. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 146 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [May, The name by which the Etruscans always called themselves wa. Rasena That by which thev were known anionerst the (creeks was Tyrseni, or f urrheni ; bn't as the Cmbrians and Pelasgians in Italy were also called Tyrrhenian, it has given rise to some contu- ^'^Authors differ g^reatlv as to whence the Etruscans came, or how far their dominion actuallv extended. In fact, we only know enough of them to excite our curiosity, witho
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 146 THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. [May, The name by which the Etruscans always called themselves wa. Rasena That by which thev were known anionerst the (creeks was Tyrseni, or f urrheni ; bn't as the Cmbrians and Pelasgians in Italy were also called Tyrrhenian, it has given rise to some contu- ^'^Authors differ g^reatlv as to whence the Etruscans came, or how far their dominion actuallv extended. In fact, we only know enough of them to excite our curiosity, without much hope of ever having it satisfied. Notices of the Etruscans are only scattered here and there in the Latin writings, nor can these cursory remarks always be relied upon. . , Micali says, "It is easy to understand how, during a period when the passion for war wks all-absorbing, the proud and barbarous indifference of the Romans despised the knowledge of a rival people, with whom thev had so long disputed pre-eminence and the empire of ; But there is little doubt that the Romans not only despised, but wantonly falsified and destroyed the records and monuments of Etruria; and this has hitherto been an irre- parable evil, as the Etruscan language entirely differs from any now known, so that the inscriptions on the tombs are but a dumb treasure. /• i • e But who shall place a limit to the discoveries of this age ol energy and enlightenment ? And when we remember how short a time it is since Ur. William Young first discovered the key to the hieroglyphics, and that within the last few months some light has been thrown on the cuneiform character of Assyria, we need not despair of being enabled at some future time to decyplier the few remaining records of Etruria. Though some authors a<lvocate a different opinion, there seems every reason to believe that the Etruscans were of Eastern origin. Their religious f(n-ms and ceremonies, their architecture and styl
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