Archeologists Stunned to Discover ‘Royalty’ Hidden in a Cathedral Wall Since World War II, Recover Other Accessories ...

Long-lost crowns, rings, and sceptres dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries have resurfaced in the crypt of Lithuania’s ...

Historical treasures hidden for decades have been uncovered in the crypts of a cathedral, with items including burial crowns ...

The items included the funerary crown of Alexander Jagellion, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1501 and ...

Cathedral officials in Lithuania spent decades searching for 450-year-old royal treasures hidden before WWII. Photos show the long-lost finds. Photo from the Vilnius Archdiocese / Aistė Karpytė ...

Treasure found in Church: A treasure has been discovered in a church in the European country of Lithuania that has been ...

Rings, medallions, crowns, plaques, and a scepter were hastily gathered and stashed in a crypt in the Vilnius Cathedral, where they would remain hidden for nearly nine decades. But no more.

The cache from Vilnius Cathedral, in Lithuania, has not been seen since the outbreak of World War II in 1939, according to a press release from Go Vilnius tourism promotion agency on Wednesday.