1/17 Dated between 560 and 550 BC, the Monteleone Chariot is one of the best preserved chariots of the ancient world. On display at the MET, this marvel of Etruscan art depicts scenes from the life of Achilles. Today, we explore a special 🧵 of close-up 📸 and History!

Etruscan clothes <3

An Etruscan bronze votive statue, the so-called Shadow of the Evening. Ca. 3rd century BC, Guarnacci Museum, Voltera. ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον - man is only breath and shadow Sophocles, Fragments

🧵1/4 Terracotta Statue of a Young Woman. Etruscan, late 4th – early 3rd century BC. 📸 by me at the MET. The Museum’s website description reads: “The distinctive clothing and jewelry on this life-sized statue closely resemble...

Inlay ring with three movable hoops, Roman Empire, 3rd century AD (200–300); gold set with a central garnet and three opaque glass cabochons (black, green, light brown), made in Egypt and found in Italy; Collection: Musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman

Bronze votive statuette of a warrior, Etruscan, 420BC-400BC

“Omg, I found the perfect night lamp.”

Bronze statues, "Etruscan" and "Roman", that were "2,000 years old," were recovered from the mud of a thermal pool in San Casciano de Bagni, Tuscany, Italy.

A stunning Victorian double panther pin inspired by the Etruscan Revival style.

Ancient Etruscan bronze armor set, featuring a Phrygian type helmet and a muscled cuirass. This specific type of armor is a rare and exceptionally well-preserved example of Etruscan craftsmanship from the Classical period. This helmet type, also known as a Thracian helmet,

Etruscan Warrior, 5th-4th century BC

The Banditaccia Necropolis in Cerveteri was the largest and most important cemetery of the city. It included hundreds of circular mounds, under which there are Etruscan tombs built between the 8th and 2nd centuries BC. 🎥 IG necropolidellabanditaccia

A Victorian Etruscan Revival cameo featuring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry.

tomorrow the machine elves will be torturing this young etruscan for ten thousand years

Stranger, let your fingers not just glide, but dance across the past! This isn't a mere mouse pad, but a portal to a lost civilization. The same patterns that adorned the walls of Etruscan tombs, celebrating life and the afterlife, are now here, under your hand. Bring a touch of

The Chimera of Arezzo is one of the best known pieces of Etruscan sculpture (400 BC) to survive from antiquity. Discovered near the Porta San Lorentino of Arezzo, Italy (ancient Arretium) in 1553 CE, the statue was added to the collection of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of

The Etruscan shrew is the world's smallest mammal, weighing just 1.8 grams on average. That's lighter than two paperclips. This photo by Aliénor Royer is a stunning look at its tiny scale. https://t.co/IMbm98wZSV

1. Enthroned lady, Hittite 2. Apollo of Veii, Etruscan 3. Boxer at Rest, Hellenistic 4. Snake god Glykon, Roman

An Etruscan guttus (vessel used to store and pour liquids in small amounts, or to refill oil lamps), shaped like an elephant. It may have been inspired by the elephants first seen in Italy during the invasions of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal of Carthage in the 3rd c. BCE. 📸 me