A group of scientists believe the Holy Grail and other lost objects, which according to Christian mythology were guarded by the Knights Templar, may be located at Kjölur in the center of the Icelandic highlands.
“There is strong indication that the solution to this mystery may be found in Iceland,” architect Thórarinn Thórarinsson wrote in a letter to the local authority, requesting permission for himself and Italian cryptographer Giancarlo Gianazza to search for the treasure in the region.
According to visir.is, Gianazza believes to have found important clues to where the Holy Grail is hidden in poems by Dante and artwork by Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance painters. His research has led him to conclude that the treasure is located in a five-meter-large secret underground dome by Skipholtskrókar near Kjölur mountain pass.
One of the clues is a consistency between da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper and an aerial photograph of the area.
The theory is that the Knights Templar came to Iceland in 1217 to find a hiding place for their treasure and that Snorri Sturluson, the author of Prose Edda and other medieval scripts, helped them create the underground dome in Iceland’s central highlands.
“We have investigated that place since 2004 with field work both in summer and winter and undertaken extensive geological measurements,” Thórarinsson said in his letter. “The information that we have gathered during these trips as well as further research of original sources give us reason to investigate the area in more detail.”
Thórarinn was given permission by the local authority of Hrunamannahreppur to dig a two-meter-deep and five-meter-wide ditch by Skipholtskrókar with the condition that the ditch will be closed after the research is done.
Read more:
http://www.gopfrettir.net/GiancarloGianazza/torg.htm
http://www.renneslechateau.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1830
Here are some other Da Vinci blogs and theories:
http://davinci.wordpress.com/2006/05/27/the-last-supper-and-its-clues
http://www.brownianemotion.org/2007/08/02/da-vincis-last-supper-denunked/trackback/
http://www.italymag.co.uk/italy_regions/piedmont_lombardy_valle_d_aosta/2007/arts/