Accademia Gallery of Florence

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Wild Parties, Kidnapping, and Wife-Snatching: The Sabine Women and the Shiloh Girls (Part 3)

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Discover the surprising biblical parallel to the abduction of the Sabine Women. Explore Judges 21, the Shiloh girls, and the mechanics of the worst story in the Bible.

Wild Parties, Kidnapping, and Wife-Snatching: The Sabine Women and the Shiloh Girls (Part 2)

Discover how Giambologna’s masterwork, The Abduction of a Sabine Woman, blends Renaissance artistic genius with ancient Rome's dramatic origin myths.

Wild Parties, Kidnapping, and Wife-Snatching: The Sabine Women and the Shiloh Girls (Part 1)

Think the Accademia Gallery in Florence is only about Michelangelo’s David? Step into the Hall of the Colossus to discover a 13-foot masterpiece made of mud. It captures a tragic Italian legend that has a biblical parallel.