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Michelangelo: Fingerprint found on 500-year-old statue A Slave may belong to the Renaissance master

Written by Megan C. Hills, CNN A small wax statue may have brought us closer than ever to Michelangelo, after museum experts found what they believe to be the Renaissance master s fingerprint or thumbprint pressed into the material. Specialists at London s Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) discovered the mark on a dark red figurine, which was an initial sketch model for a larger unfinished marble sculpture. The 500-year-old waxwork, titled A Slave, was part of Michelangelo s preparations for Pope Julius II s elaborate tomb in Rome. It depicts a young naked figure with its arm thrown across its face.

Fingerprint found on 500-year-old statue

Fingerprint found on 500-year-old statue
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What Really Lies Hidden in the Vatican Secret Archives?

Accessing the Private Archives It was not until 1881 that Pope Leo XIII allowed researchers to view some of the archive’s contents. However, it was no simple matter for one to view the documents and the procedure has not changed much over the last 200 years. First of all, journalists, students, and amateur historians are not given access. Once an interested party has proven that he or she is a serious enough scholar, credentials are granted that must be renewed every six months. To enter the archives, a “scholars enter through the  Porta Sant’Anna , pass Swiss Guards, walk through the 

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