Is the movie Kingdom of Heaven accurate?
Is the Ridley Scott movie Kingdom of Heaven historically accurate? TV historian Tony McMahon has been taking a closer look.
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German Templars, Haifa and the Nazis
The extraordinary story of a group of Germans who settled in Haifa in Israel called themselves Templars but then became Nazis
Martim Moniz – Portuguese crusader hero
Martim Moniz was a Portuguese crusader who was famously crushed to death placing his body into a castle gateway to keep it open.
Bom Jesus in Braga – baroque kitsch!
The church of Bom Jesus in the northern Portuguese city of Braga is a superb example of baroque Catholic kitsch
Siege of Tiberias and disaster at Hattin
Tiberias – near to where the Battle of Hattin took place
The Holy Sepulchre and the Knights Templar
Templar expert Tony McMahon investigates why the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was so venerated by the Knights Templar in the Middle Ages
Tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem – my images!
TV historian Tony McMahon went inside the tomb of Jesus at the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – see what he found!
Nimrod Fortress in the Holy Land
Nimrod Fortress is a castle that dates back 2,000 years but most of today’s construction is from the Islamic period.
Bernard of Clairvaux defends Jewish people
I’m visiting Israel at the moment and just went to the holocaust museum in Tel Aviv. Obviously one reflects on the appalling Nazi holocaust – but I also thought about those many centuries of pogroms and persecutions that Jews faced across Europe. In the Templar period, Jewish people were massacred during the frenzy whipped up…
Holy Sepulchre – sacred to the Knights Templar!
Images from a visit by Templar expert Tony McMahon to the Holy Sepulchre in 2012. This church is the reputed sight of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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