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Latin samples from Latium in the Iron Age and early Roman Republican period were generally found to genetically cluster closest to modern Northern and Central Italians (four out of six were closest to Northern and Central Italians, while the other two were closest to Southern Italians). [16] DNA analysis demonstrates that ancient Greek ...
1958. (1958) –2020. Literature portal. Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 – October 25, 2020) was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher. Her magnum opus is widely considered to be Loba, a collection of poems first published in 1978 then extended in 1998.
Italian Americans (Italian: italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. According to the Italian American Studies Association, the current population is about 18 million, an increase from 16 million in 2010, corresponding to about 5.4% of the total population of the United States.
Cecilia Gallerani. Cecilia Gallerani (Italian pronunciation: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ɡalleˈraːni]; early 1473 – 1536) was the favourite and most celebrated of the many mistresses of Ludovico Sforza, known as Lodovico il Moro, Duke of Milan. She is best known as the subject of Leonardo da Vinci 's painting The Lady with an Ermine (circa 1489).
Genetic history of Europe. The European genetic structure today (based on 273,464 SNPs). Three levels of structure as revealed by PC analysis are shown: A) inter-continental; B) intra-continental; and C) inside a single country (Estonia), where median values of the PC1&2 are shown. D) European map illustrating the origin of sample and ...
Lisa Carducci. Lisa Carducci, also Li, Shasha; Li, Sha; 李沙莎; 李莎 (born May 22, 1943) is a Canadian writer of Italian descent living in China. [1] The daughter of a father whose parents were immigrants from Italy, she was born in Montreal, Quebec. She received a BEd from the University of Montreal in 1963. She has taught languages ...
Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 [ 1 ][ 2 ] – 15 April 1757) was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighteenth-century Europe. She is remembered as one of the most successful women artists of any era.
Women in Etruscan society. The Etruscan civilization (/ ɪˈtrʌskən / ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization of people inhabiting Etruria (most of modern-day Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria) in ancient Italy. The Etruscans had a common language and culture; they formed a federation of city-states.