She has been much in the news recently, after accelerator mass spectrometry was done and it was discovered that the wolf is Medieval and not Etruscan and is some 1,700 years younger than Rome.
The History Blog http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/17774 says "Roman politicians weren’t thrilled with this discovery. It took years of discussion before scientific dating of the she-wolf was allowed, then more years before the results were published."
Do you know how many statues of them there are in Rome?
ReplyDeleteShe has been much in the news recently, after accelerator mass spectrometry was done and it was discovered that the wolf is Medieval and not Etruscan and is some 1,700 years younger than Rome.
ReplyDeleteThe History Blog http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/17774
says "Roman politicians weren’t thrilled with this discovery. It took years of discussion before scientific dating of the she-wolf was allowed, then more years before the results were published."
What say you?