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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bryony Gooch

The Bayeux Tapestry inspires fresh debate over ‘missed’ penis in depiction of historical battle

The Bayeux Tapestry is believed to have 93 penises on it - (Getty Images)

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts one of Britain’s most famous clashes, the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson to take the English throne.

Now, the cloth is subject to a new battle as two historians have gone head-to-head over the number of penises included on the historical work, kept in Bayeux, France.

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