The mysterious inscription on the Stone of Destiny used in British coronations since the 13th century may have been solved.

The researcher who is trying to trace the “hidden” fragments of the Stone of Destiny believes she has decoded another mystery of the ancient artefact – Roman numerals which were etched on to it.

She has also tracked the fate of other, more official, fragments of the Stone of Scone which were taken as geological samples in the 19th century. The Stone of Destiny was moved to its new home at ...

The centuries-old item, also known as the Stone of Scone, has played a role in the crowning of British monarchs since the 13th century. Ahead of King Charles’ coronation in May 2023, a new 3D scan ...

Professor Sally Foster has been painstakingly collating the history of as many of the pieces as possible, some of which were “hidden in plain sight”, saying they form a fascinating new strand in the ...

Her project has also tracked the fate of other, more official, fragments of the Stone of Scone which were taken as geological samples in the 19th Century. Prof Foster added: "It would be lovely to ...

The centuries-old item, also known as the Stone of Scone, has played a role in the crowning of British monarchs since the 13th century. Ahead of King Charles’ coronation in May 2023, a new 3D ...

She has also tracked the fate of other, more official, fragments of the Stone of Scone which were taken as geological samples in the 19th century. The Stone of Destiny was moved to its new home at ...

She said they formed a fascinating new strand in the centuries-old history of the Stone of Scone. “Each one of these things has got a fantastic story in its own right, telling us about the mea ...

Foster says that together the fragments form an interesting new strand of the centuries-old history of the Stone of Scone. However, the exact location of the majority of the small chips remains ...