Legendary legend 'Crystal skull'

The 'crystal skull' is an important holy object in ancient South American religion, however, the once discovered skulls were all 'fake goods'.

Even so, archaeologists are very hopeful, a skull that has just been found in the Mayan cave is a legend. Not only that, they also believed that in ancient Mayan culture, people would wear this skull in their hands like a "protective cover" when participating in a squash match.

There is only one important difference from modern squash: sometimes the loser will become a sacrifice.

Antiquities expert Justin Jennings shared on LiveScience that the newly discovered skull was made from limestone, which Maya used a lot in life. It is about the size of a monkey's skull, not as big as a human, with 8 clam shells and a black tooth made of iron.

Also, it is possible that the sockets may also be attached to the eye socket.'The Maya will bury the deceased with these kind of things so they can continue to entertain in the afterlife', Mr. Jennings explained. 'They can wear this to protect their hands in battle. You can still see images of squash matches at some of the Mayan remains.

'The Maya believed in life after death, so they made a stone version of the hand guard belt and buried it in a grave, with faith: They used to play when they were alive, they would play in the negative realm. .

This mysterious skull is on display at the Toronto Museum, Canada.