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History Matters: The Etruscans

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published August 14, 2018 at 7:45 AM CDT
Dancers and musicians, tomb of the leopards, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, Italy. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Fresco a secco. Height (of the wall): 1.70 m.
unkown artist - photo by Yann Forget
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Dancers and musicians, tomb of the leopards, Monterozzi necropolis, Tarquinia, Italy. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Fresco a secco. Height (of the wall): 1.70 m.
Dr. Gary Joiner
Credit Press Image / LSU Shreveport
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 7:45 p.m. Dr. Gary Joiner looks takes us back to Pre-Roman Italy and looks at the mysterious Etruscans and why their history matters.

History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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