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Tag: Herculaneum

European surprises (#2 in single-image teaser series: archeology, Italian-style)

 

Smaller but wealthier than Pompeii, Herculaneum suffered the same fate: “destroyed” by the 79 AD eruption of Mt Vesuvius.

Whilst the volcano really did extinguish all human life in both places, its ash – which buried them – in fact made them the two best-preserved of all ancient Roman towns.

Their “secrets” are still being uncovered.

In Italy, even working archeologists can display an uncommon amount of “style”/ “attitude”/“flair”.

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