Artists have created a 2m-high replica of one of the iconic Lewis Chessmen using more than 90,000 Lego bricks. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

A replica of the Lewis Chessmen is used in the game of “Wizard’s Chess” played in the first Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” ...

A replica of the Lewis Chessmen is used in the game of “Wizard’s Chess” played in the first Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.” ...

LONDON (AP) — A chess piece purchased for a few pounds (dollars) by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964 has been identified as one of the 900-year-old Lewis Chessmen, among the greatest ...

The Lewis Chessmen piece - a 3½in (8.8cm) warder, the equivalent of a rook - was bought for £5 in 1964 by an antiques dealer and passed down through their family. The Chessmen were found buried ...

Part of the Lewis Chessmen set, it was previously acquired for $6 by an antiques dealer in Scotland in 1964. Its medieval provenance apparently unknown to the buyer, it was stored away in a drawer ...

The medieval craftsman, carving into walrus tusk ivory, was careful to detail the intricacies of the Norse warder. The bearded guard holds a sword at attention, a shield to his left. A long beard ...

When an antiques dealer in Scotland bought an ivory chessman for £5 ($6) in 1964, he probably had no inkling that he had taken possession of one of the most famous chess pieces in the world.

The Lewis Chessmen are intricate, expressive chess pieces in the form of Norse warriors, carved from walrus ivory in the 12th century. A hoard of 93 pieces was discovered in 1831 on Scotland’s ...

The name rook comes from Persian word rukh, which means chariot, and was the original Indian form of the modern castle Few objects compete with the Lewis chessmen in terms of their popular appeal.