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Great Scot ! Henry Sinclair

albatrossumi Dec 11, 2006 16:55

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From the Newport Daily News:

NEWPORT - D'Elayne Coleman came from Guisborough, Nova Scotia, to Newport on Monday to witness the beginning of excavation work around the Old Stone Mill, the first archaeological dig allowed at the site by the Newport City Council in almost 60 years.

Coleman, as president of the Prince Henry Sinclair Society of North ( Read more... )

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Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar and Pre-Columbian Exploration of America

albatrossumi Jul 04, 2006 13:53

Some interesting stuff I read on Wikipedia during my lunch break today...

Some have speculated that surviving members of the Knights Templar escaped the purge of their order by French King Philip the Fair in the early 1300's and travelled to Scotland. Years later, led by the Scottish noble Henry I Sinclair (Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin, and ( Read more... )

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Great Scot ! Henry Sinclair

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Rosslyn Chapel, the Knights Templar and Pre-Columbian Exploration of America