Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient tomb adorned with stunning paintings in Tarquinia, Italy, within a larger Etruscan necropolis. The Etruscans, a pre-Roman civilization that thrived in ...

The site contains very different types of tombs: trenches cut in rock; tumuli; and some, also carved in rock, in the shape of huts or houses with a wealth of structural details. These provide the only ...

Archaeologists discovered a painted Etruscan tomb in Tarquinia, Italy, revealing frescoes that offer new insights into Etruscan culture and funerary practices. The announcement was made at the ...

In 1882, in an Etruscan tomb near Veii, about 16 kilometers north of Rome, a Greek pitcher—an olpe—was discovered. It had ...

In the rich Etruscan country north of Rome, archaeologists and grave robbers bitterly compete in the search for ancient tombs. But sometimes the grave robber unwittingly becomes the archaeologist ...

The Villanovan culture, the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the first Iron Age society in Italy.

A Danish family has returned three ancient artifacts to Italy after their father purchased them in the 1960s. The items, ...