Lloyds TSB Announces Winner of Replica Lewis Chess Set by MNH The arrival of the Lewis Chessmen has proven to be a popular attraction for visitors to the Manx Museum and for one lucky visitor in particular thanks to exhibition...
The Lewis Chessmen: Humor Is Cultural
The Lewis Chessmen: Humor Is Cultural Medieval figures enchant at the MetBy Betsy KimCreated: March 20, 2012Last Updated: March 20, 2012 NEW YORK—The diminutive, delicately carved, 12th century Lewis chessmen face off in an endgame at the Cloisters, the...
The Lewis Chessmen
The Lewis ChessmenBy Chip Brill We are pleased to introduce The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked, available now from Woodstocker Books. The material on the book is being sent both as an attachment and embedded in the body of this email....
New theories for the Lewis Chess Men
31.07.2011 | 09:44 New Theory: The Lewis Chess Pieces Stem from Iceland The discovery of a chess piece at Siglunes reported yesterday has strengthened engineer and chess enthusiast Gudmundur G. Thórarinsson in his belief in his new theory that...
Lewis Chessmen challenge
Grandmaster Colin McNab in Lewis Chessmen challenge19 July 2011 Last updated at 20:31 ET Chess grandmaster Dr Colin McNab is challenging players on the Western Isles to take him on in a tournament celebrating the Lewis Chessmen. Thirty of...
Going home
Lewis chess pieces return to islandssixteen years since historic collection was in lewisPublished: 16/04/2011 Some of the famous Lewis chessmen returned to their “home” and went on display yesterday. The summer-long event at Museum nan Eilean, Stornoway follows a...
Lewis Chessmen exhibition
Only few days left to see Lewis Chessmen exhibitionAnyone interested in seeing the sensational Lewis Chessmen exhibition currently on display at Aberdeen Art Gallery has until this Sunday [09 January 2011] to check it out. The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked...
The Lewis Chessmen, Up Close
The Lewis Chessmen, Up CloseAug 19 2010, 10:55 AM ET David Shenk is a writer on genetics, talent and intelligence. He is the author of Data Smog, The Forgetting, and most recently, The Genius In All of Us. Today,...
Lewis chessmen must stay
Lewis chessmen must stay in British Museum, minister saysPublished Date: 11 March 2010By David Maddox A PROPOSAL to create a wing of the British Museum on the Isle of Lewis to house the famous chess pieces found there was...
Doubts?
Doubts cast on Chessmen originsPage last updated at 10:38 GMTTuesday, 10 November 2009 New research has cast doubt on traditional theories about the historic Lewis Chessmen. The 93 pieces – currently split between museums in Edinburgh and London –...