Some works of art are so famous that they’re seared in the collective imagination, as familiar to us as our parents’ faces.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable example of medieval art. The embroidery piece depicts events leading up to the Norman conquest of England and spans nearly 230 feet. It is believed to have been ...

One such piece is that 224ft-long embroidered strip of linen known as the Bayeux Tapestry, which, as almost every British schoolchild could tell you, ... Halley’s Comet makes a cameo.