The Etruscan Evidence

Just when I thought the debate has ended, the thread has split into another argument that the italians had their own pasta by way of the Etruscan heritage- According to this site

"Well Marco Polo might have done amazing things on his journey but bringing pasta to Italy was not one of them, it was already there in Polo's time. There is some evidence of an Etrusco-Roman noodle made from the same durum wheat as modern pasta called "lagane" (origin of the modern word for lasagna)"

The author adds that the dish was baked, not boiled... so it's another group of invaders, the Arabs:

"Like so much of southern Italian life, the Arab invasions of the 8th century heavily influenced the regional cuisine and is the most accepted theory for the introduction of pasta."

Anyway read the discussion for yourself and draw your own conclusions. Just don't know who the author is though.