12 ore 1 gen 520 anni a. C. - Sarcophagus of the Spouses, unknown, c. 520 BCE

Descrizione:

1. Etruscans often had funeral banquets to send the deceased off to the afterlife. This explains the content of the sarcophagus as the couple is reclining together on a banqueting couch.
2. Women in Etruscan society had certain privileges that women in other societies did not have. At Etruscan banquets, men and women reclined and ate together, a circumstance that would be different in other cultures.
3. Even though Etruscans only placed ashes in sarcophaguses, the size of the sarcophagus is monumental and made of long-lasting materials due to Etruscan's care of burying the dead.