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So your theory is there was no such thing as an Etruscan people?

• harlanlewis 11y ago
  This is the first I've heard of counterfeit Etruscan sites, but it's not entirely dismissable. Early archaeology was a mix of wholesale grave looting and falsifying finds to generate interest in the site and give glory to the discoverer. Egyptian mummies floating around Europe during "Egyptomania" (after Napolean's visit) were often much, MUCH younger than ancient Egypt. It seems unlikely to me that any modern sites are actually digging up planted relics, but inflating the finds at tourist sites by importing from one site to another, or creating replicas to make up for assumed grave robbery? Almost harder to believe that doesn't happen.
  • euyyn 11y ago
    Going to the length of making up a language, as that guy suggests?