The stamps feature six of the Lewis Chessmen against a backdrop of the Chronicles of Man Manx National Heritage (MNH) have expressed their "extreme gratitude" to the British Museum for the loan of ...

The Lewis Chessmen: ... In 2014 Scotland voted against independence, and the chessmen remain at the British Museum. 12. Six Chessman have returned “home” to the Isle of Lewis.

Talk @ British Museum: Lewis Chessmen. By Rachel Holdsworth Last edited 178 months ago. ... Every now and again the British Museum staff or other experts give free talks about the brilliant ...

The historic Lewis chessmen could be housed in an extension of the British Museum built on the Western Isles, the islands SNP MP has suggested. Angus MacNeil told a debate in Westminster that most, if ...

Of all 13,000 objects in the British Museum that are made of ivory, the Lewis Chessmen are perhaps the most revered. The exhibit is easy to spot among the numerous display cases in the museum’s ...

They came into the possession of the British Museum in 1816 after they were purchased from a man called Thomas Bruce for the sum of £35,000. Bruce, ... The Lewis Chessmen.

THE deputy chairman of the British Museum all but closed the door on the complete return of the Lewis chessmen to Scotland yesterday, even as a 16-month tour of 30 historic pieces to four venues ...

Manx National Heritage (MNH) have expressed their "extreme gratitude" to the British Museum for the loan of the ancient Lewis Chessmen. The 12th Century chess set, made out of elaborately worked ...

Manx National Heritage (MNH) have expressed their "extreme gratitude" to the British Museum for the loan of the ancient Lewis Chessmen. The 12th Century chess set, made out of elaborately worked ...

Manx National Heritage express their "extreme gratitude" to the British Museum for the loan of the iconic Lewis Chessmen.