Ancient genomes solve the Etruscan paradox, showing how genes shifted for centuries while their language stayed unchanged.

Detail of the inscription on the stele (courtesy Mugello Valley Project) (click to enlarge) Over the coming months, according to SMU, researchers with the University of Florence will be examining and ...

An ancient tablet recently unearthed in Tuscany has revealed its first secret: the engraved name of a goddess linked to fertility. The 500-pound stone slab, or stele, was unearthed earlier this year ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare text from an ancient temple in Italy that could reveal new details about the Etruscan civilization. The text is inscribed on a large sandstone slab from the 6th ...

Archaeologists translating a very rare inscription on an ancient Etruscan temple stone have discovered the name Uni—an important female goddess. The discovery indicates that Uni—a divinity of ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered what may be a rare Etruscan sacred text likely to yield rich details about Etruscan worship and early beliefs of a lost culture fundamental to western ...