Herculaneum | History, Archeology, Papyri, & Facts
Herculaneum, ancient city in Campania, Italy. It lay 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Naples, at the western base of Mount Vesuvius, and was destroyed, together with Pompeii, Torre Annunziata, and Stabiae, by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE. Excavations began in the mid-18th century and continue in the 21st century.
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