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The Tumulus of Montefortini and Boschetti, the archaeological area of Comeana is located in the town of Carmignano. The Tumulus was discovered in 1965 by four researchers, who digging on a small hill began to extract pieces of slabs belonging to Etruscan tombs. The artificial mound houses two tombs built in different periods. The oldest tomb has a central-plan “tholos” structure and a brick “false dome”. The tomb was found only in 1982. The very rich funeral kit is now exhibited in the Artimino Museum. A turquoise glass cup, two censers, numerous ivory objects carved in low and high relief, and plates and bowls were part of the funeral equipment. Next to the tholos tomb there is the rectangular chamber tomb, also with a false vault. A shelf runs along the walls of the tomb to deposit the cinerary urns of the dead. The tomb was sacked and few funerary elements have survived such as raw pottery, bucchero bowls and the remains of glass paste vases. It is called a “mound” as the clayey earth ensures stability to the side walls.

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Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 43
59015 Carmignano

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