This could change our understanding of the mysterious Etruscan civilization in Italy. The ancient Etruscan civilization, whose great cities dotted the west coast of Italy between 2800 and 2400 years ...

Detail of the inscription on the stele (courtesy Mugello Valley Project) (click to enlarge) Over the coming months, according to SMU, researchers with the University of Florence will be examining and ...

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 ...

Archaeologists translating a very rare inscription on an ancient Etruscan temple stone have discovered the name Uni—an important female goddess. The discovery indicates that Uni—a divinity of ...

The sixth in an occasional series on the books that spurred our love of travel. “I am not Baedeker,” D.H. Lawrence forewarns readers of his travel writing from Italy. Instead of train schedules, ...