Archaeology & History See the Life-Sized Marble Statue of Apollo Just Unearthed From an Ancient Spa in Tuscany. The statue was found at a site that has already proven rich in Roman and Etruscan finds.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 6.6-foot marble statue of Apollo at the excavation site immersed in water, ... dating back to the Etruscan era. These figurines are estimated to be 2300 years old.

The Etruscans lived and thrived for 500 years in what today is central Italy — the regions of Tuscany, ... archaeologists unearthed a large marble pool of the ancient sanctuary.

A notable discovery is a travertine altar with a bilingual inscription in Etruscan and Latin, one of the few known examples of this kind, mentioning the sacred thermal spring in both languages. Inside ...

Italian police have recovered a hoard of ancient Etruscan funerary urns and other treasures including bronze weapons which were originally found during building works and trafficked illegally.

Archeologists determined that the Etruscan people not only survived Roman power, but so did their complex cultural, social and economic habits. Roman marble mosaic, A.D. 194; Eastern Roman Empire ...