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Medieval Crowns and Scepters Discovered Hidden Inside the Walls of a Crypt Beneath a Lithuanian Cathedral
The royal treasures were stashed away at the beginning of World War II. Experts knew the trove existed, but previous attempts ...
Royal treasures hidden in cathedral crypt were lost for decades — until now. See them
A cathedral in Lithuania hid the 450-year-old treasures ahead of World War II, then spent 85 years looking for them.
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Lithuania mourns Russian Orthodox leader of different era
Metropolitan Chrysostomos, who headed of the Vilnius-Lithuania Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church from 1990 to 2010, died ...
Incredible Royal crown from 500-years-ago discovered bricked up in crypt after being hidden from Nazis in WW2
A STUNNING Royal crown is amongst a stash of medieval treasure discovered in a secret underground chamber where it was hidden ...
16th-Century Royal Burial Treasures Found in Lithuania’s Vilnius Cathedral
A remarkable discovery has been made in Lithuania's Vilnius Cathedral, where 16th-century royal burial regalia were recovered after being concealed for nearly a century. The artefacts, including ...
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Crowns and Scepters Discovered Hidden Inside the Walls Beneath a Lithuanian Cathedral
The items included the funerary crown of Alexander Jagellion, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1501 and ...