Rosslyn Chapel Comes Alive
WHAT do the incredible carvings within the grey walls of Rosslyn Chapel really mean? How have the Knights Templar and Masons played a role in the chapel and the family who built the spectacular 15th-century structure right here in Scotland?
These questions and more will be examined in a special five-part video podcast series on Rosslyn Chapel, presented exclusively by Heritage & Culture, the popular website on all things Scottish from scotsman.com.
Join us next week when we take you on a visual tour through the chapel to learn more about the myths and the mysteries. Diane Maclean will present a clear picture on the many issues surrounding this amazing house of worship near Edinburgh.
The podcast follows our successful launch in February of Close Encounters, a glimpse into the dark secrets that lay behind the many narrow lanes - or closes - in the Scottish capital. This marked the first known video podcast by any British newspaper website and was downloaded - either onto a computer or a video iTune player - more than 50,000 times in the first month.
To view next week's podcasts - a new one will be presented each day, Monday through Friday - all you have to do is sign up to receive a feed direct to your computer. (What is podcasting? See our FAQs here.)
In addition to the video podcasts, we will be offering a chance to attend a workshop near Roslin, the small village home to Rosslyn Chapel. The subject of the one-day workshop: "In Search of the Grail". Join us next week to find out how you can take part.
You can also read how The Scotsman's newspaper covered stories about Rosslyn Chapel in the 19th century, thanks to free excerpts from our Digital Archive.
Also watch this space next week for full details of exciting news from our friends at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.
For more than a year Heritage & Culture have been publishing features about the chapel, the Knights Templar, the Sinclair family and much more. Here's a glance at the Top Ten most-read Rosslyn-related features from our site:
1. The many mysteries of Rosslyn Chapel, 20 January 2005
2. The Grail, Jesus's children and Stone Age lasers: Scotland's madder myths, 15 April 2005
3. Rosslyn Chapel's extraordinary carvings explained at last, 13 October 2005
4. In search of the Holy Grail, 7 July 2005
5. Rosslyn, ley lines and the baron knights, 22 September 2005
6. The ship of dreams, 12 May 2005
7. Picture-mystery tour of Rosslyn Chapel, 21 July 2005
8. Knights Templar, 8 February 2005
9. Rosslyn, Templars, Gypsies and the Battle of Bannockburn, 10 November 2005
10. Esoteric secrets, Scottish Freemasonry and the building of the American dream, 20 April 2006
And you thought Dan Brown gave you something to read about! These are all quite compelling stories.
If you wish to read more on Rosslyn Chapel, we have even grouped together all stories from Heritage & Culture and our sister newspapers - The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening News and Scotland on Sunday - into one convenient package: Rosslyn Chapel
You can also receive a feed of Rosslyn Chapel stories as they are published by signing up here.
So, don't forget to join us next week for all the fun. The Rosslyn Chapel podcast, plus many more surprises.
Source: http://heritage.scotsman.com/people.cfm?id=550502006
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