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An Etruscan woman in veil burns offerings at an altar before a temple. Bearded priests attend the ritual, a musician plays a tibia or aulos, a Victimarius sacrifices a bull with a hammer, and a boy holds a sacred box. A vignette from the first page of the book. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.

An Etruscan woman in veil burns offerings at an altar before a temple. Bearded priests attend the ritual, a musician plays a tibia or aulos, a Victimarius sacrifices a bull with a hammer, and a boy holds a sacred box. A vignette from the first page of the book. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.
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An Etruscan woman in veil burns offerings at an altar before a temple. Bearded priests attend the ritual, a musician plays a tibia or aulos, a Victimarius sacrifices a bull with a hammer, and a boy holds a sacred box. A vignette from the first page of the book. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venutis Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750.
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