Italy 2012 / 20120605k_VaticanLaocoon Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net 3/18/2013

Vatican Museum The famous statue of "Laocoön and His Sons". It isn't known for sure if this is an original sculpture done in the Hellenistic style, or a Roman copy of an earlier Greek original. It has received considerable reconstruction at various times, sometimes with speculative positions for missing pieces.