Recent archaeological findings in Tuscany have shed new light on ancient Etruscan practices, revealing a stunning collection of bronze statues and coins. This discovery, made at a sacred thermal ...

Archaeologists also found 5,000 gold, silver and bronze coins in the basin. The finding highlights the transition from Etruscan rule to the Roman Empire, which happened between the 2nd and 1st ...

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.

Etruscan Gold Coin. Year Created: c.300 BCE Country of Origin: Populonia, Etruria, Central Italy Metal Used: Gold The Etruscan gold coin was a rare and valuable coin that was minted by the city of ...

Alongside the figures were 5,000 coins in gold, silver and bronze, the ministry said. Advertisement As evidence of the importance of the find, the ministry announced the construction of a new ...

In the picturesque municipality of San Casciano dei Bagni, located in the Italian province of Siena, archaeological discoveries continue to shed light on the rich history of the Etruscan-Roman ...

The Valdichiana in southern Tuscany rewards visitors with lyrical landscapes, Etruscan relics and a slow pace of life ...

Italy's ancient bronze statues discovery may rewrite Etruscan and Roman history The discoveries shed light ... "This is not only the discovery of the statues and small and big bronze and coins ...

San Casciano and the surrounding region of Tuscany were once home to the sophisticated pre-Roman Etruscan civilisation, which in the first century BC was violently subjugated by the Roman Republic.

The village of San Casciano dei Bagni, in Tuscany’s lush Sienese countryside, is widely seen as one of Italy’s top hot spring destinations, a place where open-air spa lovers and thermal ...

Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artifacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land.

ROME — Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of 2,000-year-old bronze statues in an ancient Tuscan thermal spring and said the find will “rewrite history&rdquo ...