Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2024-10-01
Books mentioned on CLASSIC: The Shugborough Inscription Cipher
Located in Staffordshire, England, the Shepherd's Monument is a bas-relief recreation of Nicolas Poussin's painting “Shepherds of Arcadia”. However, the sculpture has several key differences -- one of which has baffled historians, experts and others for centuries: What's that mysterious inscription?
Ben Bowlin discussed The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln and others and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Also mentioned: Proceedings by Royal Institute of British Architects and Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Proceedings
Discussed“In another book called Anson's Gold, a fellow named George Edmund says that we have to remember George Anson was a naval man—he was an admiral! And George Edmund argues that Anson created this cipher to hide the latitude and longitude of an island where he had buried or discovered a huge Spanish treasure! Oh, it's a treasure map!”
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The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail
Discussed“and then we have a returning school of thought from a previous episode in 1982 the author of a book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln is a 1982 pseudohistorical book that speculates on alternative Christian history, including the bloodline of Jesus and the Priory of Sion.
Discussed“In 1982, the author of a book called The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail speculated that the painter you had mentioned earlier, uh, Poussin, was a member of what's called the Priory of Sion! And we remember we interviewed, uh, the daughter of one of the authors; Vent was her last name, I believe! Uh, fascinating story!”
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The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is one of the best-selling mystery thriller novels in history, blending cryptography, religious history, and secret societies.
Discussed“Dan Brown leans very heavily on this in one of his books at least in the D Vinci Code”
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