Chapter 09--The Etruscans Double-flute player, detail of a mural painting in the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480-470 BCE.

Chapter 09--The Etruscans

Double-flute player, detail of a mural painting in the Tomb of the Leopards, Tarquinia, Italy, ca. 480-470 BCE.

Fibula with Orientalizing lions, from the Regolini-Galassi Tomb, Cerveteri, Italy, ca 650-640 BC Gold, Approx. 1½” high

Model of a typical Etruscan temple of the sixth century BCE, as described by Vitruvius.

Apulu (Apollo)

from the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy

ca. 510-500 B.C.E.painted terracotta71 in. high

Sarcophagus with reclining couple

from Cerveteri, Italy

ca. 520 B.C.E.painted terracotta45 1/2 in. high

Tumuli in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri, Italy, seventh to second centuries BCE.

Interior of the tomb of the reliefs

Cerveteri, Italy

3rd century B.C.E.

Tomb of the Leopards, wall paintingTarquinia (ancient Tarquinii) c. 470 BC.

Diving and fishing, detail from the Tomb of Hunting and fishing, Tarqunia, Italy, ca 530-520 BC

Capitoline Wolf

from Rome, Italy

ca. 500-480 B.C.E.bronze31 1/2 in. high

Chimera of Arezzo

from the Arezzo, Italy

1st half of 4th century B.C.E.bronze31 1/2 in. high

Chimera of Arezzo

from the Arezzo, Italy

1st half of 4th century B.C.E.bronze31 1/2 in. high

Novius Plautius, The Ficorini Cist, from Palestrina (ancient Praeneste), late 4th century BC Bronze, approx. 21” high.

Porta Marzia (Gate of Mars)

Perugia, Italy

2nd century B.C.E.

Sarcophagus of Lars Pulena, from Tarquelina, Italy, early second century BC Tufa approx 6’6” long

Aule Metele (Arringatore), from Cortona, near Lake Trasimeno, Italy, early first century BC. Bronze, approx. 5’7” high.