lower jaw. And as is also the case with the Mitchell-Hedges Skull, many have attributed strange
and psychic properties to the Rose Quartz Skull.
The history of the Amethyst skull is unclear; it was reportedly part of a collection of crystal
skulls that were in the possession of the Mexican President Diaz from 1876-1910, but there are
also reports that the skull was discovered in the Oaxaca area (Mexico) and was handed down
from generation to generation through an order of Mayan Priests. It now believed to reside in San
Jose, California with a group of businessmen who have apparently offered it for sale.
Regardless of any earthly or unearthly properties the crystal skulls may or may not possess, the
question still remains: where did they come from? There are countless theories on the subject
some suggest that they are the creation of some higher intelligence. Others believe they were
created by extraterrestrials or a legacy left behind from beings that lived in Atlantis or Lemuria.
Where ever they come from and whatever their purpose, there can be no doubt that in the
intriguing realm of ancient artifacts, there are few antiquities that are as thought provoking or
have brought more controversy and debate as these carved crystal skulls.
The Museum of Man, in London also contains a crystal skull of indeterminate origin that was
purchased by them at the turn of the last century from an antiquity dealer in New York. The Man
Museum skull is called the Aztec Skull (fig.51). It is interesting to note that the museum no
longer keeps it on display, though it can be viewed by request. This is because several museum
personnel as well as many visitors have claimed that the skull moves on its own within the glass
case in which it is enclosed.
The Nampa Image
During the drilling of a well in Nampa Idaho in 1889 a tiny figurine made of baked-clay was
brought up in amongst the debris churned out by the huge drill bit. The object is a one inch long
figure of a man with one leg broken off at the knee, possibly from coming into contact with the
drill bit. The possibility of the object being a hoax is extremely doubtful as it was extracted from
a depth of about 300 feet making the possibility of someone planting it there highly unlikely.
Today the controversial little object remains the property of Charles F Adams and is still
displayed in a glass case at Boise’s Park Museum in Boston. Scientists still cannot agree whether
the object is a genuine relic or merely a unique little ‘oddity.’
Similar finds have been made in other drilling operations. In 1852 a well driller in Whiteside
County Illinois retrieved a copper ring and another copper device shaped like a boat hook from
120 feet below the surface and in 1971 and drill bit brought up a bronze coin from a depth of 114
feet just outside Chillicothe Illinois.
The Dogon
The Dogon (fig.52) are an African tribe located mainly in the Bandiagara and Douentza
districts of Mali, West Africa. The tribes population (about 300,000) being most heavily
concentrated along a 200 kilometre stretch of escarpment called the Cliffs of Bandiagara. In
which they have managed to use to fashion some spectacular dwellings for themselves (fig.53).
In the early 20th Century two French anthropologists named Marcel Griaule and Germain
Dieterlen spent a good deal of time living with the Dogon in order to study their ways. In 1930,
after they had been living with the tribe for some 15 years, four Dogon Priests decided that it was
time to take the Frenchmen into their confidence and invited the men to share in the tribes most
important and secret tradition. The tale was the secret Dogon creation myths about their sacred
star which they named as Po-Tolo. The star to which they were referring is Sirius which located
some 8.6 light years from earth. Sirius is also the brightest star in the night sky.
The Dogon told the Anthropologists that Sirius was the home of the Gods who had made them
who they are. They told them that Sirius is the smallest and heaviest thing there is and that it was
white in color. They said that it had a companion star, invisible to the human eye but that it