Erik's Rant
 

June 20, 2007

Turks!

God forbid! It turns out our ancestors were from Anatolia. Now, they left well before the Turkic people came in, so we are not really Turks, but closer to Greeks, and we already knew that. And, a little bit of irony for those of you familiar with mythologized Italian history, a rather famous city in that part of the world also sent some refugees to our fair peninsula, and the blending of their blood with Etruscan and other Italic tribes gave birth to the greatest nation on the planet so far.

Last time we were back in Tuscany I had a great time drawing the sarcophagi of the Etruscans. There were a couple that really looked like relatives. So much so, that I decided that I want to be buried in an Etruscan marble box, complete with my statue reclining on the lid, raising a toast with a rather relaxed look on my face.

Posted by erik at June 20, 2007 11:59 AM
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I am pretty sure they made it that far south. I know they had Rome, so Campagna makes sense, at least the northern part of it.

Posted by: Erik Keilholtz at June 20, 2007 2:45 PM

Did the Etruscans get as far south as Campagna-about 20 miles east of Rome? If so I am part of the clan as well.

Posted by: John Salmon at June 20, 2007 12:32 PM
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