Divers Found a 3,000-Year-Old Statue at the Bottom of a Lake—With Fresh Human Fingerprints
At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...
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European court says Italy is the rightful owner of Getty Museum bronze statue
It’s a victory for culture,” Maurizio Fiorilli, an Italian government attorney, said after the court ruling. Italy will now work with US authorities to return the statue, a spokesperson for ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
Victor Coonin, a professor of Italian Renaissance art at Rhodes College, offered one: It doesn't have that Michelangelo je ne sais quoi. The Ludovisi Pan is "a wonderful, delightful statue" but is ...