The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

Criterion (iii): The two necropolises constitute a unique and exceptional testimony to the ancient Etruscan civilisation, the only urban type of civilisation in pre-Roman Italy. Moreover, the ...

Researchers explore the possibility of a secret passage that may have been used in ancient times for strategic, diplomatic, or commercial purposes.

Eventually the culture was absorbed into the Roman Republic ... Texts from this time are rare, so ancient Etruscan inscriptions are key to learn more about the people. The urns have images ...

including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of deities, with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve ...

Bloody, brutal but popular, gladiatorial contests are often seen as the dark side of Roman civilization ... The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died ...

A 2,500-year-old tomb with vibrant red wall paintings has been unearthed at the ancient Tarquinia necropolis in Italy, the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the province ...