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First Knights Templar Discovered
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-10-2006

Posted on 04/17/2006 2:34:31 PM PDT by blam

First Knights Templar are discovered

April 10, 2006

LONDON: The first bodies of the Knights Templar, the mysterious religious order at the heart of The Da Vinci Code, have been found by archaeologists near the River Jordan in northern Israel.

British historian Tom Asbridge yesterday hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar.

The remains were found beneath the ruined walls of Jacob's Ford, an overthrown

castle dating back to the Crusades, which had been lost for centuries.

They can be dated to the exact day -- August 29, 1179 -- that they were killed by Saladin, the feared Muslim leader who captured the fortress.

"Never before has it been possible to trace their remains to such an exact time in history,' Mr Asbridge said. "This discovery is the equivalent of the Holy Grail to archaeologists and historians. It is unparalleled."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: churchhistory; discovered; first; godsgravesglyphs; knights; knightstemplar; templar
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1 posted on 04/17/2006 2:34:32 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG Ping.


2 posted on 04/17/2006 2:35:38 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

More info please....


3 posted on 04/17/2006 2:37:19 PM PDT by Meadow Muffin
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To: blam
The first sentence makes most people interested in history dismiss the article. It's too bad the media is so obsessed over this fiction novel as this is quite an interesting find.
4 posted on 04/17/2006 2:38:20 PM PDT by mnehring (NeoCon and Proud of it! - http://abaraxas.blogspot.com)
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"This discovery is the equivalent of the Holy Grail to archaeologists and historians...."

Release the Monty Python's upon this thread!

5 posted on 04/17/2006 2:38:32 PM PDT by ExcursionGuy84 ("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
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To: blam

bttt


6 posted on 04/17/2006 2:38:54 PM PDT by patton (Once you steal a firetruck, there's really not much else you can do except go for a joyride.)
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To: blam

Thanks for posting this article.

So far, their claims seem a bit outrageous as they offer no validation nor give any explanation as to the 'how' of their ability to so precisely date this find.


7 posted on 04/17/2006 2:39:24 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (I will go down with this ship, and I won't put my hands up in surrender.)
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To: blam

More info, please! Extremely interesting...and relevant.


8 posted on 04/17/2006 2:39:27 PM PDT by hershey
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The first bodies of the Knights Templar, the mysterious religious order at the heart of The Da Vinci Code, have been found by archaeologists

How convenient. Just in time for the motion picture release.

9 posted on 04/17/2006 2:39:52 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: blam

Boy is Sony Pictures going to be loving these guys. Heck, they even managed to work in a "Holy Grail" reference into their quote.

One might even think the timing of this was planned?...


10 posted on 04/17/2006 2:41:11 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: blam

I'm amazed at the amount of people who rather believe the DaVinci Code rather than the Bible. Will the DaVinci Code still be a bestseller a thousand years from now?


11 posted on 04/17/2006 2:41:14 PM PDT by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: Rennes Templar; Merovingian; Dagobert

Ping!


12 posted on 04/17/2006 2:41:40 PM PDT by Xenalyte (You're not the boss of Tiger Bot Hesh!)
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"British historian Tom Asbridge yesterday hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar."

Is someone questioning the actual existence of Knights Templar? I don't "get" this statement at all. The first known instance of my own surname appears in the Templar Inquisition of 1185. I wish I could say I had proved my line, uninterrupted, back to that point, but that doesn't change the earliest record of it.


13 posted on 04/17/2006 2:42:26 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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14 posted on 04/17/2006 2:42:47 PM PDT by RightWingAtheist (Creationism is to conservatism what Howard Dean is to liberalism)
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To: cyborg

You are correct. It takes more to believe something like the Da Vinci code than to belive in Jesus.


15 posted on 04/17/2006 2:43:03 PM PDT by Meadow Muffin
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"This discovery is the equivalent of the Holy Grail to archaeologists and historians.

"I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries."

16 posted on 04/17/2006 2:45:35 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: blam

Cool.


17 posted on 04/17/2006 2:46:33 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: cyborg
Will the DaVinci Code still be a bestseller a thousand years from now?

Will anyone be literate a thousand years from now?
18 posted on 04/17/2006 2:47:01 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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If you think The DaVinci Code was funny, you should read "The Templar Legacy", it's out now and a real hoot! The author does make a point of telling the readers what parts of the book are real, and which are fiction. I liked his explanation of how the Templars got so rich and influential. When I finished it, I thought "hmmmm, how soon before this explanation becomes accepted as truth?". Thank goodness we have the real primary document to go to for truths.
19 posted on 04/17/2006 2:47:16 PM PDT by blu (People, for God's sake, think for yourselves)
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....hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar."

Really?

20 posted on 04/17/2006 2:47:22 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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