The phrase “You can’t get there from here” comes to mind as the tour bus pulls into a parking area— because the tour bus ...
The U.S. has returned dozens of looted sculptures to Turkey, including a 2,000-year-old bronze statue surrendered by its ...
It is as fierce as it is fearsome. The mythic Chimaera was as captivating to the Etruscans who crafted the beast in bronze over 2,400 years ago as it was to the Tuscans who unearthed the sculpture in ...
America hasn’t had a major Etruscan exhibition since 2009, when Dallas’s Meadows Museum hosted “New Light on the Etruscans.” That changes in May 2026, when San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum ...
What is the origin of the ancient Etruscans, and what do we know to date from archaeological and genetic research?
In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists from the international San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP), led by experts from Baylor University, have uncovered a rare, untouched ...
When Rome was little more than a cluster of hill villages and the Forum a swampy marketplace, the proud and pleasure-loving Etruscans ruled Italy from the Tiber to the Po. In the end, the Roman ...
It is useless to look in Etruscan things for “uplift.” If yon want uplift, go to the Greek and the Gothic. If you want mass, go to the Roman. But if you love the odd spontaneous forms . . . go to the ...
Anatoly Grablevsky on the Chimera of Arezzo, Filippino Lippi & pedantry.
Tuscany - Driving among the medieval towns dotted across the countryside is a quintessential Tuscan experience ...
No human remains, grave goods, or inscriptions were recovered from the looted tomb, which was also damaged by the collapse of a tomb situated above it. Several scenes remain on the tomb walls, ...