The first tickets for the British Museum's exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry, sold out within hours, in what it called "an extraordinary response" to the 11th-century artwork being shown outside France for the first time in nearly 1000 years.

Thousands rushed to get tickets Wednesday for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London, with the 11th-century artwork depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England set to be…

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Those in the queue can expect a nine-hour long wait for tickets to see the Bayeux Tapestry