Rise of the Etruscans
The Ancients
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Are There Any Similarities Between Cremation and Inhumation?
Professor Susanna Lipscomb: Can we see similarities between Villanovaan and Truscan burials? She says there's a lot of similarity in terms of purpose and the way that people are thinking about burial. The Etruscan moved away from cremation to inhumation, but they still used urns made out of clay. And later when we look at rock-cut architecture of tombs, what we see is the replication of house features.
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