“Hidden Secrets of the Etruscan Elite: Stunning Tomb Unveiled with Vibrant Paintings and Mysteries Awaiting Discovery”
The left wall depicts two men and two women dancing around a flute player wearing a robe, while the back wall contains the figures of two more young men and another woman, who may potentially be the person once buried in the tomb.
Meanwhile, the right wall portrays a metal workshop. In Etruscan mythology, the god Sethlans was associated with fire and metalworking, so it may be meant to depict the deity’s legendary workshop. The painting may also indicate that the person buried in the tomb was from a metalworking family.
In a social media announcement from the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape of Southern Etruria, Superintendent Margherita Eichberg noted, “The extraordinary level of the paintings is evident already in the first piece of restoration… which highlights the refinement of the details of the figures.”
Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e PaesaggioA closer look at the left wall of the tomb.
Archaeologists are still working to restore this newly-discovered tomb and uncover its secrets. The team has plans to build a protective structure around the site equipped with a door to control climate conditions. What’s more, experts are using advanced imaging technologies to identify missing or damaged pigments on the tomb’s walls.
Daniele Maras, the archaeologist who led the excavation, added to the announcement, “In decades, this is the first new painted tomb with a figurative frieze to be discovered in Tarquinia, and it promises to be very intriguing for its history, for the artistic level, and for some of the scenes depicted, which are unique.”
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