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Herculaneum [a] is an ancient Roman town located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy. Herculaneum was buried under a massive pyroclastic flow in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD .
This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope: Banquet scene, from Herculaneum, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
The relief, however, showing women bathing assisting seated Venus, shows an architectural background with columns and arches that is typical of the late II - early III century style. AD, therefore incompatible with a Herculaneum provenance. The situla is kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inv. 25289).
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Erotic art in Pompeii and Herculaneum has been both exhibited as art and censored as pornography. The Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum around the bay of Naples were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD , thereby preserving their buildings and artefacts until extensive archaeological excavations began in the 18th century.
The beach at the Herculaneum archaeological park is thought to be the site where more than 300 men tried in vain to save themselves from the natural disaster in 79AD while awaiting rescue by a ...
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Buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79AD, the secret of a papyrus scroll kept their secrets hidden for centuries. Now one has been deciphered by AI.