private full day excursions from Rome
LAND of THE ETRUSCANS
Cerveteri and the Painted Tombs of
Tarquinia
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full day private chauffeur driven guided tour to the land of fascinating and misterious Etruscans. Navigators, merchants, warriors, significant traces of their refined civilization are only to be found within necropolises where, with the body, personal effects and precious belongings of the deceased were buried. Visit Cerveteri important Etruscan trading town with its museum and a 7th to 3rd century BC necropolis. Pleasant Tirrenean landscapes lead to Tarquinia, Etruscan land major city. In the National Etruscan Museum see imposing collections of sculpures, ceramics, jewellery witnessing the Etruscans refined way of life. A few minutes away visit the 6th century BC Montarozzi necropolis with frescoed painted tombs, ancient world greatest examples of pictorial art. From an access corridor steps carved in the hillside, lead to a large chamber, where the bodies of the dead were placed. Daily life themes decorate painted sidewalls and ceilings with joyous banqueting, dancing, musical, sporting, gladiatorial scenes
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