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Knights Templar farm opens in England
A small hamlet that was once a Knights Templar estate in southern England has opened to the public. You can read more here. By one of those curious quirks of fate, the farm in Saddlescombe seems to...
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Saints removed by the Catholic Church
(, Germany) – Breitscheid – Saint Christopher in front of the Catholic Church Saint Christopher (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A Greek Orthodox icon of Saint Barbara. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Paul VI...
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Thirteen Black Death skeletons found in London
Thirteen skeletons have been unearthed in the Farringdon area of London – believed to be victims of the fourteenth century Black Death. The terrible plague hit England in the period after the Knights...
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Castle built by Saladin – a picture gallery
I have just returned from a ten day visit to Jordan – a country with an amazing history sandwiched between Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Over the next few blog posts, I’m going...
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Seth – gnostic hero, son of Adam, father of humanity
15th century depiction of Cain and Abel, Speculum Humane Salvationis, Germany. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Knights Templar were believed to be attracted to the gnostic variant of Christianity which...
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A very ancient map of Jerusalem
What a history Jerusalem has experienced. At the time of Christ, it was ruled by the Roman Empire and continued to be governed from Rome and then Constantinople until the year 637CE when Jerusalem...
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Lost castles of London
Baynard’s Castle. Montfichet Tower. Savoy Palace. Even to most Londoners, the names of these buildings would mean little today. Ask a citizen of this great city, how many castles there are within...
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Where are English kings buried?
English: Effigy of Henry II of England in the church of Fontevraud Abbey (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The Knights Templar existed from around the year 1118 to 1307 and I thought it might be interesting to...
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Ten best medieval TV series
Like most of you – I love watching historical TV series. Even the ones that are a little suspect from a factual point of view. Some lists of medieval TV series include stuff I wouldn’t regard as...
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Save human civilisation from ISIS thuggery
ISIS has not only been destroying ancient Roman and Assyrian monuments but also the medieval Christian and Muslim heritage of Syria and Iraq. For example, the Mar Elian monastery dated back to the 4th...
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My visit to medieval Florence in 2007 – a photo gallery
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Why the crusaders stormed a Roman temple
It was the height of the crusades in the 12th century AD and the Atabeg (Saracen ruler) of Damascus spotted a building that was ideal to convert into a fortress – the remains of a Roman temple to the...
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Was this really a Templar church?
San Jacopo I have been travelling round Italy and will be sharing some amazing videos and images from that incredible country in the next few posts. To begin with, here is a church in the medieval town...
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KNIGHTFALL character profile: Pope Boniface VIII
Knightfall is the new blockbuster drama series from the History channel featuring the Knights Templar in their final days and a quest for the Holy Grail. It mixes fact and fiction to tell a compelling...
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Buried – the quest for Templar treasure on History
Get read to find out where the treasure of the Knights Templar is buried – when the History channel airs Buried on 31 January, 2018. And guess who appears as an expert when they arrive in Portugal? Yes...
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The Chinon parchment – a papal exoneration of the Knights Templar?
Did this pope really exonerate the Knights Templar? You may heard of something called the Chinon parchment and claims that it proves the pope exonerated the Templars back in the 14th century. But that...
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Major investigation into the Knights Templar in 2019 – and I need your help!
With the History channel team in Portugal about to enter a cave Following my investigation of Templar treasure with the History channel team in Portugal last year and the documentary I filmed with...
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Set your record buttons for Jamie Theakston and Forbidden History!
Jamie Theakston and the Forbidden History team in my study From mid-June, Jamie Theakston will be presenting the fourth series of Forbidden History on UKTV’s Yesterday Channel and on Discovery AHC in...
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The Dark Truths of the Templars – watch me on TV expose some secrets
I will be appearing as a guest several times in a special edition of Forbidden History devoted to exposing the secrets of the Knights Templar. Presented by Jamie Theakston and broadcast on...
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