The Times Does Geography
From today's New York Times Corrections section:
An article in Science Times on Tuesday about the origins of the Etruscans referred incorrectly to the location of Lydia, an ancient region from which the Etruscans might have migrated to Italy. Lydia was in what is now western Turkey; there is no “east coast” of Turkey.
We knew that. But the original article, found here, is fascinating despite the geographic gaffe. Recently conducted DNA testing tends to confirm Herodotus's account of the origins of the Etruscans; i.e., that they emigrated from the Near East to northwestern Italy because of a famine in their native land.
