Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a rare 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb that somehow escaped looters over the centuries.

Italian authorities have announced the extraordinary discovery of bronze statues more than 2,000 years old in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring. Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy's Etruscan-Roman ...

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For those who study the ancient Etruscans and Romans, absolutely. There’s no doubt that this is the most important discovery of bronzes since the Riaci bronzes were unearthed in 1972.

The bronzes, which were found in a perfect state of conservation alongside 5,000 gold, silver and bronze coins, include entire figures of deities, individual body parts and organs.

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.

The San Casciano dei Bagni archaeological dig near Siena on Tuesday discovered a 2,000-year-old bronze statue in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring, experts say it will "rewrite history".

Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3.

Italian authorities have announced the extraordinary discovery of more than 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring. Search wkmg 78 º ...