DEEP IN THE JUNGLES OF CENTRAL AMERICA, BURIED BENEATH A TEMPLE IN THE RUINS OF A LOST CITY, A YOUNG WOMAN DISCOVERS A MAGNIFICENT AND PERFECT CRYSTAL SKULL. WAS THIS ONE OF THE 13 SACRED CRYSTAL SKULLS OF LEGEND, PROPHESIED ONE DAY TO RETURN?

As great a mystery as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Sphinx or Stonehenge, the crystal skulls have created a storm of archaeological controversy…

Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world or are they ingenious modern fakes?

Do they really possess telepathic qualities, allowing us to see deep into the past and predict the future?

What were the extraordinary findings of the tests carried out on the skulls by leading scientists?

Why do Native Americans claim the crystal skulls are stores of great knowledge programmed with an important message for mankind?

In a real-life detective story of the ancient world – with overwhelming implications for the modern one – the authors set out on an incredible quest to find the truth. This is the extraordinary story of the crystal skulls.

Chris Morton and Ceri Louise Thomas run an independent television production company specializing in making films with a philosophical, spiritual or environmental emphasis. Their highly-acclaimed documentary 'The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls' has recently been shown on BBC1 in Britain and on the Arts and Entertainment Network in the USA and Canada. It has subsequently been sold to numerous stations around the world.

Living in halls of residence with fun filled days of adventure and new experience - gone are the overprotective parents; this is where life begins. Bradley is in the middle of his first year at university and everything seems to be going rather well. Sure, there's the depression, loneliness and feeling that everything's in danger of not turning out quite like he was expecting - but Bradley's determination to adjust is beginning to pay off. In fact he has changed so much that his parents barely recognise him when he returns home for Easter. And then there's Clarissa, his "serious" girlfriend who may just be pushing things along a little too quickly. Is Bradley trying to grow up too fast? Is he ready for the world of adulthood or has he bitten off more than he can chew? A unique fly on the wall snapshot of an eighteen year old student's bizarre and often confusing world.

Braised hippo tonsils. Whirling visionary Pentecostal dancers. Aliens. Accordions. Strange piles on the lawn. With gentle humor and a keen eye for deeper meaning, a simple man takes on the world swirling around him in a series of short essays. From family life and the terrors of fatherhood to the perils of hunting camp exorcisms, the essays are funny, poignant, sincere, occasionally bizarre, and always entertaining.

The Notre Dame de Gr ce was brought to the Cathedral of Our Lady in Cambrai in the mid-fifteenth century. The painting is contextualized in relation to other Byzantine or Trecento images copied from important icons that were popular north of the Alps, especially in France and the Burgundian Netherlands. This background explains why images such as these were important at this time. The donation of the image and its installation into the cathedral is emphasised, as is its veneration, and its attribution to Saint Luke. The payment for copies by Petrus Christus and also the possibility that Hayne de Bruxelles may have been paid to copy the Notre Dame de Gr ce is also concentrated on. Other copies that survive will be discussed, as will prints, coins, statues and pilgrim's cards. Later paintings that may have been influenced by the original image including those by Rogier van der Weyden and Dieric Bouts that have been traditionally associated with the object will be addressed to see if this was the case or if there were other prototypes. The gesture of Christ stroking the Virgin's chin will be further discussed.