On the 28 September 1066, around 7,000 soldiers from Northern France landed on the Sussex coast. Led by William, the Duke of Normandy, they were soon to launch a battle that would become one of ...

This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror, to ...

The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux ...

King Harold II was coronated on January 6, 1066, the first English king to hold their coronation in Westminster Abbey. However, King Harold II would ultimately reign for less than a year.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last ...

Archaeologists pinpoint the site of King Harold’s elite residence, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, using a surprising clue: ...

British archaeologists have located the remains of an 11th-century royal residence in Bosham, West Sussex—almost certainly ...

King Harold only ruled for nine months. He was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which ended Anglo-Saxon rule in England. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts Harold's final moments before William, ...

Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, leading to William the Conqueror becoming King of England. A timber building with a toilet built into it dated to the late Saxon period was ...