Italian authorities announced Tuesday the seizure of an illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in the central Umbria region and are investigating two people for suspected theft of urns, sarcophagi and other artifacts worth 8 million euros ($8.

Italian authorities have recovered precious 3rd century B.C. artefacts from an Etruscan necropolis looted by a couple of bungling tomb raiders in Umbria who stumbled across the haul on their land. The Etruscans flourished in central Italy around 2,

ROME, NOV 19 - Italian art cops have recovered Etruscan artefacts of what they say is an "exceptional" value. The trove includes two sarcophahi and eight urns which had been taken by tomb raiders in an illegal dig,

Italy’s center-left won back the central Italian region of Umbria in local elections in a blow for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s coalition. The center-left candidate Stefania Proietti, an engineer and current mayor of Assisi, won over the right-wing ...

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) and its disparate allies kept control of the wealthy northern region of Emilia-Romagna and eyed a possible upset in neighbouring Umbria, results from local elections showed on Monday.