For ancient craftspeople, who had to fashion everything by hand, specialized tools such as saws and awls must have been among their most prized possessions. For a people as artistically accomplished ...

A team of archaeologists scouring central Italy uncovered a fully intact Etruscan chamber tomb. The sealed chamber is likely around 2,600 years old and contains more than 100 grave goods. Bronze ...

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 Etruscan custom of writing on linen has left little for scholars to pick over. We have no Etruscan histories, philosophies, or epics and so—ignoring the often-disparaging commentaries produced by ...

FLORENCE, ITALY—According to a Live Science report, a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb decorated with wall paintings has been uncovered in central Italy’s Tarquinia necropolis. No human remains, grave ...

Paintings on the western wall of the Etruscan tomb. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la provincia di Viterbo e per l’Etruria Meridionale In the final days of 2022, a team ...

From the Etruscan Shrew to the Pygmy Jerboa: Meet the world’s smallest mammalsThe size of these animals helps them avoid predators, conserve energy, and fit into small spaces where food and shelter ...

Italian authorities have recovered several Etruscan antiquities stolen by tomb raiders from a burial site in central Italy. Emanuele Antonio Minerva / Courtesy of the Italian Ministry of Culture ...

Italian police have unveiled a haul of looted Etruscan treasures which were seized after thieves—“tomb raiders”—posted pictures of the objects online. The items were taken from an Etruscan necropolis ...

Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land. The ...