Bayeux Tapestry Archive

Bayeux Tapestry: Original Location Of Remarkable Romanesque Art – Finally Solved

AncientPages.com | October 26, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Bayeux Tapestry is an exceptional example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy,

Archaeoastronomy

Famous Bayeux Tapestry May Solve The Planet Nine Mystery

AncientPages.com | May 5, 2018

AncientPages.com - The quest for the elusive Planet Nine continues. The mythical “Planet X” may actually be real, and scientists are calling it “Planet Nine.” Over the years, several astronomers

Long Serpent: Most Famous Viking Longship Of King Olav Tryggvason Of Norway And Its Fate

AncientPages.com | June 7, 2017

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Vikings used wooden longships or dragonships with wide, shallow-draft hulls, allowing navigation in rough seas or in shallow river waters. Their ships

When first referred to (1476), the tapestry was used once a year to decorate the nave of the cathedral in Bayeux, France. There it was “discovered” by the French antiquarian and scholar Bernard de Montfaucon, who published the earliest complete reproduction of it in 1730.

Artifacts

The Bayeux Tapestry: One Of The Great Historical Records Of The Middle Ages

AncientPages.com | February 29, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Bayeux Tapestry is an impressive example of Romanesque art depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy, the