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Study Suggests Etruscan Statue's Black Coating May Be Original

New analysis of the Arringatore of Pila indicates its dark surface was deliberately produced by heating some 2,200 years ago, not by natural corrosion.

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New analysis of the Arringatore of Pila indicates its dark surface was deliberately produced by heating some 2,200 years ago, not by natural corrosion.