Mysterious chess pieces go on display

On this day in 1831, nearly 80 newly discovered chess pieces were exhibited at Edinburgh’s Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. No one knew how they had ended up in the sand bank on the Isle of Lewis where they were found, though the mystery only added to their charm. It’s generally thought today that the pieces are Norwegian and were carved in the late 12th or early 13th century. They shed light on the medieval spread of chess across Europe.

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