David Franks:
It's my father's notes.
[reads]
David Franks:
The 8th crusade, sponsored by Louis XIV, and led by the Medici Brothers...
Professor Franks:
[narrating]
Three Venetian knights who assembled an army of crusaders that marched across Europe, paying a swatch of destruction and death. They pillared and plundered everything in their path, on their way to the old Byzantine port of Antonia. There for 20 days and 20 nights they laid siege to the city. The fighting was furious, but the Antonians were no match for the ruthless invaders. When the battlements were breached, the city fell, the streets ran red with blood on their merciless quest. They tortured anyone and everyone, and if they did not get the information they wanted,
[crusader cuts off a peasant's head]
Professor Franks:
Legend has it that the Medicis knew of the existence of King Solomon's treasures in Antonia, which had been transported centuries earlier on a galleon called Stout. The Medicis' cruelty and inhumanity paid off. They found the entrance to the long long treasure and inside found what so many had thirsted for. They plundered the King's chamber and with the help of Marco Polo's fleet, brought the treasure by boat back to Venice. There were those who wanted what the Medicis had, the brothers hid the treasure beneath the floating city, and murdered all those who helped them bury it. Shortly after, they were murdered themselves, and the treasure was lost again.
Sofia Totti:
Sounds like some kind of wild fantasy.
Laura:
Pieces of the Medicis' treasure have been recovered, but very few.
Sofia Totti:
How would you know?
David Franks:
She's an expert. In the Medieval time period, she's really smart.
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