What has attracted readers to "The Da Vinci Code" is its central theme, which Dan Brown claims is not fiction but fact — that a mysterious European society, known as the Priory of Sion ...

Alas, the whole basis of The Da Vinci Code--the "discovered" parchments of Rennes-le-Ch?teau, relating to the alleged Priory of Sion--were part of a hoax perpetrated by a man named Pierre Plantard.

Without the Priory of Sion to hold the Grail conspiracy theory together, most of the provocative "evidence" Brown presents in "The Da Vinci Code" crumbles. Take that supposedly ambiguous figure to ...

“The Da Vinci Code” film is as powerful ... a patina of authority in the book’s opening words: “FACT: The Priory of Sion — a European secret society founded in 1099 — is a real ...

To help prepare for your weekend viewing pleasure or outrage, here’s a brief breakdown of some of the organizations and artifacts in “The Da Vinci Code:” _ The Priory of Sion: It’s a scam.

Like other historical sleuths, Price contends that the secret society cited in "The Da Vinci Code," known as the Priory of Sion, was largely made up in the 1950s by a right-wing Frenchman named ...

When Dan Brown published "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003 ... working behind the scenes of established religion. Brown's Priory of Sion and Opus Dei find their counterpart in Brooks' Ramorosso ...

In all seriousness, it’s unlikely that “The Da Vinci Code” will undermine anyone ... theory involving Leonardo Da Vinci, the Priory of Sion cabal and the Catholic organization known ...