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Interesting story here (to me at least). The statue of the she-wolf suckling the legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, has a new potential origin – in the Middle Ages! Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient?Public domain image of the statue is attached.
I got to see that statue when I was in Rome a few years ago and it is quite small. For some reason I always thought it was fairly large, but in reality it is made to be pretty close to life sized. It is interesting that the age of the statue is now disputed though, I thought it's age was well-established.
Ms. Pagliardi said the statue would have likely been ?manhandled? over many centuries, and so carbon dating might be testing substances that contaminated the bronze long after its creation.Dr. Parisi Presicce, the Capitoline Museums director, said that in medieval times Rome's symbol was considered to be a lion. He said that weakened arguments that Lupa was made during that period.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080711.wromewolf0711/BNStory/Science/homeA lot of "might" and "what ifs" in all this.
