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The remaining base of the 4th century BCE Etruscan temple known as the Ara Della Regina, dedicated to an unknown goddess at Tarquinia. It was the largest known Etruscan temple with its base of limestone blocks measuring 77 x 34 m.

A pair of terracotta winged-horses from the Temple of the Ara della Regina, Tarquinia. Etruscan, c. 350 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Tarquinia, Italy)

A wall-painting from the Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses (actually panthers) at Tarquinia. In this scene are dancers and musicians. 530-520 BCE.

A wall-painting from the Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses (actually panthers) at Tarquinia. In the scene men are reclining on cushions at a drinking party. 530-520 BCE.

A black-figure vase depicting Nyx, the personification of Night in Greek mythology. Below her is Helios, the Sun. Sappho Painter, c. 500 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

An Attic black-figure plate from the Etruscan city of Vulci, central Italy. The figure is an archer blowing the trumpet typically used in battles. 520-500 BCE. (British Museum, London)

A battle scene of Etruscans fighting Romans in the guise of mythical figures. From the Francois Tomb at Vulci. c. 350 BCE.

The remains of the 4th century BCE temple platform at the Etruscan city of Vulci (Velch).

A detail of the head of the Chimera of Arezzo. An Etruscan bronze dating to the 5th-4th century BCE it represents the fire-breathing monster of Greek mythology which had the body of a lion, a snake tail and goat head coming from its back...

A sardonyx cameo depicting the defeat of Roman emperor Valerian (r. 253-260 CE) by the Persian king Shapur. c. 260 CE. (Cabinet des Médailles, National Library, Paris)