Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient?

In this Saturday April 21, 2007 file photo, the original bronze "Lupa Capitolina" (she-wolf) symbol of Rome, with the eternal city's founders Romolo and Remo suckling from her teats, is inaugurated at an exhibition by then Mayor Walter Veltroni to celebrate the birthday of the city. For centuries, the she-wolf has been one of ancient and modern Rome's most powerful symbols. Now some experts are contending that the bronze statue of the she-wolf in a city museum atop the Capitoline Hill might not be so old after all. These experts theorize that the statue dates from the Middle Ages, and not Etruscan times, as long has been held. "It's decisively medieval," said Anna Maria Carruba, a researcher who studied the statue when she worked on its restoration a decade ago. "As I went ahead with my research, I was ever more sure," Carruba said in a telephone interview on Wednesday July 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)