Show bones of charlemagne Car lemagne are pound by ath army WITH THE NINTH ARMY IN GERMANY paintings by such masters as rembrandt van gogh and rubens have been found in a damp copper mine stacked side by side with the bones and the solid gold sarcophagus of charlemagne the discovery was made near the town of siegen in westphalia by the infantry division the art treasures are valued at gold marks roughly the former curator of the bonn who was taking care of the paintings said the protection for them was inadequate they were removed from aachen cologne bonn essen muenster metz metz and wuppertal pertal upon the approach of the allies in a pile on the floor are rubens descent to hades and family scene underneath are el grecos cross carrier and Rem brandts last painting self portrait on top of van dycks holy family is the original manuscript of Beet hovens sixth symphony nearby is a solid gold madonna 18 inches high the cloister doors of the order of mary near aachen dating to the century ana and other wooden works were piled like lumber |