An as-yet indecipherable inscription on a sword dating back to 800 years ago has researchers at the British Library flummoxed. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as ...

“+NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI+” — Does that mean anything to you? The British Library has been trying to decipher the inscription on a 13th-century sword, and has come up with nothing. So now it’s your turn to ...

Could a mystery that’s stumped historians for nearly two centuries be solved by internet commenters? The British Library thinks it’s worth a try. It recently asked the web for help in unlocking the ...

The expression “a man’s home is his castle” has never been more literal than in the home of DeWayne Walker, where the walls of his office look more like a medieval war chest than a Wall Street war ...

A young British girl swimming at a lake in the United Kingdom believed to hold the legendary King Arthur’s famous sword happened upon a shiny sword herself. Matilda Jones, 7, was swimming with family ...

A SOLDIER’S account of the moment that turned the tide of the Battle of Waterloo and left British swords “reeking with French Blood” has been unearthed after 200 years. Corporal Richard Coulter was in ...