Jerolyn Morrison / Baylor University 3 Nationaal ArchiefInside the tomb were 74 vessels like theseJerolyn Morrison / Baylor University 3 Nationaal Archief
Archaeologists from Baylor University, USA, have discovered a rare, intact Etruscan burial chamber in San Giuliano, 70 kilometers northwest of Rome, estimated to be 2,600 years old. Inside were the remains of four individuals lying on carved stone beds, surrounded by more than 100 well-preserved funerary objects, including ceramic vessels, iron weapons, and bronze ornaments. Prior to this discovery, a team led by Baylor University’s Davide Zori had found some 600 small house-shaped tombs carved into rock in the necropolis surrounding the Etruscan city atop the San Giuliano Plateau in the province of Lazio, central Italy, but all had been looted. The Etruscan civilization thrived in central Italy in the centuries before the Roman Republic, reaching its height around the sixth century BCE, before being gradually incorporated into the Roman Empire during the first century BCE (Baylor University, July 15).
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