LONDON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Knight Templar adventure paints a surprisingly multi-cultural and globalised view of both the Middle Ages and the secretive military

Research suggests the Shroud of Turin -- said to be Jesus' burial cloth -- was hidden by medieval knights for more than a century, the Vatican said Sunday. The Vatican's weekly newspaper said a researcher in the Vatican Secret Archives has found a document that suggests the shroud was hidden by the Knights Templar and secretly venerated for more than 100 years after the Crusades, The Times of London reported Monday. The newspaper said the shroud disappeared in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade and was not seen by anyone outside the order until the middle of the fourteenth century. Researcher Barbara Frale told the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano that the missing years had long puzzled historians.

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TEACHERS at Templars Primary School are trying to find out if the West African school they're linked with has been affected by the floods. The school has a link with Wakii Catholic Primary School in the Upper East region of the West African state of Ghana.