[MR] Fwd: [MEDIEV-L:46717] Knights Templar Discovery

[kjworz at comcast.net]

Let's see.... Knights that are members of a holy order on a mission to protect pilgrims on crusade all in service to God and His Church... They might just be buried in simple linen shrouds.  Or was the point that they were combat casualties buried under a wall when it collpsed in a siege?  

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-Chris Schwartz
Silver Spring, MD

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From: Scribe0002 at aol.com
>  
> In a message dated 4/12/2006 9:56:03 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> mathilde at mathildegirlgenius.com writes:
> 
> >  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. 
> 
> Now, the real question... Were they wearing  anything??? ;-)
> 
> -Charlotte
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you! I've been (vainly) searching for more detailed reports on this  
> discovery . . . I want to know if they found surviving garments or banners . . . 
>  pouches or boots . . . if the bodies were truly undisturbed for a thousand 
> years  and if the conditions were right, there could be a treasure-trove of 
> collateral  information among those bones.
>  
> Has anyone been able to find more on the topic?
>  
> ~gise the impatient . . . 
> 
>