Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...

It languished in obscurity for decades—a stained, neglected parchment dismissed as a mere copy. But now, a manuscript tucked ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

For decades, Harvard Law School has had a copy of the Magna Carta in its library. Recently, pair of historians discovered ...

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

Harvard Law School recently discovered a treasure that had been hiding in its library for decade. Two British academics say ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...