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Burial Mound at Cerveteri - ETRUSCAN
Cerveteri (in modern day Tuscany) was center of Etruscan culture. Cerveteri was a NECROPOLIS, or City of the Dead. Tumuli (round bldgs for graves) arranged along streets and made of TUFA, volcanic ash which is easy to form when hot and then hardens very hard.