Etruscan is not readable?

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

In the middle of the 19th century, the Russian archaeologist and historian Chertkov Alexander Dmitrievich put forward his own, different from the already existing, theory of the origin of the Etruscans. Studying ancient history, he came to the conclusion that the Etruscans were Slavs.

According to the official history in the 1st millennium BC. on the territory of modern Italy between the rivers Arno and Tiber there was the Etruscan civilization, which had a huge impact on the development of the Romans.

The Etruscans left behind many works of art: magnificent temples, frescoes decorating tombs, black clay vases. They worked metal and made amazing delicate items of silver and gold.

Historians do not know where the mysterious people came from, inhabiting Italy long before the founding of Rome, and where they disappeared. The language of the Etruscans has no relatives, and the inscriptions of the Etruscans, of which there are more than 12 thousand, have not been read according to official science. The Etruscan inscriptions were already incomprehensible to the Romans, who had a proverb “etruscum non legitur” (“Etruscan cannot be read”).

The main version today is the northern theory of origin, which was put forward by Nicolas Frere. According to Frere's theory, the Etruscans entered Italy through the Alpine Pass. This version does not have any material evidence, and nevertheless, since the 19th century, this version is very popular, especially among the Germans.

The Eastern theory of origin was put forward on the basis of fragmentary data left by Herodotus and other ancient authors. According to Herodotus' version, the Etruscans migrated from the eastern Mediterranean. Herodotus called the Etruscans Tilens or Tirsen. This was long before Rome began to challenge the primacy in Italy.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus advanced a third theory, arguing that the Etruscans were the indigenous people of Italy, thus challenging Herodotus's theory.

Alternative theory

In the middle of the 19th century, the Russian archaeologist and historian Chertkov Alexander Dmitrievich put forward his own theory, which was different from those that already existed. Studying ancient history, he came to the conclusion that the Etruscans were Slavs.

Chertkov Alexander Dmitrievich

Do I need to talk about how the scientific world perceived this? The recognition of the fact that the Slavs inhabited Italy even before the rise of Rome and founded there a center of ancient culture threatens with far-reaching consequences. Regardless of Chertkov, the Slavic version of the Etruscan origin was proposed by the Polish archaeologist and collector Tadeusz (Faddey) Wolanski.

Tadeusz Wolanski

Relying on the Slavic languages, he successfully read not only the Etruscan texts, but also many other ancient inscriptions found in different areas of Western Europe. The works of Chertkov and Volansky were not refuted, no errors were found in them, they were simply ignored.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Italian scientist, priest, philologist, Etruscologist, Slavic scholar Sebastiano Ciampi proposed using the Slavic alphabet to decipher the Etruscan inscriptions. Ciampi had to learn Polish in connection with his work at the University of Warsaw as a teacher. Sebastiano suddenly found himself reading and understanding ancient Etruscan texts. Arriving in Italy, the professor shared his discovery with colleagues, but they reminded him that the Germans long ago proved that the Slavic peoples appeared on the historical stage not earlier than the 6th century A. D. (?!) … It's not hard to guess what the reaction was to Champi's suggestions.

It is significant that in 1853 the Catholic Church banned Volansky's books, and the Polish Jesuits burned his books at the stake.… But this was not enough for them, so they demanded to execute the scientist for his statements.

In Russian:

Cupid's arrow wounds Menithea

On the back there is a seven-line inscription:

Yao of hosts of Adonii. Kai ea laitsa go to the tartar scotin.

In Russian:

I, Hosts Adonei. Her! If they scold her, they go to tartars, cattle

Subsequently, many other scholars undertook to translate Etruscan texts using Slavic languages: Grinevich, Chudinov, Kharsekin.

ACHLA - a variant of the spelling of the word ACHILA, that is, HONOR

ACHUDCHLI- participle from the verb FEEL, FEEL, that is, FEELING. Them. n. units h.

DIANA - proper name, noun, f.r. them. n. units h.

Zhdan - proper name, n., M., Im. n. units h.

SAME - adverb ALREADY

BACK - adverb AFTER

EARTH - a truncated version of the word EARTH, noun name. f. r., them. n. units h.

CLAN - passive participle from the verb KLAST, f. them. n. units h.

L - a truncated version of the word LADA, LORD, im. noun common., f.r. them. n. units h.

LAD - man, lord

LADUS - Latinized version of the word LADO, GOD, noun name. common., m. r. them. n. units h.

MI - indirect case of the possessive pronoun MY

NOT - negation of NOT

HIM - the truncated form of the word NEMCHIN, GERMAN. M. r., Tv. n. units h.

Pap - a truncated form of the word PAPA, noun, common name, m. them. n. units h.

SONS - noun name common., m. r. dates. n. pl. h. words SON.

UCHULSE - the second participle of the reflexive verb LEARN, LEARN.

CHAL - a variant of the spelling of the word PERSON, PERSON, name noun. common., m.r. them. n. units h.

NUM - adjective in short. form, a truncated version of the word CHISTA, them. n. units h.

Member- suffer. participle from the verb PART, KILL. M. p. them. n. units h.

MIRACLE - a truncated version of the word MIRACLE, noun name, common name, cf. r., them. n. units h.

Translation of an Etruscan tombstone from Clusia:

Headstone from Clusia (inscription from right to left)

Here is an inscription from a tombstone in Florence:

Inscription from Florence

And here is the inscription on the Canino vessel:

Canino vessel

MI LADUS. Translation: MY LORD.

Here is another Etruscan tombstone:

Etruscan headstone

The author of this article wants to re-draw attention to the extremely interesting and important works of Volansky, Chertkov, Ciampi and other Etruscologists, who may have actually managed to find the key to reading Etruscan inscriptions. And the topic is very sensitive for the entire Western world: after all, from the course of historiography, we know that Rome, which is considered the basis of all Western ideology and mentality, was built by the Etruscans. It is clear that this mysterious nation had to be either Italics or Germans, and the Etruscologists were intensely looking for this similarity in language and writing. But they didn’t find it. More precisely, the most perspicacious of them guessed that the Etruscans were Slavs, but they immediately hid their guesses. After all, as Orwell said: “Who controls the past - controls the future! Who controls the present controls the past"

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