Beehives, butterfly and shell markings, tree branches, snowflakes and cloud formations: the natural world is filled with patterns. Many of these patterns may appear to be unrelated, yet hints of ...

Tree-ring dating of timbers from the grave placed the Oseberg ship burial at around A.D. 834. Inside the main burial chamber, excavators discovered fragments of a tapestry that, when reconstructed ...

The tapestry will be on display at one of the top museums in the world — the British Museum in London — from Sept. 2026 to July 2027. Measuring some 230 feet long, the tapestry is one of the ...

The tapestry is widely believed to have been made in England in the 11th century, according to the British Museum, and it was likely commissioned by William’s half brother Bishop Odo of Bayeux.

During World War II, France’s Nazi occupiers moved the tapestry to the inland Sarthe region in 1941, then back to the Louvre in 1944 to insulate it from the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The tapestry ends with the epic Battle of Hastings on Oct. 14, 1066, where William’s Normans rout the Anglo-Saxon forces. Historians suggest the events leading to the invasion were a bit messier.

Art History Bayeux Tapestry Will Return to the U.K. for the First Time in 950 Years The fragile historical treasure was likely made by English nuns but has not left France since 1077.

LONDON (AP) — The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229 foot)-long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in Britain next year for the first time in 900 years.