Italy returns 2,300-year-old François Tomb frescoes to the public after more than a century

Italy has placed one of the best surviving works of Etruscan art on public display after bringing the famous François Tomb frescoes into state ownership. The painted panels, created between 340 and 320 BCE, now belong to the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in Rome after the Italian government bought them. The purchase ends