The Campana Tomb at Veii - The ruins of Veii are located about 20 km northwest of Rome. Veii was the greatest centre for the fabrication of terra-cotta sculptures in Etruria in the 6th century BCE. The town had hegemony over Rome in the 7th and 6th centuries; but a subsequent series of wars eventually ended in its destruction. In its heyday Veii was as big as Athens and had a population of about 100,000 inhabitants. Although the city of Veii was well known through the writings of Dionysius of Halicarnasso and Livius, for a long time, the location of Veii was forgotten. It was only rediscovered in the 1840s. A number of tombs were discovered nearby. These included the Campana tomb, named after its discoverer the Marchese Campana; the tomb of the ducks, dated at about 680 BCE and believed to have the oldest wall paintings in Etruria. ?TopFoto