I’ve often thought it would be very exciting to work on an excavation team to be present as treasures of life and artifacts unfold.

Frescoes of celebrations and love making are depicted in many of the Etruscan tombs during the 7th to 5th centuries BCE, but, due to the advancement of Roman warfare on Etruria, these scenes began to change, and, for the first time that we are knowledgeable of, Etruscan art started depicting demonic and evil scenes. The tombs lost all their colour and happiness, and instead were used to express fear and grief.

It is a shame that such an advanced civilization had to come to an end, especially by that of the Romans. In fact the Etruscan people were responsible for Ancient Rome’s advanced techniques, such as plumbing and the building of a strong Empire. This was due to an Etruscan ruler taking over Rome in the 7th century.

P.s, those of which that are interested in archaeology, can easily be a volunteer. Anyone that chooses to be an archaeologist as a proffession gets very little money indeed, especially considering digging sites are mainly made up of volunteers. x

Yes, I did read about the Stone Age settlement found in the English Channel and the race against time to try to salvage things. I was going to write about it but never received a reply for permission to use their photos, and no other were avaiable thru my searches, so I didn’t write about it.

Before Colin … haha, I can think of one other that might have an objection to that

Kim, that would make for a fascinating living to be an archaeoligist. Imagine the thrill when you unearth something and to be one of the few to see the artifacts first-hand!