Holy Grail in America
Holy Grail in America

Holy Grail in America

Has the Holy Grail been in America all along?

5.8(3 votes)
2009
1h 27m
TV Movie
Documentary

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?

Production

Committee Films

Cast

James Lurie

James Lurie

Narrator (voice)

Alice Kehoe

Alice Kehoe

Herself - Anthropologist

Anatoly Liberman

Anatoly Liberman

Himself - Philologist, University of Minnesota

Darwin Ohman

Darwin Ohman

Himself - Grandson of Olof Ohman

Scott Wolter

Scott Wolter

Himself - Forensic Geologist & Author, The Hooked X

Tom Trow

Tom Trow

Himself - Past Archaeologist, Minnesota Historical Society

Florian Ledermann

Florian Ledermann

Himself - Past President, Runestone Museum

James Scherz

James Scherz

Himself - Prehistoric Cartographer

Simon Brighton

Simon Brighton

Himself - Author, In Search of the Knights Templar

Erling Haagensen

Erling Haagensen

Himself - Author, The Templar's Secret Island

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