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herculaneum
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Located in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius , Herculaneum ( Italian : Ercolano ) was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 AD. Its ruins are located in the commune of Ercolano , Campania , Italy. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ...
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Population (2000): 2805 Housing Units (2000): 1078 Land area (2000): 3.438353 sq. miles (8.905293 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.046609 sq. miles (0.120718 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.484962 sq. miles (9.026011 sq. km) FIPS code: 31708 Located within: Missouri ...
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The bandits might drag him away to be sold so far from Herculaneum, he'd never have a chance to rescue Sibyl and little Lucania.
From the representations of ancient tools found in the paintings at Herculaneum it appears that the frame-saw used by the ancients very nearly resembled that still in use.
There was a landscape panel, a stunning turquoise seascape, with finely touched white villas on a shore that looked exactly like Surrentum or Herculaneum.
No one living in Herculaneum would need to worry about the slow-moving pyroclastic flow of molten pumice and mud which would eventually engulf the city and bury it beneath sixty feet of solid rock.