La tomba Bernardini di Palestrina

This is the catalogue for an exhibition of the finds from the "Tomba Bernardini" (Bernadini tomb). The site is a tomb from Palestrina, Italy (ancient Praeneste). Praeneste was a wealthy and powerful city near to Rome, also inhabited by Latin-speakers. This tomb was excavated in the mid-nineteenth century and dates back to c. 700 BC, known to historians as the Archaic period. This tomb and two others from the same period are notable for the rich grave goods they contained, unique among other Italian sites from this period. They held many gold artifacts and even some items clearly of foreign manufacture.