[jcon40]

My dad lived near Perugia for 20 years and was fascinated with the Etruscans and Hannibal and his brothers.

Sorry he’s not around to read your good post... thx

[Verginius Rufus]

The Perugia archaeological museum has some interesting Etruscan items--a stone stele with one of the longest Etruscan texts, and a recreated underground burial chamber with lots of Etruscan coffins.

Herodotus claimed that the Etruscans came from Lydia (western Asia Minor) and most ancient Greek and Roman authors seem to agree (except for Dionysius of Halicarnassus). Could the Aeneas legend (popular among the Etruscans) reflect a memory of immigration from western Asia Minor? Then there is the issue of an Etruscan-like language being spoken on the island of Lemnos in the northern Aegean.