Herculaneum

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Herculaneum is an ancient Roman town in Italy famously buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and now preserved as a major archaeological site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman town
archaeological site
ancientLanguage Latin
ancientProvince Italia
linked to: Italy
archaeologicalSignificance exceptional preservation of organic materials
insight into daily life in a Roman seaside town
burialDate 24 August 79 AD
burialYear 79 AD
buriedBy eruption of Mount Vesuvius
country Italy
culture Roman
discoveredIn 18th century
distanceFromVesuvius approximately 7 km
excavationMethod open‑air excavation (modern)
tunneling (18th century)
firstMajorExcavationsBy Kingdom of Naples
foundedInPeriod 4th century BC
heritageDesignation Italian national monument
locatedIn Campania
locatedNear Naples
locatedOn Bay of Naples
linked to: Gulf of Naples
management Parco Archeologico di Ercolano
modernMunicipality Ercolano
linked to: Herculaneum
modernName Ercolano (municipality)
linked to: Herculaneum
modernNameLanguage Italian
namedAfter Heracles
notableFind carbonized papyri
human skeletons on the ancient shoreline
wooden furniture
notableStructure House of the Deer
House of the Mosaic Atrium
Suburban Baths
Villa of the Papyri
openToPublic yes
partOf Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
preservationType carbonized organic materials
frescoes
mosaics
multi‑storey buildings
primaryDestructionCause pyroclastic surges
regionInRomanTimes Regio I Latium et Campania
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
typeOfSettlement seaside resort
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1997
UNESCOSiteId 829
UNESCOSiteName Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes

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archaeological excavations at Herculaneum location Ercolano
linked to: Herculaneum
archaeological excavations at Herculaneum partOf archaeological site of Herculaneum
linked to: Herculaneum
archaeological excavations at Herculaneum partOf Vesuvian archaeological area
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Campania contains Herculaneum
Campania knownFor Herculaneum archaeological site
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Vesuvius destroyed Herculaneum
Vesuvius nearbyTown Ercolano
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Portici locatedNear Herculaneum
Portici locatedNear Ercolano
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Portici nearbyArchaeologicalSite Herculaneum
Gulf of Naples near Herculaneum
Herculaneum modernMunicipality Ercolano
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Herculaneum modernName Ercolano (municipality)
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Circumvesuviana railway connects Ercolano
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Philodemus residence Herculaneum
Boscoreale hasNearbySite Herculaneum archaeological site
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Province of Naples (historical) contained Ercolano
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Regio I Latium et Campania hasCity Herculaneum
Villa of the Papyri locatedIn Herculaneum
House of the Mosaic Atrium partOf archaeological site of Herculaneum
linked to: Herculaneum
House of the Mosaic Atrium partOf ancient Roman town of Herculaneum
linked to: Herculaneum
Parco Archeologico di Ercolano preserves ancient Roman town of Herculaneum
linked to: Herculaneum