Was it the lost language of the Etruscans?

这是伊特鲁里亚失落的语言吗？

One of the greatest legacies left by the Etruscans are the vibrant tomb paintings, which have only been found in around two percent of burials, which makes it easy to identify the elite from the population.

伊特鲁里亚留下的最伟大的遗产之一是充满活力的墓葬壁画，这些壁画只在大约 2% 的墓葬中被发现，这使得从群中识别精英变得容易。

That period was a time of great change in Tuscany as government rule moved from Etruscan to Roman.

这段时期托卡纳发生了巨大的变化，政府统治权从伊特鲁里亚的手中转移到了罗马的手中。

We know of the adoption of Etruscan gods by the Greeks because of depictions of the Olympian gods on Greek pottery, which were inscribed with the Etruscan names.

我们知道希腊了伊特鲁里亚诸神，因为希腊陶器描绘了奥林匹诸神，并刻有伊特鲁里亚的名字。

Although much of the Etruscan culture and history was obliterated or absorbed by the Romans, many Etruscan tombs and their contents, war paintings, and the Roman adoption of Etruscan material and religious culture have survived.

然伊特鲁里亚的大部分文化和历史被罗马抹去或吸收，但许多伊特鲁里亚坟墓及其内容、战争绘画以及罗马对伊特鲁里亚物质和宗教文化的幸存了下来。

The white, purple, or with a red border robe of the Etruscans would become the Roman Toga.

伊特鲁里亚的白色、紫色或带红色边的长袍后来演变成了罗马托加。

The Etruscans exploited the natural and abundant resources to make metal tools, pottery, and various goods out of precious materials such as gold and silver.

伊特鲁里亚利丰富的自然资源，金银等贵重材料制作金属工具、陶器和各种商品。

The Etruscans lived in independent city-states linked only by their common language, religion, and general culture.

伊特鲁里亚生活在独立的城邦中，只有共同的语言、宗教和一般文化将他们联系在一起。

Etruscan divination practices were adopted, and many words from the Etruscan language were passed on to the Romans.

伊特鲁里亚的占卜做法被，伊特鲁里亚语的许多单词也被传给了罗马。

As always, if you'd like to learn more about the Etruscans, you can find links to a bunch of our articles all about this fascinating and influential culture in the caption below.

和往常一样，如果你想了解更多关于伊特鲁里亚的信息，你可以在下面的标题中找到我们一系列关于这种迷而有影响力的文化的文章的链接。

The tomb paintings give modern historians a good idea of Etruscan daily life, eating habits, clothing, and also reveals social attitudes, notably towards slaves, foreigners, and women, which wouldn't be otherwise known.

古墓壁画让现代历史学家对伊特鲁里亚的日常生活、饮食习惯、服装有了很好的了解，也揭示了社会态度，尤其是对奴隶、外国和妇女的态度，这些都是不为知的。

The Etruscans built expansive necropoles, their grid-patterned streets lined with tombs.

伊特鲁里亚建造了广阔的墓地，其网格状街道两侧排列着坟墓。

In many ways, it grew to surpass the  Etruscans, whose time was obviously passing.

在许多方面，它的发展超过了伊特鲁里亚，后者的时代显然已经过去了。

And their rule for that " qu" sound was to  use this ancient qoppa, this ancient Etruscan letter that had been handed across to the Romans  and then dished out through Latin.

而他们规定发出“qu” 音的方法是使这个古老的科帕字母，这是一个从伊特鲁里亚传给罗马的古老字母， 然后通过拉丁语传播开来。

Roman culture absorbed that of Italy's various tribes, the Latins, the Etruscans, the Sabines, whose gods were adopted by Roman mythology.

罗马文化吸收了意大利各部落的文化，包括拉丁、伊特鲁里亚和萨宾，他们的神祇被罗马神话所纳。

They couldn't simply stop fighting the Etruscans, so one consul went north with an army to keep them busy.

他们不能简单地停止与伊特鲁里亚的战斗，因此一位执政官带领军队北上， 让他们保持忙碌。

The Etruscan identity was not immediately  erased after the Roman conquests.

在罗马征服之后，伊特鲁里亚的身份并没有立即被抹去。

So we took our alphabet from the Romans, the Romans took theirs from the Etruscans.

所以我们从罗马那里借了字母表，而罗马又是从伊特鲁里亚那里借鉴的。

In ancient Rome, the local myths of Italic peoples, such as the Latins and the Etruscans, blended with the Greek myths that had gone before them.

在古罗马， 意大利各民族的本土神话，如拉丁和伊特鲁里亚的神话，与先前存在的希腊神话相融合。

I wanted to talk about Etruscan notions of immortality.

我想谈谈伊特鲁里亚的永生观念。