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Much of this is based on 1950s and 1960s forgeries by the Priory of Sion, which came apparently came into existence in 1956 but created centuries of mythology to make it seem more important.
There, fixed it. A fictional story based upon another fiction makes it no more true than the book it was based upon.
No, actually it doesn't. Just in these self-important minds.
“Ben Hammott,” for example, is an acronym for “The Tombman,”
acronym: an abreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself is a word.
Someone doesn’t know his acronyms from his anagrams.
Maybe I could buy some of the artifacts. I’m expecting a very large check from Nigeria any day now.
Like Mary Magdalene or anyone from Roman 'Palestine' is gonna get in a boat and go all the way to the Roman province of Gaul. (Hey! Monte Carlo is pretty this time of year, anyone wanna go for a sail?)
And in case these nuts don't know it, unlike the USA of today Rome didn't have signs in twenty seven hundred languages and you didn't 'Press One For Latin, Two For Barbarian, Three For...'. Plus, speaking Aramaic in Gaul just may make you stand out a bit which just might make the Romans a tad curious about you and your sailing buddies.
idiots
Complete and utter rubbish.
The incorrupt relics of the Holy Myrrhbearer and Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene were translated from Ephesus to Contantinople in the 9th century and placed in the church of St. Lazarus’ Monastery, from which they were looted by the Crusaders.
All attempts to connect her with Western Europe (other than the distribution of her stolen relics to churches therein), with the possible exception of accounts of a missionary journey, are medieval Latin fabrications.