In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom ...

Though their order was dissolved more than 700 years ago, the Knights Templar have continued to cast a spell over the world. Terrorists and drug cartels evoke them. Dan Brown’s mega-bestseller The Da ...

The Vatican has published secret documents about the trial of the Knights Templar, including a long-neglected parchment showing that Pope Clement V initially absolved the medieval order of heresy, ...

Hidden within sight of a Unesco-inscribed Templar castle, this tiny church may just be one of the world’s most important – if overlooked – haunts of the mysterious order. For nearly 900 years, the ...

Under the hill town of Osimo in Italy, lies a hidden network of tunnels and chambers that connect the city's palaces in a mysterious maze. The town was once strategically important for the Knights ...

Anyone who has read The Da Vinci Code will have an idea of who the Knights Templar were, albeit perhaps not an accurate one. Their reputation has been that of a shadowy sect lurking on the fringes of ...