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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
The remaining knights of the order, men, women and children found shelter in the Temple, the great fort of the Templars. Pierre de Severy, Marshal of the Order, Thibaud Gaudin, treasurer of the order, and their knights were the last to defend Acre. After trying to break in for a whole week without success, Al-Ashraf Khalil offered the marshal ...
Fred C. Dobbs, the protagonist of B. Traven's 1927 novel, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the movie of the same name. Bilbo Baggins, protagonist of J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit; Rouge the Bat, A treasure hunter from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, often tries to steal Master Emerald and works for G.U.N.
It has been claimed that Sudeley was a leader of the Knights Templar c. 1180. In a novel The Essene Conspiracy he is mentioned as a crusader in 1190. [3] Graham Phillips claimed Ralph de Sudeley may have found the Ark of the Covenant when he discovered the Maccabean treasure at Jebel al Madhbah. [4]
The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar (Danish: Tempelriddernes skat) is a 2006 Danish film based on books by the Danish author Erling Haagensen (see "The Templars' Secret Island"). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cast
The Knights Templar were an elite fighting force of their day, highly trained, well-equipped, and highly motivated; one of the tenets of their religious order was that they were forbidden from retreating in battle, unless outnumbered three to one, and even then only by order of their commander, or if the Templar flag went down.
Since the 18th century, attempts have been made to find treasure and artifacts. Hypotheses about artifacts present on the island range from pirate treasure to Shakespearean manuscripts to the Holy Grail or the Ark of the Covenant, with the Grail and the Ark having been buried there by the Knights Templar.
Gilbert Dayton Hedden, Sr. (April 6, 1897 – September 14, 1974) was an American industrialist, politician and treasure hunter. He was Mayor of Chatham Borough, New Jersey from 1934 to 1938 [1] and is most notable today for his role in investigating the Oak Island mystery, described as the costliest treasure hunt ever.