Some background on the Monuments Men movie coming out at the end of 2013.

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Monumental Mission | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/monumental-mission.html)

There is also a book of the same name which I am currently reading by Robert M. Edsel.

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Monumental Mission | History & Archaeology | Smithsonian Magazine (http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/monumental-mission.html)

There is also a book of the same name which I am currently reading by Robert M. Edsel.

The book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History mentions the 224 ft long 1.5 ft high Bayeux Tapestry which describes the events leading up the Norman invasion of 1066 of Anglo-Saxon England by William the Conqueror. Hitler hunted for the treasure but failed to nab it. Britain's Bayeux Tapestry (http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/)

BBC - History - British History in depth: The Bayeux Tapestry: Unpicking the Past (http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/bayeux_tapestry_gallery.shtml)

Image of the Week - The digital Bayeux Tapestry | iSGTW (http://www.isgtw.org/visualization/image-week-digital-bayeux-tapestry)