The royal funerary regalia of rulers of Poland and Lithuania has been discovered in the underground vaults of Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania. The regalia includes three funeral crowns, a scepter, an orb, rings, chains and coffin plaques that were secreted in a niche in the wall of the crypt shortly after the outbreak of World … Read the full post →"16th c. royal funerary regalia found hidden in Vilnius Cathedral wall"