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May. 23, 2008
What's a Crystal Skull, Anyway?
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| This week, the latest entry in the Indiana Jones movie franchise makes its debut, with 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.' In this segment, Ira talks with a real life archaeologist about just what a 'crystal skull' really is, and whether there's any real mystery about them. |
Produced by Karin Vergoth
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Jane McLaren Walsh
Contributor, "Archaeology Magazine"
Anthropologist, National Museum of Natural
History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.
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