Images

A terracotta funerary urn in the form of a house from the Villanovan culture of central Italy. 8th century BCE. (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA)

A Villanovan bronze helmet, 8th century BCE. Poggio alle Croci necropolis, near Volterra, central Italy. (Museo Guarnacci, Volterra)

A bronze horse harness piece from the Villanovan culture of central Italy. 9th-8th century BCE. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

A terracotta revetment plaque showing a charioteer. From the Etruscan site of Acquarossa, central Italy. 570-560 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Viterbo, Italy)

A revetment plaque depicting dancers. Terracotta, Portico Building A, Acquarossa. 6th century BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Viterbo, Italy)

Grey or brown chalcedony cylinder seal in the modelled style; a bearded god (Ninurta), wearing a square, star-topped, horned head-dress and a vertically striated, tiered, fringed open robe over a fringed kilt, with a star-tipped crossed bow-cases...

Neo-Assyrian wall panel relief depicting the Epic of Anzu, found in Kalhu.

A bronze figurine of Pazuzu, the Assyrian/Babylonian demonic god. 1800-800 BCE. University of Tübingen, Germany.

A 19th century CE copy of the battle scene between Etruscans and Romans from the 4th century BCE Francois Tomb at Vulci. (By Carlo Ruspi, Vatican Museums Rome)

A watercolour painting of the scene from the wall painting of the Francois Tomb at Vulci showing Vel Saties and Arnza. The former is perhaps the tomb's occupant. 4th century BCE, Vulci, Italy. (Painting by C.Ruspi, Vatican Museums, Rome)