British academics have identified a document in Harvard Law School's library as an original version of Magna Carta from 1300.

There's a new reason to go through that pile of papers you've plunked somewhere. Tests have established that a supposedly ...

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

It had been labeled as a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta, "somewhat rubbed and damp-stained," according to the archive's description. But Carpenter knew almost immediately when he opened the document ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded ...