# Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte · Place

> Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte is an archaeological site in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully…

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Place · archaeological site · in 1 mystery

# Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte

sanctuary site

[Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language)[2 events][42.0167° N, 11.9550° E]

Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte is an archaeological site in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated, placed to about 1 km.

Two events on the site happened here, between 0499 and 1964: Thefarie Velianas of Caere dedicates a shrine at Pyrgi with texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, and later Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi.

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Placed from Position of the Santa Severa castle and excavation area from OpenStreetMap; the sanctuary lies immediately south of the castle. · Placed to about 1 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language#map)

## In the mysteries

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

sanctuary site · 2 events

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

[Why did the Pyrgi tablets not work as a Rosetta Stone for Etruscan?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/questions/QST0DEDYXE88KXH/why-did-the-pyrgi-tablets-not-work-as-a-rosetta-stone-for)No evidence yet: No evidence yet

## What happened here 2

-0499[Thefarie Velianas of Caere dedicates a shrine at Pyrgi with texts in Etruscan and Phoenician](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDTKJW4K5J/thefarie-velianas-of-caere-dedicates-a-shrine-at-pyrgi-with)

8 Jul 1964[Three gold tablets, two Etruscan and one Phoenician, are excavated at Pyrgi](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/events/EVT0DEDV4GSV07G/three-gold-tablets-two-etruscan-and-one-phoenician-are)

with [Massimo Pallottino](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/people/FIG0DEDT47VX6WM/massimo-pallottino)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Tarquinia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSPP6BDJ1/tarquinia)

archaeological site

31 km NW

[Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/places/PLC0DEDSBJY0ACV/museo-nazionale-etrusco-di-villa-giulia-rome)

museum

45 km E

[Collegio Romano, Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC08JJG1XR3X51/collegio-romano-rome)

45 km E

[Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (SS.CC.), Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4CC7885R38/congregation-of-the-sacred-hearts-of-jesus-and-mary-ss-cc)

religious congregation and museum

46 km E

[Rome](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6C30YM0X8X/rome)

city

46 km E

[Villa Mondragone, Frascati](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC08JJGGJG2NK6/villa-mondragone-frascati)

66 km E

## People 1

[MP

**Massimo Pallottino**

Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated

](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/people/FIG0DEDT47VX6WM/massimo-pallottino)

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Pyrgi (Santa Severa), sanctuary of Uni-Astarte [Place PLC0DEDSBBMXKT7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSBBMXKT7
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Key

**PLC** 0DEDSBBMXKT7

Record

Place

Kind

Archaeological site

Position

42.0167° N, 11.9550° E

Precision

About 1 km

Placed from

Position of the Santa Severa castle and excavation area from OpenStreetMap; the sanctuary lies immediately south of the castle.

In

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

Version

1

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[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

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