Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . CASTEL dasso. 397 joins this from Norcia, a curious and interestingcity, and in this valley is a Doric tomb, with paint-ing- and sculpture; the Grotta del Cardinale isanother of these curious tombs. They are paintedlike those of the tumuli of Tarquinia, and are asyet unknown to the antiquarians and literati ofEurope. I have thought it right to give this account,though, unless Sir William Gell saw these tombshimself, I greatly doubt its accuracy. I cannot,however, say that there are not painted tombs inthese valleys, because we only fully explored on
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . CASTEL dasso. 397 joins this from Norcia, a curious and interestingcity, and in this valley is a Doric tomb, with paint-ing- and sculpture; the Grotta del Cardinale isanother of these curious tombs. They are paintedlike those of the tumuli of Tarquinia, and are asyet unknown to the antiquarians and literati ofEurope. I have thought it right to give this account,though, unless Sir William Gell saw these tombshimself, I greatly doubt its accuracy. I cannot,however, say that there are not painted tombs inthese valleys, because we only fully explored one ofthem, and part of another ; but I suspect that theaccount is given from the relation of others, andthat it has been a misconception. Again, he says, The Etruscans entombed theirmagnates at Falerii, Fescennium, Norchia, Nepete,and Blera, in the rocky dells common in their terri-tory. It is highly probable, in the absence of allpositive history, that the necropolis of Voltumna(Viterbo) was reputed of superior sanctity, and thatmany person
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