Etruscan society — is mainly known through the memorial and achievemental inscriptions on monuments of Etruscan civilization, especially tombs. This information emphasizes family data. Some contractual information is also available from various sources.See under… … Wikipedia
Etruscan language — Language spoken by the ancient people of Etruria in what is now Italy. Its proposed relations with the Indo European family have not been generally accepted, and Etruscan remains a linguistic isolate (i.e., unrelated to any other language). Known … Universalium
ETRUSCAN WOMEN — In the literary sources, Etruscan women had the reputation of much greater freedom than other major groups in classical antiquity, a view that is overlaid by a moralistic comparison of Latin and Etruscan women from the perspective of… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
ETRUSCAN BODY — Much attention to the Etruscans has been implicitly focused on the body, because the burial record has been so prominent in Etruscan research. However, more recently the interdisciplinary theory of the body has received more attention.… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
ETRUSCAN MEN — In In spite of the relative prominence of Etruscan women, the male gender does nevertheless appear to have been dominant in terms of power relations, generally set within the public sphere. This can be measured in terms of iconography and… … Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans
Glossary of ancient Roman religion — This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Ancient Roman religion … Wikipedia
Ordination of women — Main article: Ordination Ordination in general religious usage is the process by which a person is consecrated (set apart for the administration of various religious rites). The ordination of women is a regular practice among some major religious … Wikipedia
Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… … Universalium
Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… … Universalium
Bologna — For other uses, see Bologna (disambiguation). Bologna Comune Comune di Bologna … Wikipedia
