It's the Day of Zeus / Jupiter's Day / #Thursday! ⚡

Bronze mirror case depicting the abduction of #Ganymedes by Zeus. Several people are standing around when #Zeus lifts up the Trojan prince into the air but they can't do anything to stop it.

🏛️ Late #Etruscan from Palestrina, Italy

#DayOfZeus #Ganymede #Mythology #EtruscanArt #antiquidons @antiquidons @histodons @mythology

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this detail from the Sarcophagus of the Spouses. This Etruscan funerary monument is housed in the Villa Giulia, Rome.

#etruscan #spouses #sarcophagus #VillaGiulia #rome #sculpture #TerraCotta

Bronzes from sacred baths to go on display – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/67402

"Dating to between the 3rd century B.C. and the 1st century A.D., the bronzes were left as votive offerings by visitors seeking cures for a myriad illnesses from the deities believed to inhabit the hot springs of the thermal baths."

#History #Roman #Etruscan

Are they old, incredibly ancient, or do they just act that way? Whatever, they tend to know things first, and she’s learned to value that. The Etruscan and the others spy on the Project all the time. That’s what they call it. But mainly it was the City taking up her time, because Rez & Rei were there, shadows among the other shadows, working on their Project. The #Etruscan said it was the craziest thing since they’d turned that first killfile inside out.

#Idoru, William Gibson:
EPILOGUE (Fables of the Reconstruction)
Hak Nam rose before Chia. The #WalledCity is growing. Being grown. A thing of random human accretion, monstrous & superb, it is being reconstituted here, retranslated from its later incarnation as a realm of consensual fantasy.
Now Chia checks into the City, hears the gossip in a favorite barbershop in Sai Shing Road. The #Etruscan is there, sometimes, with #Klaus & the #Rooster & the other ghosts he hangs with & they tolerate her.

Intact Etruscan tomb with last meal found in Vulci – The History Blog
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/66946

"An intact tomb from the 6th century B.C. has been discovered in the Etruscan necropolis of Casale dell’Osteria in Vulci in Lazio, central Italy. The 2,500-year-old tomb is richly furnished with pottery and contains an incredibly rare final meal on a brazier."

#History #Archeology #Etruscan #Italy

Were These Giant Carved Stones Used to Make Ancient Italian Wine? - Gastro Obscura
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-etruscan-wine

This simple, intuitive technique offers insight into how the Etruscans may have made their wine. Etruscans are widely believed to have taught winemaking to the Romans and the people living in modern-day France, making their practices the foundations of both Italian and French wine.

#History #Archeology #Italy #Etruscan #Wine

The 3rd new #ancient #history magazine I'm introducing is "The Road to #Rome", about the #Roman, #Byzantine, and #Etruscan #cultures, launching with 110 stories like:

- Succession of the #RomanEmpire

- The #Gallic Wars

- 9 facts about #JuliusCaesar

- #Spartacus was a real #gladiator

- #Commodus, the Mad #Emperor

- 2k yr old #Roman road discovery in #Britain

- #Etruscans prayed at #sacred hot springs

- #Sex in ancient Rome

- Ovid & Catullus, #poetry & #scandal

https://flipboard.com/@curiouscurator/the-road-to-rome-hsed05abz?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=curator_share

Going off topic with this memory of a less chilly day in the rolling hills of northern #Lazio, an area which is magical to me. It belongs to the ancient Etruria, the heartland of the #Etruscan civilisation.
This is the view from the Ara della Regina, the ruin of a large religious complex from which one can observe all the surrounding area. It's is relatively difficult to reach which gives it a remote feeling and makes the mind wonder.

"Archaeologists have found two dozen bronze figures, more than 2,000 years old and perfectly preserved in the hot mud and waters of an ancient, sacred pool [in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy]."

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/03/1138904735/italy-ancient-bronze-statues-discovery-tuscany

#Art, #Etruscan, #History, #Roman

"Archaeologists have found two dozen bronze figures, more than 2,000 years old and perfectly preserved in the hot mud and waters of an ancient, sacred pool [in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy]."

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/03/1138904735/italy-ancient-bronze-statues-discovery-tuscany?

#Art, #Etruscan, #History, #Roman

“Italian archaeologists are hailing a recent discovery as the ‘most exceptional’ in the last half-century. They believe it could rewrite the history of the relationship between the Etruscan and Roman civilizations.“ https://www.npr.org/2022/12/03/1138904735/italy-ancient-bronze-statues-discovery-tuscany

#acheology #italy #etruscan #roman #tuscany

#Archaeology Italy's ancient bronze statues discovery may rewrite #Etruscan and Roman history - https://www.npr.org/2022/12/03/1138904735/italy-ancient-bronze-statues-discovery-tuscany

Boccale Castle, Livorno
✅The Boccale Castle is an imposing castle perched atop a steep cliff on the Etruscan coast, known as the “Cala dei Pirati” (den of pirates in English).
✅ From the Castello del Boccale, a magnificent castle recently renovated, it is possible to admire the wild landscape of rocky coast that surrounds it, the crystal clear waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the den of pirates.
#etruscan
#boccale
#caladeipirati
#livorno
#Boccalecastle
#tuscanyhill
#visittuscany
#tuscany

"Talking Pots" 👉 Our fellow David Hack looks at an #Etruscan inscription. The rather plain fragment of a bowl reveals its location and offers information on the use of Attic ceramics in Etruria. #PhDlife #blog #archaeology
https://talkingpots.hypotheses.org/784
picture: Department of Classical Archaeology @univienna

"The bronze statues show evidence that Etruscan and Roman families prayed together to deities in the sacred sanctuary of the thermal springs."

#ArtHistory #Etruscan #Roman
https://apnews.com/article/travel-europe-museums-821ea64144e67887773cb8ec2e95a147

Stunning find of #Etruscan and #Roman bronzes in a spa in #Italy . #archaeology

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/exceptional-trove-of-24-ancient-statues-found-immersed-in-tuscan-spa

“While there were social and civil wars being fought outside the sanctuary ... inside the sanctuary the great elite Etruscan and Roman families prayed together in a context of peace surrounded by conflict,” Tabolli said. “This possibility to rewrite the relationship and dialectic between the Etruscan and Romans is an exceptional opportunity.” #ancienthistory #history #archaeology #AncientRome #Etruscan #Roman #Italy

Statues: Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/discovery-of-bronzes-rewrites-italys-etruscan-roman-history-20221109-p5bwng.html

this etruscan-roman excavation outside of sienna is incredibly exciting, particularly for the transition. plus, statues! “everybody loves statues!” [said in tammy faye voice]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/exceptional-trove-of-24-ancient-statues-found-immersed-in-tuscan-spa
#archaeology #etruscan

this etruscan-roman excavation outside of sienna is incredibly exciting, particularly for the transition. plus, statues! “everybody loves statues!” [said in tammy faye voice]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/exceptional-trove-of-24-ancient-statues-found-immersed-in-tuscan-spa
#archaeology #etruscan