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Note: For an extended version of this site with expanded
coverage of Pompeii, a section on the infrastructure,
details of the principal characters involved with the history
of the area, more maps, greater interaction, new photos
and videos please visit:
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Herculaneum, together with its more famous neighbour Pompeii, were lost to the world in late August AD79, to lie hidden for almost 1800 years, a time capsule of Roman life in the first century AD.
This website provides an insight into that lost Roman world.
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Herculaneum is situated in the modern town of Ercolano, south of Naples. Ercolano has good connections both by rail and road with Naples, Sorrento and other nearby towns. To view a map of the area, click on the Google Maps button.
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This site just got better February 15, 2008
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his website has now been upgraded to a WIKI. The original site will stay as it is meantime, but we recommend that you give the new WIKI a try. The WIKI extends this original site with more detail and allows you to contribute to it by adding text or pictures or just by using it as a forum. Give it a try!
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Evcavations at the Villa of the Papyri to Resume October 24, 2007
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rcheologists have resumed their search for a library of Greek and Latin masterpieces thought to lie under volcanic rock at the ancient Roman site of Herculaneum.
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Painted Roman Sculpture Found March 25, 2006
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he head of a female warrior was retrieved this week from the debris of a collapsed escarpment at Herculaneum, the seaside resort for the rich and powerful of ancient Rome that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79.
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Rare Pompeii Silver Unveiled July 19, 2005
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magnificent 20-piece Roman silver dinner service was displayed publicly for the first time since its owners fled the eruption of AD79. Discovered in a wicker basket five years ago, it is now restored and will be displayed in the National Archeological Museum of Naples in 2006.
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Battle for the Books of Herculaneum May 22, 2005
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he popular author, Robert Harris, joins academics in the controversy over whether to resume excavations at the Villa of the Papyri or to leave the site for future generations to explore.
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Millionaire to Fund Digs at Herculaneum Feb 13, 2005
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philanthropist, David W Packard, has offered to fund excavations at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum or to support conservation work, 'if the proper circumstances develop'.
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