More Crystal Skulls Deemed Fakes


	More Crystal Skulls Deemed Fakes

tabsey

7-9-2008 11:57 AM

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tabsey says:

The real ones were all destroyed in the film "The Phantom".

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7-10-2008 9:02 PM

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