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Bayeux tapestry crosses Channel in dead of night for historic UK exhibition
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 country’s south coast early the following day. The artefact’s arrival on Friday marked the first time it has returned to England in nearly 1,000 years, and British Museum staff will begin to prepare it for exhibition during its year-long loan. Continue reading...
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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 country’s south coast early the following day. The artefact’s arrival on Friday marked the first time it has returned to England in nearly 1,000 years, and British Museum staff will begin to prepare it for exhibition during its year-long loan. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s linked source, Bayeux tapestry crosses Channel in dead of night for historic UK exhibition, 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 country’s south coast early the following day. The artefact’s arrival on Friday marked the first time it has returned to England in nearly 1,000 years, and British Museum staff will begin to prepare it for exhibition during its year-long loan. Continue reading…
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