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A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023 has unveiled a centuries-old mystery about ancient Roman craftsmen. Washington State University art history professor ...

Four medieval spearheads have been found in Lake Lednica in Poland. One may have belonged to a nobleman or prince.