etruria

February 12, 2017
The combined rites practiced by the cult of the Hirpi Sorani (“wolves of Soranus”) in the pagan peninsular countryside and those to honor Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome who were nursed by a wolf, partly explain the name of the Lupercalia, a festival celebrated each February.

October 23, 2016
Today is the feast day of San Giovanni da Capestrano (Kapisztrán János in Hungarian).

March 31, 2016
Exciting News: Enormous Potential in Etruscan Find An archaeological dig site in Tuscany is reporting the discovery of a substantial stele that bears an inscription in the language of the Etruscans.

December 15, 2015
500 BCE (year): the beginning of the end of the Etruscan civilization.