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The Etruscans Outside Etruria

The Etruscans Outside Etruria

$49.95 at The Getty Museum.

Edited by Giovannangelo Camporeale During the last millennium BCE, before the coming of the Romans, the Etruscans built a thriving civilization in the western Mediterranean basin, which was rich in natural resources. From the eighth century BCE, Etruria became a destination on the Italian peninsula for refined works by artisans of the Hellenic regions, the Near East, and central Europe, and for masters from these regions, who emigrated and began to work for the local clientele. These artisans would contribute…