Etruscan history as well as related artefacts are fascinating. It is almost impossible to miss it or ignore it when travelling with open eyes in Tuscany, Umbria or Lazio regions of Italy.

From the WHS sites, I visited only the Necropolis in Tarquinia as a part of the tourist trip to central Italy. As it was quite busy trip, we had no time to visit the related museum in Tarquinia town center. However, I have visited Etrucan museums in Viterbo and Chiusi as well as the Etruscan sites near Perugia (Ipogeo Dei Volumni - oddly located close to the highway intersection) and Sovana (fascinating Tomba Ildebranda) before - all of these sites not included to WHS. Therefore, I was able to enjoy the Tarquinia site and understand it in the context. The most important feature and the reason for the inscription of Tarquinia were the beatiful paintings, which are fascinating by themselfs even without the context.

I am planning to explore the region of Lago di Bracciano that comprises the Cerveteri site this year. So, I am looking forwards to seeing another aspect of rich Etruscan heritage.

Photo: "famous" scratched SM threesome (OK, there are one and half persons only in my photo, but I was not able to take the photo of the whole scene because of the glass wall that protected the paintings in all thombs) - maybe not the most beautiful painting but it tells a lot about (not only) Etruscan era...