The Knights Templar were tasked with ... Muslims and new settlers from Europe. "They needed to consolidate their hold on Jerusalem and the immediate vicinity," Barber said. "They didn't really ...

The Knights Templar feature prominently in Dan Brown ... historian Dan Jones gives them standalone treatment in his new book, “The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy ...

April 20, 2006 — -- The mystery of the Knights Templar ... a new group, the Freemasons, some say. They are rumored to have found the Holy Grail and other religious secrets in Jerusalem.

Joseph A. Auteri, Grand Treasurer of the Temple of Jerusalem, prepares to induct new knights and dames into the order. Kristina Krug The original Knights Templar—shorthand for the Order of the ...

The Vatican's recent decision to release documents on the persecution of the Knights Templar in the 14th Century has piqued ... pilgrims on their way along the dangerous roads that led to Jerusalem.

ELMIRA, N.Y., Oct. 11.--The city is alive with Knights Templar and other visitors tonight, and the prospects for one of the largest gatherings of Knights and one of the finest parades in the ...

Ancient graves lying forgotten in a Staffordshire churchyard could belong to eight Knights Templar ... grave there also lies a Templar cross – a variation of the Jerusalem Cross – hinting ...

Peacock's new ... life Knights Templar were a Christian military order that were founded around 1119, per World History. Their original headquarters was set on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ...

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