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16-Oct-18, 13:59 EDT16-Mar-20, 15:58 EDT

Did Etruscans Descend from Villanovans?

Tomba dei Giocolieri (Tomb of the Jugglers) at the Necropoli dei Monterozzi - Tarquinia, Italy.

In previous posts, we went on a quest to understand the origins of the mysterious Etruscans. The current thinking is that Etruscans came from nowhere else but Italy. And modern historians support the theory that prosperous Villanovans who occupied parts of Italy 3,200 years ago, are ancestral to Etruscans. But who are the Villanovans?

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15-Oct-18, 13:51 EDT16-Mar-20, 16:40 EDT

Etruscan Fact #1: The Etruscan Origin Story is a Problem for the Ages, Literally

City of Volterra - view from the tower of the Palazzo dei Priori. A DNA study from 2013 concludes that native Volterrans descended from ancient Etruscans.

Just where did the Etruscans come from? The Etruscans’ origin story is a problem for the ages, literally. A 2,500-year debate among ancient historians carries on to this day among modern scholars. Did they come from Turkey or Greece? Or were they aboriginal to Italy? The lack of Etruscan written materials deepens the mystery…..

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