History & Ancient Civilizations Theories

The claim that the Knights Templar — officially dissolved in 1312 by Pope Clement V after the arrests of October 13, 1307 — secretly survived through successor organizations including the Freemasons, the Priory of Sion, and modern Templar orders.

A fabricated antisemitic text, first published in Russia in 1903, claiming to document a Jewish plan for world domination. Extensively proven a forgery — plagiarized from Maurice Joly's 1864 Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu (a satire about Napoleon III, not Jews).

The theory that the Great Pyramids of Giza could not have been built with the tools and techniques available to ancient Egyptians, suggesting involvement of a lost civilization, advanced ancient technology, or extraterrestrial assistance.