America Unearthed (2012–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Tracking the Templars - full transcript

- HEY, PAUL,
HOW'S LIFE IN RHODE ISLAND?

- NOT GOOD.

THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE...

THE ONE WITH THE HOOKED "X"...

IT'S GONE.

- GONE?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GONE?

- IT'S... IT'S NOT THERE.

I THINK SOMEBODY STOLE IT.

- STOLE THE RUNE STONE?

I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE BOULDER.

HOW DOES SOMEBODY
GET THAT OUT OF THE WATER?



ARE YOU... ARE YOU SURE?

- I'M SURE.

I WENT DOWN THERE AT LOW TIDE.

THERE'S NO STONE.

- OH, MY GOSH.

WELL, THIS IS A PROBLEM.

WE GOT TO HANDLE THIS RIGHT NOW.

I'M GONNA CHANGE MY TICKET.

I'M HEADING YOUR WAY, PAUL.

THE HISTORY THAT
WE WERE ALL TAUGHT GROWING UP

IS WRONG.

MY NAME IS SCOTT WOLTER,

AND I'M A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST.

THERE'S A HIDDEN HISTORY
IN THIS COUNTRY



THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

THERE ARE PYRAMIDS HERE...

CHAMBERS, TOMBS, INSCRIPTIONS.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.

WE'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE
THESE ARTIFACTS AND SITES,

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO THE TRUTH.

SOMETIMES HISTORY

ISN'T WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD.

AMERICA UNEARTHED - SEASON 1
EP - 11 - Tracking the Templars

I'M A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST.

I MAKE MY LIVING STUDYING ROCKS.

ONE STONE
HAS ALWAYS FASCINATED ME:

THE NARRAGANSETT STONE,

A 3-TON BOULDER

THAT ONCE SAT
ABOUT 60 FEET OFFSHORE

IN RHODE ISLAND'S
NARRAGANSETT BAY.

WHAT INTERESTS ME ABOUT IT

IS A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL
ETCHED ON THE ROCK'S SURFACE.

SOME ACADEMICS DISMISS IT

AS NOTHING MORE
THAN MODERN GRAFFITI.

BUT I'M CONVINCED
THERE'S SOMETHING MORE.

THE SYMBOL IS AN "X"

WITH A NOTCH CARVED
IN THE TOP RIGHT ARM.

I CALL IT THE HOOKED "X."

I'VE SEEN IT ON FIVE STONES
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD,

INCLUDING THE ONE
THAT MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED

FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY.

THAT'S WHERE I'M HEADED.

I WANT TO FIND OUT

HOW AN ENORMOUS BOULDER
THE SIZE OF A POOL TABLE

JUST VANISHED INTO THIN AIR.

I WANT TO KNOW WHO TOOK IT
AND WHY.

MY GUT TELLS ME

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO
WITH THAT SYMBOL.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S GONE.

WHAT THE HELL?

- I KNOW.

- I MEAN...

- I'VE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE.

A ROCK OF THAT SIZE
BEING REMOVED FROM THE BAY...

I WAS STUNNED.

- I KNEW YOU WEREN'T
LYING TO ME,

BUT I HAD TO SEE IT MYSELF.

HOW DID YOU FIRST FIND OUT
THAT IT WAS MISSING?

- WELL, I HAD HEARD
THAT A KAYAKER...

AN AMATEUR ARCHAEOLOGIST...

WAS LOOKING TO OBSERVE
THE STONE.

HE CAME OUT,
AND HE COULDN'T FIND IT,

AND I CAME OUT
TO HELP LOCATE IT.

AND I CAME DOWN HERE...

THE STONE WAS GONE.

IT'S GONE.

- IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE?

I MEAN,
HAS ANYBODY FOUND ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT TELL US SOMETHING?

- WELL, YOU KNOW,
THE STONE WAS A GIANT STONE.

- I KNOW.
I'VE BEEN OUT HERE MANY TIMES.

- AND IT WOULD REQUIRE
A PROFESSIONAL OPERATION

TO REMOVE IT.

BY SEA, YOU WOULD NEED
A BARGE AND A CRANE NEARBY HERE.

- NO, NO, SOMEBODY
WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT.

- MY CONCLUSION IS THAT
IT WAS TAKEN BY LAND.

THIS PICTURE SHOWS,

LOOKING TOWARDS
THAT SHORELINE AND...

- AND THAT'S THAT TREE
RIGHT THERE.

- THAT TREE, YOU CAN SEE
THE DEEP RUT HERE.

AND THE MOVEMENT
OF ALL THE STONES AND THE DIRT

AS IF A SLED
OR BIG TIRE TRACKS, BOBCAT...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,

BUT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE IT
IN THAT DIRECTION.

- WELL, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A ROCK

THAT'S ABOUT 8 FEET LONG.

IT'S ABOUT 4 FEET WIDE,

PROBABLY WEIGHS
AT LEAST 2, 3 TONS,

AND SO IT PROBABLY
WAS DRAGGED ALONG HERE.

SOMETHING HAD TO HAVE ACCESS
AT THIS POINT.

THERE'S ONE QUESTION
I WANT TO ASK YOU, PAUL...

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON,
OKAY?

HIGH TIDE... IT'S UNDERWATER.

WHO OWNS THIS STONE?

IS IT PRIVATE LAND,
OR IS IT STATE LAND?

- IN RHODE ISLAND,
IT IS STATE LAND.

- SO IT BELONGS TO THE STATE,
OKAY.

- IT IS STATE LAND.

- I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR
ON THAT.

- YES.
- SO WHAT HAPPENED THEN?

- WELL, I CALLED MY COLLEAGUES

AT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE

AND ALERTED THEM
THAT THE STONE WAS MISSING

AND THAT TIME
WAS OF THE ESSENCE.

- SO THEY'RE ON IT?

- THEY ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

- GOOD.

- WHY DO YOU THINK
SOMEONE WOULD TAKE THIS STONE?

- I THINK IT HAS TO BE
BECAUSE OF THE HOOKED "X,"

THAT RARE SYMBOL
CARVED ON THE STONE.

IT CONNECTS THE BOULDER
AND THIS PLACE

TO ONE OF THE MOST SECRETIVE
ORGANIZATIONS OF ALL TIME,

PEOPLE WHOM I BELIEVE
DISCOVERED AMERICA

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

I'VE BEEN TRACKING THEM
THROUGH THIS SYMBOL FOR YEARS.

THIS STONE
IS ONE OF VERY FEW ARTIFACTS

THAT PROVES THE TEMPLARS
CAME TO AMERICA.

AND I WANT TO KNOW
WHO THE HELL TOOK IT.

- I'M INVESTIGATING
THE DISAPPEARANCE

OF THE NARRAGANSETT STONE.

IT SAT ABOUT 60 FEET OFFSHORE

IN RHODE ISLAND'S
NARRAGANSETT BAY.

IT'S HUGE.

IT WOULD HAVE COST
A SMALL FORTUNE TO MOVE

AND BEEN HARD TO DO

WITHOUT SOMEONE SEEING
SOMETHING.

WHAT SETS IT APART
FROM OTHER STONES

IS A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL
ETCHED ON ITS SURFACE,

A HOOKED "X,"

WHICH I'VE SEEN
ON OTHER ARTIFACTS.

I FIRST SAW IT
ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

AN ARTIFACT I WAS HIRED
TO EXAMINE 12 YEARS AGO.

SINCE THEN, THE HOOKED "X"

HAS BEEN A PERSONAL PASSION
OF MINE.

I BELIEVE THE HOOKED "X" s
ON BOTH OF THESE STONES

THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

THE TEMPLARS
WERE A WEALTHY AND POWERFUL

MEDIEVAL MILITARY ORDER

THAT I THINK CAME TO AMERICA

MORE THAN A CENTURY
BEFORE COLUMBUS.

- WHY DO YOU THINK
ANYONE WOULD TAKE THIS STONE?

- WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE
OF REASONS I CAN THINK OF,

BUT PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON

IS BECAUSE THERE ARE
A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE

THAT DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE

THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
CAME TO AMERICA

PRIOR TO COLUMBUS.

SO THAT COULD EASILY
BE ONE REASON

THAT THIS STONE WAS TAKEN,

BECAUSE THIS IS ONE

OF THE VERY FEW RUNE STONES
THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY

WITH INSCRIPTIONS
THAT CONTAIN A SYMBOL

CALLED THE HOOKED "X,"

WHICH ABSOLUTELY TIES IT
TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

- WHAT'S THE CONNECTION

BETWEEN THE HOOKED "X"
AND THE TEMPLARS?

- I TELL YOU WHAT.

LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR PLACE,

GET OUT OF THESE WADERS,

AND I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

- COME ON IN.

- HEY, ARE YOU A ROCK HOUND?

- YEAH, I'VE BEEN
A LIFELONG ROCK COLLECTOR.

- WELL, I RECOGNIZE THIS ONE.

THIS IS PETRIFIED WOOD.

IS THIS FROM ARIZONA?
- THAT'S RIGHT.

- OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S MAGNETIC.

IS THAT CUMBERLANDITE?

- THAT'S CUMBERLANDITE.
- NO WAY.

- YEP, THAT IS THE STATE ROCK
OF RHODE ISLAND.

- WOW. THAT'S COOL.

- HAVE A SEAT.
I KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED.

- BEYOND DISAPPOINTING...

IT'S A CRIMINAL ACT
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

- THE SIZE OF THAT STONE,

I NEVER THOUGHT
SOMEBODY WOULD BE ABLE

TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE BAY.

- IF YOU HAD
THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT,

IT REALLY WOULDN'T BE
THAT DIFFICULT.

- WHAT IS IT
THAT'S SO SIGNIFICANT

ABOUT THIS RUNE STONE?

- THERE'S A SYMBOL ON THE STONE
CALLED THE HOOKED "X."

AND IT'S THE CHIEF PIECE
OF EVIDENCE

THAT PROVES TO ME
WITHOUT A DOUBT

THAT THIS
IS A MEDIEVAL ARTIFACT.

AND IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH,

BUT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

I FIRST CAME ACROSS THIS THING

WHEN I DID WORK
ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

WHICH IS ANOTHER RUNE STONE

THAT WAS FOUND IN MINNESOTA
IN 1898.

IT CONFOUNDED THE EXPERTS.

THEY COULD DECIPHER SOME OF IT,

BUT THEY COULDN'T GET IT ALL.

NOBODY COULD FIGURE OUT
THE HOOKED "X."

I WAS HIRED IN 2000

TO DO A FORENSIC STUDY
ON THAT ARTIFACT.

AND I CONCLUDED
IT HAS TO BE GENUINE.

- WHAT EXACTLY
DID THE KENSINGTON STONE SAY?

- BASICALLY WHAT IT DETAILS

IS A TRIP BY 30 PEOPLE
COMING FROM EUROPE

ON A LAND ACQUISITION JOURNEY.

AND IT'S DATED 1362,
SO THAT MUCH, WE KNOW.

BUT BEING A FORENSIC GEOLOGIST,

I KNEW THAT
IF THIS THING IS GENUINE,

THERE HAS TO BE AN EXPLANATION
FOR THIS SYMBOL.

THERE ARE FIVE TOTAL RUNE STONES

THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND
IN NORTH AMERICA

THAT ALL HAVE THE HOOKED "X":

THE KENSINGTON STONE,

THREE STONES FOUND
UP AT SPIRIT POND, MAINE,

AND THE NARRAGANSETT STONE.

WE ALSO FOUND THE HOOKED "X"

ASSOCIATED
WITH THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

AND FREEMASONS

IN A PLACE THAT'S WELL-KNOWN
TO EVERYBODY

FROM THE DA VINCI CODE MOVIE
FAME:

ROSSLYN CHAPEL.

ROSSLYN CHAPEL IN SCOTLAND

WAS BUILT BY WILLIAM SINCLAIR
IN 1446.

THE SINCLAIRS
WERE A POWERFUL FAMILY

WITH STRONG TIES
TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

THAT MAY BE WHY THE HOOKED "X"
WAS FOUND INSIDE THE CHAPEL.

TO ME, THERE'S NO DOUBT;

THE HOOKED "X"
IS A TEMPLAR SYMBOL.

THE OTHER PLACE

THAT THE HOOKED "X"
HAS BEEN FOUND

IS ALSO ASSOCIATED
WITH TEMPLARS,

BUT MOST PEOPLE
DON'T REALIZE IT.

IN CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' SIGLA,

HE STARTED USING
THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL

AFTER HE CAME BACK FROM
THE NEW WORLD THAT FIRST TIME.

COLUMBUS WAS A MEMBER
OF THE KNIGHTS OF CHRIST.

THAT'S WHAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
IN PORTUGAL WERE CALLED.

ALL THREE OF HIS SHIPS...

THE NIÑA, THE PINTA,
AND THE SANTA MARIA...

FLEW FLAGS
SHOWING THE TEMPLAR CROSS.

COLUMBUS ALSO MARRIED
INTO THE SINCLAIR FAMILY,

WHO BUILT ROSSLYN CHAPEL,

THE SAME CHAPEL
WHERE I SPOTTED THE HOOKED "X."

YOU KNOW, PAUL,
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE

THAT DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE

THAT THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS,

BUT I KNOW THEY DID.

AND THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

THE SPIRIT POND RUNE STONES,

AND THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE

PROVE THAT THEY DID.

- BUT WHY WOULD THE TEMPLARS
COME TO AMERICA?

- WELL, I THINK
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO EUROPE

AND TAKE A LOOK
AT THE CISTERCIANS FIRST.

THE CISTERCIANS
FOUNDED THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,

WHO ARE THE GUYS
WITH THE SWORDS.

THEY WERE THE FIGHTING FORCE

FOR NOT JUST THE CISTERCIANS
BUT FOR THE CHURCH.

BUT ULTIMATELY, THE TEMPLARS
BECAME TOO POWERFUL,

AND THE CHURCH
AND THE KING OF FRANCE

BECAME CONCERNED
THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE OVER,

AND IN FACT, I THINK THAT'S WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO DO.

AND THEY ALSO BELIEVED IN THINGS
THAT THE CHURCH DIDN'T.

IN 1307, BOTH THE KING OF FRANCE

COMBINING WITH THE POPE IN ROME

BASICALLY OUTLAWED
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,

AND SO THEY WERE DISBANDED.

THEY WERE ARRESTED,
THEY WERE TORTURED,

AND THEY WERE BURNED.

- WITHIN A DAY AFTER THAT,
THE KING OF FRANCE

WENT TO THE PORT OF LA ROCHELLE,

WHERE THE TEMPLAR FLEET
WAS ANCHORED,

AND THOSE SHIPS WERE GONE.

SO THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE SHIPS?

I THINK THEY CAME OVER HERE
TO NORTH AMERICA.

AND I THINK THEY CAME OVER HERE
FOR TWO REASONS.

THE NUMBER ONE REASON
THEY CAME HERE:

SO THEY COULD PRACTICE
THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH

WITHOUT PERSECUTION.

AND I THINK THEY ALSO CAME HERE
TO PROTECT A SECRET.

- WHAT SECRET?

- THE SECRET OF THE HOLY GRAIL.

- YOU MEAN THE CUP OF CHRIST

FROM JESUS' LAST SUPPER?

- THAT'S WHAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK,

THAT THE HOLY GRAIL IS A CUP,

BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S A CUP.

I BELIEVE...
AND I'M FIRMLY CONVINCED...

THAT THE HOLY GRAIL
IS ACTUALLY THE BLOODLINE

THAT DATES BACK
TO JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE.

THAT UNION PRODUCED OFFSPRING
AND ANCESTORS.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE

THE LEADERSHIP
OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

ARE THE DESCENDANTS
OF JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE,

AND ONCE THE CHURCH
REALIZED THIS,

THE WAR WAS ON,

SO THEY HAD TO LEAVE
AND COME OVER HERE.

IF HE'S A HUMAN BEING
AND IF HE HAD CHILDREN...

HE AND HIS WIFE, MARY MAGDALENE,
HAD CHILDREN...

WHAT WOULD THAT DO
TO THE ROMAN CHURCH?

IT WOULD DESTROY
THEIR VERY FOUNDATION,

SO THEY HAD TO PUT THAT DOWN.

THAT'S THE REAL REASON
THAT THEY ARRESTED, TORTURED,

AND BURNED THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

REMEMBER THAT HOOKED "X"?
- YEAH.

- ALL RIGHT.

HERE IS THE SYMBOLISM
THAT IT REPRESENTS.

IF WE TAKE THE "X"
AND WE CHOP IT IN HALF, OKAY,

YOU END UP WITH A "V"
AND A PEAK, RIGHT?

WELL, THE "V" IS A SYMBOL
FOR THE FEMININE.

IT REPRESENTS THE VESSEL,
THE CHALICE, THE WOMB,

THE SYMBOL FOR THE FEMALE.

WHEN YOU INVERT THAT
180 DEGREES,

YOU END UP WITH THE SWORD,
THE PHALLIC, THE PENIS,

THE SYMBOL FOR THE MALE.

WHEN YOU COMBINE THEM TOGETHER
TO MAKE AN "X,"

YOU HAVE THE ALLEGORICAL UNION
OF MALE AND FEMALE;

HEAVEN AND EARTH;
GOOD, BAD; LIGHT, DARK...

THIS WHOLE CONCEPT OF DUALISM.

OKAY?

WE UNDERSTAND WHAT
THIS SYMBOLISM IS WITH THE "X,"

BUT WHAT'S THE HOOK?

THAT'S THE KEY QUESTION.

- A CHILD?

- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY

THAT THIS SYMBOL ALSO REPRESENTS
THE HOLY TRINITY...

THE FATHER, THE SON,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IN THE CASE OF THE HOOKED "X,"

HERE'S WHAT I THINK
THE HOLY TRINITY IS:

JESUS, MARY MAGDALENE,
AND THEIR CHILD.

TELL YOU WHAT.

LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE.

THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME
BY A MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH
OF A LIFE-SIZE SCULPTURE

THAT WAS COMMISSIONED
BACK IN 1531.

THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY
WHERE THIS SCULPTURE WAS MADE

WAS A FORMER
TEMPLAR COMMANDERY, OKAY?

THIS IS JESUS.

THIS IS MARY MAGDALENE.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?

- SHE LOOKS PREGNANT.

- I THINK THAT THIS REPRESENTS

THE HOOKED "X" IDEOLOGY
RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS JESUS HERE, THE MALE;

MARY MAGDALENE, THE FEMALE;

AND RIGHT THERE IS THE CHILD.

THAT'S WHAT
THE HOOKED "X" MEANS.

WOW.

- SO WHAT WE SEE DEPICTED HERE

IS THE HOLY BLOODLINE,

AND I THINK THE HOLY BLOODLINE
IS THE HOLY GRAIL.

- SO HOW DOES THIS ALL CONNECT
TO THE NARRAGANSETT STONE?

- BECAUSE THE HOOKED "X"
IS ON THERE,

AND THE HOOKED "X"
REPRESENTS THE HOLY GRAIL.

AND I THINK THAT
THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE

WAS A SIGNPOST

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LEFT
FOR THE FOLLOWERS

TO LEAD THEM TO THE HOLY GRAIL.

- THE MISSING NARRAGANSETT STONE

ISN'T THE ONLY PLACE
I'VE SEEN THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL.

I'VE SEEN IT ON OTHER STONES,
IN DOCUMENTS, AND IN STRUCTURES

CONNECTED TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
AND FREEMASONS.

I THINK THE HOOKED "X"
SYMBOLIZES THE BELIEF

THAT JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE
HAD A CHILD.

FOLLOWING THE HOOKED "X"
MAY LEAD US TO THE HOLY GRAIL.

PEOPLE DISAGREE ABOUT
WHAT EXACTLY THE HOLY GRAIL IS...

THE CUP JESUS DRANK FROM
AT THE LAST SUPPER,

KNOWLEDGE, TREASURE,
MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE...

BUT I THINK PART OF THE GRAIL
IS PROOF OF JESUS' BLOODLINE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE
IS GONE.

WE'VE LOST
A CRITICAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE

THAT PROVES THAT THE TEMPLARS
CAME TO AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS.

I MEAN, WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO GET IT BACK.

- I'M ASTOUNDED
THAT THE ROCK IS MISSING.

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE.

- WE SAW THOSE MARKS,

AND I'M CONVINCED
IT WAS TAKEN BY THE SHORE,

NOT OUT TO SEA.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING

TO GET THAT STONE PROTECTED
FOR YEARS,

TO GET IT PRESERVED,

TO GET IT TO A PLACE
WHERE IT CAN BE PROPERLY STUDIED

AND OUT OF THE WEATHER,
OUT OF THE WATER.

- WE'VE GOT TO FIND THAT STONE.

- IT'S UNFORTUNATE,

BECAUSE NOW THAT
CRITICAL INFORMATION IS MISSING

THAT CAN HELP US SOLVE
THIS MYSTERY.

WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO GET THAT STONE BACK.

WELL, PAUL, I'VE GOT
ANOTHER INTERESTING THING

THAT I'M GONNA BE INVESTIGATING.

THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE

HAS A DOT CODE
EMBEDDED WITHIN IT.

I BELIEVE
THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE

WAS A TEMPLAR ARTIFACT...

A CODED CLUE

HINTING TO THE LOCATION
OF THE HOLY GRAIL.

WHAT THE CARVER DID IS,

HE MADE PUNCH MARKS
ON CERTAIN CHARACTERS

WITHIN THE INSCRIPTION.

THE FIRST FOUR LETTERS

THAT ARE SINGLED OUT
BY PUNCH MARKS

ARE G-R-A-L,
WHICH SPELLS "GRAL."

IN MEDIEVAL OLD SWEDISH,

IT SPELLS GRAIL... THAT GRAIL.

- REALLY?

- AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID,

"OH, THAT'S CRAP.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT."

THE SKEPTICS THINK
THESE ARE INCIDENTAL MARKS.

THEY DON'T BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE MAN-MADE.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO
IS CONDUCT A STUDY

WITH A 3-D DIGITAL MICROSCOPE

TO TRY TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION

ONCE AND FOR ALL
IF THEY'RE MAN-MADE

AND IF THEY WERE INTENTIONAL.

IF THE WORD "GRAIL"

WAS INTENTIONALLY CARVED
ON THIS STONE HERE IN AMERICA,

I THINK IT'S A CLUE
THAT THE GRAIL ITSELF

IS HERE IN AMERICA TOO.

WELL, DARWIN,
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- WELL, SCOTT,
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU.

AND EXACTLY
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO TODAY?

- WE BROUGHT
SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY HERE

TO LOOK AT
THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE.

THIS IS THE KEYENCE
3-D DIGITAL MICROSCOPE,

AND IT'S THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY

THAT REALLY TAKES US
TO THE NEXT LEVEL

AS FAR AS EXAMINING THE STONE.

AND YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT
THE GRAIL CODE

AND THE PUNCH MARKS
THAT MAKE THAT.

SOME OF THE SKEPTICS
HAVE SUGGESTED

THERE IS NO SUCH THING,

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO TODAY

IS TRY TO MAKE A DETERMINATION

IF THE PUNCH MARKS
THAT SPELL OUT "GRAIL"...

WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE MAN-MADE

OR ACCIDENTAL OR NATURAL.

ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

PUNCH MARKS ARE PART
OF FOUR SEPARATE RUNES.

THOSE LETTERS SPELL G-R-A-L.

THAT'S HOW "GRAIL" IS SPELLED

IN THE LANGUAGE
USED ON THE STONE.

IF I CAN PROVE
THOSE DOTS WERE ADDED

AFTER THE RUNES WERE MADE,

IT MEANS THEY WERE MARKED
FOR A REASON,

MAYBE AS A SECRET WAY
FOR THE TEMPLARS

TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THEY BROUGHT JESUS' BLOODLINE

TO AMERICA.

FIRST OFF,
THESE ARE DEFINITELY MAN-MADE.

THE PUNCH MARK IS VERY CIRCULAR,

IT'S LARGER THAN THE LINE,

AND IT'S MUCH DEEPER
THAN THE LINE.

SO NO QUESTION
THAT IT'S MAN-MADE.

IT WAS CLEARLY MADE

AFTER THE ORIGINAL LINE
OR GROOVE WAS MADE,

AND THEN THE PUNCH WAS ADDED.

THIS CONFIRMS
THAT THE GRAIL CODE WAS DONE

AFTER THE INSCRIPTION
WAS CARVED.

THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

- THAT'S AWESOME, SCOTT.

- AND THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE "GRAIL"

ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE

NOW ALLOWS ALLOWS ME
TO INVESTIGATE THE NEXT CLUE

IN THIS WHOLE
HOOKED "X" MYSTERY.

AMAZINGLY ENOUGH,
I BELIEVE THAT I'VE FOUND

ANOTHER VERSION
OF THE HOOKED "X"

INSIDE THE ALLEGED TOMB
OF JESUS HIMSELF.

MY RESEARCH INTO THE RUNE STONE
AND THE HOOKED "X"

LED ME TO SOMETHING CALLED
THE TALPIOT TOMB,

WHICH WAS DISCOVERED
IN JERUSALEM IN 1980.

THERE'S A VERSION
OF A HOOKED "X"

INSIDE THE TOMB,

ON A STONE BOX MARKED
"JESUS, SON OF JOSEPH."

THIS COULD BE THE FIRST PLACE

THE HOOKED "X"
WAS USED TO ACKNOWLEDGE

THE CONTROVERSIAL THEORY
THAT JESUS HAD A CHILD.

HEY, JERRY. - HI, SCOTT.

- HEY, GRAB A CHAIR.

- GLAD TO.

- I WANTED TO MEET WITH YOU

BECAUSE I HAVE A DISCOVERY
THAT I MADE

THAT I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO FIND VERY INTERESTING.

I KNOW YOU'LL RECOGNIZE
THIS PICTURE

ON THE TALPIOT TOMB
IN JERUSALEM.

- YES, I AM PART OF A TEAM
OF RESEARCHERS

WHO HAVE BEEN
LOOKING INTO THIS TOMB.

THIS TOMB WAS UNCOVERED IN 1980.

AND WHEN THE TOMB WAS OPENED,

IT WAS DISCOVERED

THERE WERE TEN OSSUARIES
INSIDE THIS TOMB.

NOW, AN OSSUARY IS A BONE BOX.

WHEN JEWS OF THIS TIME
WERE BURIED,

THEIR BONES WERE PLACED INSIDE
THESE BONE BOXES

AND THEN PLACED
INSIDE OF THESE TOMBS

IN BURIAL NICHES
OR SMALL TUNNELS.

- YOU SAID THERE WERE
TEN OSSUARIES FOUND IN THIS.

- YES, AND WHAT'S REMARKABLE
ABOUT THESE TEN OSSUARIES

IS THAT THERE WERE NAMES
INSCRIBED ON THESE OSSUARIES.

THESE ARE NAMES
THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE

FROM YOUR NEW TESTAMENT READINGS

AS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FAMILY OF JESUS.

- WHAT ARE THOSE NAMES?

- WELL, THE BIG ONE, OF COURSE,

IS JESUS, SON OF JOSEPH.

WE HAVE A MARY, POTENTIALLY
THE MOTHER OF JESUS.

WE HAVE A YOSE,

SOME PEOPLE THINK OF
AS THE BROTHER OF JESUS.

WE HAVE A MARIAMENE,

WHO PEOPLE ASSOCIATE
WITH MARY MAGDALENE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A YEHUDA...
A JUDAH...

SON OF JESUS.

OF COURSE, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

- SON OF JESUS?

- YEHUDA, SON OF JESUS.
- OKAY.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT?

I MEAN, HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY
THOSE NAMES ALL TOGETHER?

- IT'S ABOUT 175 TO 1
IN FAVOR OF THE IDEA

THAT THIS WOULD BE
JESUS' FAMILY TOMB.

THAT'S A BIG NUMBER, 175 TO 1.

YOU CAN'T GET THOSE
AT THE RACETRACK.

- I'LL TAKE THOSE ODDS ANY DAY.

- THOSE ARE EXCELLENT ODDS.

- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
BONE BOXES,

AND, OF COURSE, THE FIRST THING

THAT COMES TO MY MIND
IS DNA TESTING.

HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE
TO TEST THE BONES

TO SEE WHO THESE PEOPLE
MIGHT BE?

- WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER
A FEW BONE FRAGMENTS

FROM TWO OF THE OSSUARIES...

THE MARIAMENE OSSUARY

AND THE JESUS, SON OF JOSEPH,
OSSUARY.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHOW
FROM THOSE TESTS

IS THAT THIS JESUS
AND THIS MARIAMENE

ARE NOT OF THE SAME FAMILY,

SO IT PRESERVES THE POSSIBILITY
THAT SHE COULD BE THE WIFE.

- THAT THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN MARRIED.

THE DNA REVELATION
IS COMPELLING,

BUT THE FACT THAT THERE WERE
BONES IN JESUS' OSSUARY AT ALL

IS EVEN MORE SHOCKING.

THE BIBLE SAYS
JESUS' BODY AND SOUL

BOTH ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN.

SO IF HIS BONES
WERE IN THE TOMB,

THAT WOULD CALL INTO QUESTION

THE STORY
OF CHRIST'S PHYSICAL REMAINS.

I'VE BEEN DOING WORK ON
SOMETHING CALLED THE HOOKED "X,"

A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL

THAT I BELIEVE
MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO YOUR TOMB.

IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK
AT THIS JESUS OSSUARY,

I BELIEVE
THIS IS AN EARLY VERSION

OF THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL.

THIS APPARENTLY SAYS
"JESUS, SON OF JOSEPH"

STARTING RIGHT HERE.

- YES, IT DOES.

- NOW, WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN...

AND I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY
SEEN IT ALREADY...

IS THIS "X" SYMBOL RIGHT HERE,

AND I HAVE A HIGHLIGHTED VERSION

OF THE SAME PHOTO

THAT SHOWS THE INSCRIPTION
MORE CLEARLY,

BUT THAT IS AN "X"
THAT HAS A LITTLE HOOK ON IT.

SO WE HAVE MY HOOKED "X"
RIGHT HERE

THAT'S VERY REMINISCENT.

NOW, THAT'S NOT PART
OF HIS NAME.

IT'S A STAND-ALONE SYMBOL.

- IT IS CLEARLY NOT PART
OF THE INSCRIPTION.

- NOW, TO ME, IT MEANS SOMETHING

THAT I BELIEVE REPRESENTS
THE FACT THAT HE AND HIS WIFE...

WHO I BELIEVE
WAS MARY MAGDALENE,

AND MANY OTHERS DO...

THAT THEY ALSO HAD CHILDREN.

- WE KNOW THAT
THIS BLOODLINE OF JESUS

CARRIED OUT INTO THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE A FAIRLY RELIABLE
HISTORICAL SOURCE

THAT TELLS US
THAT THE DESCENDANTS OF JUDAH

WERE ACTUALLY ONCE BROUGHT
BEFORE THE ROMAN EMPEROR

OUT OF CONCERNS THAT PERHAPS
THE FAMILY OF JESUS

WAS STILL A POTENTIAL
TROUBLE SPOT

FOR THE ROMAN EMPIRE,

AND THEY WERE THREATENED
WITH EXECUTION.

AND THEY ONLY SAVED THEMSELVES

BY DEMONSTRATING
THAT THEY WERE SIMPLE FARMERS.

- AND HOW DID THEY DO THAT?

- THEY SHOWED THEIR BODIES
AND SHOWED THEIR HANDS,

AND THE ROMAN EMPEROR
DISMISSED THEM

AS WORTHLESS PEASANTS.

- EVERYTHING
THAT YOU'VE SAID SO FAR

IS NOT INCONSISTENT
WITH MY BELIEF

THAT THE BLOODLINE
WAS INDEED INTACT

AND STILL ALIVE TO THIS DAY.

THE TEMPLARS
WERE IN A PERFECT SPOT

TO HAVE SEEN THIS EARLY VERSION
OF THE HOOKED "X"

AT THE TALPIOT TOMB.

THE TOMB WAS IN JERUSALEM
AND SO WERE THE TEMPLARS.

IN 1099, THEY WERE THERE
PROTECTING CATHOLICS

ON PILGRIMAGES TO THE HOLY LAND.

THEY WERE HEADQUARTERED
IN A ROYAL PALACE,

WHERE LEGEND SAYS THE SECRETS
OF THE HOLY GRAIL WERE KEPT.

- SO, SCOTT,
WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE DO YOU HAVE

THAT CONNECTS THE TEMPLARS
TO THE TALPIOT TOMB?

- WELL, JERRY,
I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ME THAT,

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DYING
TO SHOW YOU THIS PICTURE.

THIS COIN DATES
TO EITHER THE LATE 12TH CENTURY,

EARLY 13TH CENTURY.

IT'S MINTED BY THE TEMPLARS.

AND, JERRY, LOOK AT THE CENTER
OF THAT COIN.

THAT LOOKS LIKE
THE TALPIOT TOMB.

- I'VE SPENT YEARS
STUDYING THE HOOKED "X,"

A MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL

I FIRST SPOTTED
ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

AN ARTIFACT THAT DETAILS

A PRE-COLUMBIAN VOYAGE
TO AMERICA IN 1362.

SINCE THEN, I'VE SEEN IT
IN OTHER PLACES,

INCLUDING THE NARRAGANSETT STONE
IN RHODE ISLAND,

WHICH AUTHORITIES SAY

WAS STOLEN
FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY.

BOTH OF THESE ARTIFACTS

ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

I BELIEVE THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL
STANDS FOR JESUS' BLOODLINE,

THE BELIEF THAT HE
AND MARY MAGDALENE HAD A CHILD.

IN FACT, I JUST SPOTTED

AN EARLY VERSION
OF THE HOOKED "X"

AT THE TALPIOT TOMB,

WHERE JESUS' BONES
MAY HAVE BEEN BURIED.

EVEN STRANGER,
THERE APPEARS TO BE A CONNECTION

BETWEEN THAT GRAVE SITE

AND A COIN
MINTED BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

IN THE EARLY 13TH CENTURY.

IT'S DEFINITELY A CRUSADER COIN
MINTED BY THE TEMPLARS.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP HERE,

YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE
A TEMPLAR CROSS,

BUT I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THAT IN THE CENTER.

THAT LOOKS LIKE
THE TALPIOT TOMB.

WE HAVE THE UPWARD CHEVRON
WITH A CIRCLE,

THE EXACT SAME ARCHITECTURE
OF THE TALPIOT TOMB,

AND WHAT I THINK IS JESUS' FACE.

- VERY INTRIGUING.

THIS IS A REALLY...
KIND OF A REMARKABLE COIN.

I'VE REALLY NEVER SEEN A COIN

THAT SHOWS THE CHEVRON CIRCLE
QUITE SO PLAINLY.

THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE
A POTENTIAL REPRESENTATION

OF A FIRST-CENTURY JEWISH TOMB.

I DON'T KNOW IF I AGREE
WITH THE FACE IDEA.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT

I GUESS I'M GONNA
REMAIN SKEPTICAL ABOUT.

- OKAY, WELL, IF THIS IS...

LET'S SAY... A CRYPTIC DEPICTION
OF THE TALPIOT TOMB,

IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTE
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE IN MY MIND

THAT THE TEMPLARS
WERE IN THIS TOMB

BACK AT THE TIME
OF THE FIRST CRUSADE.

AND THE TIMING OF THE MINTING
OF THIS COIN IS PERFECT...

VERY LATE 12TH CENTURY,
EARLY 13TH CENTURY.

THE TEMPLARS REPORTEDLY DUG

UNDER KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE
IN JERUSALEM.

WHATEVER THEY FOUND,
THEY TOOK BACK TO THE NEW WORLD.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY TOOK WAS THE GRAIL...

THIS BLOODLINE SECRET.

I ALSO THINK
THEY MIGHT HAVE TAKEN TREASURE,

MAYBE THE CUP JESUS DRANK FROM
AT THE LAST SUPPER, GOLD,

OR EVEN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT.

THE GRAIL COULD ALSO BE
A COMBINATION OF THESE THINGS

OR MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE
ENTIRELY.

- VERY INTERESTING HYPOTHESIS.

- I BELIEVE THE TEMPLARS
EVENTUALLY EVOLVED

INTO WHAT IS NOW
MODERN-DAY FREEMASONRY

AND THAT A VERY SMALL SECT
WITHIN FREEMASONRY

GUARDS THAT SECRET
AND THE BLOODLINE TO THIS DAY.

- SO WHAT PROOF DO YOU HAVE

CONNECTING THE FREEMASONS
AND THE TEMPLARS?

- WELL, ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL PIECES

IS THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL ITSELF;

THAT'S FOUND BOTH WITH
THE TEMPLARS AND IN FREEMASONRY.

THE HOOKED "X" IS FOUND
ON RUNE STONES IN AMERICA,

INCLUDING
THE STOLEN NARRAGANSETT STONE

AND THE KENSINGTON STONE,

WHICH I THINK COULD HAVE BEEN
A TEMPLAR LAND CLAIM.

IT'S FOUND IN ROSSLYN CHAPEL,

BUILT AS A SHRINE
TO AN ALLEGED TEMPLAR PRINCE

NAMED HENRY SINCLAIR.

IT'S FOUND
IN THE LARSSON PAPERS,

FREEMASONIC DOCUMENTS

THAT, TO ME, HELP PROVE THE LINK

BETWEEN THE TEMPLARS
AND THE MODERN-DAY FREEMASONS.

- THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING
STUFF, SCOTT.

I HAVE, MYSELF,
THOUGHT ALONG THESE LINES,

COMING AT IT
FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE.

AND I REALLY THINK

YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING
IMPORTANT HERE.

- STICK WITH ME ON THIS, OKAY?

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE?

- NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

- THIS IS HOW
FREEMASONS TODAY PRAY.

NOW, THEY DON'T ALL DO IT
THIS WAY WITH THE HOOK,

BUT I'VE HAD MASONS TELL ME

THAT THEY DO PUT THE THUMB OUT
TO MAKE THE HOOKED "X."

IF THIS ISN'T A TIE
BETWEEN THE MEDIEVAL TEMPLARS

AND THE HOOKED "X"
ON THE DOCUMENTS THEY CREATED

AND MODERN FREEMASONS,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.

BEYOND ALL OF THIS,

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF THE COPIALE CIPHER?

- I'VE ONLY HEARD A LITTLE BIT.

- THE COPIALE CIPHER

IS ONE OF THE MOST CRYPTIC CODES
EVER CRACKED,

AND A LOCAL GUY
FOUND A CONNECTION

IN THE DOCUMENT
TO MODERN FREEMASONRY.

THERE'S A HOOKED "X" IN IT.

AND THE HOOKED "X" s
IN THAT DOCUMENT

PROVIDE A CRITICAL CLUE
TO WHAT IT IS

AND HOW THE TEMPLARS
AND FREEMASONRY ARE CONNECTED.

THIS INVESTIGATION STARTED

WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF THE NARRAGANSETT STONE.

WHILE RHODE ISLAND AUTHORITIES
SEARCH FOR IT,

I'LL CONTINUE
DIGGING INTO THE HOOKED "X"

AND WHAT IT MEANS.

MY HUNT FOR EXAMPLES
OF THIS MYSTERIOUS SYMBOL

IS PRODUCING
MORE AND MORE EVIDENCE

OF TEMPLAR CONNECTIONS
HERE IN AMERICA.

I THINK I KNOW
WHAT THE HOOKED "X" STANDS FOR:

THE HOLY GRAIL.

I THINK THE TEMPLARS
USED THE SYMBOL

TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GRAIL SECRET
LONG AGO

AND THAT THEY PASSED
THE HOOKED "X" AND THE GRAIL

ON TO THE FREEMASONS.

THERE'S NEW PROOF

THE FREEMASONS USED
THE HOOKED "X" SYMBOL.

WELL, JOE, YOU KNOW
I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK

WITH THE HOOKED "X,"

AND RECENTLY,
A DOCUMENT CAME FORWARD

THAT I KNOW YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT

CALLED THE COPIALE CIPHER.

- ABSOLUTELY.

- THERE'S A HOOKED "X" IN IT,

WHICH, OF COURSE,
GOT ME REALLY EXCITED.

I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK
ON THIS DOCUMENT,

SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IT.

- THE COPIALE CIPHER

IS ONE OF THE MOST CRYPTIC
CIPHERS EVER CRACKED.

IT DATES BACK TO 1730.

THIS WAS FIRST DECODED

BY A CRYPTOLOGIST
AND COMPUTER SCIENTIST

IN CALIFORNIA

AND A TEAM
OF LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS.

AND THEY DECODED
THE WHOLE THING,

BUT THEY LEFT A FEW CHARACTERS
UN-DECODED,

INCLUDING THAT SYMBOL.

- SO THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT IT MEANT.

- I CAN'T SAY
IF THEY DID OR NOT, BUT...

- SO YOU THINK THEY MAY HAVE,

BUT YOU THINK THEY INTENTIONALLY
DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE?

I'M NOT SAYING THAT EITHER.

BUT, I MEAN, THEY LEFT
A FEW CHARACTERS UN-DECODED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THEM.

- LOOK AT THESE HOOKED "X" s
ALL THROUGH HERE.

- EVERYWHERE.

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKED
ORIGINALLY.

- IT'S NO WONDER

IT TOOK ALMOST 300 YEARS
TO DECIPHER THAT.

- THIS IS SOME 43,000
SINGLE CHARACTERS

THAT WERE ALL HANDWRITTEN.

- WOW.

- WELL, THIS FORM
OF THE HOOKED "X"

IN THE COPIALE CIPHER

MEANS "FREEMASONRY" OR "MASONIC"

OR "MASONRY" ITSELF.

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS DECODED.

IT'S ACTUALLY A SECRET MANUAL

FOR A GROUP WHO CALL THEMSELVES
THE OCULISTS.

THEY WERE MASONIC-LIKE,

BUT THEY DID SOME THINGS

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
CONTROVERSIAL FOR THE DAY,

LIKE THEY WANTED
TO INCLUDE WOMEN.

- INCLUDED WOMEN. INTERESTING.

- THESE GUYS WERE SERIOUS
ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

AND THEY THOUGHT
THEY WERE BETTER

THAN OTHER FREEMASONS.

- SO THE COPIALE CIPHER
IS A SECRET CODEBOOK

FOR A SECRET SOCIETY?

- ABSOLUTELY. YEP.

- I SEE ALL THESE SYMBOLS
AND SIGNS...

OF COURSE, THE HOOKED "X"
ON THIS PAGE...

BUT, I MEAN, GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

WHAT DO SOME OF THESE LINES SAY?

- LET'S GO
TO MY DECODED VERSION THERE.

- OKAY.

- YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE SECTIONS IN HERE

THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT
THEIR RITUALS AND THEIR BELIEFS.

"NOBODY OUTSIDE OF IT
SHOULD KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT THE SECRET INSTITUTION
OF THE ORDER."

SO HE MADE IT
NOT ONLY A REAL SECRET GROUP

THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT,

BUT HE MADE SURE THAT
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE MEMBERS

WOULD NEVER TELL ANYBODY
ABOUT IT.

- THIS IS LIKE AN 18TH-CENTURY
JAMES BOND MOVIE.

- IT CERTAINLY HAS
THOSE FLAVORS, DOESN'T IT?

- WOW.

- YOU GOT TO REMEMBER,
THIS ORDER, THIS GROUP...

THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE
BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE

IN ALL OF THE MASONIC WORLD.

AND THEY TAUGHT THEIR PEOPLE

ALL OF THE PASSWORDS
FOR ALL FREEMASONRY...

THE DOOR PASSWORD
TO GET INTO THE LODGE

AND ALL OF THE RITUAL
OF THAT LODGE.

SO AS A MEMBER
OF THE OCULIST ORDER,

YOU COULD WALTZ
INTO ANY SECRET LODGE ANYWHERE

AND GAIN ACCESS

WITHOUT HAVING BEEN INITIATED
INTO IT.

- SO IF YOU WERE EVER INVITED
IN ONE OF THESE ORDERS,

WOULD YOU TELL ME?

- PROBABLY NOT.

I KNEW THE ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION

BEFORE I ASKED IT.

I ALSO NOTICE ANOTHER SYMBOL

THAT'S VERY INTERESTING HERE,

THIS DOUBLE-BARRED
CROSS OF LORRAINE.

- YEP.

- WHEN I WAS INVESTIGATING

SOME MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACTS
IN TUCSON,

WHICH I ATTRIBUTE
TO A PRECURSOR GROUP

TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR,

I FOUND THE CROSS OF LORRAINE

ON A RELIC
THAT WAS PART OF THE COLLECTION.

IT PROVIDES STRONG EVIDENCE
THAT THE SAME SYMBOLS AND CODES

WERE USED BY BOTH TEMPLARS
AND FREEMASONS

TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SECRETS.

- WELL, YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE INTO CRACKING CODES,

THERE'S ONE
YOU REALLY HAVE TO CHECK OUT.

IT'S AT SHUGBOROUGH HALL
IN ENGLAND.

- OKAY.

- IT'S ON A MONUMENT,

AND IT'S RUMORED TO BE CONNECTED

TO, REALLY, ALL OF THIS...

FREEMASONRY,
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR...

AND IT'S ALSO RUMORED
TO TELL THE LOCATION

OF SOMETHING I THINK
YOU'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN.

- WHAT IS THAT?

- THE HOLY GRAIL.

- THIS INVESTIGATION

BEGAN IN NARRAGANSETT BAY
IN RHODE ISLAND.

THAT'S WHERE I WENT

TO LOOK INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF A HUGE BOULDER,

AN ARTIFACT WITH
THE MYSTERIOUS HOOKED "X" SYMBOL

USED BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

BUT MY SEARCH HAS GONE BEYOND
THAT STONE AND THAT SYMBOL

TO A SECRET CODE
CONNECTED TO THE TEMPLARS.

I'M MEETING MY FRIEND
ALAN BUTLER,

A TEMPLAR HISTORIAN,

AT SHUGBOROUGH HALL IN ENGLAND

TO LOOK AT
ONE OF THE MOST MYSTERIOUS

UNCRACKED CODES IN EXISTENCE.

ACCORDING TO LEGEND,

IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE HOLY GRAIL,

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK
THE HOOKED "X" STANDS FOR.

HI, ALAN. HOW ARE YOU DOING?

- HI, MATE. I'M WELL, AND YOU?

- GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
- JOLLY GOOD.

- SO WHERE'S THIS MONUMENT?

I'M DYING TO SEE IT.

- LET'S GO AND FIND IT.

- OKAY, THIS WAY, HUH?

OH...

OH, THAT'S COOL.

- RECOGNIZE IT?

- YOU KNOW, I DO RECOGNIZE IT.

THIS LOOKS
LIKE THE POUSSIN PAINTING.

NICOLAS POUSSIN'S

FAMOUS PAINTING
SHEPHERDS OF ARCADIA

SHOWS SHEPHERDS
GATHERED AROUND A TOMB.

SOME PEOPLE THINK
THERE'S A HIDDEN MESSAGE IN IT,

JUST LIKE SOME PEOPLE THINK
THERE'S A HIDDEN MESSAGE

IN DA VINCI'S THE LAST SUPPER.

SOMETHING
IN SHEPHERDS OF ARCADIA

MAY BE CONNECTED TO A RUMORED

HIGH-LEVEL TEMPLAR GROUP
CALLED THE PRIORY OF SION.

SOME HAVE ALSO THEORIZED

THE PAINTING COULD POINT THE WAY
TO THE HOLY GRAIL.

THAT IS THE POUSSIN PAINTING,
EXCEPT IT'S REVERSED.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

IN MANY RESPECTS,

IT'S IDENTICAL
TO NICOLAS POUSSIN'S PAINTING,

WHICH WAS DONE
IN THE 17TH CENTURY IN FRANCE.

- BUT POUSSIN DIDN'T MAKE
THE SHEPHERD'S MONUMENT.

IT WAS CREATED

BY FLEMISH SCULPTOR
PETER SCHEEMAKERS.

- THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN THIS
AND THE ORIGINAL PICTURE,

APART FROM THE REVERSAL.

FOR EXAMPLE,
THERE IS ANOTHER SARCOPHAGUS

OVER THE TOP
OF THE ORIGINAL ONE.

- ON TOP.
THAT SMALLER ONE THERE?

- YEAH, IT DOESN'T APPEAR
ON THE ORIGINAL PAINTING.

IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PUT HERE
TO EMPHASIZE

THAT WHAT THE SHEPHERDS
ARE LOOKING AT

IS ACTUALLY A TOMB.

WE ALSO HAVE THE WORDS,
"ET IN ARCADIA EGO,"

WHICH ARE THE SAME
AS ON THE PAINTING.

THIS IS LATIN.

IT MEANS, "I ALSO IN ARCADIA,"

ARCADIA BEING
THE HEAVEN OF THE GODS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
IT'S FULL OF UNCRACKED CODES,

VERY SIMILAR
TO DA VINCI'S LAST SUPPER.

PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED

THAT IT MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE GRAIL...

THE BLOODLINE OF JESUS,
IF YOU LIKE.

- MM-HMM.

YOU GOT TO TAKE A STEP BACK,
FIRST OF ALL,

AND ASK THE QUESTION,
WHAT IS THE GRAIL?

- EXACTLY. EXACTLY.

- I MEAN,
THAT'S THE AGE-OLD QUESTION.

IS IT A PHYSICAL OBJECT?

IS IT... IS IT TREASURE?
IS IT GOLD?

IS IT A CONCEPT?

IS IT KNOWLEDGE? - YEAH.

- IS IT ALL OF THE ABOVE?
- YEAH.

- NOW, LET ME ASK YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING.

I'M SEEING SOME LETTERS
DOWN HERE.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

WITH DOTS IN BETWEEN THEM.

- THESE PARTICULAR LETTERS...
"O.U.O.S.V.A.V.V."

WITH THE "D" AT ONE SIDE

AND THE "M" AT THE OTHER...

THOSE DON'T APPEAR
ON THE ORIGINAL PAINTING.

- RIGHT.

- THEY'RE A COMPLETELY
SEPARATE THING,

AND THEY'RE THE CAUSE
OF ONE OF THE GREATEST PUZZLES

IN ENGLISH ARTISTIC HISTORY.

ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE AGES

HAVE TRIED TO DECIPHER
WHAT THIS MIGHT MEAN.

CHARLES DARWIN,

THE GUY WHO WROTE ABOUT
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES...

- ORIGIN OF SPECIES...

- WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND ANOTHER ONE
WAS CHARLES DICKENS,

YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT
THE MOST FAMOUS NOVELIST

IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

DICKENS LOVED A PUZZLE.

HE SPENT MONTHS OF HIS LIFE

TRYING TO WORK OUT
WHAT THIS MIGHT BE.

- AND HE COULDN'T CRACK IT?

- HE COULDN'T CRACK IT.

- SO IT'S STILL UNCRACKED.

- ABSOLUTELY.

AS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF IT,

THERE ARE LOTS AND LOTS
OF DIFFERENT IDEAS,

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED...

AND I KNOW YOU'VE DEALT
WITH THIS YOURSELF...

THAT THE GRAIL ITSELF
MAY AT ONE TIME

HAVE BEEN IN OAK ISLAND
IN NOVA SCOTIA.

IF YOU TAKE EACH LETTER

IN ITS PLACE
IN THE LATIN ALPHABET

AND APPOINT IN IT A NUMBER...

- A NUMBER, MM-HMM.

- YOU CAN ARRIVE
AT THE NUMBER 2,810,

WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF MILES
BETWEEN SHUGBOROUGH HERE

AND OAK ISLAND IN NOVA SCOTIA.

- OAK ISLAND...
I'VE BEEN TO OAK ISLAND.

AND THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY
WHERE THE GRAIL TREASURE

IS BURIED
IN WHAT THEY CALL THE MONEY PIT.

- THIS PARTICULAR MONUMENT

AND THE PAINTING
OF WHICH IT IS A PART

HAS INTERESTED ME
FOR PROBABLY OVER 20 YEARS NOW,

AND THE ONE THING THAT
CONNECTS BOTH OF THESE TOGETHER

IS POUSSIN HIMSELF,

THE MAN WHO PAINTED
THE ORIGINAL PICTURE,

'CAUSE POUSSIN
IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN

ONE OF THE GRAND MASTERS
OF THE PRIEURE DE SION,

AND THE PRIORY IS RUMORED TO BE

A TOP-LEVEL TEMPLAR ORGANIZATION

THAT KNEW THE LOCATION
OF THE GRAIL.

- BUT WHAT REALLY JUMPS OUT
TO ME RIGHT AWAY IS,

I LOOK AT POUSSIN'S PAINTING,

WHERE EVERYBODY
IS PICTURED THIS WAY,

AND ON THE CARVING
WE JUST LOOKED AT,

IT'S REVERSED.

- YEAH, YEAH.

- AND ONE OF THE THINGS

THAT IT COULD SYMBOLIZE...
OR AT LEAST TO ME...

IS THAT IF THIS IS
A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GRAIL,

HERE, MAYBE IT INDICATES

THAT IT WAS IN EUROPE
AT ONE TIME,

AND HERE, IT INDICATES

THAT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE ATLANTIC.

- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

- I THINK THAT THIS CODE,

EVEN THOUGH
IT HASN'T BEEN DECIPHERED,

IS A CRITICAL CLUE
TO FIGURING OUT

THE MYSTERY BEHIND THE GRAIL
AND THE HOOKED "X."

- YEAH.

- THE HOOKED "X" IS THE KEY
TO THIS WHOLE MYSTERY.

WE'VE GOT IT
ON THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE,

WHICH I'VE SPENT
A DOZEN YEARS STUDYING.

AND I JUST COMPLETED

A 3-D STUDY
OF THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE

TO CONFIRM THAT
THERE ARE MYSTERIOUS PUNCH MARKS

IN FOUR OF THE LETTERS,
AND THEY SPELL "G-R-A-L."

IN MEDIEVAL OLD SWEDISH,
IT SPELLS "GRAIL."

AND WE HAVE
THE NARRAGANSETT RUNE STONE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT STONE,

WHICH ALSO HAS THE HOOKED "X,"
WAS RECENTLY STOLEN.

- WHAT?
- IT WAS STOLEN.

WE'RE WORKING
WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

WE'RE GONNA FIND IT.

BUT THERE'S ONE MORE PIECE
TO THIS PUZZLE,

AND IT'S A TWO-STORY ROUND
STONE-AND-MORTAR STRUCTURE

IN NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND,
CALLED THE NEWPORT TOWER.

THE NEWPORT TOWER
IS A MEDIEVAL-LOOKING STRUCTURE

JUST 20 MILES AWAY
FROM NARRAGANSETT BAY

THAT COULD PROVIDE MORE CLUES
TO THIS MYSTERY.

SO WE'VE GOT THE HOOKED "X."

WE'VE GOT THE RUNE STONES.

WE'VE GOT THE NEWPORT TOWER.

THEY'RE ALL KEYS
TO THE MYSTERY OF THE GRAIL,

AND IT'S THE NEWPORT TOWER
WHERE I'M HEADING NEXT.

- OKAY.

- WHEN I WAS HIRED
TO CONDUCT A FORENSIC STUDY

OF THE KENSINGTON RUNE STONE
12 YEARS AGO,

IT WAS A TYPICAL JOB FOR ME.

BUT THAT ORDINARY ASSIGNMENT
TURNED INTO A PASSION.

FROM IT, I CONCLUDED
THAT THE KENSINGTON STONE

WAS A LAND CLAIM
PLACED BY THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.

THE STONE HAD A SYMBOL
NOBODY COULD IDENTIFY:

A HOOKED "X."

I'VE NOW SEEN IT
ON FREEMASONIC DOCUMENTS;

AT JESUS' ALLEGED GRAVE SITE,
THE TALPIOT TOMB;

AND ON A HANDFUL OF STONES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

ONE OF WHICH WAS STOLEN
AND IS STILL MISSING.

I BELIEVE THE HOOKED "X"
IS A SYMBOL FOR THE HOLY GRAIL,

PART OF A TEMPLAR TREASURE
THAT INCLUDES PROOF

THAT JESUS AND MARY MAGDALENE
HAD A CHILD.

IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL SECRET,

ONE THE TEMPLARS
WERE DETERMINED TO PROTECT.

BUT WHERE DID THE TEMPLARS
HIDE THE HOLY GRAIL?

THE ANSWER MAY BE HIDDEN
INSIDE THE NEWPORT TOWER.

LOCATED IN RHODE ISLAND,

THIS STRUCTURE MAY BE
THE BIGGEST AND BEST PROOF YET

THAT TEMPLARS MADE IT TO AMERICA
LONG BEFORE COLUMBUS.

I'M NOT CERTAIN,

BUT I'M NOT
ABOUT TO STOP LOOKING.

IF YOU HAVE
A MYSTERIOUS ARTIFACT OR SITE

I NEED TO SEE,
I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

Subtitles Diego Moraes
www.oakisland.tk