# Robert S. P. Beekes · Person

> Indo-Europeanist, Leiden; argued the Anatolian origin of the Etruscans (2003). In Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated.

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# Robert S. P. Beekes

Indo-Europeanist, Leiden; argued the Anatolian origin of the Etruscans (2003) **1937–2017.**

[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)[1 source]

Robert S. P. Beekes is dutch Indo-Europeanist (1937-2017), professor at Leiden, whose 2003 monograph restated the case that the Etruscans came from western Anatolia. (1937–2017), and appears in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated as indo-Europeanist, Leiden; argued the Anatolian origin of the Etruscans (2003).

One question rest in part on what Beekes did or said, among them “Where did the Etruscan language come from: Anatolia, the Aegean or Italy itself?”, which stands open: 3 answers, none ahead.

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## In the mysteries

**Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated**

Indo-Europeanist, Leiden; argued the Anatolian origin of the Etruscans (2003)

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)

[Where did the Etruscan language come from: Anatolia, the Aegean or Italy itself?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYM533WF5/where-did-the-etruscan-language-come-from-anatolia-the)Open: 3 answers, none ahead

## Sources 1

[The Origin of the Etruscans](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDNHDXPJJA/the-origin-of-the-etruscans)

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1937-09-02

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2017-09-21

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Dutch Indo-Europeanist (1937-2017), professor at Leiden, whose 2003 monograph restated the case that the Etruscans came from western Anatolia.

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