Etruscan civilization

Originally settled in what is Tuscany today, the Etruscans were one of the most important civilizations in ancient Italy. The name Etrusci was given to the civilization by the Romans, and it was from this name that Tuscany’s name eventually derived. Archaeological site of tombs (necropolis) near Populonia, in […]

Etruria: The Black Etruscans, Malta and the Phoenicians

Faces of Ancient Etruscan Civilization

Detail of the Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses, considered one of the great masterpieces of Etruscan art. It is a late 6th century BCE Etruscan anthropoid sarcophagus made of terracotta. It depicts...

Etruscan, member of an ancient people of Etruria, Italy, between the Tiber and Arno rivers west and south of the Apennines, whose urban civilization reached its height in the 6th century bce. Many features of Etruscan culture were adopted by the Romans, their successors to power in the peninsula. A

Etruscan, Faliscan. Fragmentary red-figure kylix: Zeus and Hera, early 4th century B.C. Ceramic

Many folks see the Etruscan civilization as merely a segue, a follow up to the Greeks and a foreshadowing to the Romans. But casting this ancient society as a sideline character might not do them enough justice.

http://imtw.ru/topic/48629-rimskoe-carstvo-regnum-romanum-i-rannyaya-respublika/page__st__20__p__2136198#entry2136198 1. EARLY VILLANOVAN CULTURE, 9th–8th CENTURIES BC. (1) Leader with war-chariot, Tarchuna area. The early example of a war-chariot is from grave 15 at Castel di Decima, and the warrior is reconstructed partly from grave Monterozzi 3 in the Arcatelle necropolis, Tarquinia. This contained, among other objects, a crested helmet, an antennae sword, a spearhead and a fibula. His…

Etruscan Art showing Dress **Taken at the British Museum In this tomb painting we see men and women in a shoe that covers the ankle curls upward at the toe. They are wearing tunics and some have a tebennes, a garment that draped over one shoulder. We can also see the man is wearing a crown band on top of his head. Lastly, the women have styled their long hair in a single braid or just loose.

The tebenna was an Etruscan mantle that was rounded at the ends and worn by men and women. Various versions, were created using various draping techniques.