Art: Lost Throne. 2 minute read. TIME. May 29, 1939 12:00 AM GMT-4. B efore Peiping fell to the Japanese in 1937, two hallowed objects were smuggled out of its ancient Forbidden City.

PHILADELPHIA — A 9-inch ivory sculpture found decades ago in Greece may be part of the lost throne of King Midas, a University of Pennsylvania archaeologist said. The throne belonging to the ...

He was the last English king to die in battle. A Shakespearean tragedy bears his name. But it took centuries to locate the remains of Richard III—the last ruler of the House of York.