>> i have a preference for the gutenberg bible. the gutenberg bible, which everybody knows the term but they don't understand the significance of it, was created in the 14 50's by a printer blacksmith in germany. he had a staff of 20 people. he was a highly skilled artisan and he set out to print a new copy of the bible using movable metal type, which was something that had never been done before with a project of that size. at that time there were only 30,000 books in all of europe. it took years for scribes to copy one bible. he gathered his people together, they used high-quality inks, high-quality paper. of vellum that was used took over 150 caps they had to slaughter for just -- calfs they had to slaughter for just one bible. a very wonderful products, sold for a very high price. it revolutionized printing and the world of books. scholars say between 160 and 100 80 copies -- 180 copies were printed. i have not seen a copy close up. i have seen pictures video other images from the gutenberg bible. it is an extraordinary magnifi

for example, this bible commentary over here was printed in 1568, just 9393 years after the gutenberg bible. it was found floating in saddam hussein's basement. >> reporter: u.s. soldiers looking for weapons of mass destruction found a record of people's destruction as ll. a soggy mess of books and scrolls inside saddam's intelligence headquarters. the national archives had everything shipped to washington. as the video shows, their experts cleaned and preserved this slice of history. >> i think what strikes me most through these documents and records the progrereion of the downfall of the jews in irrq and how they were treated. >> reporter: from a distinctly iraqi torah school scover, the school kids see how history from ancie babylon to modern iraq is connected to us. >> what's really great about this exhibit is it ties our students to their studies of ancient civilizations and brings them right up to the modern headlines of our involvements in the middle east. >> all over the worldou hear about these monumental cultural hair raj being destroyed all over the world. >> like isis doing the

for example, this bible commentary over here is printed in 1568, just 93 years after the gutenberg bible. it was found floating in saddam hussein's basement. >> reporter: u.s. soldiers found a record of a people's destruction instead, soggy mess of oath books and scrolls inside saddam's intelligence headquarters. the national archives had washington. their experts cleaned and preserved this slice of history. >> i think what stkes me that's fascinating is to really see through these documents and records the progression of the downfall of the jews in iraq and how they were treated. >> reporter: from a distinctly iraqi torah school cover, students see how history from ancient bob lon to modern iraq is created to us. >> what's great is it brings us right up to the modern headlines of our involvement in the middle east. >> all over the world you hear about these monumental cultural heritage being destroyed all over the world. >> like isis right now doing the same thing. >> this is a story of the preservation of the cultural heritage. i think people of all different cultures can relate to thi