#bayeuxtapestry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bayeuxtapestry, aggregated by home.social.
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Tourism worth more than £400m to town’s economy https://www.byteseu.com/1991830/ #BayeuxTapestry #BusinessTravellers #DestinationAgency #economy #InternationalTourists #Reading #REDA #RiverThames #TourismEconomy
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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
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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! https://mathstodon.xyz/@albertcardona/115992114758518351
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I can't decide whether this Xitter post is Redwood trying to be funny or Redwood promulgating in all seriousness the "Norman yoke" myth.
#UKPolitics #JohnRedwood #BayeuxTapestry #NormanYoke #History #EnglishHistory #BritishHistory #Europhobia #Brexit
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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! 💻🚫
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/bayeux-tapestry-british-museum-loan-2665313 #BayeuxTapestry #ArtHistory #DigitalTantrum #SQLCommands #InternetCulture #HackerNews #ngated -
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.
#UK #BayeuxTapestry #France #Artwork #EmmanuelMacron #KeirStarmer #Culture #Brexit #Politics #History #NormanConquest #BritishMuseum
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Bayeux Tapestry to return to England after 900 years in landmark loan deal.
Artefact to go on display at the British Museum in exchange for Sutton Hoo treasures and Lewis chessmen.
https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2025/07/bayeux-tapestry-could-return-to-england-after-900-years-in-landmark-loan-deal/# #globalmuseum #museums #museumnews #BayeuxTapestry
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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: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/lost-palace-of-englands-last-anglo-saxon-king/
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#archaeology #medieval #anglosaxon #KingHarold #bayeuxtapestry
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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, […]
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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
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Wow, that's keen! "French team to build replica of William the Conqueror’s warship"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/french-team-build-replica-william-conqueror-warship
#WilliamTheConqueror #1066 #LaMora #BayeuxTapestry #NormanConquest #VikingLongship #BattleOfHastings #WilliamTheConqueror #ReplicaShip #History #Histodons #BritishHistory #AustralianHistory
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