{"product_id":"a-la-decouverte-des-etrusques","title":"Discovering the Etruscans.","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Etruscans, a people of Italy who disappeared in the 1st\u003c\/span\u003e \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBC during their confrontation with Rome, remain largely unknown. Their way of life and their political system raise questions, and their language is still poorly understood, even though they adopted the Greek alphabet. Yet archaeological remains abound throughout central Italy. One is always amazed by the famous frescoes in the tombs of Tarquinia, which depict their daily lives and seem to give women a status denied them in other ancient cultures: the visitor is faced with Etruscans banqueting, playing, and dancing, in an impression of harmony.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe originality of this book is to explore in parallel the history of the Etruscans\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe story of the attempts made over the centuries to understand them, even to fabricate myths... and legends. It is an incredible story of pillaging, lies, falsifications, and outrageous simplifications that the author restores to understand the fascination exerted by this people who profoundly influenced the Romans. By exploring the most famous sites in Etruscan history, Marie-Laurence Haack does justice to the extraordinary singularity of this people.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40433584341176,"sku":"24029","price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/products\/9782348070211.jpg?v=1630670427","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/a-la-decouverte-des-etrusques","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}