Ancient Egyptians were the earliest known tapestry designers, weaving in linen for burial ceremonies between 1483 and 1411 ...

Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...

One of King Harold's manors appears twice in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, but only 948 years later have researchers finally identified the building's remains.

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 ...

For example, the tapestry shows Harold taking an oath on saintly relics, although the nature of the oath is ... is important for its visual record of medieval weapons, ships, architecture ...

the one famously depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry,” study author Duncan Wright, a lecturer in medieval archaeology at Newcastle University, said in the release. Surveys from nearly two decades ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. By reinterpreting ...

The creators of this medieval masterpiece ... flocked to view the tapestry, back in the 11th century, would largely have been illiterate and narrative hangings of this nature, with a mix of ...