Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...

Etruscan women participated in athletic events, drank wine, socialized publicly with men, and even learned the art of war. Often, they participated in athletic events naked, just the way men did ...

Whereas Greek women were cloistered away, Etruscan women, according to Greek historian Theopompus, were more carefree, working out, lounging nude, drinking freely, consorting with many men and ...

In 1868 the Museum of Zagreb in Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, acquired an Egyptian mummy of a woman. Her previous owner had removed her wrappings but held on to them.

The tomb was named in honor of Franco Adamo (1955–2022), a restorer who dedicated his life to the conservation of Etruscan painted tombs. Adamo passed away in 2022, just months before the discovery.

The Missing Thread, by Daisy Dunn (Viking). This engaging book, by a classical historian, surveys three thousand years and argues that women were more integral to the development of the ancient ...

Another Etruscan tomb, belonging to the same “Pulfna” family, was found in Città della Pieve in 2015. At the time, the farmer who made the discovery reported it to authorities and got about ...