The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . CONTENTS OF VOLUME II CHAPTER —SUANA. PAGE Italy an unknown land to the antiquary—Mr. Ainsleys discovery of an Etrus-can necropolis at Sovana—Its site—A city of the plague—No ancient his-tory—The Fontana—Etruscan mermaid—Poggio Prisca—Egyptian-likesepulchres—Sopraripa—Grotta Pola, and its portico—Poggio Stanziale—House-tombs—Abundance and variety of sepulchres—Numerous Etruscaninscriptions—Rock-sunk roads—Excavations at Sovana—Great interest ofthis site .1 Appendix. Mouldings of tombs at Sovana—Etruscan inscriptions . .15 CHAPTER XXXV. BOLSEN
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . CONTENTS OF VOLUME II CHAPTER —SUANA. PAGE Italy an unknown land to the antiquary—Mr. Ainsleys discovery of an Etrus-can necropolis at Sovana—Its site—A city of the plague—No ancient his-tory—The Fontana—Etruscan mermaid—Poggio Prisca—Egyptian-likesepulchres—Sopraripa—Grotta Pola, and its portico—Poggio Stanziale—House-tombs—Abundance and variety of sepulchres—Numerous Etruscaninscriptions—Rock-sunk roads—Excavations at Sovana—Great interest ofthis site .1 Appendix. Mouldings of tombs at Sovana—Etruscan inscriptions . .15 CHAPTER XXXV. BOLSENA.— VOLSINII. Acquapendente—By-roads—Le Grotte—San Lorenzo Vecchio—The Volsinianlake—Charms of a southern winter—Historical notices of Volsinii—Servileinsurrection—Site of Volsinii, not at Bolsena, but on the table-land above—Vestiges of the Etruscan city—Roman relics—Temple of Nortia—Theamphitheatre — Scenery — Excavations around Bolsena—The Ravizzajewellery—Th
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