The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar

by Sora, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780892817108
• ISBN10: 0892817100
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Destiny Books

Summary

A compelling argument that connects the lost treasure of the Knights Templar to the mysterious money pit on Oak Island, Nova Scotia, that has baffled treasure hunters for two centuriesA 

â?¢ Fascinating occult detective work linking the Cathars, the Scottish Masons, and Renne-le-Chateau to the elusive treasure pit on Oak IslandA 

â?¢ Draws on new evidence recently unearthed in Italy, France, and Scotland to provide a compelling solution to one of the world's most enduring mysteriesA 

When the Order of Knights Templar was ruthlessly dissolved in 1307 by King Philip the Fair of France it possessed immense wealth and political power, yet none of the treasure the Templars amassed has ever been found. Their treasure is rumored to contain artifacts of spiritual significance retrieved by the order during the Crusades, including the genealogies of David and Jesus and documents that trace these bloodlines into the royal bloodlines of Merovingian France.A 

Placing a Scottish presence in the New World a century before Columbus, Steven Sora paints a credible scenario that has the Sinclair clan of Scotland transporting the wealth of the Templars--entrusted to them as the Masonic heirs of the order--to a remote island off the shores of present-day Nova Scotia. The mysterious money pit there is commonly believed to have been built before 1497 and has guarded its secret contents tenaciously despite two centuries of determined efforts to unearth it. All of these efforts (one even financed by American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt) have failed, thanks to an elaborate system of booby traps, false beaches, hidden drains, and other hazards of remarkable ingenuity and technological complexity.

Author Biography

<p><b>The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar</b> <br><i>Solving the Oak Island Mystery</i> <p>Acknowledgments <br>Introduction <br>1&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mystery of Oak Island <br>2&nbsp;&nbsp; Theories and Suspects: Who Dug the Money Pit and What Lies Below <br>3&nbsp;&nbsp; Prelude to Expedition <br>4&nbsp;&nbsp; The Scottish Discovery of America <br>5&nbsp;&nbsp; "...If Two of Them are Dead" <br>6&nbsp;&nbsp; The Knights Templar of Scotland <br>7&nbsp;&nbsp; The Secret of the Templars <br>8&nbsp;&nbsp; The French Connection <br>9&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau <br>10&nbsp; The Connecting Thread <br>11&nbsp; The Treasure Comes to Oak Island <br>12&nbsp; Oak Kings, Severed Heads, and the Secrets of the Ancients <br>13&nbsp; The Grail Guardians and the Modern World <br>Epilogue: The Grail Guardians Treasure and Oak Island <br>Notes <br>Bibliography <br>Index

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
The Mystery of Oak Island	5	(12)
Theories and Suspects: Who Dug the Money Pit and What Lies Below	17	(22)
Prelude to Expedition	39	(10)
The Scottish Discovery of America	49	(26)
``...If Two of Them Are Dead''	75	(19)
The Knights Templar and Scotland	94	(24)
The Secret of the Templars	118	(22)
The French Connection	140	(12)
The Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau	152	(12)
The Connecting Thread	164	(21)
The Treasure Comes to Oak Island	185	(18)
Oak Kings, Severed Heads, and the Secrets of the Ancients	203	(20)
The Grail Guardians and the Modern World	223	(17)
Epilogue: The Grail Treasure and Oak Island	240	(12)
Notes	252	(20)
Bibliography	272	(9)
Index	281