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"From the 8th century BC
the Etruscan civilisation flourished in the beautiful region of Italy
bounded by the Arno and Tiber rivers and to the west by the Mediterranean
Sea. Profoundly affected by Greek culture, the Etruscans in their turn had
a powerful influence on the neighbouring early republic of Rome, which by
the 1st century BC eventually subdued and assimilated them"
(Ellen Macnamara, The Etruscans, British Musem
Publications)
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A painted tomb in Tarquinia
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"Now we know nothing about the Etruscans except
what we find in their tombs. There are references to them in Latin writers.
But of first hand knowledge we have nothing except what the tombs offer." (D.H.
Lawrence, Etruscan Places) |
The "Tomba dei rilievi" in Cerveteri
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You can discover
the Etruscans in the Necropolis of Tuscania and, whitin a range of 30 kms around
Tuscania, of Tarquinia, Castel d'Asso, Norchia, Cerveteri.
And in the beautiful museums of
Tarquinia, Tuscania and Vulci |
Castel
d'Asso
S.J. Ainsley
(1806-74) |
Norchia |
A jewel in the Museum of Tarquinia |
