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  In the movie National Treasure with Nicolas Cage, he is searching for the treasure of the knights templar. They were an order of knights that became fabulously wealthy in the middle ages. Considered the fathers of the modern banking system, they owned Cyprus and a large fleet of ships.   Have you ever wondered why Friday the 13th is considered bad luck? It is because on October 13, 1307, the king of France decided it was easier to slaughter the Templar than to repay the funds he had barrowed. But he did not arrest, torture and murder them all. Many escaped, and their fleet of ships vanished overnight, with, many believe, a great treasure.   What I find fascinating is that the original five members of the Templar went looking for something beneath Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. One of the founders of the order was a Jewish French nobleman able to trace his linage back to King David. And, since Solomon, the richest man in the world at the time, was King David's son, i...