Viggen Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Digging on a remote hilltop in Italy, a Florida State University classics professor and her students have unearthed artifacts that dramatically reshape our knowledge of the religious practices of an ancient people, the Etruscans. "We are excavating a monumental Etruscan building evidently dating to the final years of Etruscan civilization," said Nancy Thomson de Grummond, the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics at FSU and director of the university's archaeology programs in Italy. Within the building, de Grummond's team located in early June what appears to be a sacrificial pit and a sanctuary -- finds remarkable for the wealth of items they are yielding that appear to have been used in religious rituals. full article at Eurekalert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantagathus Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 Very interesting, I'm going to read more into this professor's writings. But I'm puzzled about this god Lars. Just because this name was found on pottery, I'd like to know why they think it's a god? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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