Bayeux Tapestry damaged in transit to England despite earlier warnings from independent experts

The Bayeux Tapestry was damaged during its transportation to England, as independent experts had cautioned before the masterpiece was dispatched.

According to a curator of the British Museum, this priceless work will no longer be able to be displayed in France in the same form as before.

Another large question remains: how is the historic embroidery to be repatriated without damaging it still further? Will the tapestry, once the exhibition is over, find itself stranded outside France, at risk of further harm?

The whims of presidents who wish to remain in history so often prove far too costly for everyone else

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Steel Sphere of 1936 Found During Demolition of a Paper Mill in North Carolina

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Steel Sphere of 1936 Found During Demolition of a Paper Mill in North Carolina

Emmanuel Marre's film "Our Salvation", about his great-grandfather in Vichy, is released in France

National Museum of Korea director criticised over misattributed work from his own collection

The Metropolitan Museum and the Louvre Prepare “Rembrandt and the Ancients” for New York in 2027 and Paris in 2028