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Mike shoots our butts as we huddle listening to our guide.
The Etrustcans

July 24th 2011
I’m really far behind on these blogs! It seems the only time available to do them is midnight! Well, this one is about Tarquinia, the Etruscan Tombs and Tuscania. MK and Jim and I ventured off to view these under threatening skies while the T’s road their bus east out of the rain zone to Rome. The Etruscans lived in west-central Italy from the 9th century BCE (Before the Common Era) onwa ... read more
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Italian Flag 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
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