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Sunlit view of the ancient stone ruins of Herculaneum in Campania, Italy, with excavated walls and columns, modern buildings in the distance, and Mount Vesuvius on the horizon. Map of southern Europe highlighting Italy, with a red star marking the location of Herculaneum near the southwest coast, designating it as a World Heritage Site. Surrounding countries, major islands, and bodies of water such as the Tyrrhenian Sea and Mediterranean Sea are also labeled. Herculaneum Herculaneum Herculaneum: arched chambers Pyrrhus Ancient stone ruins of Herculaneum with partially standing walls and arches, set below a modern town in Ercolano, Italy. House of Neptune and Amphitrite Herculaneum: shop remains Herculaneum: House of the Relief of Telephus
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Amedeo Maiuri, Herculaneum, trans. from Italian, 7th ed. (1977, reissued 1989), is an important work. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (1994), discusses the social history of ancient Roman housing. Christopher Charles Parslow, Rediscovering Antiquity: Karl Weber and the Excavation of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiae (1995), includes descriptions of excavation efforts from 1750 to 1764. Photographs and general accounts of discoveries are found in Marcel Brion, Pompeii and Herculaneum: The Glory and the Grief (1960, reprinted 1978; originally published in French, 1960); Michael Grant, Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneum (1971); Theodor Kraus and Leonard von Matt, Pompeii and Herculaneum (1975; originally published in German, 1973); and Rick Gore, “After 2,000 Years of Silence: The Dead Do Tell Tales,” National Geographic, 165(5):557–613 (May 1984).

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Modified link of Web site: Tufts University - Perseus Digital Library - The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites - Herculaneum (Ercolano, formerly Resina) Italy. May 29, 2026
Add new Web site: The Herculaneum Society - The Story of Herculaneum. Oct 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Herculaneum. Feb 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Tufts University - Perseus Digital Library - The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites - Herculaneum (Ercolano, formerly Resina) Italy. Oct 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Wellesley College Omeka Server - Herculaneum. Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: UNRV Roman History - Herculaneum. Jan 27, 2023
Article revised and updated. Jan 24, 2022
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Herculaneum. Dec 12, 2019
Media added. Sep 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Herculaneum Conservation Project - Herculaneum, Italy. Feb 11, 2016
Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Ercolano and Herculaneum, Italy. Dec 20, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Herculaneum. Nov 17, 2008
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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