Tomar – mysterious city of the Knights Templar
Tomar was once a centre of Knights Templar power in Europe and possibly a location for the treasure they hid after being destroyed in the year 1307
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August 2017 – my Templar quest in Portugal!
The Templar Knight blog loves to visit Portugal every year and see the Templar stronghold of Tomar and visit the Viagem Medieval in Santa Maria da Feira
Newark Castle – Knights Templar prison
Newark Castle saw many English Knights Templar imprisoned in its dungeons interrogated and tortured after the order was suppressed in 1307
How to play medieval Chess
Medieval chess resembled our modern game in most respects but there were key differences in how pieces moved and the board appearance
Investigating the Pope who began the Crusades
Pope Urban made a blood curdling speech that sparked off two hundred years of crusades. Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates
The Dark Truths of the Templars – watch me on TV expose some secrets
I will be appearing as a guest several times in a special edition of Forbidden History devoted to exposing the secrets of the Knights Templar. Presented by Jamie Theakston and broadcast on UKTV/Yesterday TV, Forbidden History asks the questions you have all been dying to know the answers to. I will be discussing on Forbidden…
ISIS destroys a mosque built by a ‘scourge of the crusaders’ – Nur ad-Din
During its so-called “caliphate”, ISIS destroyed many great Muslim treasures including an 800-year-old mosque as Tony McMahon discovers
The Mystery of Templar Treasure at Gisors
Knights Templar were imprisoned at Gisors in France and left clues as to their treasure – or did they? Tony McMahon investigates
Forbidden History – Jamie Theakston talking Templar!
TV historian Tony McMahon appeared with Jamie Theakston on Forbidden History to discuss the mysteries of the Knights Templar
Why Medieval Easter Meant More Than Today
Easter was massively important in the medieval world marking the death and resurrection of Jesus as well as the return of the sun – with all its pagan connotations as Tony McMahon discovers
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