In 2015, in Umbria, Italy, an Etruscan tomb with sarcophagi inside, dated to the end of the 4th century BCE, was discovered. The discovery was made by a local farmer near the small town of Citt\u00e0 della Pieve, about 40 km from Perugia. <\/p>\n
What is important, the discovery has no signs of damage after the activities of the thieves. The discovered sarcophagus is a truly unique find that can give scientists a lot of information about ancient culture.<\/p>\n
The rectangular chamber contains two sarcophagi, four marble urns, and many carved objects. One of the stone sarcophagi has a long inscription. So far, scientists have managed to read the word “Laris”. The word Lars was a popular Etruscan male name. Inside the coffin, a skeleton was found that belonged to a man. Researchers believe that deciphering the rest of the inscription will reveal the roots of the man’s bloodline, the names of his parents and his age at the time of death.<\/p>\n
The second sarcophagus, covered with painted plaster, also contains an inscription. The problem, however, is that it was damaged as a result of the collapse of the ceiling of the chamber in ancient times. The coffin, weighing about three tons and more than 2 meters long, is sealed. Scientists expect to find someone else’s skeleton inside.<\/p>\n
Next to the sarcophagi, a marble head of a beautiful young man was found, which had cracked at the height of the neck. In addition, the grave contained pottery, jars in which food<\/a> for the deceased was placed for the journey afterlife, and four urns.<\/p>\n The sarcophagi and all the finds from the tomb were transported to the museum in Citt\u00e0 della Pieve, where they will be explored and renovated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36294,"template":"","class_list":["post-104646","odkrycia-rzymskie","type-odkrycia-rzymskie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/104646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/odkrycia-rzymskie"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odkrycia-rzymskie\/104646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}