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The enigma of Italy's ancient Etruscans is finally unraveled
DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey
We have DNA evidence that the Etruscans originally came from very close to Izmir Turkey, which is the location of the ancient Smyrna. Note the distance between ancient Troy and Smyra, about 120 miles. The map imaged on the right shows the extent of the Hittite Empire (2,000 - 700 BCE) and the second of their great periods II [the] Great Hittite Kingdom or "Imperial Hittites" (1480 to 1190 BCE) corresponds with the fall of Troy and the flight of Aeneas.
.........IX. Lydian Period ( 900 - 547 BCE.).........................VI. Hittite Period ( 2,000 - 700 BCE.)
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Note that the map above, the Lydian Kingdom map shows both Troy and Smyrna or modern Izmir. But Troy
was destroyed about the same time as the immigration to Italy from the area near Smyrna in ancient Anatolia took place.
The enigma of Italy's ancient Etruscans is finally unravelled | World news | The Guardian
DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey
“Genetic research made public at the weekend appears to put the matter beyond doubt, however. It shows the Etruscans came from the area which is now Turkey - and that the nearest genetic relatives of many of today's Tuscans and Umbrians are to be found, not in Italy, but around Izmir. [Turkey]…
The latest findings confirm what was said about the matter almost 2,500 years ago, by the Greek historian Herodotus. The first traces of Etruscan civilisation in Italy date from about 1200 BC. …
But the latest conclusions may add weight to a rival, apparently more fanciful, theory that links their name to Troy, the "city of towers" and a part of the Lydian empire. The most likely date for the fall of Troy, as described by Homer, is between 1250 and 1200 BC. …”
Timeline
circa 1200BC Destruction of Troy
circa 1200BC First traces of Etruscan civilization in Italy
700BC Etruscans borrow alphabetic writing from Greeks, and become first people in Italy to write
616-579BC Rome ruled by its first, legendary Etruscan king, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
550BC Etruscan power at zenith. Three confederations hold Po valley and coast south of Rome, heartland of southern Tuscany, and western Umbria. Allied with Carthaginians, Etruscans trade across the Mediterranean
DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey
We have DNA evidence that the Etruscans originally came from very close to Izmir Turkey, which is the location of the ancient Smyrna. Note the distance between ancient Troy and Smyra, about 120 miles. The map imaged on the right shows the extent of the Hittite Empire (2,000 - 700 BCE) and the second of their great periods II [the] Great Hittite Kingdom or "Imperial Hittites" (1480 to 1190 BCE) corresponds with the fall of Troy and the flight of Aeneas.
.........IX. Lydian Period ( 900 - 547 BCE.).........................VI. Hittite Period ( 2,000 - 700 BCE.)
Note that the map above, the Lydian Kingdom map shows both Troy and Smyrna or modern Izmir. But Troy
was destroyed about the same time as the immigration to Italy from the area near Smyrna in ancient Anatolia took place.
The enigma of Italy's ancient Etruscans is finally unravelled | World news | The Guardian
DNA tests on their Italian descendants show the 'tuscii' came from Turkey
“Genetic research made public at the weekend appears to put the matter beyond doubt, however. It shows the Etruscans came from the area which is now Turkey - and that the nearest genetic relatives of many of today's Tuscans and Umbrians are to be found, not in Italy, but around Izmir. [Turkey]…
The latest findings confirm what was said about the matter almost 2,500 years ago, by the Greek historian Herodotus. The first traces of Etruscan civilisation in Italy date from about 1200 BC. …
But the latest conclusions may add weight to a rival, apparently more fanciful, theory that links their name to Troy, the "city of towers" and a part of the Lydian empire. The most likely date for the fall of Troy, as described by Homer, is between 1250 and 1200 BC. …”
Timeline
circa 1200BC Destruction of Troy
circa 1200BC First traces of Etruscan civilization in Italy
700BC Etruscans borrow alphabetic writing from Greeks, and become first people in Italy to write
616-579BC Rome ruled by its first, legendary Etruscan king, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
550BC Etruscan power at zenith. Three confederations hold Po valley and coast south of Rome, heartland of southern Tuscany, and western Umbria. Allied with Carthaginians, Etruscans trade across the Mediterranean
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