After more than 900 years in France, the Bayeux Tapestry—one of medieval Europe’s most fragile, priceless treasures—slipped back into England in a controversial overnight operation. Here’s what transporting a 225-foot-long masterwork actually takes.

After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Friday in the dead

The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting William the Conqueror’s half-brother, Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, encouraging his squires - Hulton Archive/Getty Images Some works of art are so ...

Nearly 1,000 years after chronicling the Norman conquest of England, the Bayeux Tapestry is making history once again. The fragile 11th-century embroidery has arrived in London on an unprecedented loan to the British Museum,

The Bayeux tapestry is not only a pictorial history of the Norman invasion of England — it's also a 900-year-old work of art. Its unique stitch had fallen out of use over the centuries, but now a woman in Bayeux is leading a worldwide revival of interest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated image released by Atout-France shows a close up of the Bayeux Tapestry in Bayeau, France. The nearly thousand-year-old treasure, which is actually more of an embroidered ...