Grail Seekers Media Watch for the Week Ending 15 Dec 07

Grail Seekers this week:

A big thanks goes out to Floyd Mann from the Lost Treasure USA site and Bill Gallagher of the Treasure Hunt Adventure site for the kind words and links to this week’s Templar Dig in Bulgaria article. Now on to the news…

On Audio:

Astraea Magazine’s latest audio interview is with Egyptologist Dr. Nabil Swelim, who says the Bosnian pyramids are real.

Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince will discuss their new book The Sion Revelation on Coast to Coast AM on 15 December 2007

In the News:

A Turkish soccer fan has sued the European soccer governing body, after Italian team Inter Milan’s uniform portrayed a red cross. His complaint was that it looked like a Templar Cross and offended him and other Muslims. I will withhold additional comments for obvious reasons.

The Christian Family Life Church has smashed a Compass and Square on a historical building they own in Eglin, IL. The Burning Taper has done a great job of keeping up with this story until its destructive end. I’ll write something about this after I stop being angry and start rational thought again.

BBC gives a historical perspective on Lisbon’s Jeronimos Monastery, that was built by the Poor Knights of Christ. Conspiracy theorists will note that this building will be used for the signing of the European Union’s Reformation Treaty.

Haaretz tells the story of Crusader’s Vadum Iacob fortress and the archeological work going on there.

An ancient stone circle is found in Sweden.

Why is Aleister Crowley’s disciple Jack Parsons file missing from the FBI’s publicly accessible website?

In Print:

Ouroboros Press announces it will be publishing a book by Masonic historian Angel Millar in the spring of 2008 on their My Space Blog.

On the Web:

The VRmag site has a panoramic virtual tour of Rosslyn Chapel.

On Film:

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets will be opening on the 21^st. I have been invited to a special sneak peak on the 19^th and will have an advance look at the film that night.

A little more English language news on the Scandinavian film Arn about the Templars.

Blog On:

The Templar Code for Dummies blog reviews Stephen Dafoe's Nobly Born: An Illustrated History of the Knights Templar

Anthony North’s Beyond the Blog asks Who was King Arthur?