cat.), but also sometimes on topics and objects that have a certain mystery. They still try to find facts, and not put up any false claims, though. Like the search for the Amber Room [which is something that I think is always exciting, even if you *try* to make it boring. There's just something about it that is extremely gripping, and you don't even *need* to weave any conspiracy theories around it, because it's extremely mysterious as it is. You don't know where the stuff is, and people are looking for it. Sometimes one or two pieces show up. The rest could be anywhere, or maybe it's been destroyed. The cat's either dead or not, but you can't be sure until you open the box.], or those Crystal skulls.) But you can read some more about the Crystal Skulls in the Skeptic's Dictionary Also, the tools do carve those skulls were available since the Baroque (which started around 1600, if I recall correctly. In any case, long before the 19th century) in Europe, as they made drinking glasses from Crystal even back then. So yes, the tools were there in the 19th century in Europe, and it would not have taken several lifetimes either. But you'll see, it works in the movie. - 
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Are there aliens in the movie?
Wait, you shouldn't tell me, I'll find out. But I'd really like to know, darn it.
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