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 ...

Several Masonic signs have been found 'hidden' in paintings of Scotland's bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols have been painted in minute detail in a paintings by Alexander Nasmyth, a ...

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.

A series of Masonic signs have been found “hidden” in paintings of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns. Tiny letters and symbols - such as a comet and hooded figures - have been painted in minute detail ...

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 ...

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Littered in the numerous conspiracy theories that are floated online are stories of the secretive - but very real - Freemasons. These Masons are said by some to be the men who secretly pull the ...

Specialist Jerry Brannigan noticed the tiny marks on a picture of The Bard after it was cleaned up MASONIC symbols “hidden” in a portait of Robert Burns have been uncovered for the first time. The ...

Stunning portrait of the poet thought to be hiding a secret that's gone unnoticed for 230 years A series of Masonic signs have been found “hidden” in paintings of Scotland’s bard Robert Burns. Tiny ...

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 ...