Herculaneum

During the same eruption of the Vesuvius that covered Pompeii, Herculaneum underwent a similar fate. But where Pompeii was covered in ashes Herculaneum was covered in hot mud that covered the city. As the result of another eruption in 1631 the city was covered under 20meters of hard basalt

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On the streets
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Palestra
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Taberna
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House with the big well
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House with the alcove
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House with the wooden screen
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Samnite house
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House of Poseidon and Amphitrite
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Women's bath house
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House with the black room
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Termopolia
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House of the skeleton
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sanctuary of the Augustali
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House of Aristides
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