Untouched Etruscan tomb with remains of the last meal found in Italy (2 photos)

Intact tomb from the 6th century BC was discovered in necropolis in the city of Vulci (Lazio, central Italy). The tomb is rich ceramics and contains a well-preserved dish on a brazier.





During the excavations, two stone slabs of tufa were discovered. weighing 40 kg. Behind them, a chamber of a rock-cut tomb opened up. IN about 30 well-preserved ceramic vessels were found there.



On the right side of the chamber, closer to the entrance, there is a bronze a brazier, in which coals still lie and on skewers - the remains of meat. IN in the tomb, in all likelihood, a woman was buried - not in the tomb there were weapons, but they found a spindle. Her cremated remains were placed in olla - a squat rounded pot, commonly used by the Etruscans in as an urn for the ashes.

The Etruscan city of Vulci flourished, was a center of trade and crafts, until in 280 BC. was not destroyed by Rome. The city came to decline and was eventually abandoned. The city has become an ideal place for marauders - tens of thousands of tombs contained priceless artifacts. Vulci has been plundered for decades, so the discovery of an intact tomb is an incredible rarity.