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Foreign visitors to Herculaneum, particularly those acquainted with recent excavations in Pompeii south of Via dell’ Abbondanza, are filled with wonder at the sight revealed.
This presentation surveys the history of the excavations and the finds recovered, from the 1750s up to the present day, when cutting-edge technologies like laser scans, machine learning, and ...
The British Museum's exhibition on Pompeii and Herculaneum will unveil new treasures recently ... the first ever display of finds recovered during a recent excavation at Herculaneum, ...
The recent discoveries were presented to press on 1 December. Around a month into the two-and-a-half year excavations at Herculaneum’s ancient beach, ...
Herculaneum lay buried longer, beneath some 50 meters of ash, until it was discovered by accident in 1709 as a worker drilled a well for a monastery.. A series of excavations of the site during ...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserving Roman life in ash. Recent discoveries, including exotic animal bones, vitrified brains, erotic art, and children ...
The archaeological park of Herculaneum is expanding towards the Southeast, with a new green lung, with modern buildings previously nonexistent, with laboratories and archives, and with ...
Recent excavations on the outskirts of Pompeii in southern Italy have revealed more victims of the volcanic eruption that buried the ancient city in ash nearly 2,000 ... or Herculaneum Gate, ...
The beach at Herculaneum is believed to be where some 300 people died while waiting for boats to save them from the volcanic eruption in 79 AD. It's now open to the public for the first time.
During a recent excavation of a house in Pompeii, ... Pompeii and Herculaneum have been extensively examined by archaeologists since excavations officially began in the 1700s, ...