Anatomical correlation of the bronze liver of Piacenza with fresh sheep livers

Belle van RosmalenThomas van GulikAmsterdam, Netherlands The Palazzo Farnese in the town of Piacenza, Italy, houses an archaeological museum called the Musei Civici. Its collection includes an Etruscan model of a sheep’s liver cast in bronze, known as the Piacenza liver.1 (Fig 1) The Etruscans were an ancient civilization with a unique language, culture, and … Continue reading Anatomical correlation of the bronze liver of Piacenza with fresh sheep livers