Medusa in an Etruscan Tomb

Medusa’s face stood in an Etruscan Urn. Courtesy Ipogeo Dei Volumni e Necropoli Del Plazone.

Out of Peruya in Central Italy, during the usual protection work in Pelzone Nicopolis, archaeologists made an interesting discovery: Gorgan Medusa’s face decorated burial equipment. Erin and its contents both provide an interesting glimpse in the methods of burial Etruscan before the Roman cultural domination.

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The palezone Nicopolis consists of about 200 chambers such as the tomb, mostly from the sixth to the third century BC. While performing a rehabilitation work on the tomb of an advanced ACSI family, archaeologists found a common type of trivinetine, a common type of Etruscan burial. Although such heads are standard in the tombs, archaeologists were surprised by its decoration, which features a high relief image of Gorgan Medusa, which records the name of the Arn owner because of the Atroskin Shalla.

With a snake -containing hair, Gorgan Medusa was a monster creature that had the power to turn men to a stone with one glance. In antiques, Medusa and other gorges were used as an Opporto symbol to prevent evil spirits. Similar figures, such as Monster Humaba Gilgamesh’s epicKnown from ancient east. In this way, Medusa, who decorated the itching of burial, worked to protect both the contents of both and the entire tomb.

The contents of Etruscan Urn. Courtesy Ipogeo Dei Volumni e Necropoli Del Plazone.

Surprisingly, however, the khars did not contain the remains of the deceased, but hid the three vases, which was produced in a simple way without any visible decoration. According to the researchers, the most likely explanation is that Kharol was actually a synagogue – a symbolic burial for those who were either lost in war or died for some other reasons.

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