A rare original of the Magna Carta dating back to 1300 was discovered in the archives of Harvard Law School, where it had been mislabeled as a mere copy. For decades, Harvard University believed it ...

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 it ...

The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, when King John met with the Barons at Runnymede, a meadow on the south bank of the River Thames, just outside London. It is considered one of the most ...

Oxford University's Oriel College is set to show a rare Magna Carta engrossment to the public for free this summer.

A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price”, has been uncovered 80 years after it was wrongly catalogued. The remarkable discovery was made by Professor David ...

This previously overlooked Magna Carta belonging to the Sandwich Town Council was discovered in archives in Kent. (Kent County Council) An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered in a ...

Commemorate the storied document's 800th anniversary with a few special accessories. Illustration by Shaylyn Esposito Famous stick-in-the-mud Oliver Cromwell may have once dismissed the Magna Carta as ...

Standing modestly in a solitary field in Runnymede is a commemoration to a moment when Britain became great. The sealing of the Magna Carta – “the Great Charter of the Liberties” – 800 years ago today ...

In an eleven-minute video, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed credit for the Charlie Hebdo massacre, calling it “a new turning point in the history of confrontation.” The video also cited ...

For centuries the Magna Carta, or "Great Charter," has been held up as an enduring symbol of freedom and democracy. It was signed, or more accurately sealed, by England's King John on June 15, 1215, ...

The British Library is now showing original manuscripts of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, the first time they've come to the United Kingdom. But those documents are not ...