Etruscans

Trade and food industry publications are carrying a piece that recounts how European food and drink traditions crossed the Atlantic to American tables, weaving together references to a US president, a poet, and an ancient Etruscan shipwreck. The story frames European quality standards and heritage as the foundation of imports now common in the US market, arriving amid ongoing debate over transatlantic food trade.

Researchers have used acoustic modelling and artificial intelligence to reconstruct how ancient Etruscan tombs in Italy may have sounded, shedding new light on burial rituals and the culture that preceded Rome. The project, described as 'confronting demons', suggests sound played a central role in funerary practice and offers archaeologists a fresh way of interpreting pre-Roman heritage sites.