A team of archaeologists have discovered an Etruscan tomb during excavations in Vulci, an Ancient Etruscan city in present-day Lazio, central Italy.

Vulci, named for the Vulci people, one of the twelve people of the Etruscan civilisation, was a major Etruscan city which developed from a trade in precious metals mined in the Colline Metallifere hills.

During the 6th century BC, Vulci enjoyed a prosperous period of power and affluence, dominating over cities such as Orbetello, Saturnia, Sovana, Castro, Pitigliano, and Marsiliana.

Excavations in Vulci have recently discovered an Etruscan tomb dating from the 6th century BC in the Osteria necropolis.

A previously unknown Etruscan temple has been discovered at the ancient city of Vulci, situated around 80km from Rome on the banks of the Fiora River, in the region of Lazio, central Italy.

The newly discovered temple, which measures 45m x 35m, lies just west of the Etruscan Tempio Grande – another sacred building excavated in the 1950s.

The excavations have also unearthed evidence of early Iron Age occupation that may be attributable to the earliest stages of the city’s formation..

The park is in Montalto di Castro, in the province of Viterbo in Lazio. It is home to the archaeological remains of what was one of the most important centres of Ancient Etruria in central Italy.

The Etruscan civilization was developed by a people of Etruria in ancient Italy with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states.

Etruscan civilization endured until it was assimilated into Roman society. Assimilation began in the late 4th century BC as a result of the Roman–Etruscan Wars.

The earliest known examples of Etruscan writing are inscriptions found in southern Etruria that date to around 700 BC.