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Mythical crystal skulls and their alleged magical powers – associated with Maya and Aztec cultures – have intrigued theorists and inspired storytellers for decades. The most famous of them all was reportedly found in the archaeological site of Lubaantun, Belize, in 1924 by Anna Mitchell-Hedges. Legend has it that she discovered the skull, made of quartz, under a collapsed altar while exploring the city of Maya as a child. Even though this is widely disputed, the mystery surrounding the skull continues to fascinate, and was even immortalised in the 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
An even bigger Belizean mystery than the legitimacy of a crystal skull, however, is why a country with 150 nautical miles of coastline in the Caribbean Sea, that is home to the second-longest barrier reef in the world and more than 400 idyllic cayes, and and the Amels – but it sits a long way behind its neighbour Mexico and nowhere near the more traditional Caribbean Sea hotspots.
