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.

Its the Bayeux Tapestry. There's one historical ... And did you know it's not actually a tapestry at all? The pictures are stitched on, which is embroidery. This is women's work and I suspect ...

The famous Bayeux Tapestry, however, is an embroidery made from sheets of linen, with pictures added using individual stitches. It would have taken at least 45kg of wool, using ten colours made ...

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 ...

This site, depicted in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, has been revealed through a combination of reexamined evidence, new archaeological studies, and the discovery of a medieval latrine. The Bayeux ...

2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman The last scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings.