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 ...

Rome remained relatively primitive until the 600s B.C., when the Etruscans, who controlled a series of city-states to the north, began taking control of the city.

FROM ROME TO PALESTRINA THE ANCIENT LAND-MARKS AN ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCURSION DISCOVERY OF THE CISTAE THEIR CONTENTS THE STORY OF ANECKLACE DESIGNS ON THE CISTAE ETRUSCAN AND ETRURIAN ART.

A collection of ancient Greek silverware dating to the third century B.C. is going on display in Rome after being returned by the Metropolitan Museum in New York, officials said Friday.