THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST TEMPLAR TREASURE

ALTER MEMO 2, BY JIAN, TCM, SITU

king SOLOMON, the Wise

He was the chosen successor of David, the founder of the Isrealite Kingdom, after slaying the Philistine giant Goliath and the capture of the future capital Jerusalem.

Solomon was destined to build the First Temple. The Arc of the Covenant was placed in it.

Coosing wisdom as a divine virtue, he got all the other virtues as well. Except a well of wisdom, Solomon was a very learned scolar, a Master-magician and the richest man in his time. He owned personal goldmines and controled tradingroutes as far as Africa and India. The Queen of Sheba travelled for years to meet him and verify the rumours she has heart in her far-away kingdom.

King Solomon possessed a magical ring, on it a green, alien stone, with which he controlled and could call for demons (djinn).

Because the Knights Templar camped and dug for years on around the ruins of the (second) Temple, build by Herod the Great ontop of Solomon's Temple, it is possible that they dug up (parts of) Solomon's treasure, hidden below the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, including his books, scrolls and magical objects.

There is only one problem.

There are persistent doubts about the existence, as a historical king, of Solomon the Great. There are no references to him in the historical archives of the Egyptians or Hittites, except the tales in the Bible.

Jerusalem in the times of David and Solomon, 1100 – 1000 bc., was just a small village. There was no room for a Temple, a Royal Palace, ware-houses or stables. Excavating the Temple Mount for prove of the existence of the Temple, is forbidden, because of clashes between Muslim youth and Jewish extremists. A lot of police-activity on a “sacred” place. Excavations in the 20^th century delivered no material

evidence of Solomon's heritage.