Osservazioni sulla tomba delle Anatre a Veio e sulla più antica ideologia religiosa etrusca

This article presents a new interpretation of the paintings of the “Tomb of the Ducks” at Veio, analyzing them through a symbolic language that from the Iron Age to the historical period was continually being enriched by new elements. Monuments and hand-made items are thus re-examined to reconstruct original elements of Etruscan religious ideology. The leading role of the ornithomorphic and solar symbolism, which aspire to guarantee one’s expectations about the afterlife, clearly emerges.