Mystery AtlasF. A. Mitchell-Hedges
British adventurer and writer who publicised the crystal skull that bears his name from the 1930s, claiming it had been discovered at the Maya site of Lubaantun in 1924; documentary evidence instead places his acquisition of it at a 1943 Sotheby's auction.
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F. A. Mitchell-Hedges is frequently compared to Jaime Maussan — Both individually popularised a physical artefact claimed to be extraordinary, which independent forensic examination later attributed to modern fabrication.
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F. A. Mitchell-Hedges popularised Mitchell-Hedges Skull.