The National Etruscan Museum (Italian: Museo Nazionale Etrusco) is a museum of the Etruscan civilization, housed in the Villa Giulia in Rome, Italy. The...
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Etruscan art was produced by the Etruscan civilization in central Italy between the 10th and 1st centuries BC. From around 750 BC it was heavily influenced...
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legendary figures found in Etruscan mythology. The names below were taken mainly from Etruscan "picture bilinguals", which are Etruscan call-outs on art depicting...
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Etruscan history is the written record of Etruscan civilization compiled mainly by Greek and Roman authors. Apart from their inscriptions, from which information...
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Women were respected in Etruscan society compared to their ancient Greek and Roman counterparts. Today only the status of aristocratic women is known because...
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several theses were elaborated on the origin of the Etruscans from the 5th century BC, when the Etruscan civilization had been already established for several...
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The Etruscan alphabet used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime...
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European museums, including the Altes Museum, the Louvre and the National Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia. The frescoes found in many Etruscan necropolis...
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Etruscan architecture was created between about 900 BC and 27 BC, when the expanding civilization of ancient Rome finally absorbed Etruscan civilization...
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symbols. Etruscan numerals are the words and phrases for numbers of the Etruscan language, and the numerical digits used to write them. The Etruscan numerical...
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The Tarquinia National Museum (Italian: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense) is an archaeological museum dedicated to the Etruscan civilization in...
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses (category Etruscan ceramics)
sixth-century BCE Etruscan anthropoid sarcophagus that was found at the Banditaccia necropolis in Caere and is now located in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa...
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The Etruscan civilization (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy...
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Etruscan cities were a group of ancient settlements that shared a common Etruscan language and culture, even though they were independent city-states...
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list of English words that may be of Etruscan origin, and were borrowed through Latin, often via French. The Etruscan origin of most of these words is disputed...
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Etruscan sculpture was one of the most important artistic expressions of the Etruscan people, who inhabited the regions of Northern Italy and Central...
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Chimera of Arezzo (category National Archaeological Museum, Florence)
been created as a votive offering to the Etruscan god Tinia and is held by the National Archaeological Museum, Florence. According to Greek mythology,...
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time it only comprised Etruscan and Roman remains. As the collections grew, a new site soon became necessary and in 1880 the museum was transferred to its...
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Apollo of Veii (category Etruscan ceramics)
"international" Ionic or late-archaic Etruscan style. It was discovered in 1916, and is now on display in the National Etruscan Museum in Rome. The statue was probably...
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Etruscan (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUSK-ən) was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, in Etruria Padana and Etruria Campana...
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The Roman–Etruscan Wars, also known as the Etruscan Wars or the Etruscan–Roman Wars, were a series of wars fought between ancient Rome (in both the regal...
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languages spoken in that time and place. The most notable member is the Etruscan alphabet, which was the immediate ancestor of the Latin alphabet used by...
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The Etruscan terracotta warriors are three statues that resemble the work of the ancient Etruscans, but are in fact art forgeries. The statues, created...
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Etruria (redirect from Etruscan Republic)
Padanian Etruria Etruscan history Etruscan origins Etruscan cities Etruscan civilization Etruscan society Etruscan language Etruscan mythology Kingdom...
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The Orator (category National Archaeological Museum, Florence)
also known as L'Arringatore (Italian), Aule Meteli (Etruscan) or Aulus Metellus (Latin), is an Etruscan bronze sculpture from the late second or the early...
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Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) National Archaeological Museum of Nuoro National Etruscan Museum (Museo Nazionale Etrusco) National Gallery of Ancient Art (Galleria...
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Villanovan culture (category Etruscans)
Villanovan culture (c. 900–700 BC), regarded as the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the earliest Iron Age culture of Italy. It directly followed...
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Etruscan religion comprises a set of stories, beliefs, and religious practices of the Etruscan civilization, heavily influenced by the mythology of ancient...
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Vulci (category Etruscan cities)
Vulci or Volci (Etruscan: Velch or Velx, depending on the romanization used) was a rich Etruscan city in what is now northern Lazio, central Italy. As...
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Apulu (category Articles containing Etruscan-language text)
Apulu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌖𐌐𐌀), also syncopated as Aplu (Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌐𐌀), is an epithet of the Etruscan fire god Śuri as chthonic sky god, roughly equivalent...
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