They were known as the keepers of the Holy Grail, a sometimes mysterious band of religious warriors whose exploits across Europe and the Middle East have inspired modern-day conspiracy theories and ...

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A new investigation into the true fate of the Knights Templar is launched. Did the order really fall in 1307? Or did the powerful Knights continue on in secret like some evidence suggests? The team ...

By Dr. Lori Verderame In contemporary literature, the Order of the Knights Templar was the focus of novels by Dan Brown (“The DaVinci Code”), Umberto Ecco (“Foucault’s ...

The famous Catholic military order boasted numbers of up to 20,000 members at its peak and was active for almost 200 years until its sudden demise. Between the 12th and 13th century, the Templars were ...

The legendary Holy Grail, said to have been used by Jesus during the Last Supper to transform wine into his blood during the first Eucharist, has captivated the imagination of treasure hunters for ...

Between the 12th and 13th century, the Catholic military order were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusade period and managed large Christian economic organisations across Europe and the ...

The Knights Templar originated in the 1100s as a military order to protect Christian pilgrims. Today, the Knights Templar are ...

The Knights Templar have long fascinated historians and archeologists, partly because of the shadowy aspects of some of their practices. Founded in Jerusalem in the 12th century to protect Holy Land ...