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Etruscology is the study of the ancient civilization of the
Etruscology is the study of the ancient civilization of the Etruscans
The Etruscan civilization ( ) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in List of ancient peoples of Italy, ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. Af ...
in Italy (Etruria
Etruria ( ) was a region of Central Italy delimited by the rivers Arno and Tiber, an area that covered what is now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria. It was inhabited by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization that f ...
), which was incorporated into an expanding Roman Empire
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during the period of Rome's Middle Republic. Since the Etruscans were politically and culturally influential in pre-Republican Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...
, many Etruscologists are also scholars of the history
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, archaeology
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, and culture
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of Rome.
The premier scholarly journal of Etruscan Studies is . A recent addition to the scholarly literature is the American journal, ''Etruscan Studies: Journal of the Etruscan Foundation'', which began publication in 1994. A more informal organ is ''Etruscan News'' and the accompanying cyber-publication ''Etruscan News Online''.
Thomas Dempster
Thomas Dempster (23 August 1579 – 6 September 1625) was a Scottish scholar and historian. Born into the aristocracy in Aberdeenshire, which comprises regions of both the Scottish highlands and the Scottish lowlands, he was sent abroad as a yo ...
(1570–1625), Scottish scholar and historian, is perhaps the godfather of Etruscology. Under the patronage of Grand Duke Cosimo II of Etruria, Dempster researched and wrote (from Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
: ''The Seven Books of Royal Etruria'').
Prominent Etruscologists, past and present, include Pericle Ducati, Elizabeth Caroline Gray, Adile Ayda, Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli
Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (19 February 1900 – 17 January 1975) was an Italian Archaeology, archaeologist and Art history, art historian.
Biography
Bianchi Bandinelli was born in Siena to Mario Bianchi Bandinelli (1859–1930) and Margheri ...
, Massimo Pallottino
Massimo Pallottino (9 November 1909 in Rome – 7 February 1995 in Rome) was an Italian archaeologist specializing in Etruscan civilization and art.
Biography
Pallottino was a student of Giulio Quirino Giglioli and worked early in his career on ...
, Mauro Cristofani
Mauro Cristofani (1941 in Rome, Italy – 1997) was a linguist and researcher in Etruscan studies.
Biography
Cristofani was a student of Massimo Pallottino and would himself teach at the University of Pisa, University of Siena and, his final p ...
, Giovanni Colonna, Giulio Giglioli, Giovannangelo Camporeale, Jacques Heurgon, Dominique Briquel, Carlo De Simone, Helmut Rix
Helmut Rix (4 July 1926, in Amberg – 3 December 2004, in Colmar) was a German linguist and professor of the Sprachwissenschaftliches Seminar of Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany.
He is best known for his research into Indo-Euro ...
, L. Bouke van der Meer, George Dennis, Guglielmo Maetzke, Nancy T. DeGrummond, Sybille Haynes, and Larissa Bonfante. Other scholars who focus more on the Etruscan influence on Rome include R. E. A. Palmer, John F. Hall, and H. H. Scullard.
Various organizations promote Etruscology. The Etruscan Foundation supports Etruscan scholarship in the United States and abroad. The foundation provides internships and fellowships, and publishes the journal ''Etruscan Studies''. It also sponsors an annual lecture.
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