Renaissance art, famous wine and perfect beaches are the first things that come to mind when talking about Tuscany. Lesser known is the region's Etruscan and Roman legacy. A shame if you consider that many of Tuscany's archaeology digs lie adjacent to beautiful hilltop towns and quite a few of the Etruscan museums are state of the art (at least for Italian standards). Less grand but also much lesser known than the Colosseum, these sites make for great off-the-beaten-path sightseeing all through Tuscany. If anything the problem is knowing where to start. Which is why I've pressed British archaeologist Lucy Shipley for some expert advice on the matter. Where in Tuscany are you digging? I dig at the site of Poggio Civitate, which is near the town of Vescovado di Murlo, about 20km south of Siena. Why on that particular hill? The Etruscan presence in the area was re-discovered by the Italian archaeologist Ranuccio Bianchi-Bandinelli in the 1920...