I can never succeed in understanding why Scholars still fail to recognize the enormous contribution that the Etruscan civilization has made to our Western civilization. ...

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook | Ancient History Sourcebook: Reports of the Etruscans, c. 430 BCE - 10 CE Herodotus: The Histories, c. 430 BCE, I.94 The Lydians have very nearly the same customs as the Hellenes, with the exception that these last do not bring up their girls the same way. So far as we have any knowledge, the Lydians were the first to introduce the use of gold and silver coin, ...

Etruscan Civilization, a cultural history by Sybille Haynes. ...