The 1,000-year-old Bayeux Tapestry depicting the last successful military invasion of England will arrive in London in the coming days by dead of night and under "police protection", the UK envoy helping to coordinate the historic transfer told AFP.
The 11th century Bayeux Tapestry will arrive in London in the coming days in a discreet overnight operation under police protection ahead of its first-ever exhibition in Britain, the UK envoy overseeing the transfer said.
The medieval Bayeux Tapestry began a hugely complicated journey on Thursday that will see it leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an exhibition in the British capital.
The medieval Bayeux Tapestry was on its way to London on Friday, undertaking a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an exhibition in the British capital.
LONDON (AP) — 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 of night, after a high-tech, tight-security operation where any slip-up could have s…
The medieval Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London in the early hours of Friday after a hugely complicated journey to leave France for the first time in more than 900 years for an exhibition in the British capital.
After nearly 1,000 years, the medieval masterpiece is back on British soil. The Bayeux Tapestry was transferred from France to London in a highly secretive operation and will be on display in September.
It is believed to be the first time the 68-metre (224-foot) embroidered tapestry has left France in more than 900 years, and the first time it has been moved in over 40 years.
Cloak-and-dagger operation delivers 70-metre medieval artwork to British Museum, as gathered diplomats applaud Like the man whose conquest of England almost a millennium ago it recounts, the Bayeux tapestry crossed the Channel in the dead of night, in as much secrecy as possible, landing on the coun…
In the middle of the night, the Bayeux Tapestry, an 11th century masterpiece, was moved to London’s British Museum in a transfer shrouded in secrecy. The loan from France marks the first time the nearly 230-foot-long tapestry has returned to England in nearly 1,000 years.
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN London (CNN) — Under police escort in the early hours of Friday, the Bayeux Tapestry arrived back in Britain after an absence of almost 1,000 years. The journey that the world-famous 11th-century artwork took to arrive at the British Museum in London, where it will be on displ…
After nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry has returned to the UK for a year-long exhibition at the British Museum. Its highly secretive and carefully controlled journey involved police escorts, a specially designed case and strict conditions to protect the fragile medieval masterpiece, in a move…
The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in more than 900 years after a highly secure and complex journey from France to the British Museum, as FRANCE 24's Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi explains.
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, prompting delight and concern in equal measure.
Medieval artwork safely delivered to British Museum before going on display from September in tightly controlled conditions Bayeux tapestry crosses Channel in dead of night The Bayeux tapestry has survived myriad perils, from cathedral fires to its potential destruction for use as wagon covers.
