Herculaneum
A short concerning the excavations in Herculaneum.
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Herculaneum Uncovered
Pompeii, the lost Roman city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD, has long been a source of fascination to archaeologists. But its sister city Herculaneum, buried in the same eruption but to a much greater depth
Herculaneum Scrolls - Unraveling History
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is renowned for its decimation of Pompeii, but nearby, an equally impressive Roman settlement known as Herculaneum was lost to history. Today, the latest in technology is opening a wind to
The Other Pompeii: Life & Death in Herculaneum
The subject of this documentary is a straightforward one: presenter Andrew Wallace-Hadrill introduces us to the treasures of Herculaneum, the city close to Pompeii that suffered a similar fate as a result of the eruption
Out of the Ashes: Recovering the Lost Library of Herculaneum
In 1752, an ancient library was discovered at Herculaneum, buried beneath the ashes of Mount Vesuvius. Astonishingly, nearly 2000 carbonized papyrus rolls were preserved, though some were so badly burned they looked like
The Lost Library of Herculaneum: The Race to Read the Ancient World’s Greatest Untouched Treasure
A feature documentary about the Herculaneum scrolls, a collection of more than 1,800 ancient papyri carbonised by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.
Pompeii: Live from the British Museum
First broadcast in cinemas, Pompeii Live transports you back to AD 79 to discover how life was transformed in just 24 hours, when these two cities in the Bay of Naples, southern Italy, were buried by a catastrophic erupt