Herculaneum

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• It was not until the excitement surrounding the discovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum in the mid-eighteenth century that scholars "rediscovered" the city.

  Academic text (2010)

• None of the women, children, men and animals who were actually in Pompeii and Herculaneum at the time survived.

• Here you see a view of Google Earth fly over of Herculaneum as it looks today.

• The bombardment completely destroyed the commercial area by the Herculaneum Gate, which was rebuilt.

  Academic text (2003)

• My next stop was the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, the opulent residence of Lucius Calpurnius Piso, the father-in-law of Julius Caesar.

  Academic text (2003)

• I've been here many times before, but this time it was to see the new "Stories from an Eruption -- Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis," the museum's first major exhibition to focus on the people whose lives were extinguished by Vesuvius.

  Academic text (2003)

• Because so many of Cicero's letters survive, and because they are written in such a fresh and direct fashion, they capture his daily life in all its particularity as if in suspended animation, the way the volcanic ash and lava of Vesuvius preserved Pompeii and Herculaneum.

  Academic text (1994)

• The ancient city of Herculaneum was remarkably preserved under volcanic ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.

• Today, visitors can walk through the ruins of Herculaneum and see the well-preserved buildings and artifacts.

• Excavations in Herculaneum have revealed many details about daily life in ancient Rome.

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