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Surroundings:

Tarquinia, Tomba BruschiTarquinia, Doganaccia, The Queen`s TumulusViillanovian Necropolis of Villa Bruschi FalgariAra della Regina

Location:

  • Italy, Tarquinia
  • geo:42.247623,11.769098
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2xx / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=23715

Annotations

Tomb of the Anina have belonged to the aristocratic Anina family,.It consists of a single large quadrangular chamber with a flat ceiling and on the sides of the door the figures of the two Etruscan demons of death are painted: Charun, represented with a hammer in his hand, to inflict pain on souls, and Vanth, the main female demon, winged and topless, holding the torch to illuminate the way to the abyss of the underworld.

See:

  1. Stephan Steingräber, Abundance of Life: Etruscan Wall Painting, Getty Publications, 2006
  2. Ingrid Krauskopf, The grave and beyond in Etruscan religion, 2006

Nearby

Tarquinia Tomba 4780

Etruscan tomb at the Scataglini Necropolis.

Tomba Maggi, Tarquinia

Etruscan tomb at the Necropolis of Monterozzi.

Tomb of Mercareccia

Etruscan Necropolis - Tarquinia - Tomba della Mercareccia


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