Red figured Kylix from the second quarter of the fith century b.c., found at the etruscan necropolis of Vulci in the province of Viterbo in Italy. Now on view in the Museo Archeologico Di Vulci.
Who were the Etruscans?
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Red figured Kylix from the second quarter of the fith century b.c., found at the etruscan necropolis of Vulci in the province of Viterbo in Italy. Now on view in the Museo Archeologico Di Vulci.
DNA Analysis Has Cleared Up The Origins of the Etruscans.
In 1885, an inscription in a pre-Greek language discovered in the island of Lemnos, dated to about the 6th century BC, presented many similarities with the Etruscan language both in its form and structure and its vocabulary. Herodotus’ theory, criticized by many historians, claimed that the Etruscans emigrated from the ancient region of Lydia (now western Turkey). Half the population sailed from Smyrna (now Izmir) until they reached Umbria in Italy.
Indeed, tombs discovered in ancient Lydia are extremely similar to those of the Etruscans. The Etruscans were also skilled sailors, who traded with the Greeks and Cartagena and the God of the Sea, Neptunus, was important in their religion.
The Lydian theory also links the Etruscans to the Minoans and "People of the Sea", seafaring raiders that were at war with the Egyptians in the 12th century BC. Their civilization was centered in Crete (now an island in southern Greece) and other neighboring islands (like Lemnos) and these people spoke non-Indo-European related languages. There are significantly increasing proofs that match the Crete and Minoan civilization
