article_snippet.sent: Oblivious to its true value and historical significance, the construction workers dismantled the piece of oak wood furniture and left the piece of oak wood furniture to be picked up by auctioneers.
article_snippet.sent: royal artefact added: 'Even the Westminster coronation chair has less to say than this.'
article_snippet.sent: In 2013, the battle-scarred skeleton of Richard III was discovered by archaeologists in a car park in Leicester.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, in December of the same year, archaeologists uncovered a site in the Amazonian jungle believed to be the tomb of Atahualpa, the last emporer of the Incas.
article_snippet.sent: And last year, explorers found a piece of a pelvis that could belong to Alfred the Great in the grounds of Hyde Abbey in Winchester.
highlights_snippet.sent: Owner suspected Owner had historic value and experts have been investigating .
  