Herculaneum, on the Bay of Naples, was an ancient Roman city that was destroyed, along with
Pompeii, in the eruption of
Mount Vesuvius beginning on August 24,
79 CE. The city was buried in superheated pyroclastic material that has solidified into volcanic tuff. It is the site of the
Villa of the Papyri, where the
Herculaneum Papyri, a cache of mostly
Epicurean scrolls, were discovered.
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