It is a 17th-century replacement for a medieval one that was said to belong to the Saxon king Edward the Confessor, which was melted down by anti-royalists in 1649. The Print Collector/Age Fotostock ...

Edward the Confessor, the Anglo-Saxon king who was later made a saint, ... where each footstep seems to bring you to another chapel and tomb. The abbey is dramatic in two senses.

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

King Midas is the stuff of legend. Ancient Greek tales tell of a Phrygian ruler granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold. No monarch ever actually possessed a divine touch (or donkey ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a royal tomb linked to King Midas' family in Turkey, revealing bronze vessels and insights ...

Archaeologists have discovered an 8th-century tomb in Turkey that is potentially connected to King Midas — and contains rare ...

Crouched by King Tut’s stone sarcophagus, National Geographic technicians Eric Berkenpas and Alan Turchik prepare the radar unit to scan the tomb’s walls.

The royal family released a statement from Prince Edward's key engagement, in which he celebrated the thoughtful efforts of his brother, King Charles. The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Royal ...

Hundreds of miles away from the Royal Family, King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson were married in a low-key wedding ceremony 88 years ago today. It was highly unusual, ...

Archaeologists have found a 2,800-year-old royal tomb located near King Midas’s former home in Turkey, the country’s news agency, Anadolu Ajansı, reported. Scientists excavating a site in ...

The discovery was made at the Gordion archaeological site which is located around 60 miles southwest of Ankara ...