The discovery is a reminder of the principles of governance that have guided this nation for nearly 250 years.

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...

"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...

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

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

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...

The library of Harvard Law School bought a tattered document for $27.50 back in 1946, and records described it as […] ...

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

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an ...