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Is Italy's Warrior of Capestrano a Fake? | Art News
A towering limestone statue from ancient Italy is sparking a national scandal: could the legendary “Warrior of Capestrano” be a 20th-century fascist hoax? Documentary filmmaker Alessio Consorte claims the 6th-century BCE artifact—long revered as a symbol of Abruzzo—is actually a Mussolini-era propaganda piece, modeled after the dictator and commissioned by the regime to boost national unity. His theory challenges decades of archaeological belief and demands a rethink of history education. Despite initial resistance from museums and a mysterious lack of testing records, legal pressure forced…
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