Other possible glittering prizes said to await those who can crack hidden
religious codes are the treasure of the Knights Templar, scrolls proving
that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a secret love child and the lost treasure
of the Cathars, whose crumbling 11th century castles still sit atop
mountains in the nearby Pyrenees.
The hunt began in the early 1900s, after the late Father Saunière’s maid
servant, Marie Dénarnaud, claimed he had hidden treasure under … (View original article)