Released today, The Lost Symbol isn't likely to squelch any rumors, beginning as it does with a wine-filled skull, bejeweled power brokers, and a dark Masonic temple steps away from the White House.

6. There are NO secret Masonic symbols on the U.S. dollar bill. The back of the dollar bill features an incomplete pyramid with an eye on top of it. Many people -- including some Freemasons -- say ...

Best-selling author Dan Brown's latest novel, The Lost Symbol, draws heavily on the lore and mystique of the Freemasons. A visit to one of the locations in the novel, a prominent Masonic building ...

Some of these symbols are so well known that they are familiar to non-Masons—for example, the Eye of Providence can be found on U.S. one dollar bills. When they’re not holding elaborate ...

worn "because of the supposed evolution of freemasonry from stonemasons", and symbols depicting masonry tools, such as the square, the compass, as well as the famous all-seeing Eye of Providence.

Symbols have long been crucial to Freemasonry. They’re used to codify and communicate important Masonic ideas and values, and some, like the Eye of Providence—a disembodied eye enclosed in a ...

Mr Armstrong said Freemasonry "originated with the stonemasons ... Image caption, Masonry instruments and symbols on display in the lodge room Symbols "and certain tools" - all linked to ...