Prehistoric Bologna

People lived in Bologna since the Paleolithic times, which is the earliest caveman times. I was fascinated by the actual rock tools used by the cavemen from this period. Later, humans progressed to using metals but for hundreds of years, they fashioned tools from stones.

I love stones.

Caveman tools.

Bronze age tools.

I am quite sure that 2 of these axe heads are made of nephrite jade.

Etruscan sculpture.

The Etruscans lived in this region even before the Romans were a civilisation. They were a refined and wealthy culture who organised their social communities in many complex ways and produced art of very high quality. In contrast, the Romans were warlike thugs who arrived, conquered and assimilated all that was good about Etruscan culture so that Romans became Etruscan and still called themselves Romans.

The Romans were good at that. The whole pantheon of Roman Gods were taken from the Greeks. Roman art and frescoes were learnt from the Etruscans. The Romans were simply much more aggressive than the Etruscans.