The Etruscans enjoyed bright colors, along with gambling, board games , and sports.

The Etruscan people especially loved music and dancing.

The lyre accompanied most of the Etruscans activities and festivals.

The Etruscan people dug tunnels and built dams to drain the fields and built cities on hilltops surrounded by thick walls.

They borrowed from the Greek alphabet and spoke a language different from any other in the ancient world.

They were known as the “People of the Sea” for their skills as pirates and traders.

Their shoes in the army gave them a better footing on rough or hilly ground.

Etruscan women could attend and participate in activities and festivals.

They built temples with wood, mud brick, and clay on stone foundations.

When a Etruscan noble died, their slaves would have a fight to the death.

Soothsayers read certain types of omens of what might happen in life.

Etruscan farmers used mostly iron tools to grow wheat, barley, grapes and other fruits.

The Etruscans gambled with ivory dice or played games similar to chess and backgammon.

The dead was buried in tombs beneath the ground called catacombs.

The Etruscan wealthy people owned most enslaved people, who tended the land and did other work.