Show etruscan study planned the predecessors of tile the roman civilization in tho the italian peninsula Insil ln are to have their little known history investigated hy by n group of it italian scholars who oi lor for this purpose nt at ft a national etruscan congress i held nt gllnn pros VIL tiit cledge of the etruscan race and its ita culture li Is very cry fragmentary though they find a n high civilization antl proud cities lit in italy when homo was n a mere collection of huts beside the tiber their influence was strongly felt in the days anis of the early curly republic and of their religion probably held in ili the lie cults of konie home to tile the very cry end of it Is believed by one of tile the italian schol scholars tirs interested in ili the movement that tho the famous burled buried city of pompeii was originally an all etruscan settlement |