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The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'

The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with ...
Smithsonian Magazine

When the Bayeaux Tapestry Makes Its Historic Return to England, the British Government Will Insure It for More Than $1 Billion

The famed Bayeux Tapestry is returning to England in 2026 for the first time in more than 900 years. When the embroidered ...

Is This Inscribed Stone a Notorious Forgery—or the Answer to America’s Oldest Mystery?

Scholars will take a fresh look at the authenticity of a rock purporting to reveal the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke ...
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Forgery of sterling currency: When Tangier unraveled Germany’s Operation Bernhard

In 1943, a British bank in Tangier spotted, for the first time, samples of counterfeits, putting an end to the mass forgery of Sterling currency. The operation was initiated by Nazi Germany to destroy ...