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Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere)

ancient city

Capua 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 0469 and 1898: The Tabula Capuana, a terracotta ritual calendar, is inscribed at Capua, and later The Tabula Capuana is excavated at Santa Maria Capua Vetere.

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RomeTiranaPodgoricaSalernoBariPescaraTaranto1Capua200 kmRomeTiranaPodgoricaBari1200 km
Placed from Town centre of Santa Maria Capua Vetere from OpenStreetMap; the exact find spot in the necropolis is not recorded in the sources read. · Placed to about 1 kmOpen the mystery's map

In the mysteries

Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated
ancient city · 2 events
The mystery

What happened here 2

Nearby within 500 km

Villa dei Papiri, Herculaneum
Roman villa (archaeological site)
32 km S
Campania
region
47 km SE
Rome
city
173 km NW

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Capua (Santa Maria Capua Vetere) [Place PLC0DEDSN0TF8DJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSN0TF8DJ
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