In Rome, Etruscan artifacts confiscated during a months-long operation that led to the discovery of an illicit dig on private land in Città della Pieve (Perugia) were displayed. The eight complete urns are made of white travertine and are partly painted with high reliefs depicting battles, hunting, and friezes, some of which still have polychrome colors and gold leaf coatings, while others depict the myth of Achilles and Troilus. Of the two sarcophagi, one is currently represented just by the covering, while the other is complete with the deceased's bones. The burial equipment is extremely rich, consisting of furnishings and pottery, including four bronze mirrors, one of which depicts the old deification of Rome and the she-wolf nursing only Romulus, a perfume jar with traces of 2,500-year-old fragrance, and a bone comb. According to experts, it is one of the most important recovery of Etruscan antiquities ever undertaken.
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