A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world ...

Harvard Law School's document labeled as an unofficial copy since 1946 is actually an original Magna Carta from 1300. Professors David Carpenter and Nicholas Vincent confirmed its authenticity through ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...

"It is, in a way, the last Magna Carta ... the final emphatic Magna Carta," Carpenter says. Searching through Harvard's digital archives, there were a few giveaways that tipped Carpenter off that ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded ...

An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...

At a moment when Harvard is battling the Trump administration, a scholar who helped discover the charter said it was an “almost providential” find.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna ...

A manuscript once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to two UK academics. It remained ...

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, “one of the world’s most valuable documents,” a British researcher said Thursday.

University bought faded document for less than US$30; researchers have concluded it is a rare version from 1300 issued by England's Edward I Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy ...