A medieval chess piece missing for almost 200 years has sold for £735,000 at auction. The piece, bought for £5 in 1964 by an antiques dealer and passed down through their family, has hit a new record ...

LONDON, UK — A 900-year-old Viking chess piece bought for a few dollars in the 1960s has sold at auction for 735,000 pounds ($927,000). The 3 1/2-inch (8.8-centimeter) Lewis Chessman sold to an ...

The recently discovered Lewis Chessmen piece (photo courtesy Sotheby’s) At a Sotheby’s sale on July 2, one of the famous Lewis Chessmen pieces sold for £735,000 (~$927,423) — 55 years after it was ...

LONDON, UK — A chess piece purchased for a few pounds (dollars) by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964 has been identified as one of the 900-year-old Lewis Chessmen, among the greatest artifacts of ...

Some of the historic Lewis Chessmen have gone on display on the island where they were found more than 150 years ago. More than 30 of the 12th Century pieces are being shown at the exhibition at ...

The “iconic” Lewis chessmen have been redisplayed in a case which allows visitors to see their backs for the first time. The display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh means people can ...

The mystery-thriller combines DNA science, historical mystery, and the search for a missing medieval treasure. “Ivory Bones” challenges us to consider how much of our past defines who we are, and how ...