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All set! Compulsive catalogue buying = on brand Zo All set! Compulsive catalogue buying = on brand Zoom shelf. This week Etruscan tombs at Cerveteri, see link in bio for info and other dates.
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There’s not a soul at the big Etruscan exhibitio There’s not a soul at the big Etruscan exhibition @museocivicobologna. Lucky for me, not so good for them. If you’re interested in finding out more about Etruscans, this week’s new online talk subject is the fabulous necropolis of the Banditaccia at Cerveteri. This evening and Sat at 7pm CET, Tues morning at 11am CET. Link in bio to join.
Tomorrow, by special request from the Antipodes, a Tomorrow, by special request from the Antipodes, at 11am Rome time I shall be reprising my Sistine Chapel talk. €15, 50 minutes plus Q&A. Email/DM me if interested. More info in link in bio. Photo taken on a special after-hours visit in Feb organised by @catholicjill to see the Raphael tapestries in situ for the first time four centuries.
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