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Templar Ark of the Covenant
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Ark of the Covenant and the Knights Templar!

Tony McMahon6 years ago1 year ago38 mins

The Ark of the Covenant fascinated the Knights Templar but Tony McMahon sets out to discover why it has been missing for 2,500 years

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Legend of the Fallen Elm: Templar Skeletons of Suffolk

Tony McMahon6 years ago5 months ago16 mins

In the Suffolk village of Kedlington in England there are ten elm trees that may have been planted on the bodies of ten dead Knights Templar

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  • Templar History

Templar revenge on the corpse of King Philip!

Tony McMahon6 years ago2 years ago24 mins

King Philip of France who crushed the Knights Templar had his body dug up and treated like garbage – was this the final revenge of the Knights?

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  • Templar History

The Role of Spies in the Fall of the Knights Templar

Tony McMahon7 years ago5 months ago43 mins

Tony McMahon looks at evidence that the Knights Templar were infiltrated by spies sent in by the King of France

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  • Templar History

Bernardo Gui – inquisitor at the time of the Knights Templar

Tony McMahon7 years ago2 years ago36 mins

The Name of the Rose is a new TV series from the BBC but many may not realise that the inquisitor Bernardo Gui was a real person as Tony McMahon discovers

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My visit to Notre Dame before the fire

Tony McMahon7 years ago2 years ago36 mins

The terrible fire at Notre Dame cathedral has destroyed a medieval wonder visited by Templar expert Tony McMahon earlier in 2019

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crusader defleshing skeleton
  • Templar History

Gruesome truth about defleshed bodies in the Crusades – we investigate!

Tony McMahon7 years ago5 months ago16 mins

Defleshing bodies during the Crusades was a gruesome practice to preserve dead nobles on their way back home as Tony McMahon discovers

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  • Templar History

Where was Jacques de Molay executed?

Tony McMahon7 years ago2 years ago44 mins

Tony McMahon searches for the exact spot where Templar grand master Jacques de Molay was executed in Paris

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Cannibalism crusades
  • Templar History

Did cannibalism take place in the Crusades? A special investigation!

Tony McMahon8 years ago5 months ago48 mins

A special investigation by the Templar Knight blog into medieval allegations that human meat was eaten by soldiers during the Crusades

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How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum

Tony McMahon8 years ago3 years ago16 mins

The murder of Thomas Becket by Henry II of England netted the Knights Templar a tidy sum. Templar expert Tony McMahon explains why.

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