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Templar head worship – did the knights venerate skulls?
Tony McMahon investigates whether the Knights Templar worshipped a head as they were accused of in their trial
Read MoreForbidden History with Jamie Theakston – and Tony McMahon!
Jamie Theakston is presenting season five of Forbidden History on Yesterday TV with Tony McMahon appearing as a regular history expert
Read MoreThe Chinon parchment – a papal exoneration of the Knights Templar?
Why the Chinon Parchment found in the secret Vatican archives does not exonerate the Knights Templar from the charge of heresy
Read MoreSo – where was Jesus really crucified? An Easter mystery!
So – where was Jesus really crucified? An Easter mystery!
Read MoreHow would a Knight Templar celebrate Christmas?
Christmas. What’s not to like? The decorations, pudding, cake, fir tree decked with lights, Santa Claus and his little elves. Now imagine a Christmas without any of these things. Then you’re getting closer to Yuletide at the time of the…
Read MoreFilming for Forbidden History (UKTV) – series five – with Jamie Theakston
This week I found myself at the Gore Hotel in London filming for series five of Forbidden History presented by Jamie Theakston and to be broadcast on UKTV/Yesterday in the Spring of 2018. There are six episodes of Forbidden History and I’ll…
Read MoreWolfram von Eschenbach links the Templars to the Holy Grail
Were the Knights Templar really the guardians of the Holy Grail?
Read MoreSacred statues without hair and clothes
A discovery in Lisbon… This year, I was walking up a steep hill in Lisbon to visit the medieval cathedral. The cathedral is a very austere, fortress-like construction and that’s no accident. It was built in the years after a…
Read MoreThe man behind the theory of the Da Vinci Code
Before Dan Brown popularised the idea of the Templars defending the bloodline of Jesus, there was a 1980s bestseller that also promoted this theory. It was called The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail. One of its co-authors was a…
Read MoreWinter 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…
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