Herculaneum papyri
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The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 scrolls of papyrus discovered in the 18th century in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. They had been carbonized when the villa was engulfed by the erup
Papyrus fragments PHerc.1103 (a) and PHerc.110 (b,c). Image contrast and brightness were enhanced to better visualize the details visible to the naked eye on their external surface.
Dionysus, Plato, or Poseidon sculpture excavated at the Villa of the Papyri
Abbot Piaggio's machine was used to unroll scrolls as early as 1756 in the Vatican Library.
Heruclaneum Papyrus 1521 f 001r, British Library 01
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 papyri
…The Herculaneum papyri are more than 1,800 scrolls of papyrus discovered in the 18th century in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. They had been carbonized when the villa was engulfed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The papyri, containing a number of…
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