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Templar Graffiti

BY: Mark

Shortly after King Philip IV ordered the Templars rounded up in October of 1307, a number of them were sequestered in a guardhouse in the sleepy French village of Domme. There, while waiting on the pleasure of gracious King Philip, squeezed in a tiny room with not much in the way of a view, these knights had lots of time to reflect. And to carve graffiti.

An exclusive report on the graffiti and what it might mean has been posted at Fortean Times. My favorite of the carvings made by the incarcerated is the picture of Pope Clement V (as a snake) getting speared by a vengeful archangel. Take that, you bastard Pope!

Lost Graffiti of the Templars (text and photos by Jerry Glover)