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  • Although the tomb is much nearer to the village of Serres, the word Arques is too close to that of Arcadia not to be exploited.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Although the tomb is much nearer to the village of Serres, the word Arques is too close to that of Arcadia not to be exploited.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Her life had exploded when she discovered an ancient manuscript in a French village called Arques, a legendary gospel written in the hand of the apostle Mary Magdalene herself.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • His officers at Dieppe had caused all their papers to be seized and taken to the king, and he had shut up one of their number in the castle of Arques, which is situated at a short distance from Dieppe.

    Margaret of Anjou Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

  • Maureen’s discovery of what was now known as the Arques gospel had led her to write her first international best seller about the legacy of Mary Magdalene.

    The Poet Prince KATHLEEN MCGOWAN 2010

  • Beside it, the Sieur d'Arques 'affection showed somewhat tawdry, and Mélite began to reflect that, after all, she had liked Adhelmar almost as well.

    The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918

  • However, there is yet another layer of mystification, this time surrounding the so-called Arques tomb, a roadside monument that—until the landowner became fed up with treasure hunters and dynamited it in 1988—stood just south of the road from Couiza to the village of Arques.109The tomb and its setting closely resembled the background of Poussin’s painting, which even includes the hill on which Rennes-le-Château stands.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • However, there is yet another layer of mystification, this time surrounding the so-called Arques tomb, a roadside monument that—until the landowner became fed up with treasure hunters and dynamited it in 1988—stood just south of the road from Couiza to the village of Arques.109The tomb and its setting closely resembled the background of Poussin’s painting, which even includes the hill on which Rennes-le-Château stands.

    The Sion Revelation Lynn Picknett 2006

  • The Sieur d'Arques's director claimed that he "did not remember" after the former employee produced emails to the court apparently implicating him and the group's chief executive in the alleged fraud.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • Beer-fueled engineers were arguing over the cryptic diagrams scribbled on napkins at the Wagon Wheel on Middlefield, at Moria or Arques, and at the old Hofbrau beer garden out on Maude long before HP or intel or AMD. kid destroyer says:

    Matthew Yglesias » What Really Matters in Higher Education 2010

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