Herculaneum
Visitor at Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) is an ancient town in what is now Campania, Italy that preserved ruins.
The city was destroyed and buried under volcanic ash & pumice in the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD.
Like the nearby city Pompeii, Herculaneum is interesting to stroll through but is much smaller and easier to see in a couple of hours.
Info: The thick layer of ash that blanketed the town also protected it against looting and the elements. Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wood in objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as other organic-based materials such as food and papyrus - Herculaneum, wikipedia.
Herculaneum
Visitor at Herculaneum (Italian: Ercolano) is an ancient town in what is now Campania, Italy that preserved ruins.
The city was destroyed and buried under volcanic ash & pumice in the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD.
Like the nearby city Pompeii, Herculaneum is interesting to stroll through but is much smaller and easier to see in a couple of hours.
Info: The thick layer of ash that blanketed the town also protected it against looting and the elements. Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wood in objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as other organic-based materials such as food and papyrus - Herculaneum, wikipedia.