Tumulus of Montefortini

The Tumulus of Montefortini is an Etruscan tomb near Comeana, Tuscany, central Italy, which is believed to date from the 7th century BC.^[1]

The tumulus is an oval burial mound 80 metres long and 11 metres high, which houses two tombs. Excavations began in 1966 and the finds are displayed in the museum of Artimino.

• Montalbano website
• Official website for tourism in Tuscany on Tumulus of Montefortini

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Etruscan civilization

History

• Origins
• Villanovan culture
• Padanian Etruria
• Founding of Rome
• Tyrrhenus
• Tyrrhenians
• Tarchon
• Aulus Vibenna
• Caelius Vibenna
• Capys
• Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
• Tanaquil
• Servius Tullius
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
• Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud)
• Lars Porsena
• Lars Tolumnius
• Titus Vestricius Spurinna

Culture and society

• Apollo of Veii
• Architecture
• Art
• Chimera of Arezzo
• Coins
• Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum
• Etruscan League
• Etruscan names for Greek heroes
• Tiburtine Sibyl
• Fanum Voltumnae
• Haruspex/Extispicy
• Jewelry
• Lausus
• Liver of Piacenza
• Mezentius
• Monterozzi necropolis
• Mythological figures
• Persius
• Poppilia
• Raeti
• Religion
• Sarcophagus of the Spouses
• Tages
• Terracotta warriors
• Titus Larcius
• Tomb of the Roaring Lions
• Vegoia
• Vulca

Military history

• Battle of Alalia (540 BC–535 BC)
• Siege of Rome (509 BC)
• Siege of Rome (508 BC)
• Battle of the Cremera (477 BC)
• Battle of Cumae (474 BC)
• Battle of Fidenae (437 BC)
• Capture of Fidenae (435 BC)
• Battle of Veii (c. 396 BC)
• Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)
• Battle of Populonia (282 BC)
• Roman-Etruscan Wars

Language

• Alphabet
• Cippus Perusinus
• Corpus Inscriptionum Etruscarum
• Liber Linteus
• Pyrgi Tablets
• Raetic language
• Lemnian language
• Tabula Capuana
• Tabula Cortonensis
• Tyrsenian languages
• English words of Etruscan origin

Archeology

• Bucchero
• Cuniculi
• Etruscology
• Impasto (pottery)
• Monteleone Chariot
• National Etruscan Museum
• Negau helmet
• Portonaccio
• Tomb of Orcus
• Tumulus of Montefortini
• Vicus Tuscus

Key sites

• Acquarossa
• Adria
• Aleria
• Baratti
• Bologna
• Caere
• Ceri
• Cerveteri
• Civita di Bagnoregio
• Clusium
• Cumae
• Etruria
• Falerii
• Fescennia
• Fidenae
• Norchia
• Orvieto
• Perusia
• Poggio Colla
• Populonia
• Pyrgi
• Rusellae
• San Giovenale
• Spina
• Tarquinia
• Tuscania
• Veii
• Vetulonia
• Vie Cave
• Volsinii
• Volterra
• Vulci

Portal

43°47′34.23″N 11°03′53.80″E / 43.7928417°N 11.0649444°E / 43.7928417; 11.0649444