First Knights Templar Discovered

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-10-2006

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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."

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GGG Ping.

[Meadow Muffin]

More info please....

[mnehring]

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.

[ExcursionGuy84]

"This discovery is the equivalent of the Holy Grail to archaeologists and historians...."

Release the Monty Python's upon this thread!

[patton]

bttt

[UCANSEE2]

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.

[hershey]

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

[newgeezer]

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.

[Gator101]

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?...

[cyborg]

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?

[Xenalyte]

Ping!

[RegulatorCountry]

"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.

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[Meadow Muffin]

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

[Gator101]

"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."

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Cool.

[ARCADIA]

Will the DaVinci Code still be a bestseller a thousand years from now?

Will anyone be literate a thousand years from now?

[blu]

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.

[muir_redwoods]

....hailed the find as the first provable example of actual Knights Templar."

Really?