This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy. The ancient Etruscan civilization, whose great cities dotted the west coast of Italy between 2800 and 2400 years ...

A rare untouched tomb from the Etruscans, a civilization that predated the Roman Republic, has been discovered in central Italy. The tomb, carved from stone in the shape of a small house, contains the ...

The 6th century BCE sandstone slab weighs about 500 pounds and is almost four feet tall and two feet wide. There appears to be a lengthy text inscribed on it. Most Etruscan discoveries have been grave ...

Pre-Roman Civilization: The Etruscans occupied central Italy (mainly modern-day Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria) from the 8th to the 3rd centuries BCE, before they were assimilated into Rome. They greatly ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare text from an ancient temple in Italy that could reveal new details about the Etruscan civilization. The text is inscribed on a large sandstone slab from the 6th ...

Italian archaeologists have discovered the first-ever intact Etruscan house, complete with furniture, bricks and terracotta tiles identical to the ones still used in Tuscany today. Found at an ...

Italian authorities have seized an illegal excavation site of an Etruscan necropolis between the Tuscan towns of Chiusi and Città della Pieve. They recovered several objects bound for the black market ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare Etruscan sacred text likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship and early beliefs of a lost culture fundamental to western ...

Can you see it? Some of the Etruscan letters found on a sandstone slab in the Mugello Valley Mugello Valley Project We know a lot about the ancient Romans—from their legal system to how they liked to ...

ALERIA, Corsica (Reuters) - French archaeologists have unearthed an Etruscan tomb containing a skeleton and dozens of artefacts in Corsica, a rare discovery that could shed new light on the wealthy ...