Restoration of Michelangelo's Pieta statue in Florence reveals flaws in marble

The restoration of Michelangelo's famed Pieta has revealed that the single block of marble from which the masterpiece was sculpted was flawed, offering a likely reason for why it was abandoned before it was completed.

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