Etruscan Urn with Carved Medusa Head Puzzles Experts - Archaeology Magazine

Etruscan Urn with Carved Medusa Head Puzzles Experts - Archaeology Magazine

PERUGIA, ITALY—During routine restoration work at the ancient Palazzone Necropolis in Perugia, Italy workers found a mystifying funerary urn that has challenged traditional ideas about Etruscan burial customs, according to the Greek Reporter. The travertine box was discovered in a third-century b.c. hypogeum, or underground tomb, and was decorated with an ornate Medusa head carved in relief, floral motifs, and cursive Etruscan writing. In Italic…