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> Great news for Etruscan scholars. Doesn't sound like a huge group.

• eggy 11y ago
  BTW, I didn't downvote you, but yes, not a big group at all. However, you'd be surprised how discoveries sometimes transcend and are bigger than their first impression. It may have a lead to another site, or cultural connection, or linguistic connection, and in a series of unfolding conclusions bring more to the table than imagined. Then again, it can be another, "You should pass the food to your left at a table"; Such are the ups-and-downs of archaeology!
• leoc 11y ago
  IIRC a better understanding of Etruscan civilisation would be of major significance to our understanding of the history of ancient Rome, a subject which still seems to have a pretty wide following.
  • bpicolo 11y ago
    Never said it wasn't, hah. I'm a huge fan of ancient civilizations. Was just making a note