Summary: At the height of its power and influence, the Etruscan civilization extended from the Po Valley to Campania, and its merchant fleet was the master of the Mediterranean. This program documents the salvaging of the first Etruscan ship ever found: a spectacular wreck off the coast of southern France with a perfectly preserved lower hull and laden with hundreds of amphorae. What artifacts are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Borrelli, Federica.
Contents: Etruscan origins and the Villanovan civilization -- Economic activity in the Etruscan world -- Etruria and the East -- The Etruscan aristocracy -- The silver-gilt Lebes from Palestrina -- Women's grave goods -- Etruria and Greece -- The ivory pyxis from the Pania Necropolis -- Architecture and urban planning -- Gold from the Regolini-Galassi tomb -- Images of ancestors -- Pottery in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J. Paul Getty Museum 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 937.0049 BORSummary: Enter the tombs at Tarquinia and Cerveteri, and the walls speak eloquently of the art and culture of ancient Etruria. The superb frescoes painted to enhance the walls of these tombs tell us in detail about the environment in which the Etruscans lived. They also depict the elaborate houses of the dead in which priceless treasures were buried along with the deceased. These detailed and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007