(CNN)-- A $6 purchase turned into a major windfall for one family following an auction in London on Tuesday. The Lewis Warder, one of the most famous chess pieces in the world, sold for $929,000 ...

Medieval Game Pieces Unearthed Beneath a Castle in Germany The “excellently preserved” chess knight, six-sided die and several other pieces are all about 1,000 years old ...

A Medieval Chess Piece Potentially Worth $1.2 Million Languished in a ... the Lewis Chessmen, were part of a hoard of 93 artifacts, including 78 seated kings and queens, bishops, knights, ...

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But while 82 pieces from the hoard are now displayed at the British Museum, and 11 pieces in the National Museum of Scotland, one knight and four warders — needed to complete these chess sets ...

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Archaeology & History Medieval Game Pieces Emerge From the Ruins of a Mysterious German Castle. Among them are a six-sided die and a chess piece whose surface is worn from use.

Chess pieces from the early days of the game are very rare. During archaeological excavations at a forgotten castle in southern Germany, an excellently preserved knight piece has now been discovered.