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Knights Templar to use latest imaging in search for Grail
New Zealand Herald ^
| 01/06/03
| The Independent (?)
Posted on 01/06/2003 2:11:30 PM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: areyousuggesting; coconutsmigrate; ni; templars
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To: RightWhale
Not where Muslims are concerned!
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:38:37 PM PST
by
crystalk
To: mgstarr
I wonder if they have any have nice shrubbery around the chapel.....
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:40:09 PM PST
by
machman
To: mgstarr
What part of "metaphor" don't these people understand?
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:42:01 PM PST
by
Wormwood
To: RightWhale
Some acceptance of coexistence might be a plus.Really think so? Tell that to Osama and Mullah Omar.
To: Xenalyte
Holy Blood is not a book anyone should read. It is insanity.
To: mgstarr
It's in here...
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:43:55 PM PST
by
My2Cents
To: Charles Henrickson
BZZZ!!! Sorry! Wrong answer. It's not there--or in any other vault or tomb. He is risen.
Total Crock Alert FYI, your god no more exists than does that of the islamocrazies. Get over it.
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:44:45 PM PST
by
winner45
To: machman
I'd prefer a closer inspection of the Castle Anthrax myself...
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:47:22 PM PST
by
mgstarr
To: mgstarr
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:47:55 PM PST
by
My2Cents
To: rwfromkansas; wideawake
My faith is strong, and reading questionable material doesn't weaken it - just like hearing Tom Daschle talk doesn't make me believe him.
Insanity it may be to you, but if it makes someone think about his faith (and perhaps strengthen it, as happened to me), to that extent it's worth it.
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:48:43 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
To: winner45
Total Crock Alert Thanks for your compelling rebuttal.
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:49:31 PM PST
by
My2Cents
To: winner45; Charles Henrickson; rwfromkansas; Jerry_M; the_doc; OrthodoxPresbyterian
Total Crock Alert FYI, your god no more exists than does that of the islamocrazies. Get over it. ~winner45
And, of course, you know this as you have exhaustively searched the universe, peering into every nook and cranny to prove that which only a god can know.
Woody.
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:51:37 PM PST
by
CCWoody
To: winner45
Total Crock Alert FYI, your god no more exists than does that of the islamocrazies. Whatever. Islam is a murder cult. Christ and Christianity is the bedrock of Western Civilization.
To: crystalk
Not where Muslims are concerned! Why not?
To: Xenalyte
It'd probably be more accurate if you were to say that the Templars were one of the elements that may have been involved in the evolution of Freemasonry. There is some pretty good evidence that the institution of Feremasonry can be traced to the second king of ancient Rome, Numa Pompilus. [And I will have been a Feemason for 50 years in April.]
To: My2Cents
Petra?
To: afraidfortherepublic
Really think so? Would be good for Mullah Omar, too. It's a losing game, the Crusading Jihad.
To: curmudgeonII
What you said - I'd already said more than most people care to read. You York or Scottish?
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:56:26 PM PST
by
Xenalyte
To: Xenalyte; rwfromkansas
My faith is strong, and reading questionable material doesn't weaken it - just like hearing Tom Daschle talk doesn't make me believe him. ~ Xenalyte
Teaching that Christ was never crucified for our sins is not a "questionable" teaching. It is a blasphemous teaching that spits on the Propitiation itself.
Teaching that Christ never rose from the dead is not a "questionable" teaching. It is a blasphemous teaching.
Woody.
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posted on
01/06/2003 2:57:02 PM PST
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CCWoody
To: mgstarr
I would just like to know if there are vaults and what if anything are in them sans controversial relics.
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