Imported Silver and Medicinal Drink Identified in Etruscan Tomb - Archaeology Magazine

Imported Silver and Medicinal Drink Identified in Etruscan Tomb - Archaeology Magazine

Magnified view of silver wire wrapped around the bronze brooch BISENZIO, ITALY—New examination of artifacts recovered from a tomb discovered in 1927 near the Etruscan site of Bisenzio suggests that luxury materials from the western Mediterranean were traded in the interior of the Italian peninsula, according to a report in La Brújula Verde. Located in central Italy’s necropolis of Olmo Bello, the rectangular stone cist contained cremated remains…