What language did the Trojans speak? Was it Greek, Luwian, or something else? This article examines the evidence.

Detail of the inscription on the stele (courtesy Mugello Valley Project) (click to enlarge) Over the coming months, according to SMU, researchers with the University of Florence will be examining and ...

In the silent display cases of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence rests an object that, at first glance, might seem like a modest piece of deformed mineral. However, this small lead disk, ...

The Etruscan civilization, which flourished during the Iron Age in central Italy, has intrigued scholars for millennia. With remarkable metallurgical skills and a now-extinct, non-Indo-European ...

Italian philologists and historians were greatly stirred by the publication of a volume by Professor Savini on the origins of the ancient Etruscan language, the language spoken by the Tusci who lived ...

The Etruscans lived in what is now Italy from about 800 BCE to the first century BCE when they were assimilated into the Roman Empire. Their language is now gone, but some of their culture has ...

The exhibition explores the origins of Etruscan civilization with objects drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum. Etruscan Gifts: Artifacts from Early Italy in the Bowdoin Collection opens ...