But what exactly does all that symbolism mean, and where did it come from? Browse this gallery and peek inside the secretive ...

Many people -- including some Freemasons -- say it's a Masonic symbol, but that's not the case. UCLA's Margaret Jacob says these symbols have been used by many different groups, including Masons ...

To separate Freemason fact from Lost Symbol-style myth, National Geographic News went inside the centuries-old order with two Masons and a historian of the ancient Christian order from which some ...

Emblem Of The Masonic Lodge Flaming Star | Heritage Images/GettyImages. Symbols have long been crucial to Freemasonry. They’re used to codify and communicate important Masonic ideas and values ...

For 200 years, Freemasonry was exclusively for men. The first female lodge in the UK opened in 1908, and there are now two lodges in England, with around 4,700 members.

Freemasonry emblem (kaetana/Shutterstock) ... Masons, as members are called, progress through varying “degrees,” each of which requires its own unique initiation rituals and oaths.

BBC News heads to a Freemasonry temple to put questions about the group to members inside. ... Symbols "and certain tools" - all linked to stonemasonry - are used during ceremonies, he said.

Notre-Dame “the temple of the antichrist”? At least this is what some users claim on social media, after seeing images of the newly restored cathedral during Emmanuel Macron’s last visit ...