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Just north of Rome are the remnants of a once thriving culture. The Etruscans built towns, ports and roads, mined for iron ore and produced incredible works of art. However, very little remains of their temples and houses. Most of which we learn about them comes from their extensive burial grounds where beautiful frescos, ornate grave goods and inscriptions give us an insight into their daily life. In this video I talk about the two famous Etruscan Necropoli of Banditaccia and Tarquinia that make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as the nearby towns and ports that they built.
#ancienthistory #archaeology #etruscans
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
01:37 The Necropolis of Banditaccia
08:15 The Necropolis of Tarquinia
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✨ REFERENCES
Dashu, M., (2011). Etruscan Women and Social Structure. Academia. edu.
Komar, P., (2021). Wine taboo regarding women in archaic Rome, origins of Italian viticulture, and the taste of ancient wines. Greece & Rome, 68(2), pp.239-254.
Parco archeologico di Cerveteri e Tarquinia - Necropoli della Banditaccia
https://www.beniculturali.it/luogo/necropoli-della-banditaccia
Price, S., and Thonemann, P. (2011). The birth of classical Europe. A history from Troy to Augustine. London: Penguin Group.
Schultz, C.E. and Harvey, P.B. eds., (2006). Religion in Republican Italy (Vol. 33). Cambridge University Press.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Extent of the Etruscan civilisation, credit: NormanEinstein based on a map from The National Geographic Magazine Vol.173 No.6 June 1988
Terracotta sarcophagus sculpture of an Etruscan woman, credit: Thomas Ihle
Sarcophagus of the Spouses, credit: Gerard M
Etruscan dedication to Culsans, credit: BabelStone
Etruscan temple at Ara della Regina at Tarchna, credit: Robin Iversen Rönnlund
Temple at Veii, credit: Livioandronico2013
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Medieval castle in Cerveteri, credit: Davide Mauro
Pyrgi tablets, credit: Sailko
Pyrgi Etruscan walls, credit: Rjdeadly
Gold bracelets from the Regolini-Galassi tomb, credit: Fabrizio Garrisi
Cauldron from the Regolini-Galassi tomb, credit: Fabrizio Garrisi
Tomb of the Bulls, credit: AlexanderVanLoon
Apollo of Veii, credit: Ptyx
CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Tumuli at the Etruscan Necropolis of Banditaccia, credit: Sailko
Archaeological museum at Cerveteri, credit: Sailko
Santa Severa castle, credit: Fczarnowski
Villanovan urn, credit: Sailko
Cremation urns at the Necropolis of Tarquinia, credit: louis-garden
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Tomb of the Reliefs, credit: Roberto Ferrari
Public domain
Tomb of the Augurs
Map of Pyrgi
Tomb of the Leopards
Lead plaque of Magliano, sides A and B
Google Earth
All location pins
All other photographs and video, credit: MegalithHunter
Just north of Rome are the remnants of a once thriving culture. The Etruscans built towns, ports and roads, mined for iron ore and produced incredible works of art. However, very little remains of their temples and houses. Most of which we learn about them comes from their extensive burial grounds where beautiful frescos, ornate grave goods and inscriptions give us an insight into their daily life. In this video I talk about the two famous Etruscan Necropoli of Banditaccia and Tarquinia that make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as well as the nearby towns and ports that they built.
#ancienthistory #archaeology #etruscans
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 Introduction
01:37 The Necropolis of Banditaccia
08:15 The Necropolis of Tarquinia
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
BlueSky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
✨ REFERENCES
Dashu, M., (2011). Etruscan Women and Social Structure. Academia. edu.
Komar, P., (2021). Wine taboo regarding women in archaic Rome, origins of Italian viticulture, and the taste of ancient wines. Greece & Rome, 68(2), pp.239-254.
Parco archeologico di Cerveteri e Tarquinia - Necropoli della Banditaccia
https://www.beniculturali.it/luogo/necropoli-della-banditaccia
Price, S., and Thonemann, P. (2011). The birth of classical Europe. A history from Troy to Augustine. London: Penguin Group.
Schultz, C.E. and Harvey, P.B. eds., (2006). Religion in Republican Italy (Vol. 33). Cambridge University Press.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Extent of the Etruscan civilisation, credit: NormanEinstein based on a map from The National Geographic Magazine Vol.173 No.6 June 1988
Terracotta sarcophagus sculpture of an Etruscan woman, credit: Thomas Ihle
Sarcophagus of the Spouses, credit: Gerard M
Etruscan dedication to Culsans, credit: BabelStone
Etruscan temple at Ara della Regina at Tarchna, credit: Robin Iversen Rönnlund
Temple at Veii, credit: Livioandronico2013
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Medieval castle in Cerveteri, credit: Davide Mauro
Pyrgi tablets, credit: Sailko
Pyrgi Etruscan walls, credit: Rjdeadly
Gold bracelets from the Regolini-Galassi tomb, credit: Fabrizio Garrisi
Cauldron from the Regolini-Galassi tomb, credit: Fabrizio Garrisi
Tomb of the Bulls, credit: AlexanderVanLoon
Apollo of Veii, credit: Ptyx
CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Tumuli at the Etruscan Necropolis of Banditaccia, credit: Sailko
Archaeological museum at Cerveteri, credit: Sailko
Santa Severa castle, credit: Fczarnowski
Villanovan urn, credit: Sailko
Cremation urns at the Necropolis of Tarquinia, credit: louis-garden
CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Tomb of the Reliefs, credit: Roberto Ferrari
Public domain
Tomb of the Augurs
Map of Pyrgi
Tomb of the Leopards
Lead plaque of Magliano, sides A and B
Google Earth
All location pins
All other photographs and video, credit: MegalithHunter
