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an artistic painting on the side of a vase

At center, infernal daemon represented as a Wolf-man. According to some scholars, this figure represents the soul of a man bound to the world of the dead. The Etruscan demonizing conception transforms this figure in a man-wolf, a daemon-wolf. Therefore the "monster" could be identified as a restless soul: primarily the spirit of people who had not received a ritual burial, or who had died violently or prematurely. See the cinerary urn - Volterra, Museo Guarnacci - depicting an enchained…

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Etruscan Civilization, Etruscan Fresco, Greek Fresco Art, Etruscan Horse, Mycenaean Frescoes, Ancient Paintings, Late Middle Ages, Ancient Mesopotamia, Carthage

Download this stock image: fine arts, Etruscan civilization, dancer, watercolour on paper, by Carlo Ruspi, 1832, after a fresco on the Tomba del Triclinio - C418CA from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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an ancient statue of a woman holding a bird

Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection. p. 167, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Richter, Gisela M. A. 1918. "Etruscan Earrings." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13(12): p

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a painting on the side of a wall with a man playing a musical instrument in it

The Greek philosopher Pythagoras of Samos is most famous today for having allegedly discovered the Pythagorean theorem, but, historically speaking, he did not really discover this theorem and it is even questionable whether he ever engaged in any kind of mathematics at all. So who was the real Pythagoras?

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an old statue with a woman's face on it

AN ETRUSCAN TERRACOTTA ANTEFIX CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C. In the form of a female head with painted red lips, black eyes and brows, with long black hair in undulating waves on forehead and falling in tresses behind ears, wearing concave rosette earrings and a red and black bead necklace, remains of attachment arch at back

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