Etruscan civilization

Map of the towns that made up Etruscan Italy, and information on where to see and explore the civilization, from archaeological sites, to museums to those famous cities of the dead, the Etruscan necropolis.

Zeus, Musée d'Orvieto

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Detail of the Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses, considered one of the great masterpieces of Etruscan art. It is a late 6th century BCE Etruscan anthropoid sarcophagus made of terracotta. It depicts...

The Etruscan civilization was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and cult...

Etruscan, member of an ancient people of Etruria, Italy, between the Tiber and Arno rivers west and south of the Apennines, whose urban civilization reached its height in the 6th century bce. Many features of Etruscan culture were adopted by the Romans, their successors to power in the peninsula. A

The tebenna was an Etruscan mantle that was rounded at the ends and worn by men and women. Various versions, were created using various draping techniques.

5th century BCE.

A detail of the 19th century CE reconstructed Etruscan temple at the Villa Giulia Museum, Rome, showing the terracotta roof decorations which were common to Etruscan buildings.

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