Goodyear, W. H. (William Henry), 1846-1923 · Meadville, Pa., New York, Flood and Vincent · leaf 28
of dailylife, which, as excavated in the lasttwo centuries, now enable us to recon-struct a picture of ancient civilization. The museums which are especiallyrich in the objects from Etruscantombs are those of the Vatican atRome and of Florence, while manyothers are in the Louvre at Paris andin the… … Fig. 2.—Etruscan Bronze Statuette. British Museum. * The traditional practice of placing these objects in the tombs undoubt-edly survived by many centuries the belief in their actual utility to thedead. The practice continued among all pagan nations until the triumphof Christianity in the fourth…
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