The Knights Templar in Ukraine
Incredibly the Knights Templar were present in Ukraine and you can still view remains of a castle they built at Serednie
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Ertugrul actor gets in touch with the blog!
The actor Ismail Kargi contacted me to share his experience of appearing in the Netflix epic series Resurrection: Ertugrul and shared some images
Game of Thrones and the Knights Templar
There are Templar influences in Game of Thrones if you look closely enough as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers
Constantinople – glorious Byzantine capital!
Constantinople was the capital of what we call the Byzantine Empire that ruled for a thousand years but was attacked in 1204 by crusaders
Knights Templar – your Google search terms reviewed!
What Google Search Terms do most of you use when looking for information on the Knights Templar? Tony McMahon investigates Templar Google Search Terms.
How was medieval Easter celebrated?
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
Muslim inscription on the Throne of Saint Peter?
There is an incredible claim that the Muslim Shahada is inscribed on the back of the throne of St Peter in the Vatican as Tony McMahon reports
Medieval divide between Muslims and Christians
The boundary between the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds was very fluid and certain individuals had no difficulty moving from one world to the other
Fourth Crusade – Venice destroys Constantinople
In the Fourth Crusade, the Doge of Venice and an army of western crusaders destroyed the Byzantine Empire capital of Constantinople.
The Madaba map of Byzantine Jerusalem
The 6th century AD Madaba Map gives an exclusive view of Byzantine Jerusalem in thousands of tiles that make up an amazing mosaic
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