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Tarquinia

Etruscan city

Tarquinia is an archaeological site in the record of Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated, placed to about 1 km.

One event happened here: The earliest Etruscan inscriptions, in an alphabet taken from Euboean Greek settlers, -0699.

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RomeMonacoFlorenceMarseilleBariPescaraCaserta1Tarquinia200 kmMonacoSan MarinoNaplesBari1200 km
Placed from Modern town centre from OpenStreetMap; the ancient city on the Civita plateau and the Monterozzi necropolis lie within 3 km. · Placed to about 1 kmOpen the mystery's map

In the mysteries

Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated
Etruscan city · 1 event
The mystery

What happened here 1

Nearby within 500 km

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Tarquinia [Place PLC0DEDSPP6BDJ1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DEDSPP6BDJ1
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