And he does but Abigail Chase the curator of the National Archives, where it is kept, discovers what he has done and tries to stop him but gets caught in the crossfire between Ben and Ian, so Ben takes her with him. So Ben takes it upon himself to steal it in order to protect it. But Ben evades him and tries to warn the authorities about Ian's plans but they don't believe him. Now one of his associates Ian wants to steal it so that they could get the clue but Ben refuses to do it so he tries to kill Ben. Now Ben thinks he has found it but it only leads him to another clue which is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now his grandfather believes that the forefathers' buried a treasure somewhere in the country and have placed clues everywhere but unfortunately the clues are highly cryptic and scaterred all over the place. But he didn't listen to his father, and he did everything to discover the treasure even though his life was in danger.īen Gates comes from a family of treasure hunters. But the last descendant named Benjamin Franklin Gates continued the search, his father asking him to stop, telling him that the treasure was only a myth. Rest of the story is about how Ben, his partner Riley and Abigail decrypts the clues and rescues the national treasure without getting to the hands of Ian.įor several generations, a clan has been searching for a clue to discover where the so-called national treasure is hidden, until they have given up. Ben meets 'Abigail Chase' the curator of the archives when he steals the document. Ben determines to steal the 'Declaration of Independence' in order to protect it from Ian. When Ben tips FBI about the possible theft, they refused to believe him. Ben refuses to Ian's plan and they become hostile. Plot takes a twist when Ben's accomplice Ian decides to steal 'Declaration of Independence' for the next clue. Benjamin's father abhors treasure hunting, as he himself lost 20 years in chasing the treasure without success. The treasure is stashed somewhere in the country and the clue leading to the treasure chest is cyphered and scattered all over the country.
A historian races to find the legendary Templar Treasure before a team of mercenaries.īenjamin Franklin Gates, a pedigree of the treasure hunter family who learns about a national treasure from his grandfather.