Wolfram von Eschenbach: Linking Templars to the Grail
Were the Knights Templar really the guardians of the Holy Grail? Tony McMahon investigates.
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Sacred statues without hair and clothes
Pictured here is Jesus Christ with the bloodied wounds from his crown of thorns but the crown, his hair and robes have gone.
Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
Before The Da Vinci Code, there was another blockbuster along similar lines called Holy Blood, Holy Grail published in the 1980s
Knightfall – the Templar drama from History!
Knightfall was the Templar drama series from History taking you back to the battles and quests of the medieval era
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
Joseph of Arimathea: The Man Behind the Holy Grail
Tony McMahon investigates the link between Joseph of Arimathea and the Knights Templar via the Holy Grail
Catherine of Siena – a very odd medieval saint
Catherine of Siena was an odd saint who had ecstatic visions where she licked the blood of Christ and kissed his wounds as Tony McMahon discovers
The ill treatment of Jews in medieval Lent
The period of Lent leading up to Easter was hazardous for Jews in the Middle Ages falsely accused of the killing of Jesus by ignorant people
A Roman high street in ancient Gadara
Gadara is a biblical city that was part of the Decapolis and where Jesus cured two people. It has black basalt Roman remains that are distinctive.
The biblical city of Gadara in Jordan
The Templar Knight blog has just visited the biblical city of Gadara – part of the Decapolis – and now known as Um Qais to see its Roman ruins
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