Every chess-set shows a society at war ... case that some or all of the Chessmen should be returned back to the Isle of Lewis. That's a comparatively modern controversy though.

If you are a Harry Potter fan, you might remember that one of the movies showed an Isle of Lewis chess set whose pieces moved in response to a player’s voice commands. This feat has been oft ...

The chessmen were found buried in a sand dune on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 but the ... Sotheby's said the price set a new record for a medieval chess piece at auction. The Edinburgh antiques ...

from at least four chess sets as well as other games. The pieces are on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh (Mark Waugh/Alamy/PA) At the time the pieces were made, Lewis was part ...

The chessmen were found on the Isle of Lewis in 1831 but the whereabouts ... four warders have been missing from the four combined chess sets. The newly-discovered piece is a warder, a man with ...

Every chess-set shows a society at war ... case that some or all of the Chessmen should be returned back to the Isle of Lewis. That's a comparatively modern controversy though.

The chess pieces are intricately ... Ireland or the Isle of Man to sell the highly-prized playing sets. However given that Lewis was home to powerful people with close ties to Norway, the pieces ...