Ancient CivilizationsArcheology: Damnation of Crystal Skulls Posted on January 30, 2021 by Administrator He who reveals the secret will die – The skull was first discovered by the expedition headed by famous English archeologist F. Albert Mitchell-Hedges in Central America in 1927. Before that, the archeologist started clearing an ancient maya settlement in a damp tropical jungle in Yucatan (British Honduras at that time and currently Belize) in 1924.