Medusa Relief Found on Etruscan Urn in Italy Challenges Burial Traditions

Medusa Relief Found on Etruscan Urn in Italy Challenges Burial Traditions

Travertine urn from the Palazzone Necropolis in Perugia, carved with the face of Medusa and floral motifs. Credit: Ipogeo dei Volumni e Necropoli del Palazzone Archaeologists in Perugia, Italy, have uncovered an Etruscan urn decorated with a striking relief of Medusa —a snake-haired creature of Greek mythology— at the Palazzone Necropolis. The discovery, made during routine conservation work, revealed an unusual funerary deposit that challenges …