In 1882, in an Etruscan tomb near Veii, about 16 kilometers north of Rome, a Greek pitcher—an olpe—was discovered. It had ...

Inside, they found vibrant paintings depicting dancers, musicians, and a rare metal workshop scene that may be linked to the Etruscan mythology. Now, after two years of excavations and ...

Within a large Etruscan necropolis in Tarquinia, Italy, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient tomb decorated with elaborate paintings. The Etruscans were a pre-Roman civilization that ...

It was created by the Etruscans, a people who thrived in Italy during the middle of the first millennium B.C. but who were gradually conquered and assimilated by the Romans. The tomb contains ...

Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek ... the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin ...