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Rare intact tomb found in Italy

Postby westsiderny on Wed 15 Aug, 2007 7:06 pm

A 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb containing the remains of at least 16 people has been found intact in Italy's Tuscany region.
Archaeology team leader Andrea Marcocci said the discovery was made near the town of Civitella Paganico, which is near Grosseto... The burial site dated to between the 1st and 3rd centuries BC, and an inscription was found confirming it was an Etruscan tomb.


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Postby jezabel66a on Wed 15 Aug, 2007 9:56 pm

CIVITELLA PAGANICO, near GROSSETO.....
Italia tierra prodiga en cultura e historia, no deja nunca de sorprendernos, ahora el turno de este descubrimiento de la civilizacion etrusca, que bien sabemos se origina en TOSCANA.
Gracias, WESTSIDERNY, siempre acercas algo para atraer mi curiosidad arqueologica. :D
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