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September 19, 2012

First Ever Etruscan Pyramids Found in Italy

Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News


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The first ever Etruscan pyramids have been located underneath a wine cellar in the city of Orvieto in central Italy, according to a team of U.S. and Italian archaeologists.

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