The Vatican opens its Secret Archives to dispel Dan Brown myths
After centuries of being kept under lock and key, the Vatican has started opening its Secret Archives to outsiders in a bid to dispel the myths and mystique created by works of fiction such as Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons.
Nick Squires - 27 May 2010
The archives, until now jealously guarded from prying eyes, provide one of the key settings in Brown’s thriller, in which Harvard “symbologist” Robert Langdon, played in the 2009 film by Tom Hanks, races against time to stop a secret religious order, the Illuminati, from destroying Vatican City.
In the movie, the Secret Archives are portrayed as a hi-tech cross between the Pentagon and the lair of a James Bond baddy, complete with bullet proof glass and swish steel elevators.
In reality, the archives rely on disarmingly old-fashioned technology, with a creaking metal lift connecting different floors and millions of documents catalogued in 1,300 parchment-bound inventories dating back centuries.
They have been open to carefully vetted academic researchers for more than 100 years, but in the last few months the Vatican has granted tours to select groups of journalists and members of the public, allowing a glimpse into one of its inner most sanctums.
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July 19th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
the vatican are the illuminati or illuminated ones !you think we are all daft you flaunt in our faces daily all your dirty tricks.you are rapists,paedophiles just like george bush, andy flannery told me all this and if he is lying take me to court (public)
July 31st, 2010 at 9:26 pm
Hi Jamie, you maybe right 1%. But I may say you are wrong 99%. Not all vatican clerics are rapist, paedodophiles, etc.
Your statement is very, very , very irresponsible.
Irresposible people are very dangerous, They influence some people who are ignorant in the wrong way.
Thanks 1% and no thanks 99%
Be careful with your words. Words are thoughts expressed. Thoughts are energy and energy is the ruling force of the universe
Diego
Public
August 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I agree with both sides of your oppinions. In light of the views of jamie i believe that religious leaders in one of the largest religious beliefs in the world, should not be aloud to hold the positions of leaders in any form when they commit such outrageous acts. However i do agree with diego when u say that the tounge is a powerful source and we should watch what we say. But as a free thinker i challenge u to open your mind with a gaurded heart and look into the works of alex jones, john todd and others you may find that what u discover will suprise u and give u a more broad and balanced outlook on life. Again not taking sides but it never hurts to hear the entire side of anothers oppinion.