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Location: Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia

Aplu (Apollo of Veii) bust detail, from the roof of the Portonaccio Temple, Veii, Italy, c. 510-500 B.C.E., painted terra-cotta, 5 feet 11inches high (Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome — Confronting Hercules in the middle of his labors, this clay statue of Apollo strides forward.

Apulu (Apollo of Veii)

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Upper bodies (detail), Sarcophagus of the Spouses, c. 520 B.C.E., Etruscan, painted terracotta, 3 feet 9-1/2 inches x 6 feet 7 inches, found in the Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri (Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia in Rome) — The intimacy of this clay sculpture is unprecedented in the ancient world. What can it tell us about Etruscan culture?

Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Rome)

by Dr. Jeffrey A. Becker

Forget what you know about Greek and Roman architectural orders—Etruscans had their own unique style.

Temple of Minerva and the sculpture of ...

by Dr. Laurel Taylor