Hidden in Plain Sight Today's entry was written by Charley
Gordon. Please note the views expressed here are those of the
author, not necessarily of The BioLogos Foundation. You can read
more about what BioLogos believes here. In the heart of
Manhattan , a small statue that once stood in the center of an
atrium fountain inside a stately Fifth Avenue mansion has become
the center of an international mystery. The home was built in
the 1920s for a private family and was sold to the French
Embassy in the 1950s. Along with the house came this quaint, but
neglected marble carving of a young boy carrying a quiver of
arrows. For years, it was ignored by thousands of visitors and
dignitaries alike, all headed somewhere else in their busy
lives. Then, one fateful evening in 1997, Dr. Kathleen Weil-
Garris Brandt, a New York University art professor, was invited
to a social event there. She was instantly captivated by the
statue. As she looked closer, she saw what others had not
recognized for almost a century: its compos