Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the book ...

Instead of commonplace designs like flowers or snowflakes, seamstress Celestia A. Milliken decorated her colorful quilt in 1908 with the square and compass and 70 other secret symbols of Freemasonry.

Centuries before Jimmy Choo shoes and Louis Vuitton luggage, Freemasons were the fashionistas of their times, wearing bejeweled sashes and aprons adorned with esoteric symbols dating back to King ...

Elgin officials will attempt to preserve the Masonic symbols on a historic city building after they are removed by the church that now owns it. At issue are images of a square, compass and the letter ...

Since long before The Lost Symbol, Freemasons have been accused of everything from conspiring with extraterrestrials to practicing sexual deviancy to engaging in occult rituals to running the world—or ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the form of a book, featuring incised decoration of various Masonic symbols, including a compass enclosed in an ...

The plot of Dan Brown's "Lost Symbol" was kept secret until its release. Sept. 15, 2009— -- This time, it's not a fanciful yarn about the holy father's deep dark secrets. Instead, the ...

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MASONIC symbols "hidden" in a portait of Robert Burns have been uncovered for the first time. The tiny signs, which are invisible to the naked eye, were found painted into a picture of the Bard and ...