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Herculaneum (ancient city)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Herculaneum_(ancient_city)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
gptkb:Herculaneum_Archaeological_Park
gptkbp:burialPlace
pyroclastic flows
gptkbp:culture
gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:destroyedBy
79 AD
eruption of Mount Vesuvius
gptkbp:excavatedBy
18th century
gptkbp:excavationDirector
gptkb:Giuseppe_Fiorelli
gptkb:August_Mau
gptkb:Michele_Ruggiero
gptkb:Karl_Jakob_Weber
gptkb:Amedeo_Maiuri
gptkb:Carlo_Weber
gptkb:Wilhelm_Henzen
Antonio Sogliano
Francesco La Vega
Giuseppe Maggi
Matteo Della Corte
Vittorio Spinazzola
gptkbp:foundedIn
6th century BC
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:Roman_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Herculaneum (ancient city)
gptkbp:knownFor
gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri
well-preserved buildings
carbonized scrolls
gptkbp:languageSpoken
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Campania
gptkbp:locatedNear
gptkb:Naples
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:Hercules
gptkbp:nearestCity
gptkb:Stabiae
gptkb:Pompeii
gptkb:Oplontis
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Central_Baths
gptkb:College_of_the_Augustales
gptkb:House_of_the_Deer
gptkb:House_of_the_Mosaic_Atrium
gptkb:House_of_the_Relief_of_Telephus
gptkb:Palaestra
gptkb:Suburban_Baths
gptkb:Villa_of_the_Papyri
Samnite House
gptkbp:notableFinds
gptkb:frescoes
human skeletons
carbonized food
carbonized wooden furniture
papyri scrolls
gptkbp:populationAtDestruction
estimated 4,000-5,000
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
gptkb:Archaeological_Areas_of_Pompeii,_Herculaneum_and_Torre_Annunziata
gptkbp:website
gptkb:Ercolano
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Herculaneum,_Missouri
gptkb:Herculaneum_Pottery
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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