BANDITACCIA NECROPOLIS

Symbols and paintings

Sites like this one have been invaluable in attempts to reveal details of Etruscan society since so little else is available to us. Frescoes on the walls have helped us see what their culture was like, from the sports they enjoyed to the instruments they played. And religious symbols, such as those around the doorways in the Tomb of the Capitals, reveal a little about their understanding of an afterlife.

Greek influence

The Etruscans were a civilisation that drew on the styles and cultures of all who surrounded