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Even though it is called a Tapestry, It is in fact an embroidery There are almost 2000 Latin words on it.

There are 7-8 meters of it missing

It's approximately 70 meters long!

It consists of 8 pieces of material sown together

There are over 600 people on it.

Over 200 equines on it

It survived purely off of luck

And it was made by laid/couched work and stem stitched work.

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