Herculaneum
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Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The excavations of Herculaneum
Herculaneum plan showing the ancient site below the modern (1908) town and the 1631 "lava" flow
Small Herculaneum Woman (Dresden)
Insulae numbers of main excavated area
Pompeii
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Pompeii was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy. Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, it was buried under 4 to 6 m o
Herculaneum
…Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Like the nearby city of Pompeii, Herculaneum is notable as one of the few well-preserved ancient Roman cities, as the volcanic material that buried the town helped protect it from…
View of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
The Forum of Pompeii with the entrances to the Basilica (left) and Macellum (right), the Temple of Jupiter (front) and Mount Vesuvius in the distance
Greek Doric Temple (6th century BC) in Triangular Forum
Etruscan Temple of Apollo