And he was a talented fellow!
Posted on 03/29/2016 5:41:03 PM PDT by JimSEA
It would be nice to know if large numbers of Etruscan books were recycled as mummy bandages, a practice that led to preservation of some fragments of a some ancient works.
And he was a talented fellow!
I’d forgotten that ancient cultures invented the concept of recycling out necessity-no EPA needed...
I’ve read that a number of Roman Empire power brokers insisted they were descended from ancestors who were buried in Etruscan tombs-it would be interesting to know if that ancestry was really widespread...
Similar story, with a vid, from Reuters (the vid failed to load for me, perhaps you’ll have better luck):
Etruscan stone could help unravel enigma of one of Italy’s first civilizations
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-art-etruscan-idUSKCN0XM0VC
The video was interesting in that it showed some of the techniques and progress they are making in clarifying the lettering. Their written language seems crude when compared with their sculpture. They should have enough to work on though.
Thanks for the link!!!
My pleasure, thanks again for posting the topic!
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