CSPAN2 Book TV November 22, 2009
there were a very small group of men who were architects, art historians, archaeologists, painters in civilian life and who were in the army and selected for this particular job. >> they were excited to be given this opportunity? >> yes. >> is it safe to say our lives are still in danger when they rescued these items? can you get a couple of examples? >> yes. a lot of the damaged monuments work least with my hands and so first-aid always meant walking on rubble that had been filled with mines, and very often -- ayman part of their job was to get to this monument as fast as possible w...
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