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An Ancient Masterpiece or a Master’s Forgery?
(Did by Michelangelo Sculpt the Laocoon?)
New York Times | April 18, 2005 | KATHRYN SHATTUCK
Posted on 04/19/2005 12:08:30 AM PDT by nickcarraway
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386416/posts
Famed Roman statue ‘not ancient’ [ Romulus and Remus and she-wolf ]
BBC News | Thursday, July 10, 2008 | unattributed
Posted on 07/11/2008 6:29:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2044256/posts
I may have missed the Shattuck story about the Laocoon statue. I vaguely recall the report about the she-wolf. I’ve seen that close-up in the Capitoline Museum in Rome—it’s very impressive. Of course if it is ancient, it may have nothing to do with the Romulus and Remus story.