Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history
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Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman history

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of more than 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history” about the transition from the Etruscan civilization to the Roman Empire. The discovery, in the San Casciano dei Bagni archaeological dig near Siena, is one of the most significant ever in the Mediterranean and certainly the most important since the 1972 underwater discovery of the famed Riace bronze warriors, said Massimo Osanna, the Culture Ministry's director of museums. The period was marked by wars and conflicts across what is today’s Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio regions, and yet, the bronze statues show evidence that Etruscan and Roman families prayed together to deities in the sacred sanctuary of the thermal springs. “This possibility to rewrite the relationship and dialectic between the Etruscan and Romans is an exceptional opportunity.” Some of the two dozen bronzes are entire figures of humans or gods, while others are of individual body parts and organs which would have been offered up to the gods for intervention for medical cures via the thermal waters, the ministry said in a statement.

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Italian police seize Estruscan treasures stolen from ancient grave by amateur ‘tomb raiders’
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Italian police seize Estruscan treasures stolen from ancient grave by amateur ‘tomb raiders’

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italian police have recovered a …

Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts dug up by ‘amateurish’ tomb raiders
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Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts dug up by ‘amateurish’ tomb raiders

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Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market
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Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts worth $8.5 million bound for black market

Associated Press  

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Italian 'tombaroli' hunters welcome the return from the US of ancient artifacts worth millions
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Italian 'tombaroli' hunters welcome the return from the US of ancient artifacts worth millions

ABC  

Italian authorities have celebrated the return of 266 antiquities worth tens of millions of dollars, including Etruscan vases and ancient Roman coins and mosaics, that were looted and sold to US museums and private collectors. Key points: The owner of a collection of items "spontaneously" gave them back after investigators determined they had been looted Items handed back included an …

Spectacular bronze statue find in Italy to 'rewrite history'
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Spectacular bronze statue find in Italy to 'rewrite history'

Hindustan Times  

An archaeological dig in the Italian thermal town of San Casciano dei Bagni in Tuscany has unveiled 24 well-preserved bronze statues from ancient times that are said to be up to 2,300 years old. The pair of two-meter tall Greek warrior bronzes were cast around 450 BC and remain very rare life-size bronze statues from Greek antiquity. "The Tuscan site …

Immaculately preserved bronze statues discovered in Tuscany ‘will rewrite history’
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Immaculately preserved bronze statues discovered in Tuscany ‘will rewrite history’

The Independent  

More than two dozen immaculately preserved bronze statues of Greco-Roman deities, which date back to around the first 1st century AD, have been discovered nestled between the ruins of an ancient bathhouse in Tuscany. open image in gallery The statues, most in excellent condition, were preserved in the mud of hot springs War and conflict defined the era in what …

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history
2 years, 1 month ago

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history

Associated Press  

ROME — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history” about the transition from the Etruscan civilization to the Roman Empire. The discovery, in the sacred baths of the San Casciano dei Bagni archaeological dig near Siena, is one of the most significant …

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