What it tells us about the past: This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative ...

An elaborate 9,000-year-old headpiece worn by a female shaman in Europe What it tells us about the past: This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral ...

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.

And at Harold's coronation, the tapestry includes a star with a streaming tail — the first known depiction of Halley's Comet. —2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman ...

Bosham, in West Sussex, is shown twice in the Bayeux Tapestry which shows the king being killed by a Norman knight and the defeat of Harold Godwinson's army. Dr Duncan Wright, senior lecturer ...

The home is shown in the 1,000 year-old Bayeux Tapestry and was uncovered through a combination of new surveys and a reinterpretation of evidence from earlier digs. The findings were recently ...