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Herculaneum Excavations

Herculaneum Excavations

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Herculaneum Excavations

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Location: Ercolano, Naples, Campania, Italy

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Ivan Lucini

April 12, 2023

In this place you can see the remains of ancient Herculaneum, a city completely destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79.

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December 17, 2016

Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the commune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in much of its original splendor, as well as for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Oplontis and Boscoreale, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 that buried it. Unlike Pompeii, the deep pyroclastic material which covered it preserved wooden and other organic-based objects such as roofs, beds, doors, food and even some 300 skeletons which were surprisingly discovered in recent years along the seashore as it was thought until then that the town had been evacuated by the inhabitants. Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii, possessing an extraordinary density of fine houses with, for example, far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum

Two Wheels And I Am Happy

July 9, 2023

Don't miss the side exhibition of the an old fishing boat just before the entrance to the site. Well worth the detour.

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Herculaneum Excavations

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