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Intact, Packed Etruscan Tomb Found
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| December 4, 2015
| Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 12/05/2015 10:33:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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One of the reclining figures on the lid of the urn [Soprintendenza Archeologia dell'Umbria]
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:33:46 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:35:37 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Etruscan keywords topics from the FRchives:
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:45:09 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
The Roman upper crust got a lot of their schtick from the Etruscans.
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:45:53 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Looks like Larry Fine to me.
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:47:24 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: Mastador1; SunkenCiv; Salamander; Slings and Arrows
It's either from the Gilfordus period -
Or possibly the reign of Nullus Mostellus -
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:54:41 PM PST
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: fieldmarshaldj
No it doesn’t and the Romans copied the Etruscans, in many things.
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posted on
12/05/2015 10:56:20 PM PST
by
nopardons
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To: nopardons
“No it doesnât and the Romans copied the Etruscans, in many things.”
As well as the Greeks.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:02:49 PM PST
by
truth_seeker
(come with the outlws.)
To: truth_seeker
Yes, that's true.
But you can tell that this is Etruscan, because NO Greek or Roman statuary would include that potbelly, or have an nonidealized face. :-)
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:04:37 PM PST
by
nopardons
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To: nopardons
That face was to keep the evil spirits away - I know it would work on me.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:23:57 PM PST
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aquila48
To: aquila48
Noooooooooooooo........the Etruscans didn't idealize their portrayal of people. :-)
There's not much archeologically retrieved stuff, so this intact tomb is a real find !
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12/05/2015 11:28:23 PM PST
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nopardons
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To: nopardons
“so this intact tomb is a real find !”
I agree, it’s a great find. And in its honor, next time Fiorentina plays Roma, I’ll cheer for the Etruscans. Viva Firenze!
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:34:06 PM PST
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aquila48
To: aquila48
:-)
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:35:33 PM PST
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nopardons
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To: nopardons
Apparently the Etruscans also invented the cheesecake...
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:50:37 PM PST
by
piasa
To: piasa
LOL....I think that what the man is holding is either bread or a wheel of cheese.
The Ancient Romans baked bread that looked that that thing.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:52:04 PM PST
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nopardons
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To: nopardons
Nope, he is holding the first fruit cake, no not a symbol of Obama, a real fruit cake.
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posted on
12/05/2015 11:56:02 PM PST
by
carcraft
(Pray for our Country)
To: nopardons
Maybe the tombs were a grain storage facility.
To: nopardons
I think that what the man is holding is either bread or a wheel of cheese.
* * *
And that looks like a metal chain — gold or bronze — around his neck. A chain of office? Maybe a baker or cheesemaker (or merchant) who moved up in the world?
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posted on
12/06/2015 12:08:47 AM PST
by
Hetty_Fauxvert
("Cruz." That's the answer.)
To: carcraft
LOL....I don't think so.
OTOH....I LOVE fruitcake, when it is made well. :-)
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12/06/2015 12:14:30 AM PST
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nopardons
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