Researchers have been able to generate an image of text from inside a scroll that was buried in ash with the ancient city of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also destroyed Pompeii—a ...
It’s a peculiar historical quirk that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE which destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum also created one of the most detailed portraits of the ancient world ...
In this double lecture, sponsored by the Custard Institute for Spanish Art & Culture, we delve into the discoveries at the ancient site of Herculaneum. Kenneth Lapatin, Associate Curator of ...
Maria Paola Guidobaldi and Domenico Esposito, trans. from the Italian by Ceil Friedman, photography by Luciano Pedicini. Abbeville, $125 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7892-1146-0 This massive, generously ...