A small ancient disk discovered in Tuscany carries a spiral inscription that may reveal how the Etruscans honored their gods.

In the silent display cases of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence rests an object that, at first glance, might seem like a modest piece of deformed mineral. However, this small lead disk, ...

A team of Italian archaeologists excavating at the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci has discovered a previously unknown of monumental temple near the legendary Tempio Grande sacred site. Since the 1950s ...

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 new study published in the journal Science Advances offers evidence to support the theory of local origins of the Etruscans, an advanced Iron Age peoples in central Italy. For the study, scientists ...

An inscribed stone slab unearthed at an Etruscan site in Tuscany is proving to contain one of the most difficult texts to decipher. It was believed that the sixth-century B.C. stela would shed light ...

Recent excavations in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci revealed the head of a marble statue that appears to have Greek influence. The head belongs to a kore, statues made in the images of young ...

The Etruscans are one of the most famous nations of ancient Italy. They were Rome's powerful neighbors, and their predecessors in many respects. However, by the time the Roman Empire came into being, ...

Archaeologists unearthed a 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb in the San Giuliano necropolis, approximately 70 kilometers northwest of Rome. The Italian Ministry of Culture announced the discovery on June ...

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 ...