Artworks vandalized on Berlin’s Museum Island
By DW
30 October 2022 |
1:36 pm
Among the damaged objects were Egyptian statues, images of Greek gods, sarcophagi, and the frames of 19th-century European paintings. Contrary to initial reports, the vandalism did not directly affect paintings.
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