Less than a year after the Russian Empire entered World War I, a band of Georgian men came down from the Caucasus Mountains. Dressed in chain armor and wielding shields and broadswords, they rode ...

The original Knights Templar was founded in the 12th century to protect Catholic pilgrims during the Crusades. Contrary to what’s claimed on a website appearing to belong to the MFPD ...

One of these is the crusader fortress in Acre, built and inhabited by the Knights Templar at the turn of the 12th century. At the time it was built, the city was one of the main ports of Israel ...

Standing on the main road from the capital Damscus to the sea, Krak des Chevaliers was built in the 12th century to house the crusader order the Knights Hospitallers. In 1271 it was retaken by ...