Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, a village on ...

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

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

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 ...

For centuries, historians speculated about the final residence of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. The famous Bayeux Tapestry ...

The king’s counsel, known then as the witenagemot, hastily selected Edward’s brother-in-law Harold Godwinson ... command of William of Normandy, also known as William the Conqueror.

A medieval embroidery known as the Bayeux Tapestry recounts key events of the 11th century, particularly William the Conqueror's triumph at the Battle of Hastings and the demise o ...

Consisting of 58 scenes stitched into the linen cloth in different colors of wool, the medieval work of art — which is technically an embroidery rather than a woven tapestry — measures nearly ...