What is the origin of the ancient Etruscans, and what do we know to date from archaeological and genetic research?

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 ...

The recent rescue excavation of a 2nd century B.C.E. burial site in the southern Tuscany region of Italy is providing a previously unseen glimpse of the Etruscan identity that survived the Roman ...

The earliest literary reference to the Etruscans comes in Hesiod's Theogony, stating that the two sons of Odysseus and Kirke ruled the central Italian region. As such, from this early a period, the ...

In the picturesque municipality of San Casciano dei Bagni, located in the Italian province of Siena, archaeological discoveries continue to shed light on the rich history of the Etruscan-Roman ...