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"The Other Pompeii: Life and Death in Herculaneum" [46] is a documentary presented by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, director of Herculaneum Conservation Project. "Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time" [47] is a 2013 BBC One drama documentary presented by Margaret Mountford. "Pompeii: The New Revelations" was broadcast on UK TV channel 5 ...
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 ...
Karl Jakob Weber (12 August 1712 – 1764) was a Swiss architect and engineer who worked under the orders of the Spanish military engineer Roque de Alcubierre in the excavations of Herculaneum Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae, under the patronage of Charles VII of Naples. At first a soldier and military engineer, he joined the excavations in 1749.
The Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte (Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed) is an eight-volume book of engravings of the findings from excavating the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Italy). It was published between 1757 and 1792, and copies were given to selected recipients across Europe.
The excavation revealed this week is part of a much larger project to help protect and preserve the excavated and unexcavated areas of Pompeii, which already include more than 13,000 rooms in ...
[4] [5] Archaeological excavations have revealed much of the towns and the lives of the inhabitants leading to the area becoming Vesuvius National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The total population of both cities was over 20,000. [7] [8] The remains of over 1,500 people have been found at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The total death toll ...
Ancient main entrance to the Villa Poppaea. The first of the villas, known as Villa A, was discovered in 1593–1600 during the great construction project by Fontana of the Sarno aqueduct to feed the mills at Torre Annunziata, the same aqueduct that was tunnelled through Pompeii where he also found the first remains, but similarly no attempt was made to explore the ruins in Oplontis.
Route and branches of the Serino Aqueduct End of the aqueduct at Cape Misenum. The Aqua Augusta, or Serino Aqueduct (Italian: Acquedotto romano del Serino), was one of the largest, most complex and costliest aqueduct systems in the Roman world; it supplied water to at least eight ancient cities in the Bay of Naples including Pompeii and Herculaneum. [1]