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Tarquinia (Italian: [tarˈkwiːnja]), formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries.
The Tomb of the Augurs (Italian Tomba degli Àuguri) is an Etruscan burial chamber so called because of a misinterpretation of one of the fresco figures on the right wall thought to be a Roman priest known as an augur. The tomb is located within the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy, and dates to around
the Tomb of the Augurs; the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing; the Tomb of the Triclinium; the Tomb of the Blue Demons; the Tomb of the Bulls, the earliest tomb decorated with complex frescoes dated to either 540–530 BC or 530–520 BC. It is one of the rare Etruscan tombs which have erotic frescoes; the Tomb of the Whipping. It is also one of the ...
The Tomb of the Leopards (Italian: Tomba dei leopardi) is an Etruscan burial chamber so called for the confronted leopards painted above a banquet scene. The tomb is located within the Necropolis of Monterozzi , near Tarquinia , Lazio , Italy , and dates to around 470–450 BC. [ 1 ]
Tomb of the Triclinium Detail of two dancers on the right wall. The Tomb of the Triclinium (Italian: Tomba del Triclinio) ) [1] is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi (near Tarquinia, Italy) dated to approximately 470 BC. [2] The tomb is named after the Roman triclinium, a type of formal dining room, which appears in the frescoes ...
The Tomb of Orcus (Italian: Tomba dell'Orco), sometimes called the Tomb of Murina (Italian: Tomba dei Murina), is a 4th-century BC Etruscan hypogeum (burial chamber) in Tarquinia, Italy. Discovered in 1868, it displays Hellenistic influences in its remarkable murals , which include the portrait of Velia Velcha, an Etruscan noblewoman , and the ...
Tomb of Hunting and Fishing Detail of the fresco on the back wall of the main chamber. The Tomb of Hunting and Fishing (Italian: Tomba della Caccia e Pesca), formerly known as the Tomb of the Hunter (Tomba del Cacciatore), [1] is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy.
The Tomb of the Bulls (Italian: Tomba dei tori) is an Etruscan tomb in the Necropolis of Monterozzi near Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy. It was discovered in 1892 [1] and has been dated back to either 540–530 BC [2] or 530–520 BC. [3] According to an inscription Arath Spuriana apparently commissioned the construction of the tomb. [3]