Museum of the Prehistory of Tuscia and of the Rocca Farnese
The Museum of the Prehistory of Tuscia and of the Rocca Farnese is a museum in Valentano, northern Lazio, Italy. It was opened in June 1996, the museum is located in the highest part of the village, within the Rocca Farnese itself. It is divided into different areas located on two floors. First floor: "Prehistoric, Etruscan and Roman Sections". The Prehistoric section has artifacts from Tuscia: Chopper (cutting tools used by early hominids), bifaces, scrapers, retouched tips, brooches, and engraved funeral stones, complemented by an educational department that analyses  topics arising from prehistorically finds in central Italy starting from the Lower Paleolithic through to the Neolithic Age and from the copper age to the Bronze Age, ending with a small section on the Iron Age. Within the Etruscan collection, donated by Monsignor Giovanni D'Ascenzi, there are ceramics from Villanovan, Etruscan, Attic and Corinthian cultures in addition to Phoenician glass paste, and other objects from this period including bronze figures and bone. The first floor ends with the Roman section, where there are various finds from Valentano e.g., coins, millstones and architectural elements. Second floor: "Mediaeval, Renaissance and Modern Sections