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Why Didn’t Laocoön Shout?

Posted on April 14, 2008 by 100swallows

One of the most surprising discoveries those Romans made when they began to dig in old Rome, looking for beautiful ruins, was the Laocoön. Michelangelo himself dropped what he was doing and hurried to see it lifted out of the … Continue reading →

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