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

America hasn’t had a major Etruscan exhibition since 2009, when Dallas’s Meadows Museum hosted “New Light on the Etruscans.” That changes in May 2026, when San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum ...

Etruscan bronze statute depicting Sleep and Death Carrying off the slain son of Zeus, Sarpedon. This piece was made between 400 and 380 B.C. and is archived at the Cleveland Museum of Art. (Daderot ...

The Etruscans lived in what is now Italy from about 800 BCE to the first century BCE when they were assimilated into the Roman Empire. Their language is now gone, but some of their culture has ...

One of the enduring mysteries about the Etruscan people is their origin, as their culture seems to show influences of ancient Egypt and Greek civilizations. "Etruscan Treasures: Unlocking Ancient ...

Scientists using a new technique have uncovered the colorful and once-hidden scenes in paintings of the ancient Etruscans, a group of people who flourished on the Italian peninsula around 2,500 years ...

A new study shows that Etruscan cities grew through shifting land use, farming, and settlement patterns in ancient Italy.

In a groundbreaking discovery, archaeologists from the international San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (SGARP), led by experts from Baylor University, have uncovered a rare, untouched ...

The sixth in an occasional series on the books that spurred our love of travel. “I am not Baedeker,” D.H. Lawrence forewarns readers of his travel writing from Italy. Instead of train schedules, ...