And at Harold's coronation, the tapestry includes a star with a streaming tail — the first known depiction of Halley's Comet. The last scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings.

Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an intricate illustration of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and a historical ...

Harold, one of the subjects of the Bayeux Tapestry, was famously killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. His Bosham residence was depicted twice in the tapestry, but the remnants of the ...

You might ask why on earth would you make a stop to see a tapestry when Camembert cheese, hard cider and the rolling Normandy hills are beckoning? Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an ...

and noted the stylistic similarities to animal designs on the borders of the Bayeux Tapestry. There is expert opinion that the Tapestry may have been woven in East Kent as a commission from Bishop ...

It's over 230 feet long and over 900 years old. Its the Bayeux Tapestry. There's one historical artefact that tells us exactly why William the Conqueror thought he should be King of England.

Renowned for its inside-out design and groundbreaking exhibitions ... From September, the Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th-century embroidery detailing the Norman Conquest of England, will be temporarily ...