An Introduction to the Etruscans and Etruscan Civilization 

Between the Etruscans to the North and the Greeks to the South, the Romans had some pretty good neighbors to learn from, conquer, and assimilate into their upstart civilization.

Nice to see that I find all my obsessions regarding ancient history in one channel :D

Seems odd that the Etruscans are not even mentioned when discussing Rome in some cases. It appears Rome owes a debt to the Etruscans. Thank you very much for this Cy, your work is very much appreciated. One of my favorite channels to go to when expanding on my studies.

I appreciate the loud volume on this video. You can always turn the volume down but you can only turn it up so far - Very good vid too.

Cy, thank you for the great overview. Being of central Italian descent, I have been enamoured with the Etruscans for many years. Although I’m not an ancient history academic, I’ve done cursory research on their origin, language, social structure, customs, etc over the years, which has barely scratched the surface of the vast bodies of work. It would be great if you produced follow videos addressing the areas I mentioned so that we ancient history neophytes can learn more and benefit from your professional knowledge and experience.

I love learning about the Etruscans such an underrated civ

07:43 That's a very suggestive piece of earthenware.

Sees something about the etruscans. Me: "stop everything... I need this to live."

Another great video Cy! Definitely one of my favorite channels on RU-vid.

Thanks so much for this!!’ There needs to be more documentaries on this civilization. I’ve been to Volterra 3 times when I go to Italy for the summer. Volterra is such a spectacular place. I’ve been in the museum there too ! There is also a medieval festival there every summer . It is so amazing!

Another good video Cy. Do the Olmec! You know you want to....

Great video! Thanks

I'm addicted to your channel! ;-)

I read somewhere that an Ancient Greek writer said that the connections of trade between the Ravenna/Rasna and Qartqazad/Carthage were so close that they could be considered one people.

I watch your videos for school! I mean, sometimes they're assigned, but you just seem to condense everything I need to learn so easily, that I just watch them, and it just helps me take notes, so I end up doing good in class, despite the fact that history is my weakest subject! so glad my history teacher introduced me to you, so now I can keep succeeding :3

Thank you, Good job.

Wonderfully done! This sort of 10 minute-ish video format is PERFECT imho. Liked and subbed, looking forward to more! Do you play Total War?

Great video

Anyone else watching this for school?

Etruscans or Etruscants

That's going on the play list.

Make a Video About The Minoans Civilization In Crete,By The Way Incredible Video✌

This is an impressive effort, this channel. It helps the viewer "get the gist" of who these people were and how they impacted western civilization. Outside of school, most people will not make a close study of The Etruscans in their spare time. Just sayin'. But this is a format that people can digest as a fairly quick 'interesting video'. What I'm getting at is that the more you can fill in the details for people, the more they understand the big picture. A good overview of history, along with a genuine familiarity with the sciences, ethics, and a good working knowledge of how people operate out in the wild helps us to make informed decisions as members of a society.

this is an awesome video!! much appreciation

I studied the Etruscans when I was 13 @ St Georges English school in Rome. They Ruled.

2ys ago my sources told me these were a mysterious people who appeared and disappeared in about 100 years. Now i have better resources. :) thanks Cy!

Ho visto tantissime mostre dedicate ad Etrurschi, poi sono stata a Cervetri di vedere le loro tombe, ho visto tanti documentari alla televisione su loro e ho pure letto molto su di loro e abbiamo studiato di piu' su di loro anche nelle scuole e lo stesso il tuo video e' molto interessante e professionale. Tanti complimenti e grazie!

Such a beautiful video... why don't you do a continuation? =)

Brother if you name the background song properly. It will help

Hello Cy, excellent as always. One question, any theories of greek origins of the Etruscans? Troy perhaps? I think the Iliad mentions something.??

A Serb deciphered the Etruscan script. The names of Etruscan settlements, such as Polatera, Sena, Bada, Rusele, Aretium, Volsini, Volci (vuci - wolf), Kosa, Svana (Sovana), Bieda, Cera (Kera)... It is easy to transcribe them into Serbian without editing. Svetislav Bilbija deciphered the Etruscan script using the Serbian Cyrillic script. When he saw the Etruscan works in the museum, he could immediately understand what was written. The Romans and Latins inherited the complete culture, religion and skill of inherit from the Etruscans. The Etruscan art of divination based on the observation of animal livers was called Haruspicium(hara) from the word Hara or Žgara, which is the Serbian word for entrails, another name was DISCIPLINE ETRUSKA. the question arises why the Romans called the Rasenes (Rascia, part of Serbia, there is a town of Raska) Etruscans, because we know that the Rasenes called themselves Rasenes. the liver(JETRA Serbian )was also observed for daily needs, looking at the liver of small animals (chickens), I believe that the cosmos is reflected in the liver, then alive is the old Serbian diminutive (jETRUSKA) from which ETRUSKA comes later. jETRA - jETRUSKA - ETRUSKA Another proof is the footwear, thay wear opanka (opanke, Serbian footwear) on their footwear, sculptures and frescoes. Etruscan work was placed on the she-wolf being sucked by the twins later in the Renaissance, through it we approach the oldest cults of Rasena, where the wolf represents the first Etruscan. maybe now it's time to adopt: man is a wolf to man. the wolf is the progenitor of the tribe, so it originally had a completely different meaning, a kind of cult password.

Good vid

I thought I was tripping when I saw the soldiers 😂

Source titus livius? Great video:)

More in depth into Etruscan origins: Herodotus does indeed claim that Etruscans came from Northwestern Anatolia, however this was an attempt at explaining why Etruscan culture was so wildly different by putting them near the edge of the known world. Dionysius of Halicarnassus later disagrees with Herodotus, claiming the Etruscans had to have been native to the Italian peninsula. Besides, claiming a Lydian origin to the Etruscans doesn't explain their wildly different language or culture, as the Lydians were also patriarchal Indo-Europeans. Also, recent genetic studies on Etruscans have revealed their genetics to be very similar to, but not exactly identical to, modern Italian populations. With our current vaster understanding of pre-Indo-European Europe, we can say that the Etruscans (the Villanovans, proto-Villanovans and the Terramare culture to the north) were native Italian Etruscans and the Indo-European Italic people came to Italy later, around 2500 BC. If Etruscans were of Anatolian origin, cultural and religious similarities and aspects of Indo-European culture would be natively present in Etruscan culture however more similarities between Iberian culture and Etruscan culture can be drawn than with Lydian culture (viewing the afterlife as a journey and such.) All Indo-European additions to Etruscan culture are Greek or Italic. Some scholars have drawn some similarities between Indo-European Anatolian languages and Etruscan but Etruscan scholars, historians and linguists largely see this as a mere coincidence or faulty methodology. In conclusion, the Etruscans were almost certainly some of the last remains of pre-Indo-European culture and no cultural connections to Lydians can be drawn besides some linguistic coincidences. Also no archaeological evidence of Etruscans near the sea of Marmara.

Please, Cy, I believe you are using the term 'understated' when you intend 'overstated'. If I am wrong, teach me why. Your Channel is one of my favorites. To say that a civilization's contributions cannot be understated is to imply that they are unimportant.

I think the Etruscans were probably a Pelasgian group who settled Italy after the Mycenaean collapse (possibly also descended from Eteo-Cretans?). Certain ancient Greek writers argued this, except that they dated it to a few centuries later and thought they were named by a great leader named Tyrrhenus, both of which are easily disproven, however it is often extrapolated that these writers must have also been incorrect about the Etruscans being Pelasgians, even though this is hardly what the evidence suggests, quite the opposite in fact.

make a video about Hurrians

@HistorywithCy Very interesting civilization they are. Their language is not Indo-European and according to Heredotus their roots coming from Anatolia. But even if they came from Anatolia; those times there may have Indo-European language. So is there a chance they are Turkic and their language Uralic?

No mention of the Raeti?

Great job as always! It would be awesome if you did a video on Ancient Edom of where Petra is today. Videos about Edom are scarce and biased.

Would be interesting to know if they were not the children of Chittem like their Roman conquerors...have you researched Chittem/Kittem?

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, or Tarquin the Elder, was the legendary fifth king of Rome and first of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 616 to 579 BC. He was prohibited from obtaining political office in Etruria because of the ethnicity of his father Demaratus, so Lucius Tarquinius Priscus became king of Rome. Demaratus,from Doric royal house of Bachiade, came from the Greek city of Corinth with his entourage,architects,poets,potters ecc. Demaratus became through his sons the ancestor of the Roman race of Tarquinia and the ancestor of many noble Roman families. His descendants were the three kings of Rome and the first two advisers when the Roman Republic was proclaimed.

The Etruscans lack of centralization allowed the Romans to use a "Divide and Conquer" strategy to defeat the Etruscans and the rest of the Italian peninsula.

Hy .Michelangelo Naddeo .explain well and translate etruscan langue. And from where they come .and them wrything is like rovas iras whit whom match 80 % . Each take from priscos .but are other sources also . Simple WRITHING was TRANSLATED by .Michelangelo Naddeo .he have a lot of books about . Have a nice day

Great video and tend to agree with your view that the Etruscans were a local indigenous people.

Ma grand mer sappelee julia

lmao @7:45 goals

Two years on I just now realized Rasenna sounds a whole lot like Ravenna. I don't think that's a coincidence. If not for the Rasenna the Romans we know now never would have existed.

La lingua etrusco si po tradure solo con la lingua Albanese e dovevo imparare perché lingua italiano e lingua greca non riescono spiegare loro lingue

Pandan je suit aller en toscane 19 annes jais de la famille en toscane

In hindsight, the Etruscans probably wished Lucius Tarquinius Priscus had burned those huts down ...

I'm tipping my scale of the Etruscans having been a native Italic tribe, pre-Indo-European. This, because there language somewhat resembles the Basque language, Euskarra (Euskara?) as they call it. They haven't been found to be related, and they don't have to be - but if their word structures resemble each other, it would tell of the early Mediterranean cultures. Genetical studies show that the earliest migrants to the European Mediterranen, to Sicily, Sardinia and continental Italy, as well as Greece, came form Anatolia. North of the Alps is a different case, as well as the Pyrenees - at least somewhat. They did have some influence from the African side, as well as the earliest Western European people, pre-Indo-Europeans - who the Basques represent linguistically, and maybe genetically too. Maybe there were some others too - at least in Roman times there were many nations, including Celts who had not been there many centuries before the Romans, at least not a millennia. The Sardinians are still mostly of that stock originally from Anatolia (or even Caucasus), which would be understandable, it being an islnad farthest of the mainland of the big islands. New comers haven't reached half of the gentic input there. Now when they likely came from the Anatolia, it's no wonder their language could resemble the Luvian or Hittite languages somewhat. They could have come from a common source language, but long before the Indo-europeans came. So yes, they would have been indigenous, pre-Latin nation. AND they might have been somewhat related to the Luvian/Luwian languages. Maybe with thousands of years of separation - but still closer to them, than the Indo-Europeans.

The Etruscans immigrated to the Florence region of Italy from two routes from the east. one migrated from the north to the PO plain and the other from the Aegean region by sea. Their DNA origins were determined and the Italians acknowledged them, and the Etruscans and Turks were said to have their first ancestors of the same lineage in northwest Asia.

Who else is here from school?

Why the heck don’t we call them what they called themselves which is the Rescena or however you spell it?

Cy; I really enjoy your videos. They are informative and concise and your accompanying graphics are superb. But speaking of "superb" you need to learn a little Latin pronunciation when talking about Etruscans/Romans. You pronounced "Superbus" as super bus. The correct pronunciation is superb us.

First World Empire: Nimrod-God Bacchus: 2025-2000 BCE. The creation of the First World Empire started from Nis, Serbia. Bocharti says that Nimrod’s army became known as Aryans. This is because Nimrod’s army consisted of professionals hunters; the God of hunting in Serbian mythology is called Arion: consequently, we get Arions / Aryans. (Samuelis Bocharti) Second World Empire: Serbo Makeridov: 1330-1300 BCE. The creation of the Second World Empire started from south Serbia. Alexander the Great tell us that there was a second world conquest which started from Naissus (Nis, Serbia) and which was led by the God Serbon: a great leader who was proclaimed a divinity-Quintus Rufus. Eusebii Pamphili claims that Serbon fought the Indians ca.1325 BCE and afterwards he built another Naissus at the Indus river, this was the city where Alexander the Great encountered Serbs according to Quintus Rufus and Pamphili (Ptolemaeus Eusebii). Troy: 2000-1184 BCE. Dardania to day Serbia. Third World Empire: Alexander the Great: 336-323 BCE. Son of King Philip the Great Karanovic and mother Olympia daughter of King Neotolomay Molosses from Serbo-Rasa tribe. (Ulrich Wilcken, Gustave Glotz) The creation of the Third World Empire started from south Serbia. Fourth World Empire: Roman Empire: Etruscan organized Roman Empire and eastern Roman Empire and 18 Emperors are from today Serbia Constantine the Great also born in Nis (Naissus). Following the 3rd Century Crisis (290s AD onward, the Empire was feeling less secure and thus there was a need for strong military leaders to take charge. Many Roman noblemen and statesmen were born in present-day Serbia, including 17 or 18 Roman Emperors (Vetranio wasn't universally recognized as an emperor, but was proclaimed a caesar).[2][3]

Super bus hahaha it’s superb us lololol sorry. I still loved the video tho, always been fascinated by Etruscans. If you google Arc Etrusco you can see a famous relic of their architecture that’s still stands in Perugia!

Poor Roseni shared the same hate of the Romans as the Canaani

BCE? There is only BC or AD.

Is this the _Metatron_ theme I am hearing?

Etruscan rock & roller...ok..

They didn’t adopt the Phoenician writing system, because it wasn’t an alphabet. The Greeks adapted the Phoenician writing system and made what we would call an alphabet today, with vowels, etc. The Etruscans got if from the Greeks, just like most things they got from the Greeks. I know you’re trying to downplay the Hellenic influence by broadening the influences to all the civilizations of the Mediterranean, but this is fallacious. Entertainment, religion, various cultural practices, art, architecture and many other aspects of civilization came from Hellas, not elsewhere!

Romans were originally called Latins, until an Etruscan royal house called Tarquin conquered them all from their capital city of Rome, with the help of Etruscan warrior elites who were the original patricians. So the king was kicked out by the Etruscan ruling class, not the Romans. That's why the last Etruscan speaker was a Roman emperor, what killed the Etruscans was ultimately the reforms caused by the plebeian revolts. And the Romans imposed Latin on most of the peoples they conquered, but not all, Greeks are a notable exception.

Etruria is the MOTHER of Europe ! Without the Etruscans who brought culture in to the peasant world of the italian peninsula there never whould have been a Roman Imperium.There would never have been the extention of the Greco- Roman culture across the known world.

The Etrucscan language is a language isolate, and like Linear A, still hasn't been translated.

See this Video...Porekla Srba - Srbi Rašani Etrurci..thank you

God damnit Claudius, preserve your works better next time!?!

Rásna. Ruma.

Me, my mother, my father and most of my relatives are originated from Uşak near to Lidia's center. We are Turkmenstan originated Turks from central asia. Also Tyrhhenia sounded like Turkmenia to me. 😊 Actually Rasenna is same name as Ashina dynasty of Gokturks in central asia. Rasenna, Ashina comes from a mythic mother shewolf Asena leading old Turks to pass central asian mountains during ice age. Also, there are some names that is similar to turkic languages: Curtun (Kurt'un - city of wolve), Tarchna (Tarkan'a - city of leader), Roma (Rum'a - city of rums / romans) Additionally, they have spoken an agglutinative language like turkic, ugric, hunnic people do same. (Who have genetic similarities as R1a hunnic, ugric, turkic and R1b sumer/saka, turkmen, turkic)

Boogie

They look so Roman, that without an explanation I guess many of us would think these are Roman pictures. Well the 2 men with laurels and flute looked more Greek. They were so much more powerful than the Romans. Then they took their city, build it strong, failed as Kings causing a revolt - and got their butts kicked by their former poor peasant neighbours. Sic transit gloria mundi. Though I don't get why Gloria always has to put her nose in these things - she's such a nuisance I guess.

Russians came from Etruscans or Scythians?

Meh-diocre. You could have done a much better video: you begin saying you will not talk of Rome and end up talking of Rome about half the video. Instead you did not even mention Lars Porsenna and the conquest of Campania (and Latium), nor the colonization of Corsica and the Po Valley. Anyhow the debate on whether Etruscans originated in Asia Minor ("Lydia" means Asia Minor, in the somewhat imprecise terms used by the ancients) still rages: we know now that there was a major demographic change in all Italy (except Sardinia) in the late Bronze Age and Early Iron, which correlates with the expansion of Inodueropeans (Italics and Celts) but also of other groups that MUST have come from the Eastern Mediterranean, namely the Tyrsenoi (Etruscans) = Teresh and the almost certainly Semitic Shekelesh (Sicels and Siculi). Also there was historically an Etruscan-speaking people near where Troy once stood: the Lemnians of the island of Lemnos. It is also very strange that Rome had that Aeneas foundation myth, after all, being Western Indoeuropean they originated in Central Europe, not the Aegean; my take is that they adopted it from the Etrsucans in the monarchy period.

Love your videos, just replace your idea of democracy with Republic. There, Rome was a representative republic not a democracy.

no mention that they were black

Social studies lol

Eh-truscans not Ee-truscans

You forgot to mention that they were black lol

The league of 12 people's who oversaw religious matters.. Is this another Zodiac thing?

bce ? you're weird.

Turkic ,,,,,they are,,

Oh CY!! The Etruscan alphabet adopted from the Phoenicians? Really!! No, no, no, the adoption of their alphabet is much closer to home.. Bar a few altered symbols, their "alphabet" is an obvious exponent of the Vinca scripts which predate Etruscan and Phoenician scripts over. 3000 years!! Yes of course it's older than Sumerian... I love your videos, particularly on the ancient Middle East, however in light of your lack of knowledge/research on ancient Balkan, or more correctly, Helmska, which encompasses Lepenski Vir, Starcevo and Vinca cultures and scripts, I'm really struggling to believe that everything I've enjoyed from your Middle Eastern YT publications holds any water... Or did you just rabbit these off some other YT goose!!

Etruscans=ProtoTurk's west sub branch.Their language is same with Turkish (mathematical) . Avaz, Ayaz,Ata,At,Tarkan still used by Turkish in today. Wolf is the main character in Turks as in Etruscans. Just notice; Turks went to the central asia and north west Asia from Anatolia. Etruscans are not Latin or Greek.

Inparate Albanese e vedrete che andate avanti

Etruscan nobles were Aryas, they originated in Anatolia where Mittani-Hatti-Hari Arya descendants ruled. Chariot is invention of Aryas. Etruscans' funerary rite used to be cremation, a Vedic rite. Sanskrit Vatika was their deity. Aryas R1a1aY/R1a1Y comprise non-IE speaking Jews, Arabs, Turk, Mongol Tibetan Chinese, SE Asian too. Nation's rulers don't share common origin with commoners. 👉All European, Mediterranean, central Asian, steppe nations are founded by race of Bharath (Vedic/Arya). Kings, warriors of Europe, central Asia, great steppe are R1a1aY/R1a1Y {Vedic warrior caste (Shatriyas)}, this marker didn't exist in steppe to Europe before 1k BCs. They've descended from CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani, TochaArya, Kushan, Wushun, Xiangno, Khotan Aryas who conquered great steppe then Europe, China in the 1k BCs from India-Iran region when Vedics from India already conquered upto Anatolia (Mittani-Hatti-Hari) in 2k BCs. Greco-Roman descended from M-H-H Aryas, only Aryas can bring IE language, chariot, Mitra, the thunder/sky God, astronomy, astrology, funerary cremation in Greece & Italy. Aryas in west have turned blonde/white breeding with white women (Celts R1bY, Veneds R1aY) like brown Jews have turned blonde. Imagine Europe's Monarchies started coming 1300 years later than the Saka monarchy of 700 BC., literature after 7th c CE. Greece, Italy Monarchies started 1000 years later than M-H-H. Proven conquest of west by Aryas.👇 👉In 2k BCs Mittani-Hatti-Hari conquered upto Anatolia. 👉In 800 BCs CimmeArya, Saka conquered Balkan, Ukraine, Russia. 👉In 500 BCs Parsha conquered Greece, Balkan. 👉In 400 BCs Sauromata, Alani conquered beyond Ukraine all the way to British Irish Isles, remember RgVedic Goddess Danu. 👉 In 400 CEs one Alani branch conquered Spain raiding Greece, Italy. 👉In 400 CEs Hun conquered half of Europe descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan." ++++++++ 👉Since 800 BCs whites (Celts, Veneds) & Central Asian trib@ls are en$laved by Aryas (CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani, TochaArya, Kushan, Wushun, Xiangno, Khotan). 👉Whites are next en$laved by Roman descending from Mittani-Hatti-Hari Aryas. 👉Next en$laved by Hun descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan Aryas of Tarim basin. 👉Next en$laved by moors of north Africa for 700 years, moor leaders are Iranian Aryas. 👉Again en$laved by Turk, Mongol, l0rds of Turk, Mongol tribals are Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun. ++++++++ Whites (CeltR1bY of Yamnaya, Vened or old SlavicR1aY of Sintashta) are neither IE/Aryas nor warrior race, no evidence of their native language. Let alone riding chariot didnt even ride horse. Roman labelled them subhum@n. IBN Fadlan described yellow haired are f!lthiest of God's creation. Till 10th c CE r@ping, hum@n s@crifice used to be their custom. Stark contrast in civilization of people in a continent confirms different origin. Whites aren't martial race but they @nnihilate anyone weaker than them, they've @nnihilated native Europeans. Roman, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Hun Aryas could do the same with whites but didn't. In last 1k years Aryas of west assimilating with whites commited gen0cides of American, African, Asian, Australian. Hiroshima nuking, WW1/2. British rulers who are Arya R1a1aY/R1a1Y l00ted $45 trillion alone from India & feeding white p@rasites leaving 10 mill. Indians starved to death. Vedic civilization is destroyed by her own long lost children. ++++++++ Lords of Turk, Mongol, Avar, Khazar trb@ls descended from Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun Aryas. Xiangno, Wushun, Kushan conquered China, Tibet. Shatriyas of eastern India conquered SE Asia. R1a1aY/R1a1Y can easily be found among Turk, Mongol, Chinese, Tibetan, SE Asian, Jews. A nation's kings don't share common race with $laves, commoners. Shatriya Arya, Ezyptian, Mesopotamian are only martial races. ++++++++ West is never 1 race. GR labelled northerners subhum@n. Stark difference in civiliation confirms different races. There are Aryas, Celts, Veneds, Phonecian-Etruscan from middle East, negroids from sub Sahara, some central Asian, perhaps some native Euros, Gypsies, Mongoloids too. ++++++++ Shatriyas are founder of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism. Shatriya Buddha, Mahavira, Ashoka TG, Kurus TG are the greats & benevolent no race on earth could give birth including great Mesopotamian, Ezyptian. Abrahamic religions are existing only because Kurus TG saved Judaism from extinction, he's the only non-Jews regarded "messiah" in Judaic texts. Literature of all civiliations combined can't reach half of Vedics. RgVeda is the oldest IE literature. 40% Earth's population speak Arya languages. Aryas who surpass even great Mesopotamian, Ezyptian can't originate from civilizationless steppe. Oldest chariot found in "Sinauli" India. None ever used Chariot in Steppe. +++++++ Will Durant, American historian. "India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all." William James, American Author "From the Vedas, we learn a practical art of surgery, medicine, music, house building under which mechanized art is included. They are encyclopedia of every aspect of life, culture, religion, science, ethics, law, cosmology and meteorology."

Russians claim that Etruscans are slavic.

Pelasgian Tribes🌟🐣🌙Pelasgian(Troyans*Ilion) Hethiter Etruskian,Illyrian,Dardanian,Mykens (Ancient Makedonian)Thrakian,Darker Minonians Lyder (Dorians^not hellens*IONER,Achaier)Elymer.Sikaler,Sikaner,Akrokomer,Agrianer,Besser,Phryger,Byrhini,Botiaer,Veneter,Ismari,Karer,Laiaer.Pierer,Seleter...

Etruscans have emigrated to Italy from the kingdom of Lydia in Western Turkey. The people of Lydia were not Grek. Their roots depand on Kut/Subar/Turukku people in Eastern Turkey and Western Iran. They were prototurks. According to the Urmu Theory, Turks have spread all over the world from the area around the lake Urmu in the middle east. Many of them have gone to sybiria and central asia, some of them have been living in the Iran and Turkey, and some of them have gone to the west. Etruscans come from the prototurks who have prefered to go to the west. The culture of kurgan (timulus) refer to only ancient Turks all over the world as in the Etruscans. Their alphabet is very simmilar to Göktürk alphabets of Turks. Their rasenna is corresponding to Turks' Asena which is a female wolf. Wolf is still a symbol of nationalist Turks in Turkey at present. Also, it is sure that etruscans' language is not classified in indo-european language family as Turkish language. One more point, the words "etrusk" and "turk" are fonetically simmilar to eachother. Finally, Etruscans and Turks most probably have same roots.

Etruscan are the real Turks .Asien Turks dont exist .The Etruscans live in West Anadolia. The Selcuks Come from Asia and similar with the Etruscans Turks. ..The onather name for the Etruscans is RASSEN. .TURANOI. ..TURCIAN. ..TURANESI.

Etruscans are today Albanians !!! Albanian language it is the only language in the world who can translate every word of Etruscan language !!!!

The Marsiliana Abecedarium Tablet (700 BCE) (ancient etrusk script) ΨΦΧΥΤΣΡϘ * ΜΠΟΞΝΛΚΙΘΗΖF * ΕΔΓΒΑ is the same * Greek alphabet used today, * The stele of Lemnos (Archaeological Museum of Athens) (older protoetrusk writing) y Solomon Reinach = the Etruscans are Aegeans. help Scotty!