Etruscan Origins | Ancient Myths and DNA
Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages | February 20, 2022
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Etruscan Origins | Ancient Myths and DNA
Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages | February 20, 2022
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We take a look at an early influential European civilization headquartered on the Italian peninsula, the Etruscans. Etruria, a region on the Central Western side of the Italian peninsula, that area covered by modern Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria, was once home to a people and civilization called Etruscans. The Etruscan culture, having arisen around the 9th Century BC, flourished to become the dominant culture in Italy by 650 BC. How the origin of the Etruscans came about, and how their culture grew to out-compete other cultures on the Italian peninsula, including the Ligures and North Picenes in Northern Italy, the Rutulians Southeast of Rome, and the Sicanians of Sicily, will be discussed here.
The Italian peninsula has been the home of human ancestors perhaps as far back as 850,000 years ago, and about 200,000 years ago the Neanderthals left evidence of their presence in Italy and were at that time the most advanced humans in Europe. Modern humans first entered the archaeological record in Italy around 40,000 years ago, and eventually gave rise to the earliest identifiable ancient civilizations of Italy.
The historical record of ancient Italy begins with the legendary origins of Rome around 750 BC and the more or less concurrent beginnings of the Etruscan culture. The earliest people of Italy spoke a variety of languages, including Indo-European languages, and others, including the earliest Etruscans, spoke a language of non-Indo-European origin, leaving ancient Italy with no universal “Italian” language. Another linguistic influence on the people of the Italian peninsula came from Semitic Phoenicians and Carthaginians that brought Afro-Asiatic languages to Italy. The language of the most ancient Etruscans was based on the Tyrrhenian linguistic family, neither Indo-European nor of Greek origin, and stemmed from a Paleolithic Southern European linguistic heritage that pre-dated the Indo-European influence.
The Iron Age in Italy (circa 1100 to 700 BC) coincided with the establishment of recognized cultural civilizations. The establishment of the Etruscan language around 900 BC may serve as a benchmark in determining the origin of the Etruscan culture during the seminal advent of the Iron Age. The oldest known written records from the Etruscan language date from the 8th Century BC, and written samples of the Etruscan language persist to the 1st Century AD.
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The first half of an interview in which Dr Phil Perkins tells us about his research into the ancient Etruscans.Etruscan DNA Part 1 | March 6, 2010 | Classics Confidential
The second half of an interview with Dr Phil Perkins about the ancient Etruscans.Etruscan DNA Part 2 | March 7, 2010 | Classics Confidential
The Etruscans were one of the most interesting civilizations of antiquity. In this video, I explore some of the distinctive features of Etruscan civilization and also look at some of the key urban sites in Etruria.Etruscan Cities and Civilization | April 9, 2020 | Thersites the Historian
The Etruscans, who knew themselves as the Rasenna, were a culture that flourished in central Italy in the region of Etruria between the 8th and the 3rd century BCE. They are first mentioned by the Greek writer Hesiod in the 8th century BCE and were the first great Italian civilization before the Romans. They were a major trading entity in the Mediterranean, and in the ancient world, they were renowned for their mineral resources. Although much of the Etruscan culture and history was obliterated or absorbed by the Romans, many Etruscan tombs and their contents, wall paintings, and Roman adoption of Etruscan material and religious culture have survived. The Etruscans lived in independent city-states, linked only by their common language, religion, and general culture. This means that art, governmental and architectural developments happened at different times in each city, since they were working autonomously.
In central Italy during the Iron Age, a culture began to develop in around 1100 BCE, and they have been called the Villanovan culture. These peoples were actually what we know as the Etruscan culture in their early form. The lack of evidence showing that there was warfare in the region, or migration of new peoples, suggest that the Villanovan people never left, and the Etruscan people never arrived, but they are one and the same.
— CHAPTERS —
0:00 Introduction
0:39 Who are the Etruscans?
1:43 Villanovan or Etruscan?
3:34 Etruscan Social and Governmental Structure
5:52 Etruscan Religion
7:37 Etruscan Burial Customs and Art
10:43 OutroHistory of the Etruscan Culture: the First Great Italian Civilization
June 25, 2021 | World History Encyclopedia
Today, having set off for a journey over the lands of ancient Etruria, we'll be surprised: so few remains of the Etruscan civilization are left.
Uninhabited and lonely are their roads. Bearing silent witness to a long gone life, nowadays they lead to nowhere, to cities that have passed away for ever, cities which cannot be brought back to life.
Time has destroyed Etruscan temples made of wood, leaving us with only stone basements. Marvelous terracotta sculptures have turned to dust. As a result, in museums today we'll find only fragments of a profound and beautiful world created by master hands of Etruscan painters and sculptors.
The Etruscan language has been forgotten. Scriptures have been lost. Now we can only read restrained words of sepulchral dedications encrypted on sarcophagi.
But we are left with the tombs of Etruscans, which used to be full of treasures; with majestic ruins of towns of the dead, carved of travertine in rocks; with mysterious caves descending into the depths of the Earth; with enigmatic green hills, that in their own way are ready to tell us the story of the people who believed in immortality.Etruscans. Pilgrims in eternity
January 12, 2020 | Altair-TV Company
(I set the time index to start with the presentation, skipping the mild Trump-bash from the jackass emcee)
A presentation by Francesco Bonavita, Ph.D. [May 16, 2019]
Who were the Etruscans? Come listen to Prof. Francesco Bonavita, a linguist, educator, lecturer and author talk about the people often labeled as enigmatic, gluttons, and bon vivants, but who supposedly gave us wine, love of music, and taught us to live life in style! Prof. Bonavita is a native of Rome and holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature.The Etruscans: Who Were They?
May 30, 2019 | CasaItalianaNYU
Gonna go Tuscan on some porkchops later today, with some modern Italian side dishes.
Interesting.
Etruscans invented the tango.
Thx.
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