Fatimid Empire versus Knights Templar
The Fatimid Empire presented a formidable foe to the Knights Templar but in the 1160s it collapsed – Tony McMahon investigates.
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Safed – the Templars and the Kabbalah
What links the Knights Templar to the Jewish mystical codes of the magical Kabbalah? Tony McMahon explains.
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
The Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople
Constantinople was destroyed during the Fourth Crusade – a treacherous act by Christian crusaders in the year 1204 led by Venice
British Museum takes apart the Holy Sepulchre
A model of the Holy Sepulchre from the 1600s taken apart at the British Museum
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!
Trial of the dead Pope Boniface VIII
Pope Boniface VIII was accused of heresy, blasphemy, simony, gross immorality, magic, and murder. Despite the fact he was dead. Tony McMahon explains.
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.
How did a Templar go to the toilet?
Tony McMahon discovers how the Knights Templar more than likely went to the toilet during a visit to the castle at Acre in modern Israel
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