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2. Roman villa - Wikipedia

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   Villa Poppaea at Oplontis (c. 50 BC) Villa Regina, Boscoreale Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii Entrance to the Villa San Marco, Stabiae. A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.

3. Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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   Herculaneum [a] is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD .

4. Villa of the Papyri - Wikipedia

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   A plan of Herculaneum and the location of the Villa. The Villa of the Papyri (Italian: Villa dei Papiri, also known as Villa dei Pisoni and in early excavation records as the Villa Suburbana) was an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, in what is now Ercolano, southern Italy. It is named after its unique library of papyri scrolls, discovered in ...

5. Ancient beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD ...

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   The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park is thought to be the site where more than 300 men tried in vain to save themselves from the natural disaster in 79AD while awaiting rescue by a ...

6. Domus - Wikipedia

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   Much of what is known about the Roman domus comes from excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum. While there are excavations of homes in the city of Rome, none of them retained the original integrity of the structures. The homes of Rome are mostly bare foundations, converted churches or other community buildings.

7. Category:Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Herculaneum" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

8. After 2,000 years of mystery, secrets of the Herculaneum ...

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   Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.

9. Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum - Wikipedia

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   Particularly in Herculaneum, the earliest excavations revolved around collecting valuable artifacts and antiquities rather than systematic excavation. By merely digging for objects with aesthetic and commercial value, they were taken from being in situ to private collections. Thus much of the information on them was lost.