The Templar Knight
Mysteries of the Knights Templar
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Winter is coming! But it’s a Templar winter, not a Targaryan one!
Knightfall will be with you soon! Winter is coming – but courtesy of the History Channel, it will be a Templar winter. Forget the dragons and white walkers, give me the Knights Templar any day of the week. Here is…
Read MoreTomar – filming with the History Channel on a Templar quest
I have just returned from a very Templar themed holiday in Portugal! SPOILER FREE! I’m not going to give away one tiny morsel of the thrilling documentary on the Templars that the History Channel is planning to accompany its Templar…
Read MoreTomar – mysterious city of the Knights Templar
I’ve been filming with the History Channel in Tomar, a town in central Portugal that was once a stronghold of the Knights Templar. I’ve written about this magical place before but having gone back again this year, I just need…
Read MoreTemplar treasure hidden at Gisors in France?
One of the greatest mysteries relating to the Knights Templar is whether the order discovered some form of treasure in Jerusalem that would offer an explanation for their fabulous wealth. And was that treasure hidden, as has been alleged, at…
Read MoreDid the Templars find anything under the Temple of Solomon?
It is recounted in the Bible that a great Temple was built by the Jews in Jerusalem under a king called Solomon and it stood until its destruction by the Babylonian empire – when it invaded in the sixth century…
Read MoreSpain and Portugal – battle between Islam and Christianity
Hard to believe that modern Spain and Portugal were once part of a global caliphate (from 711 CE) – ruled by Muslim emirs. It then became a battleground between Islam and Christianity for eight hundred years. Finally, by 1492, the…
Read MoreTen things you never knew about the Knights Templar
Ten things you never knew about the Knights Templar such as running a slave trade and inventing offshore banking
Read MoreMount Nebo – where Moses died – and possible location of the Ark of the Covenant
My visit to Mount Nebo in 2013 where Moses reputedly died and the Ark of the Covenant is buried
Read MoreTemplars’ Lost Treasure – on National Geographic
What has happened to the treasure of the Templars? Gisors – clues to lost Templar treasure? When French soldiers went to arrest the knights at the massive Temple in Paris in 1307 – they found no treasure. Legend has it…
Read MoreVia Dolorosa – what happened before the Crucifixion
Having had his face wiped by Veronica, Jesus then met the faithful women of Jerusalem and fell once more before being taken to the place where he was to be crucified. These last stages are marked on the Via Dolorosa…
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