About
About Herculaneum
Roman seaside town buried under 20 m pyroclastic flow from Vesuvius 79 CE, preserving wooden furniture, upper storeys, frescoes and unique carbonized papyri scrolls (Villa of the Papyri, now being read with X-ray). More intact than Pompeii but partly under modern town.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4th c BCE – 79 CE
- Period
- Roman
- Culture
- Roman
- Purpose
- Seaside resort for wealthy Romans
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4th c BCE – 79 CE
Initial construction
c. 1067 CE
Abandonment
Location
Where it is
40.8060° N · 14.3480° E · 24 m
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