Etruscan Origins
Etruscans (pre-Roman Italians) are an old interest of mine. From the International Herald Tribune: Origins of the Etruscans: Was Herodotus right?
Geneticists have added an edge to a 2,500-year-old debate over the origin of the Etruscans, a people whose brilliant and mysterious civilization dominated northwestern Italy for centuries until the rise of the Roman republic in 510 B.C. Several new findings support a view held by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus - but unpopular among archaeologists - that the Etruscans originally migrated to Italy from the Near East.
Comment by j cyrus
I read somewhere that the initial clue to this discovery was that they found a fossilized rigatoni, is that true?
Posted on April 6, 2007 at 5:54 am
Comment by blestou
Ha!
Yes, it must be true. It has caused considerable consternation among those who consider spaghetti the quintessential Italian food…
Posted on April 7, 2007 at 12:01 pm