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Musarna
42.4122° N, 11.9766° E
About
Musarna is an Etruscan settlement located approximately 10 km west of Viterbo, Italy. The site was discovered in 1849 and has been the site of excavations carried out by the École française de Rome since 1983. During the Hellenistic period the settlement was surrounded by a fortification wall. The third century BC stone sarcophagus of Larth Thvetlie, son of Arnth, is housed in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Historical Timeline
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Third-century BCE sarcophagus
3rd century BCE
Hellenistic fortification
Hellenistic period
Discovery of Musarna
1849
Start of systematic excavations
1983
Archaeological Features
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Defensive Structures
Burial and Funerary Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
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