The third instalment in the Indiana Jones series saw the archaeologist and his father search for the Holy Grail while fighting the Nazis.

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And the search for the Holy Grail still stands up over time, even after The DaVinci Code changed the meaning of that term.

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The link between these tales appears to be a tree, the life-giving properties of which have turned it into a grail for those in search of eternity.

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