Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in London Ahead of British Museum Exhibition LONDON, July 11, Saudi Arabia Breaking News — The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years ahead of a sold-out exhibition at the British Museum, following a carefully coordinated journey from France under police escort. The 70-metre (230-foot) medieval embroidery, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066, was transported in an air-conditioned, anti-vibration