Crystal Skulls in Popular Culture
- For the Love of God, a diamond-encrusted skull made by artist Damien Hirst.
- House II: The Second Story, movie including a crystal skull from the aztec region.
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, film that revolves around a fictional back-story about crystal skulls.
- Legend of the Crystal Skull, video game which involves searching for a lost crystal skull.
- Stargate SG-1 (season 3), episode 21 revolves around crystal skulls that seems to transport people to meet with aliens
- The Phantom starring Billy Zane, a 1996 movie in which the union of three skulls plus a control ring gives the user unlimited power.
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