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  1. How do you take a 70-metre medieval masterpiece and put it on a 780-square-metre screen? 📜 -> 📺

    Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to one of the most famous screens in London.

    source: Elliot Wheatland-Clinch - Senior Social Media Content Producer at The British Museum

    #bts #bayeuxtapestry #britishmuseum

  2. Thanks @albertcardona for sharing this! I wasn’t aware of the #BayeuxTapestry at all, nor that #Halley’s #Comet played such a prominent role in #MedievalArt and perception. A fascinating story! mathstodon.xyz/@albertcardona/

  3. Ah, the Bayeux Tapestry – the ancient relic that’s taking a leisurely millennium-long voyage back to the U.K. 🌍✈️ Meanwhile, artnet.com can't figure out how to let you read about it without triggering a digital tantrum. 🤦‍♂️ Just try not to break the internet with your naughty SQL commands, dear reader! 💻🚫
    news.artnet.com/art-world/baye #BayeuxTapestry #ArtHistory #DigitalTantrum #SQLCommands #InternetCulture #HackerNews #ngated

  4. The Bayeux Tapestry is headed to the UK for the first time in nearly 1,000 years.

    The treasured 11th-century artwork will be on loan from France.

    The 70-metre tapestry showing the Norman conquest of England in 1066 will go on display at the British Museum from September 2026 to July 2027.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250709

    #UK #BayeuxTapestry #France #Artwork #EmmanuelMacron #KeirStarmer #Culture #Brexit #Politics #History #NormanConquest #BritishMuseum

  5. Medieval toilet reveals lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king

    A team of archaeologists has discovered what they believe to be Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon king of England’s, long-lost residence. Their research suggests a house in Bosham, in West Sussex, sits atop the remains of Harold’s one-time grand estate, famously portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry.

    More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/01/los

    Follow @archaeology

    #archaeology #medieval #anglosaxon #KingHarold #bayeuxtapestry

  6. University of Exeter: Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. “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…. Bosham, on the coast of West Sussex, is depicted twice in the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously narrates the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 when William, […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/28/university-of-exeter-archaeologists-find-lost-site-depicted-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/

  7. Today’s Flickr photo with the most hits: the coronation of King Harold, as depicted in the Bayeux tapestry (replica)

    #KingHarold #BayeuxTapestry #coronation #depiction #embroidery #bayeux #museum