Holy Grail in America
NR
2009
87 minutes
Overview
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder. The stone allegedly dates back to 1362. Initially thought to be a hoax, new evidence suggests the find could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure... the Holy Grail. Follow the clues as experts use erosion studies on the rune stone and match symbols in Templar ruins all over Europe to support this theory. Stones with similar markings have been found on islands across the Atlantic Ocean, and in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Is it possible the Knights Templar, long thought to have been massacred, escaped on an incredible journey and were leaving clues to the whereabouts of the stone?
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Top Cast
James Lurie
Narrator (voice)
Alice Kehoe
Herself - Anthropologist
Anatoly Liberman
Himself - Philologist, University of Minnesota
Darwin Ohman
Himself - Grandson of Olof Ohman
Scott Wolter
Himself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X
Tom Trow
Himself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society
Florian Ledermann
Himself - Past President, Runestone Museum
James Scherz
Himself - Prehistoric Cartographer
Simon Brighton
Himself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar
Erling Haagensen
Himself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island
Steven Sora
Himself - Author, The Lost Colony of the Templars
Kelly Krause
Herself - Archaeologist
Ashley Cowie
Himself - Author, The Rosslyn Templar
Evan Pritchard
Himself - Director, Center for Algonquin Culture
Niven Sinclair
Himself - Clan Sinclair Patriarch
Carmen Legge
Herself - President, New Ross Historical Society
David Brody
Himself - Chair, Westford Knight Committee
Virginia Kimball
Herself - Westford Knight Historian
Bruce Bourque
Himself - Archaeologist, Maine State Museum
Roslyn Strong
Herself - New England Antiquities Research Association
Richard Lynch
Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association
William Penhallow
Himself - Astronomer & Physicist
Suzanne Carlson
Herself - Architect & President of NEARA
Akram Elias
Himself - Freemasonic Grand Master