De oudste dateert uit de 7e eeuw vóór Christus. The property encompasses the two necropolises of the Banditaccia and the Monterozzi, the most important cemeteries of the ancient Etruscan city-states ...

had a central hot spring considered sacred by the ancient Romans and the ancient Etruscans who lived in the area before them. Between the third century B.C. and fifth century A.D., worshipers ...

The practice began as an ancient Etruscan funeral ritual: when a tribal chief died, his warriors would make a blood sacrifice to his spirit by fighting to the death by his tomb. This ritual was ...