# Robert S. P. Beekes 2003: The Origin of the Etruscans

> Robert S. P. Beekes, 2003. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Mededelingen van de…

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# The Origin of the Etruscans

Robert S. P. Beekes, 2003.

**Etruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated** Book0

## What it's used for here

Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Mededelingen van de Afdeling Letterkunde, n.r. 66.1), 59 pp. Argues from Herodotus, the Lemnos stele and Anatolian names that the Etruscans came from the Lydian area of western Anatolia around 1200 BC; the main modern statement of the eastern-origin case.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[A language closely related to Etruscan was written on Lemnos around 550 BC, and Herodotus places the Etruscans' origin…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/evidence/EVD0DEEC898HGJG/a-language-closely-related-to-etruscan-was-written-on-lemnos)

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[Robert S. P. Beekes](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/etruscan-language/people/FIG0DEDT4X3ZMKS/robert-s-p-beekes)

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

The mystery article

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[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)

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Robert S. P. Beekes (2003). The Origin of the Etruscans. https://zenon.dainst.org/Record/000166929
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