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Medieval News of the Week
Ivory panels reunited after centuries apart
Questing lost manuscripts
A century on, Bayeux tapestry 'vandal' is cleared
Archaeologists discover 1,600-yr-old horse racecourse in Greece
Gold Ring from Middle Ages Found in East Iceland
Historic abbey uncovered in dig
Borough is king of its own lost castle
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Is This How The Bayeux Tapestry Would Have Ended?
The Alderney Bayeux Tapestry The famous Bayeux Tapestry ends with the defeat of King Harold's army and the flight of the Anglo-Saxon soldiers. However, most scholars believe that the original tapestry would have ended with the coronation of William...
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What To Do If You Have 10,000 Hours Of Free Time?
Andy Wilkinson has recreated a miniature version of the Bayeux Tapestry - the eleventh-century embroidery that depicts William the Conqueror's invasion of England and victory at the Battle of Hastings. It took him 18 years to sew the 40 foot-long...
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Carola Hicks
Carola Hicks, who has died of cancer aged 68, was a glamorous academic and a serious populariser of art. She created something new in the world of contemporary biography, writing the life stories and afterlives of iconic works of art such as the Bayeux...
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More (late) Medieval News
1,400 year-old Byzantine wine press uncovered A graveyard of the early Piast state?s elites discovered in Bodzia Archaeologists find Byzantine era road Is this the field where Richard III lost his kingdom for a horse? Real location of Battle of Bosworth...
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News Of The Week
The medieval news of the week: The week's medieval related headlines: Prague's famed Charles Bridge to undergo renovation The Byzantine castle 'Hieron Oros' remains vulnerable Archaeologists Study Terrain Outside Medieval Fortress Cherven...
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