The order of the Knights Templar was founded by Hugh de Payens, a French nobleman from the Champagne region, along with eight of his companions, in Jerusalem around 1119.

Each of the episodes will focus on a different relic, such as a helmet once owned by Himmler and a sword carried by a Templar Grand Master who died at the Siege of Acre in 1291.

Five items from the collection will feature in the docu-series Lost Relics Of The Knights Templar, hosted by Dan Jones. Each of the episodes will focus on a different relic, such as a helmet once ...

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Episode 1 The Himmler Helmet. Hamilton White and friend Carl Cookson have an amazing hoard of relics - believed to have belonged to the Knights Templar. Can they prove their provenance? ... the ...

Hamill will play Talus, a battle-hardened Knight Templar veteran of the Crusades, who survived captivity for 10 years in the Holy Land and is tasked with training the new initiates to the Order.