Update, October 8, 2009: Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol takes readers on a spine-tingling tour of some of Washington, D.C.'s most famous buildings. With Masonic symbolism as its theme, the book ...

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.

What’s all the hype about Blue Ivy Carter’s name? Apparently, it is so significant that Jay Z and Beyoncé have tried to trademark it. Why the name ‘Blue’? People have long questioned Jay Z’s ...

BARTOW - Inside the Bartow Masonic Temple, a lodge of Freemasons, are displayed photos of past leaders of this local group of civic-minded men. The photo gallery of "Worshipful Masters," meaning ...

Freemasons have the jitters. They fear that the District of Columbia, rich in Masonic history and symbolism, will be in the cross hairs of the coming sequel to Dan Brown’s bestseller, The Da Vinci ...

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 ...

The plot of Dan Brown's "Lost Symbol" was kept secret until its release. Sept. 15, 2009— -- This time, it's not a fanciful yarn about the holy father's deep dark secrets. Instead, the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- At every corner, beneath you and above you and to all sides, the inscrutably familiar symbolism of the Freemason organization is hidden in plain sight. This historic home is like a ...

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 ...