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Etruscan-fu, the legend continues

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June 7th 2009
I'm at T minus four days to blast off on yet another Etruscan adventure (now my seventh), but this time will be very, very different. And by different, I mean way more awesomer. Mom retired and I'm taking her to Italy on her first trip there so she can say hey to the Pope and see the funny things her crazy daughter likes to do, like dig large holes in the ground and write about broken pottery. ... read more

Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Siena

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more