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Quotes from The Etruscans — Christopher Smith

born 1965 England

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Yet wherever one looks, in non-specialist guides, or in holiday brochures, one reads about the 'mysterious' Etruscans; hidden Etruria; underground Etruria — as if the culture is somehow concealed from us. It is a sales gimmick which has been very useful and profitable, but it is also misleading. (...) The Etruscans were no more more mysterious than most other peoples of archaic Italy.

The Etruscans (2014)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Smith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.