Herculaneum
CountryItaly
Date79 AD
Notable FeatureExcavated area 0.25 ha
RegionNaples
About Herculaneum
Buried with Pompeii but under hotter pyroclastic material. Better preserved than Pompeii - wood, food, and papyri survive. 300 skeletons were found huddled in boat houses. A smaller but more intact glimpse of Roman life.
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