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Herculaneum: Italy's Buried Treasure (1966)

by Joseph Jay Deiss

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Reconstructs the day in 79 A.D. when the town of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and discusses the archaeological excavations of that town made in recent centuries.
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This book was assigned for my Pompeii and Herculaneum culture course through Villanova University. One of the positives of this book is that the chapters are written with information about the history of Herculaneum, but with the addition of wonder and speculation of how people must have felt and lived during the time they were present in this town. The imaginative tone of the book is the reason I found it so easy to read even though it was an assigned textbook. I would have read this book on my own if I had not had it assigned for class once I had begun reading it, I may have read it faster than the initial assignments since I was sticking to only reading the pages assigned as I went. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who wants to get an introduction to the city of Herculaneum and learn about the town and the archaeology. ( )
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TO THE PRESENT EXCAVATORS OF THE PAST, WHO SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE
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At sunrise on August 24, A.D. 79, no one in the little town of Hercules could have guessed that the hot luminous morning would be stillborn.
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To come to know a fragment of our past is to recognize a piece of ourselves. Paul MacKendrick, Classicist
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Reconstructs the day in 79 A.D. when the town of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and discusses the archaeological excavations of that town made in recent centuries.

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