Mark Royden, 47, has been jailed for four years after trying to steal the Magna Carta A hammer-wielding thief who attempted an extraordinary smash-and-grab on Salisbury Cathedral’s Magna Carta has been jailed for four years. Mark Royden, 47, tried to steal the 800-year-old ‘priceless’ document yet failed to break through the toughened glass box. With … Read more
Mark Royden, 47, has been jailed for four years after trying to steal the Magna Carta A hammer-wielding thief who attempted an extraordinary smash-and-grab on Salisbury Cathedral’s Magna Carta has been jailed for four years. Mark Royden, 47, tried to steal the 800-year-old ‘priceless’ document yet failed to break through the toughened glass box. With … Read more
‘Priceless’ Mayan wall paintings discovered in a house in Guatemala blend indigenous techniques with colonial-era Spanish motifs, researchers have revealed. The artworks — thought to date back to around 1524–1821 AD — were first uncovered in 2003 during renovations of the property, which lies in the town of Chajul. Wall art from this period is normally … Read more