MYTH: The Etruscans were Lydians who sailed to Italy from Anatolia (Herodotus 1.94). 3-second kill: DNA from Iron Age Etruscans shows no recent Anatolian ances

MYTH: The Etruscans were Lydians who sailed to Italy from Anatolia (Herodotus 1.94). 3-second kill: DNA from Iron Age Etruscans shows no recent Anatolian ancestry (Posth et al., Science Advances 2021). Pictured: Etruscan bronze, The Met 17.190.2066 (public domain). [📷](https://pbs.twimg.com/med…