TO CELEBRATE the 900th anniversary of its Norman nave, Leominster Priory in Herefordshire is hosting a multi-arts festival ...

Name: Bayeux Tapestry. What it is: A roll of linen cloth with wool embroidery depicting scenes from the 11th century. Where it is from: Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy, France.

The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century. Charles Platiau/Reuters. Editor’s note: ...

Lifestyle 'Lost site' depicted in iconic Bayeux Tapestry found thanks to revelation of ancient loo Medieval toilet tipped off researchers to location of King Harold II's English residence ...

Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, seen in a tapestry, thanks to an 11th-century toilet.

The Bayeux Tapestry has obsessed medieval historians for decades. Though it offers a vivid and singular account of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, fundamental questions surrounding the ...

A missing fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry was discovered in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost state, more than 80 years after Nazi researchers stole it from ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable example of medieval art. The embroidery piece depicts events leading up to the Norman conquest of England and spans nearly 230 feet. It is believed to have been ...

RHSP/Courtesy Bayeux Museum/Ville de Bayeux A new extension to the Grand Seminary, designed by the British architectural firm RSHP, will house the tapestry and double the exhibition space.

By Maureen O'Hare, CNN (CNN) — From Picasso’s “Guernica” to Goya’s “Disasters of War,” there have been many famous depictions of conflict, but one ...