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Etruscan Square Tomb, Cerveteri
An example of the square stone tombs at the cemetery of Banditaccia at the Etruscan site of Cerveteri. The tombs were laid out in rows with streets between them. Mid-6th century BCE.
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Etruscan Gold Fibula, Cerveteri
A gold fibula decorated with five lions (upper portion) and 50 ducks (lower portion) from the Etruscan Regoliini-Galassi Tomb at Cerveteri. 7th century BCE. (Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Vatican Museums, Rome)
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Funerary urn lid of an Etruscan woman
Painted terracotta funerary urn lid of an Etruscan woman, from Chiusi, ca. 150-120 BCE (Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany).
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Etruscan Bronze Cuirass
A c. 7th or 6th Century BCE Etruscan breastplate. This breastplate or cuirass bears similarities to an ancient Greek "muscle cuirass", because it is modeled after a human torso with features such as pectoral muscles and a spine. From the...
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Etruscan Bust of Juno
Terracotta bust of Juno decorated with jewels, a royal diadem and a rich dress with peplum softly folded over the shoulder. From the Sanctuary of Juno Curitis at Celle, c. 380 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)
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Regolini-Galassi Tomb
The Regolini-Galassi Tomb is located in the Etruscan town of Cerveteri (aka Cisra or Caere) near the western coast of central Italy, around 50 km north of Rome. Cerveteri flourished between the 7th and 4th century BCE and has hundreds of...
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Etruscan Dancers, Acquarossa
A revetment plaque depicting dancers. Terracotta, Portico Building A, Acquarossa. 6th century BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Viterbo, Italy)
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Etruscan Bucchero Vase
An Etruscan bucchero vase. Second half of the 6th century BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)
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Interview: Super/Natural: Textiles of the Andes
Over the course of several millennia, textiles were the primary form of aesthetic expression and communication for the diverse cultures that developed throughout the desert coasts and mountain highlands of the Andean region. Worn as garments...
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Etruscan Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti
Etruscan Terracotta Sarcophagus of Larthia Seianti, found in Chiusi, 3rd century CE. (National Archaeological Museum of Florence)