Cerveteri

Cerveteri has the ideal conditions for reconstructing the architecture and funerary ideology of the Etruscans, also allowing us to appreciate many aspects of their daily lives. Since the Orientalising Revolution, in fact, the Etruscans had begun to build chamber tombs using real houses as their model.

Topics covered:

The origin and development of the city in relation to the territory
the city of the dead represents the city of the living
the influence of Greek and near-eastern culture
the Banditaccia and Monte Abatone necropoli
the Cerite [Cerveteri] Museum

Cerveteri

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