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A strand of a gold Etruscan necklace, found in Italy, dating back to between 800 and 500 BCE. Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Limestone relief from an Etruscan tomb monument depicting dancers, 500-400 BCE. Probably from Chiusi, northern Italy. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

With a lion's body and the wings and head of an eagle, the grffin encapsulates the majesty of both. At one time representing royalty, it gained the role of guardian. Griffins are used architecturally and can be found in domestic objects...

An Etruscan bronze mirror with an engraved scene depicting the gods Laran (Mars), Turan (Venus) Menrva (Minerva) and Aplu (Apollo) - all indicated by the inscription around the edge. 300-270 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum, Rome)

Volsinii (modern Orvieto), located in central Italy, was an important Etruscan town from the 8th century BCE when it was known by the name of Velzna. Representatives of the Etruscan League met annually at the site in the most important Etruscan...

A model of a 5th century BCE Etruscan temple. Temple A at Pyrgi, the port and sanctuary of Cerveteri/Cisra (Altes Museum, Berlin)

A copper alloy plaque with an inscription in the Etruscan alphabet. The inscription reads from right to left and the top line is the name of the god Culsans, the second line is as yet undeciphered. 3rd - 2nd century BCE. (British Museum...

A bronze figurine of a youth or priest offering a libation. 2nd century BCE. Etruscan-Latin. (British Museum, London)

An Etruscan red on white slip pottery vessel from Vulci or Bisencio, c. 700 BCE. (Antikensammlung Berlin)

Etruscan Terracotta Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti, found in Chiusi, 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Florence)