Additional discoveries

Archaeologists in central Italy have unearthed two bronze statues of women and many other rare artifacts of the Etruscan civilization dating back 2,500 years.

>>>Discover the tomb of the ancient Etruscan prince

These two bronze statues date from the fourth century and the fifth century BC, found in a small temple of Demeter-goddess of agriculture, nature, crops and affluence. It is known that this temple is located near the city of Viterbo, the old city in the Lazio region, the capital of the province of Viterbo (Italy).

Archaeologists also found a bronze incense burner and the lid of an ivory box, decorated with a mermaid. Scientists believe that the ancient people hastily buried these objects in the temple to protect them from the destruction of Roman warriors.

The tomb of the prince was discovered a few days ago.(Photo: Adscantho)

Lucio Fiorini at the University of Perugia (Italy) and colleagues discovered this treasure during the annual excavation held at this location.

A few days earlier, archaeologists also found the tomb containing the remains of an Etruscan prince, the son of the legendary fifth king of Rome in 616-57 BC.

It is known that Etruscan is an ancient civilization that existed in an area that today corresponds to Toscana, Italy. This civilization existed from the time of the earliest ancient Etruscan inscriptions in 700 BC, before being assimilated to the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC.

In 2007, Italian archaeologists found Fanum Voltumnae - a shrine and a market and political center of the Estrucan people located upstream of the Tiber valley.

During the 2000 years, from the 5th century BC to the 15th century AD, many people gathered at Fanum every spring. At the time of the Estrucan Union, this was where the Italian center's political leaders met to assess military and civilian issues, and asked their gods to bless.