Lucy Shipley

So there's a lovely statistic that I really like to trot out at every possible opportunity, which is something like 85-90% of the vases that you see in museums will have come from Etruscan tombs.

So there's a lovely statistic that I really like to trot out at every possible opportunity, which is something like 85-90% of the vases that you see in museums will have come from Etruscan tombs.

So if you're wandering around the British Museum, admiring their beautiful attic black figure, attic red figure vases, those have mostly come from Etruria because the Etruscans are putting them in tombs and they're being removed in the 19th century and then heading to these big museums, these big institutions around the world.

So if you're wandering around the British Museum, admiring their beautiful attic black figure, attic red figure vases, those have mostly come from Etruria because the Etruscans are putting them in tombs and they're being removed in the 19th century and then heading to these big museums, these big institutions around the world.

So if you're wandering around the British Museum, admiring their beautiful attic black figure, attic red figure vases, those have mostly come from Etruria because the Etruscans are putting them in tombs and they're being removed in the 19th century and then heading to these big museums, these big institutions around the world.

So if it wasn't for the Etruscans, I'm sorry, you Beasley boardmen, all you people with your Exegios painters and this and that. You wouldn't have that if it wasn't for the Etruscans. So really, all these Greek archaeologists owe a debt to the Etruscans, but they really probably wouldn't like to be told that at all.

So if it wasn't for the Etruscans, I'm sorry, you Beasley boardmen, all you people with your Exegios painters and this and that. You wouldn't have that if it wasn't for the Etruscans. So really, all these Greek archaeologists owe a debt to the Etruscans, but they really probably wouldn't like to be told that at all.

So if it wasn't for the Etruscans, I'm sorry, you Beasley boardmen, all you people with your Exegios painters and this and that. You wouldn't have that if it wasn't for the Etruscans. So really, all these Greek archaeologists owe a debt to the Etruscans, but they really probably wouldn't like to be told that at all.

So in theory, according to the historical texts, there are these 12 cities of the Etruscan League, the Dodecapolis, and they make up a collective that identify themselves together as the Rasna, Rasena, the people of the Etruscans. However, what we're starting to see from the archaeology is that the picture for central heartland Etruria is a lot more complicated than that.

So in theory, according to the historical texts, there are these 12 cities of the Etruscan League, the Dodecapolis, and they make up a collective that identify themselves together as the Rasna, Rasena, the people of the Etruscans. However, what we're starting to see from the archaeology is that the picture for central heartland Etruria is a lot more complicated than that.

So in theory, according to the historical texts, there are these 12 cities of the Etruscan League, the Dodecapolis, and they make up a collective that identify themselves together as the Rasna, Rasena, the people of the Etruscans. However, what we're starting to see from the archaeology is that the picture for central heartland Etruria is a lot more complicated than that.

And there are these smaller settlements, more archaeological excavations at places like Progetti Vittate, which is near Siena, and recent amazing discoveries at places like San Cassiano di Bagni, although that's a lot later. They show that there's much more activity taking place in Etruria outside these 12 traditional cities.

And there are these smaller settlements, more archaeological excavations at places like Progetti Vittate, which is near Siena, and recent amazing discoveries at places like San Cassiano di Bagni, although that's a lot later. They show that there's much more activity taking place in Etruria outside these 12 traditional cities.

And there are these smaller settlements, more archaeological excavations at places like Progetti Vittate, which is near Siena, and recent amazing discoveries at places like San Cassiano di Bagni, although that's a lot later. They show that there's much more activity taking place in Etruria outside these 12 traditional cities.

And it used to be that people would say Etruria is a really good model of this traditional idea about core and periphery. So taking models of Greek city-states, and you have the city at the center and then you have the periphery and the tribute and the trade goes in. And then the city gets rich.

And it used to be that people would say Etruria is a really good model of this traditional idea about core and periphery. So taking models of Greek city-states, and you have the city at the center and then you have the periphery and the tribute and the trade goes in. And then the city gets rich.

And it used to be that people would say Etruria is a really good model of this traditional idea about core and periphery. So taking models of Greek city-states, and you have the city at the center and then you have the periphery and the tribute and the trade goes in. And then the city gets rich.

But in a true way, I don't think the more and more we understand the Etruscan countryside, I think the more problematic that model becomes. Yet again, it's not as simple as that. And there's an awful lot more going on. And I'd like people to remember that as we go on and talk about the kind of interactions with Rome, because this is something that's going to come up time and again.

But in a true way, I don't think the more and more we understand the Etruscan countryside, I think the more problematic that model becomes. Yet again, it's not as simple as that. And there's an awful lot more going on. And I'd like people to remember that as we go on and talk about the kind of interactions with Rome, because this is something that's going to come up time and again.

But in a true way, I don't think the more and more we understand the Etruscan countryside, I think the more problematic that model becomes. Yet again, it's not as simple as that. And there's an awful lot more going on. And I'd like people to remember that as we go on and talk about the kind of interactions with Rome, because this is something that's going to come up time and again.