It’s unclear how and why this part of the tapestry was lost. According to the Bayeux Museum’s website, the embroidery remained in the cathedral up until the outbreak of the French Revolution ...

What it is: A roll of linen cloth with wool embroidery depicting scenes from the 11th century Where it is from: Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy, France When it was made: The late 11th century Related ...

The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of William the Conqueror's invasion of England. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The Bayeux Tapestry, an epic embroidered cloth that recounts William the ...

The mystery of why the Bayeux Tapestry is so long and thin has finally been solved, after a British professor discovered it fits perfectly in a lost area of Bayeux cathedral.

Art World This Contemporary Artist Will Complete a Missing Scene in the Millennium-Old Bayeux Tapestry. Hélène Delprat will add the coronation of William the Conqueror to the already 230-foot ...

(Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/UIG via Getty Images) How long is the Bayeux Tapestry? It is nearly 70 metres (230ft) long, 50cm (1.6ft) high and made of nine panels of linen cloth.

1. It wasn’t made in Bayeux… Although it later came to be held by the Cathedral of Bayeux it was almost certainly made in Canterbury, England, in the 11th century, by nuns from Barking Abbey.