The excavation, which began in 2019, ended up revealing the largest deposit of bronze statues from the Etruscan and Roman age ever discovered in Italy.
By Simrin SinghCourtesy of The Italian Culture Ministry
"It's a discovery that will rewrite history," said Jacopo Tabolli, a professor at the University for Foreigners of Siena who helped organize the dig. The finding highlights the transition from Etruscan rule to the Roman Empire, which happened between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. While the end of the Etruscan civilization and beginning of Roman rule was a period of great instability and conflict, the statues indicate that people from both sides of the fight prayed together at the thermal spring where the recent discoveries were made, the Associated Press reported.
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