This sculpted portrait bust of a thickset middle-aged citizen of ancient Etruscan Tarchuna or Tarchna is part of a reclining effigy on the lid of a sarcophagus or tomb chest found in the vast necropoli or cemeteries that surrounded the city, now known as Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy. The Monterozzi Necropolis and other cemeteries were first used in the 7th century BC. Today, they provide many exhibits at Tarquinia’s museum, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense. The remains of the ancient Etruscan city are now protected as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy: this sculpted portrait bust of a thickset middle-aged man, once a citizen of the ancient Etruscan town of Tarchuna or Tarchna, is the head of an effigy reclining on the lid of a sarcophagus or tomb chest found by archaeologists in the vast rock-cut necropoli or cemeteries that surrounded the settlement. The Monterozzi Necropolis and other cemeteries were first used in the 7th century BC. Today, they provide many of the exhibits preserved at Tarquinia’s archaeological museum, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Tarquiniense, which is housed in Palazzo Vitelleschi, an early 15th century former archbishop’s palace in Piazza Cavour. The remains of the ancient Etruscan city, later occupied by the Romans, are now protected and preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Location: National Archaeological Museum, Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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