Lost Relics of the Knights Templar - Season 2 - Eps 3: Knights Templar Chalice
Carl and Hamilton are back on more familiar ground with a stunning white marble chalice from Hamilton’s Knights Templar treasure hoard, where the relics they explored in the first series came from. They travel to Chartres Cathedral in France, believed to have been built by the Templars, to examine a depiction of a very similar chalice on the north portico. Inside the Cathedral they also come across a famous depiction of a black Madonna which is at the centre of a Christian cult and was also revered by the Templars. Wanting to find out more about the cult of the black Madonna, Carl and Hamilton travel to a spot in the south of France which has given rise to an extraordinary theory – made popular by the novel and movie The Da Vinci Code – that Mary Magdalene travelled from the Holy Land after the crucifixion and was carrying Jesus’ child. Back in the UK, Janina looks at some of the sources that inspired The Da Vinci Code.
About Lost Relics of the Knights Templar
Title: Lost Relics of the Knights Templar
First Air Date: 2020-04-16
Last Air Date: 2021-10-04
Status: Canceled
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 4 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 10
Network: Sky History
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Lost Relics of the Knights Templar follows one of the world’s most prolific yet unknown treasure hunters, Hamilton White, and his long-time friend, Carl Cookson, as they trace the origin of an amazing hoard of relics – believed to have belonged to the legendary Knights Templar.
Cast
Josh Gates
Narrator
Hamilton White
Self - Host
Carl Cookson
Self - Host
