Nancy Thomson de Grummond is the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics

Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...

 and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University

Florida State University

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. She specializes in Etruscan

Etruscan civilization

Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci...

, Hellenistic and Roman

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

 archaeology

Archaeology

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. She serves as the director of archaeological excavations at Cetamura del Chianti in Italy

Italy

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. Her current research relates to Etruscan and Roman religion, myth and iconography.

Selected publications

• 1982 A Guide to Etruscan Mirrors
• 1996 An Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology (editor)
• 2006 The Religion of the Etruscans (co-editor with Erika Simon
  Erika Simon
  Erika Simon is a German scholar of classical archaeology and professor emeritus of the University of Würzburg.-Selected writings:* 1968 Ara Pacis Augustae* 1983 Festivals of Attica: an Archaeological Commentary...
  
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• 2006 Etruscan Mythology, Sacred History and Legend
• 2009 The Sanctuary of the Etruscan Artisans at Cetamura del Chianti: The Legacy of Alvaro Tracchi

External links

• Faculty page