During routine conservation work at the Palazzone Necropolis in Perugia, Italy, archaeologists recently happened upon a 2,300-year-old urn bearing the image of Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon of ancient myth.

Archaeologists at the Palazzone Necropolis in Perugia, Italy have uncovered an Etruscan urn bearing a relief carving of Medusa , the snake-haired Gorgon of Greek myth, that houses terracotta vessels rather than human remains.

This unusual discovery is now reshaping historians’ understanding of Etruscan funerary customs.

Uncovering The Unique Urn Emblazoned With The Fearsome Face Of Medusa

The urn was discovered at the Ipogeo dei Volumni, which is the hypogeum, or underground burial chamber, of the Volumnus family. This makes up one part of the Palazzone Necropolis, a vast collec

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