What is the name of the Etruscan tomb from Cerveteri?
What is the name of the Etruscan tomb from Cerveteri?
The Tomb of the Reliefs
The Tomb of the Reliefs (Italian: Tomba dei Rilievi) is a late fourth or early third century B.C.E. rock-cut tomb (hypogeum) located in the Banditaccia necropolis of the ancient Etruscan city-state of Caere (now Cerveteri) in Italy (a necropolis is a large, ancient cemetery).
What is one of the things that the necropolis of the Banditaccia at Cerveteri is famous for?
One of the most famous tombs is the Tomb of the Reliefs, identified from an inscription as belonging to the Matuna family and provided with an exceptional series of frescoes, bas-reliefs and sculptures portraying a large series of contemporary life tools.
What is an Etruscan tomb?
Etruscan tombs were built underground, carved out of natural bedrock or else built from blocks of tufa. Quite often, they were invisible from the surface although it became popular to mark some communal tombs with a tumulus. The best example of this kind of tomb can be found in the cemetery at Cerveteri at Caere.
Which Etruscan tomb is famous for the many luxurious objects it yielded?
In the seventh century bce, the Etruscans traded metals from their mines for foreign goods and began to produce jewelry and other luxury objects decorated with motifs modeled on those found on imports from Mesopotamia. The Regolini-Galassi Tomb at Cerveteri contained a treasure trove of Orientalizing Etruscan jewelry.
What are the Etruscans famous for?
The Etruscan civilization flourished in central Italy between the 8th and 3rd century BCE. The culture was renowned in antiquity for its rich mineral resources and as a major Mediterranean trading power. Much of its culture and even history was either obliterated or assimilated into that of its conqueror, Rome.
What was the function of Etruscan art?
The art of the Etruscans falls into three categories: funerary, urban, and sacred. Because of Etruscan attitudes toward the afterlife, most of the art that remains is funerary. A detail from a fresco dating from the 5th century bce shows Etruscan musicians wearing tunics and sandals.
