29 Mar Halls V – VI | 5 – 6
In the Rooms V-VI there are finds of 6th century b.C. coming from excavations of modest houses discovered in Montescudaio and Casale Marittimo. ...
In the Rooms V-VI there are finds of 6th century b.C. coming from excavations of modest houses discovered in Montescudaio and Casale Marittimo. ...
The itinerary goes on (Room VII) with the display of some pieces of Etruscan archaic period (6th-5th century BC). A series of funeral marble markers: these elements were put on the chamber tombs to testify their presence....
To the Hellenistic Age (from the end of 4th century to 1st century BC) is dedicated the following section of the Museum (Room VIII)....
The Room IX is usually dedicated to the collection of archaeological objects belonging to the Municipality. Sometimes, in this area, there are temporary exhibition of finds belonging to other museums....
The following section of the exhibition (Room X) is dedicated to the Roman Age. In Roman times the territory of Volterra continued to experience, as in previous centuries, a prosperous period, characterized by strong economic growth; in the second half of the 1st century. B.C. the...
A specific area is then reserved to the sea and its use as a means of communication and instrument for trade (Rooms XI-XII). Here it is shown a large collection of amphoras used for transport of wine, oil and grain and other objects (anchors, millstone)...