Kapitel 39: Chapter 38

At Jerome's question, Efron scratched his multi-day beard and replied.

"What do you want to know?"

"If you have any idea if the Holy Grail is or has been located in Acre, more precisely in these underground ruins."

Again the Israeli took a measured stance and then, as if deciding to trust his interlocutors, he said.

“Every archaeologist working in Israel and the Middle East in general has wondered about the fate of the most famous relic on the planet. I have consulted with numerous colleagues and most of us share the opinion that I am going to explain to you now.

“It is a generally accepted fact that the Templars kept in their headquarters in the Temple on the Mount in Jerusalem an object that they considered to be the authentic Chalice in which Christ gave his disciples to drink at the Last Supper, and in which his blood was collected on the cross.