• The Etruscan terracotta warriors are three statues that resemble the work of the ancient Etruscans, but are in fact art forgeries. The statues, created...
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    by the Etruscans, but always retained distinct characteristics. Particularly strong in this tradition were figurative sculpture in terracotta (especially...
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  • Etruscan society Etruscan terracotta warriors Etruscan bear (Ursus etruscus, extinct) Etruscan honeysuckle (Lonicera etrusca) Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus...
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    The Etruscan civilization (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy...
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    even more true of Etruscan temples. When wood was used for columns, the bases and capitals were often encased in painted terracotta. All the edges of...
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    several theses were elaborated on the origin of the Etruscans from the 5th century BC, when the Etruscan civilization had been already established for several...
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    Etruscan history is the written record of Etruscan civilization compiled mainly by Greek and Roman authors. Apart from their inscriptions, from which information...
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    Etruscan (/ɪˈtrʌskən/ ih-TRUSK-ən) was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, in Etruria Padana and Etruria Campana...
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    religious context as cult statues or temple decorations. Etruscan art often used terracotta in preference to stone even for larger statues, such as the...
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    The Etruscan alphabet used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime...
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