Knights Templar to use latest imaging in search for Grail

New Zealand Herald ^ | 01/06/03 | The Independent (?)

[mgstarr]

For centuries the intricately carved stones of Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh have tantalised historians, archaeologists and devoted Christians.

A labyrinth of vaults beneath the 15th-century home of the Knights Templar is reputed to contain dozens of holy relics, including early gospels, the Ark of the Covenant, the fabled Holy Grail - and even the mummified head of Christ.

More than 550 years after the first foundation stones were laid, modern technology is about to put the legend to the test.

A group of Knights Templar, successors to the warrior monks who sought asylum from the Pope by fleeing to Scotland in the early 14th century and fought for Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn, are to make a "non-invasive" survey of the land around the chapel.

They will use the latest ultrasound and thermal imaging technology in the hope of finding evidence of the existence of the vaults.

"The plan is to investigate the land around the chapel to a depth of at least 20ft," said John Ritchie, Grand Herald and spokesman for the Knights Templar.

"The machine we are using is the most sophisticated anywhere and is capable of taking readings from the ground up to a mile deep without disturbing any of the land.

"We know many of the Knights are buried in the grounds and there are many references to buried vaults, which we hope this project will finally uncover."Rosslyn Chapel, or the Collegiate Chapel of St Matthew as it was to have been, was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair, third and last Prince of Orkney.

Built as a celebration of Christ, it is also a monument to craftsmanship.

Bristling with flying buttresses and gargoyles in the highest Gothic style on the outside, the interior is carved with scenes from the Bible, the fall of man, the expulsion from the Garden of Eden, the birth of Christ, the crucifixion and the resurrection.

"Rosslyn is an amazing building.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Actually, all the legends I've ever heard have referred to the mummified head of John the Baptist, who allegedly really was beheaded, rather than Christ who died on the cross and lives again.

With no disrespect intended, this sentence sounds like something out of "Highlander."

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Tres.
Templi Resurgentes Equites Synarchici.

FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM by Umberto Eco

[Xenalyte]

Et in Arcadia ego . . .

[the_doc]

You have demonstrated that atheists are intellectually dishonest.

Only a god could know what the atheists claim to know, since only a god could be omniscient.

So, atheism is self-contradictory. Thus, it is a wonderful example of phony wisdom.

It is also extremely common. And the prevalence of this monstrous foolishness is best explained by the Scriptures themselves.

[RightWhale]

At no point does the creation account say that God lives "in the sky".

Are we considering the Septuagent and the Hebrew versions of the creation story?

[agincourt1415]

JUMPING off the Deep end.

So far on this thread, some posters get accused of being Mormans and Atheists. I am neither and why would you blindly, accuse someone of that for discussing a theory in a book?

Quit reading into this something that's not there.

Jump down off your high horse.

[Notforprophet]

Et in Arcadia ego . . .

I was wondering when you were going to get to that. LOL.

[Notforprophet]

The Arcadian Shepherds - Poussin

[Notforprophet]

I tego Arcana Dei

[Xenalyte]

A Dagobert II Roi et a Sion est ce tresor et il est la mort . . .

Okay, we're starting to creep me out. :)

[Notforprophet]

You're right... the Priory may be watching. We better chill out.

[Xenalyte]

And I was worried about Echelon! Those pesky Plantards are everywhere these days.

[a_Turk]

>>Both the Freemasons and the Knights Templar claim the ornate stonemasonry of the church is a secret code which, if broken, will reveal the whereabouts of treasures.

I was under the impression that the Knights Templar were Freemasons..

[Katya]

"I refer you to the fascinating "Holy Blood, Holy Grail (authors: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln) for more info.

Great read...no it's not fable...although as any movement that was politically annihilated...some of what is later remembered may be fiction.

[Notforprophet]

Okay - for the benefit of Echelon and the ever-watchful Prieure-de-Sion...

"Bergere pas de Tentation que Poussin Teniers Gardent la clef Pac DCLXXXI Pae la Croix et ce Cheval de Dieu j acheve ce Daemon de Gardien a midi Pommes Bleues"

...and that's the last I will say about that!

Notforprophet, Rex Mundi

[Green Knight]

Ah. I'm "strutting for the lurkers". I see. Well, if that's your only counter-argument then feel free to stick with it.

- Green Knight, who had no idea he had a "Lurker Following"

[the_doc]

What I said to CCWoody was correct. So, you owe me an apology.

[agincourt1415]

I knew a post with "Knights Templar" would get a rise, LOL.

But I lost my copy of HBHG.

But I seem to recall a passage in HBHG, that said some Amercian Soldiers stumbled on a underground cript in Normandy, France, that held some Templar Treasures that were later lost of disappeared.

[Mercat]

According to the Mormon genealogy website, I can trace ancestory back to the French king who sentenced the Knights Templers to death and who was therefore the recipient and supposed victim of the curse to six generations. Fortunately it's been about 50 generations since that curse. My 26 year old son, however, claims that it is still floating around and manifests itself as a "PIZZA CURSE." He claims that whenever he orders pizza, they get it wrong. He claims he can hear the long dead Knights Templars muttering in old French when he calls it in, say, "aha, he is descended from the evil Louis, screw up his order. snicker snicker snicker." We have him in therapy.