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Herculaneum, Italy's buried treasure

by Joseph Jay Deiss

Paper Book, 1985

Status

Available

Call number

937/.7

Tags

Pompeii and Herculaneum, Roman World Sites, Graeco-Roman Sites, Graeco-Roman World, Herculaneum, History, Archaeology, Ancient Rome

Genres

Academic: Classics

Academic: History

Collection

Publication

New York : Harper & Row, c1985.

Description

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.

Subjects

Art, Greco-Roman Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city)

Herculaneum (Extinct city)

Awards

The Best Children's Books of the Year (1974)

Language

Original publication date

1966

Physical description

xvii, 222 p.; 24 cm

ISBN

0060153768 / 9780060153762

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