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
Villa of the Papyri
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The Villa of the Papyri was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyrus scrolls, discovered in 1750. The Villa was c
Herculaneum
…reflected by the extraordinary density of luxurious houses featuring lavish use of coloured marble cladding. Buildings of the ancient city include the Villa of the Papyri and the so-called "boat houses", wherein the skeletal remains of at least 300 people were found. Dionysius of Halicarnassus states that the Greek hero…
Villa of the Papyri
The Villa of the Papyri before the eruption.
Ground plan showing the location of tunnels, in brown
A bronze bust of Scipio Africanus, mid 1st century BC, found in the Villa of the Papyri