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  2. Etruscan language - Wikipedia

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    A number of words and names for which Etruscan origin has been proposed survive in Latin. At least one Etruscan word has an apparent Semitic/Aramaic origin: talitha 'girl', that could have been transmitted by Phoenicians or by the Greeks (Greek: ταλιθα). The word pera 'house' is a false cognate to the Coptic per 'house'. [121]

  3. Etruscan origins - Wikipedia

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    The question of Etruscan origins has long been a subject of interest and debate among historians. In modern times, all the evidence gathered so far by etruscologists points to an indigenous origin of the Etruscans. [10] [9] [11] Archaeologically there is no evidence for a migration of the Lydians or the Pelasgians into Etruria.

  4. List of languages by first written account - Wikipedia

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    The North Picene language of the Novilara Stele from c. 600 BC has not been deciphered. [35] The few brief inscriptions in Thracian dating from the 6th and 5th centuries BC have not been conclusively deciphered. [36] The earliest examples of the Central American Isthmian script date from c. 500 BC, but a proposed decipherment remains ...

  5. Etruscan history - Wikipedia

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    The Mars of Todi, a life-sized bronze sculpture of a soldier making a votive offering, late 5th to early 4th century BC Painted terracotta Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa, about 150–130 BC The Orator, c. 100 BC, an Etrusco-Roman bronze statue depicting Aule Metele (Latin: Aulus Metellus), an Etruscan man wearing a Roman toga while engaged in rhetoric; the statue features an ...

  6. Etruscology - Wikipedia

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    Other scholars who focus more on the Etruscan influence on Rome include R. E. A. Palmer, John F. Hall, and H. H. Scullard. Various organizations promote Etruscology. The Etruscan Foundation supports Etruscan scholarship in the United States and abroad. The foundation provides internships and fellowships, and publishes the journal Etruscan ...

  7. Etruscan civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Etruscan civilization (/ ɪ ˈ t r ʌ s k ən / ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. [2]

  8. Etruscan alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The archaic form of the Etruscan alphabet remained practically unchanged from its origin in the 8th century BC until about 600 BC, and the direction of writing was free. From the 6th century BC, however, the alphabet evolved, adjusting to the phonology of the Etruscan language, and letters representing phonemes nonexistent in Etruscan were dropped.

  9. Tyrrhenika - Wikipedia

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    It has been also suggested that this work by Claudius could have been used as a source about the Etruscans by Roman historians such as Publius Cornelius Tacitus and the minor historian Festus. [12] Moreover, it has been also speculated that the Tyrrhenika contained pro-Etruscan statements, and that this is one of the reasons why it has since ...