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Show Centuries Unable to Dim Laurel Wreath I.nuro! wreatlis should be Immortal, and it is appropriate that a laurel wreath recovered from an Etrusenn tomb over 2,000 years old should still be green. Who Its here was we cannot tell, ills skeleton was wrapped In veils of white and blue. There v. ore leather objects whose purpose Is nnknrwn ornamented with geometrical 'designs, purses containing glass beads beltn with copper clasps and buckles, ann the laurel wreath, but no naioe. The tomb Is one of a great numher ; nt Vulel," In Tuscany, Italy, whose existence was first discovered a him dred years ago. The wife of Nnp-ne on's brother, l.urlen, was watchlim s j yoke or oxen plowing In a field when they suddenly disappeared, and It was found they had broken through Into an Etruscan tomb. Over fl-iKK) tombs were opened In the next qmir ter of a century, their contents being distributed over Europe, after which tbe tombs were filled up. |