Oops! Etruscan warrior prince really a princess

foxnews.com ^ | October 21, 2013 | Tia Ghose/

[BenLurkin]

The mix-up highlights just how easily both modern and old biases can color the interpretation of ancient graves.

In this instance, the lifestyles of the ancient Greeks and Romans may have skewed the view of the tomb. Whereas Greek women were cloistered away, Etruscan women, according to Greek historian Theopompus, were more carefree, working out, lounging nude, drinking freely, consorting with many men and raising children who did not know their fathers' identities.

[BenLurkin]

In other words...sluts.

[A CA Guy]

Did they have EBT, section 8 and California Fresh so they could live on that back then as well?

[Slump Tester]

Did they have EBT, section 8 and California Fresh so they could live on that their back then as well?

There, I fixed it for you.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

"Lounging nude"

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[dblshot]

Etruscan women, according to Greek historian Theopompus, were more carefree, working out, lounging nude, drinking freely, consorting with many men and raising children who did not know their fathers' identities.
There was football and basket ball back then? Who knew.

[SkyDancer]

Definition of a slut: Women acting like men.

[Red Badger]

Now we know why their society disappeared while the Romans lasted for a thousand years....................

[BenLurkin]

Bingo.

[DonaldC]

“Now we know why their society disappeared while the Romans lasted for a thousand years....................”

And the Romans disappeared for much the same reasons....and we’re heading down the same path.

[353FMG]

“....and we’re heading down the same path.”

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And we lasted much less than 1000 years.

[Tax-chick]

Etruscan women, according to Greek historian Theopompus, were ...

Well, we can read what Roman historians said about the Greeks, too, but we can't necessarily believe it. Reports can be timely without being true.